CELEX: 31997R0231
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 231/97 of 7 February 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

8 . 2 . 97         I EN I            Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 39/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 231 /97
                                                    of 7 February 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 walnuts in shell and apples exported after 2
                                                                 January 1997 should be rejected until the end of the
 Community,
                                                                  current export period,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 2190 /96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 26/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/97 (3) fixes
 the indicative quantities for system B export licences          Applications for system B licences for walnuts in shell
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;             and apples submitted under Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
                                                                 No 27/97, export declarations for which are accepted after
 Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        10 February 1997 and before 13 March 1997, are hereby
 Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for       rejected.
 the current export period for walnuts in shell and apples
 have already been exceeded or there is a risk that these
 quantities will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun                                Article 2
 prejudices the proper working of the export refund
 scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 7 February 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 6, 10. 1 . 1997, p. 9.
 3) OJ No L 6, 10. 1 . 1997, p. 11 .