Commission Regulation (EC) No 636/2002

of 12 April 2002

laying down temporary provisions concerning the notification of licence applications provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 7(3)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 lays down detailed rules for export refunds on fruit and vegetables. Article 7(3)(b) of that Regulation lays down that if Thursday is a Commission holiday, the Commission may temporarily change the day for notifying licence applications.

(2) Thursday 9 and Friday 10 May 2002 are Commission holidays. The notification of licence applications submitted on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 May 2002 should therefore be brought forward to Wednesday 8 May and that of licence applications submitted from Wednesday 8 May should be put back to Monday 13 May 2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The deadlines of Thursday 9 May and Monday 13 May 2002 for notification laid down in Article 7(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 are temporarily amended as follows:

1. The notification of licence applications submitted on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 May 2002 shall be made no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Wednesday 8 May 2002 rather than on Thursday 9 May 2002.

2. The notification of licence applications submitted from Wednesday 8 to Sunday 12 May 2002 shall be made no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Monday 13 May 2002.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.