31993R0024

No L 5/6 9 . 1 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 24/93 of 8 January 1993 on the issuing of import licences for certain processed mushroom products originating in China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, tion from the additional amount provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 should accordingly be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European suspended for traditional importers ; Economic Community, Whereas these measures should be taken during the true Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 limit fixed by Article 5 (9) of Regulation (EEC) of 30 June 1981 on measures applicable to imports of No 1707/90 , mushrooms of Agaricus spp. falling within CN codes 071 1 90 40, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1122/92 (2), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 1707/90 of 22 June 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 on Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 5 (4) (a) of imports of mushrooms from third countries (3), as last Regulation (EEC) No 1707/90 on 4 and 5 January 1993 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3516/92 (4), and in and forwarded to the Commission on 6 January 1992 for particular Article 5 (8) thereof, mushrooms of Agaricus spp. falling within CN codes Whereas Article 5 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 1707/90 0711 90 40, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30 originating in China shall be issued, the endorsement laid down in provides that if the quantities for which licences have been applied for exceed the balance available, the Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1707/90 being indi­ Commission is to fix a single percentage figure by which cated, for up to 95,6 % of the quantity applied for. the quantities applied for are to be reduced and suspend The issuing of licences which may qualify for exemption the issuing of licences in response to subsequent applica­ from the additional amount provided for in Article 2 of tions ; Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 is hereby suspended for Whereas quantities of mushrooms originating in China applications under Article 5 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) and applied for on 4 and 5 January 1993 exceed the No 1707/90 lodged from 6 January 1993. quantities available ; whereas the extent to which licences may be issued may accordingly be determined ; Article 2

Whereas the quantities for which licences have been This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its issued have reached the annual amount granted to China ; publication in the Official Journal of the European whereas the issuing of licences qualifying for the exemp­ Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 January 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 183, 4. 7. 1981 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 117, 1 . 5. 1992, p. 98 . (3) OJ No L 158 , 23 . 6. 1990, p. 34. 4) OJ No L 355, 4. 12. 1992, p. 18.