31996R1799

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1799/96 of 17 September 1996 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables without advance fixing of the refund

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 26 (11) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/96 (3), fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export licences without advance fixing of the refund other than those applied for in the context of food aid;

Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/95 of 28 June 1995, on implementing rules for export refunds on fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2702/95 (5), provides that where there is an overrun of the indicative quantities, the excess quantities are to be deducted;

Whereas, in the light of information now available to the Commission, the indicative quantities laid down for the current period for table grapes and apples have already been exceeded; whereas these overruns will probably result in a reduction of the indicative quantity for the following period; whereas that reduction would be prejudicial to exports followed by applications for licences without advance fixing of the refund during that following period;

Whereas, in order to avoid that situation, the applications for licences without advance fixing of the refund for table grapes and apples exported after 19 September 1996 should be rejected up to the end of the current period;

Whereas, in order for them not be be included in the calculations made by the Commission pursuant to Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, those applications must not be communicated to the Commission;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For table grapes and apples, the applications for export licences without advance fixing of the refund referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, for which the export declaration for the products was accepted after 19 September 1996 and before 1 October 1996, are hereby rejected.

Notwithstanding Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, those applications shall not be included in communications to the Commission.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 September 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.

(3) OJ No L 149, 22. 6. 1996, p. 11.

(4) OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 68.

(5) OJ No L 280, 23. 11. 1995, p. 30.