CELEX: 31999R0076
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 76/1999 of 12 January 1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 7/14               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              13. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/1999
                                                    of 12 January 1999
                            on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       applications submitted since 8 January 1999 whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             therefore, a percentage should be fixed for the issuing of
Community,                                                        licences for quantities applied for on 8 January 1999 and
                                                                  applications for A1 licences submitted later in that
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              application period should be rejected,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 2(3) thereof,                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 ( ) sets3
                                                                  A1 export licences for apples for which applications were
the quantities for which A1 export licences, other than           submitted on 8 January 1999 pursuant to Article 1 of
those requested in the context of food aid, may be issued;        Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 shall be issued for 76,7 % of
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets the          the quantities applied for.
conditions under which special measures may be taken by
the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun of              Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 8
the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued;               January 1999 and before 10 March 1999 for that product
                                                                  shall be rejected.
Whereas the Commission has received information which
indicates that those quantities, reduced or increased by                                   Article 2
the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1 licences were            This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January
issued without restriction for apples in response to              1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 44.