CELEX: 31999R0304
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 304/1999 of 10 February 1999 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables

L 37/20              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                11. 2. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 304/1999
                                                   of 10 February 1999
                 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      licences were issued with advanced fixing of refunds
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            without restriction in response to applications submitted
Community,                                                       since 5 February 1999; whereas a reducing factor should
                                                                 accordingly be applied to the quantities applied for on 5
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/             February 1999, and applications for export licences with
95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export              advance fixing of refunds submitted subsequently with a
refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables          view to such licences being issued during the current
other than those granted for added sugars (1), as last           period should be rejected,
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (2), and in
particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2260/98 (3)                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
specifies the quantities which may be covered by applica-
tions submitted for export licences with advance fixing of                                Article 1
the refund other than those applied for in connection            Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
with food aid;                                                   orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 55° Brix
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 lays             for which applications were submitted on 5 February
down the conditions under which special measures may             1999 pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2260/98
be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the          shall be issued for 82,4 % of the quantities applied for.
quantities for which export licence applications may be
submitted;                                                       Applications for export licences with advance fixing of
                                                                 refunds for the above product submitted after 5 February
Whereas, in view of the information available to the             1999 and before 20 February 1999 shall be rejected.
Commission as of today, the quantity of 354 tonnes of
orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 55° Brix                               Article 2
in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1275/98, reduced or
increased by the quantities referred to in Article 4(1) of       This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February
Regulation (EC) No 1429/95, would be exceeded if                 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 283, 21. 10. 1998, p. 16.