CELEX: 31998R0508
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 508/98 of 3 March 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

4. 3. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 63/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 508/98
                                                     of 3 March 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables
                                                                  sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                  licences for apples for destination group X exported after
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              3 March 1998 should be rejected until the end of the
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-               current export period,
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/98 (3) fixes              Applications for system B licences for apples for destina-
the indicative quantities for system B export licences            tion group X submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regula-
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               tion (EC) No 8/98, export declarations for which are
                                                                  accepted after 3 March and before 18 March 1998, are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                     Article 2
apples for destination group X will shortly be exceeded;
whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working of         This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 3 March 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 3, 7. 1. 1998, p. 5.