CELEX: 31998R0532
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 532/98 of 6 March 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

7. 3. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 67/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 532/98
                                                     of 6 March 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       will prejudice the proper working of the export refund
                                                                  scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                  licences for oranges exported after 6 March 1998 should
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              be rejected until the end of the current export period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5(5) thereof,                                                                 Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/98 (3) fixes              Applications for system B licences for oranges submitted
the indicative quantities for system B export licences            pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 8/98, export
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               declarations for which are accepted after 6 March and
                                                                  before 18 March 1998, are hereby rejected.
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative                                      Article 2
quantities laid down for the current export period for
oranges will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 6 March 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 3, 7. 1. 1998, p. 5.