# L_2004249EN.01000901.xml

| 23.7.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 249/9 |
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23.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 249/9

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1343/2004

of 22 July 2004

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2004 (2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2004 (2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.

| (2) | In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set. |
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(2)

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.

| (3) | In the case of apples, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate. |
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(3)

In the case of apples, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate.

| (4) | In the case of tomatoes, the asked refund rates are considerably higher than the indicative refund rate and, therefore, all tenders shall be rejected by fixing a zero maximum rate, |
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(4)

In the case of tomatoes, the asked refund rates are considerably higher than the indicative refund rate and, therefore, all tenders shall be rejected by fixing a zero maximum rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of tomatoes and apples, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1205/2004 shall be fixed in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

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(1)  
  OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

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(2)  
  OJ L 230, 30.6.2004, p. 39.

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ANNEX

Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (tomatoes and apples)

| Product | Maximum refund rate
  (EUR/t net) | Percentage awarded of quantities tendered for quoting the maximum refund rate |
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| Tomatoes | 0 | — |
| Apples | 30 | 100  % |

Product

Maximum refund rate

(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered for quoting the maximum refund rate

Tomatoes

0

—

Apples

30

100  %

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