CELEX: 31997R2417
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2417/97 of 4 December 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

5 . 12 . 97            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 334/ 13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2417/97
                                                     of 4 December 1997
                    on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             licences for tomatoes, walnuts in shell, table grapes and
Community,                                                        apples for destination groups Z and D exported after 4
                                                                  December 1997 should be rejected until the end of the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    current export period,
2190 /96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/97 (3)
                                                                  Applications for system B licences for tomatoes, walnuts
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               in shell, table grapes and apples for destination groups Z
                                                                  and D submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         No 2186/97, export declarations for which are accepted
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative             after 4 December 1997 and before 20 January 1998 , are
quantities laid down for the current export period for            hereby rejected.
tomatoes, walnuts in shell, table grapes and apples for
destination groups Z and D have already been or will                                       Article 2
shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice
the proper working of the export refund scheme in the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
fruit and vegetables sector;                                      1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 4 December 1997 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(>) OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
 (2) OJ L 93, 8 . 4. 1997, p. 16.
 h) OJ L 299, 4. 11 . 1997, p. 10.