CELEX: 31999R1973
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/1999 of 15 September 1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 244/42              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    16. 9. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1973/1999
                                                         of 15 September 1999
                                   on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     shell and apples in response to applications submitted
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           since 9 September 1999; whereas, therefore, percentages
Community,                                                                      should be fixed for the issuing of licences for quantities
                                                                                applied for on 9 September 1999 and applications for
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       A1 licences submitted later in that application period
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     should be rejected,
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/
        1999 (3), sets the quantities for which A1 export                                            Article 1
        licences, other than those requested in the context of           A1 export licences for hazelnuts in shell and apples for which
        food aid, may be issued;                                         applications were submitted on 9 September 1999 pursuant to
(2)     Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets             Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 shall be issued for
        the conditions under which special measures may be               67,0 % for hazelnuts in shell and 22,5 % for apples of the
        taken by the Commission with a view to avoiding an               quantities applied for.
        overrun of the quantities for which A1 licences may be
        issued;                                                          Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 9
                                                                         September 1999 and before 9 November 1999 for these prod-
(3)     Whereas the Commission has received information                  ucts shall be rejected.
        which indicates that those quantities, reduced or
        increased by the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of                                   Article 2
        Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1
        licences were issued without restriction for hazelnuts in        This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1999.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.