CELEX: 31996R1344
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1344/96 of 10 July 1996 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

11 . 7. 96             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 172/ 17
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1344/96
                                                         of 10 July 1996
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        maximum monthly quantity for July 1996; whereas it is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
Community,                                                         licences may be issued in response to these applications;
                                                                   whereas the issue of licences in response to these applica­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               tions; whereas the issue of licences in response to applica­
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   tions lodged after 5 July 1996 and before 5 August 1996
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             should be refused,
Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 885/96 of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
15 May 1996 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3) and in particular
Article 1 (3) thereof,                                                                      Article 1
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 Import licences applied for on 5 July 1996 under Article
1 859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                     1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
1 662/94 (*), the release for free circulation in the Commu­       within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
nity of garlic imported from third countries is subject to         issued for 0,16203 % of the quantity applied for, having
presentation of an import licence;                                 regard to the information available to the Commission on
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EC) No           8 July 1996.
885/96, restricts the issue of import licences for garlic          For the abovementioned products applications for import
originating in China to a maximum monthly quantity in              licences lodged after 5 July 1996 and before 5 August
the case of applications lodged from 1 June 1996 to 31             1996 shall be refused.
May 1997;
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1 (2) of                                   Article 2
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,
the quantity applied for on 5 July 1996 is in excess of the        This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 10 July 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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