CELEX: 31996R1027
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1027/96 of 6 June 1996 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

No L 136/26           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  7. 6. 96
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1027/96
                                                          of 6 June 1996
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         the maximum monthly quantity for June 1996; whereas it
                                                                    is therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 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 3 June 1996 and before 5 July 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 3 June 1996 under Article
 1 859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                     1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
 1662/94 (*), 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 0,68489 % 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             5 June 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 3 June 1996 and before 5 July 1996
the case of applications lodged from 1 June 1996 to 31              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 3 June 1996 is in excess of             This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 6 June 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.
0   OJ  No   L 119, 16. 5. 1996, p. 12.
(*) OJ  No   L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
0   OJ  No   L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .