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of8October2001
laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
exportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
(OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 of 28 June 2002 L 170 69 29.6.2002
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 48 (1961/2001)
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1961/2001
of8October2001
laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation
(EC)No2200/96asregardsexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
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 vegeta-bles(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/
2001(2), and in particular Article 35(8) and (11) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Various aspects of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Regula-tion (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit andvegetables(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/
2000(4), should be amended in order to improve the system of
export refunds on fruit and vegetables. In the interests of clarity
and rationalisation, therefore, the text should be recast and Regu-lation (EC) No 2190/96 repealed.
(2)Article 35(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 requires thepresentation of an export licence for the grant of any refund.
(3)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000(5) lays down
common detailed rules for applying the system of import andexport licences and advance-fixing certificates for agriculturalproducts.
(4)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(6), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1502/2001(7), establishes an agricultural
product nomenclature for export refunds.
(5)Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999(8), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 90/2001(9), lays down common detailed
rules for applying the system of export refunds for agriculturalproducts. These detailed rules must be supplemented by specificrules relating to fruit and vegetables.
(6)Under Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, refunds are
to be set withdue regard to th e limits resulting from agreements
concluded in accordance withArticle 300 of th e Treaty.
(7)The Commission is required to fix the refund rates and themaximum quantities eligible for refunds. Those amounts and
quantities must be fixed per export-licence application period.
They may be revised in the light of economic circumstances.
(8)To ensure that quantities for export are precisely administered,time should be allowed for reflection before licences are issued.
(9)The Member States should designate the bodies responsible forissuing licences.
(10)To ensure that the arrangements are properly applied, a varietyof systems should exist for granting refunds and these shouldinclude invitations to tender.2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 199, 24.7.2001, p. 13.
(8) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(9) OJ L 14, 18.1.2001, p. 22.
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(11)Licences with advance fixing of the refund should be issued
subject to the lodging of a security.
(12)In order to ensure that the arrangements function properly and toprevent speculation, licences should not be transferable.
(13)Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides, inter
alia, for refunds to be fixed in accordance withth e economic
aspect of proposed exports. To that end, provision should bemade for a system whereby refunds are granted by invitation totender. Before such licences are issued, the Commission shouldask tenderers to indicate the refund rate at which they wish to
export. The Commission can use this information to make an
informed decision on economically viable maximum refundrates. In some cases, particularly where the rates offered are toohigh, the maximum rate must be fixed in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/
96. The Commission should be allowed, where necessary, to
reject all tenders submitted under invitations to tender.
(14)The date of issue of licences should be defined by reference toRegulation (EC) No 1291/2000.
(15)In order to maintain the flexibility which is characteristic ofexports of perishable products such as fruit and vegetables,certain transactions should be eligible for a refund withoutadvance fixing provided that a licence application is submitteda posteriori .
(16)In order to prevent significant overruns of indicative quantities
in the case of licences without advance fixing of the refund, the
Commission should be able to reject licence applications relatingto an export date later than a given date.
(17)The destination or group of destinations should be made compul-sory.
(18)The Member States should regularly forward certain informationon licence applications to the Commission by electronic mail.
(19)Steps should be taken to ensure that exported products on whichrefunds are granted meet the relevant common marketing stan-dards and any national rules on the quality of fruit and
vegetables exported to third countries. This requirement must
apply without exception to all supplies for ships and aircrafttreated as exports from the Community. Accordingly, the dero-gations provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 6(5)of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 should not be incorporated in
this Regulation.
(20)The exported quantity conferring entitlement to a refund may notexceed the quantity for which the licence has been issued.
(21)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit andVegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Arrangementsforthegrantofrefunds
1. Export refunds as referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 shall be granted on the basis of export licences which may be
issued under four systems:
(a) the standard system with advance fixing of the refund, hereinafter
called ‘system A1’;
(b) the special system with advance fixing of the refund, hereinafter
called ‘system A2’;
(c) invitations to tender with advance fixing of the refund, hereinafter
called ‘system A3’;2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 3
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(d) the system without advance fixing of the refund, hereinafter called
‘system B’.
Licences shall not be transferable.
2. The rates of refund for systems A1 and A2 shall be set by the
Commission in accordance withth e procedure laid down in Article 46
of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, as shall the quantities for whichlicences may be issued and the terms of validity of those licences.However, the rates and quantities set in the case of system A2 shallbe purely indicative.
The rates and quantities shall be set for each licence application period.
