CELEX: 31998R0430
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 430/98 of 23 February 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 53/14               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   24. 2. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 430/98
                                                   of 23 February 1998
                   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
                                                                  licences for lemons exported after 23 February 1998
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  should be rejected until the end of the current export
Community,
                                                                  period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
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 ( ) fixes3
                                                                  Applications for system B licences for lemons submitted
the indicative quantities for system B export licences            pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 8/98, export
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               declarations for which are accepted after 23 February and
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         before 18 March 1998, are hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                     Article 2
lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun
will prejudice the proper working of the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February
scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                        1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 23 February 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.