CELEX: 31998R0027
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 27/98 of 7 January 1998 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms

L 4/56             ¬ EN ¬               Official Journal of the European Communities                                8. 1. 98
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 27/98
                                                      of 7 January 1998
                    concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       ating in China on 2 January 1998 and submitted to the
                                                                  Commission on 5 January 1998 shall be issued, bearing
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  the wording laid down in Article 11 (1) of that Regulation,
Community,
                                                                  for 96,65 % of the quantity applied for.
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for
the administration of Community tariff quotas for                 2. Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4 (1)
preserved mushrooms (1), as last amended by Regulation            (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for products origin-
(EC) No 2405/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,     ating in China on 2 January 1998 and submitted to the
                                                                  Commission on 5 January 1998 shall be issued, bearing
Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays          the wording laid down in Article 11 (1) of that Regulation,
down that where the quantities applied for exceed the             for 12,05 % of the quantity applied for.
quantity available, the Commission must set a flat-rate
percentage reduction and suspend the issue of licences in
respect of subsequent applications;
Whereas the quantities applied for on 2 January 1998 for                                  Article 2
products originating in China exceeded the quantity
available; whereas, as a result, the extent to which licences
                                                                  The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to
may be issued must be determined and the issue of                 Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for China shall be
licences for all subsequent applications should be                suspended for applications submitted from 3 January
suspended until 31 December 1998;                                 until 31 December 1998.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                          Article 1                                                       Article 3
1. Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4 (1)
(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for products origin-            This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 332, 4. 12. 1997, p. 32.