CELEX: 31999R1853
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1853/1999 of 26 August 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 226/22               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    27. 8. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1853/1999
                                                           of 26 August 1999
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     prejudice the proper working of the export refund
                                                                                scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)    Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system
                                                                                B licences for apples for destinations in geographical
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       zones F03 and F04 exported after 26 August 1999
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     should be rejected until the end of the current export
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit                   period,
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/
        1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1504/                                        Article 1
        1999 (4), fixes the indicative quantities for system B           Applications for system B export licences for apples for desti-
        export licences other than those sought in the context of        nations in geographical zones F03 and F04 submitted pursuant
        food aid;                                                        to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1304/1999, export declara-
                                                                         tions for which are accepted after 26 August 1999 and before
(2)     Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        16 September 1999, are hereby rejected.
        Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
        quantities laid down for the current export period for                                       Article 2
        apples for destinations in geographical zones F03 and
        F04 will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will          This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 26 August 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L  175, 10.7.1999, p. 5.