Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/2004 of 26 February 2004 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables (sugar-preserved cherries)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 342/2004
of 26 February 2004
on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables (sugar-preserved cherries)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in processed fruit and vegetable products(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1859/2003(3) fixed the quantities in respect of which applications may be submitted for export licences with advance fixing of the refund.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 fixed the conditions in which special measures may be taken by the Commission with a view to preventing an overrun in the quantities for which export licences may be issued.
(3) In the light of information now available to the Commission, these quantities would be exceeded if all licences with advance fixing of the refund for the export of sugar-preserved cherries applied for since 20 February 2004 were issued without restriction. A reducing factor should therefore be applied to the quantities of this product applied for on 20 February 2004 and all applications for export licences with advance fixing of the refund submitted after that date during the same application period should be rejected,