CELEX: 31998R2441
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2441/98 of 12 November 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 303/36             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 13. 11. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2441/98
                                                    of 12 November 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 walnuts in shell and apples for destination
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    group X exported after 12 November 1998 should be
Community,
                                                                    rejected until the end of the current export period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular                                         Article 1
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                    Applications for system B export licences for walnuts in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 (3),
                                                                    shell and apples for destination group X submitted
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences
                                                                    pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1875/98,
other than those sought in the context of food aid;
                                                                    export declarations for which are accepted after 12
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           November 1998 and before 16 November 1998, are
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative               hereby rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
walnuts in shell and apples for destination group X 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 13 November
fruit and vegetables sector;                                        1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 12 November 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 243, 2. 9. 1998, p. 3.