3. For system A3 the Commission shall take decisions on issuing
invitations to tender in accordance withth e procedure laid down in
Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and on the indicative rates
and the indicative quantities for which licences may be issued, thedeadlines for submission of tenders and the terms of validity of thelicences.
4. In the case of system B, the Commission shall fix the indicative
quantities and refund rates in accordance withth e procedure laid downin Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
The rates and quantities shall be set for each export period.
5. The rates referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4, the quantities referred
to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 and the terms of validity of licencesreferred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 may, in exceptional circumstances,
be adjusted by the Commission in the light of Community production
and the prospects for exports.
Article 2
SpecialprovisionsforsystemA1
1. Exporters shall apply to the competent bodies in the Member
States for a licence under system A1 in order to obtain a refund at therate applicable on the date of the licence application.
2. The Member States shall inform the Commission, in accordance
with Article 7(3), of the quantities for which licence applications havebeen submitted, broken down by application submission day, excludingany quantities covered by applications rejected under Article 5(4).
3. The Commission shall check, for each application submission day
in turn, whether the total quantities applied for in each product cate-gory exceed the quantity referred to in Article 1(2):
— less the quantities for which A1 licences have been issued or are in
the process of being issued during the current issuing period,
— plus any quantities covered by applications withdrawn under para-
graph5,
— plus any quantities for which licences have been issued but not
used,
— plus any quantities not used within the tolerance provided for in
Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.
If they do, the Commission shall either determine for what percentage
of the quantities licences may be issued or reject the applications.
4. Export licences shall be issued on the fifth working day following
the day on which the application is submitted, provided that neither ofthe measures referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 has
been taken in the meantime.
5. Where a percentage is set under the second subparagraph of para-
graph 3, applications may be withdrawn within 10 working days of thedate of publication of that percentage. Where applications are with-
drawn, the security shall be released. The security shall also be
released where applications are rejected.
Where a licence is issued before the application is withdrawn, that
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referred to in Article 7(1) at the same time as notification is given that
the application concerned is withdrawn.
Article 3
SpecialprovisionsforsystemA2
1. Exporters shall apply to the competent bodies in the Member
States for a licence under system A2 during the application periods
referred to in Article 1(2) witha view to obtaining a definitive refundrate and a specific quantity of products, valid on the actual date ofapplication.
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘actual date of application’ means
the date on which the applications referred to in the first subparagraph
are deemed to have been submitted.
2. Box 20 of licence applications shall contain at least one of the
following entries, with the minimum rate of refund sought by the appli-cant in order to be able to export expressed by a whole number of europer tonne net weight:
— Solicitud condicionada a la fijación, por parte de la Comisión, de
un tipo de restitución superior o igual a … [tipo mínimo solicitadopor el solicitante del certificado] EUR/tonelada neta, en la fechaefectiva de la solicitud
— Ansøgning betinget af, at Kommissionen fastsætter en restitutions-
sats på mindst … (den minimumssats, licensansøgeren ansøgerom) EUR/t netto på den faktiske ansøgningsdato
— Antrag vorbehaltlich eines von der Kommission am tatsächlichen
Tag der Antragstellung festgesetzten Erstattungssatzes von mindes-
tens … EUR/t Eigengewicht (vom Antragsteller beantragter Satz)
—Αίτηση µε την επιφύλαξη του καθορισµού από την Επιτροπή
ύψους επιστροφής ανώτερου ή ίσου προς …(ελάχιστο ύψος
που ζητά ο υποβάλλων αίτηση πιστοποιητικού)ευρώ /τόνο
καθαρού βάρους κατά την πραγµατική ηµεροµηνία τηςαίτησης
— Application subject to the fixing by the Commission of a refund
rate of not less than EUR … /t net (minimum rate sought by the
applicant) on the actual date of application
— Demande sous réserve de la fixation par la Commission d'un taux
de restitution supérieur ou égal à … (taux minimal demandé par le
demandeur de certificat) EUR/t net à la date effective de lademande
— Domanda condizionata alla fissazione, da parte della Commissione,
di un tasso di restituzione superiore o pari a … (tasso minimochiesto dal richiedente del titolo) EUR/t netta alla data effettivadella domanda
— Aanvraag onder voorbehoud dat de Commissie op de daadwerke-
lijke aanvraagdatum een restitutie vaststelt die niet lager is dan
… EUR/ton netto (door de certificaataanvrager gevraagde mini-
mumrestitutie)
— Pedido sob reserva da fixação pela Comissão de uma taxa de resti-
tuição superior ou igual a … (taxa mínima pedida pelo requerentede certificado) EUR/tonelada líquida na data efectiva do pedido
— Hakemus, joka edellyttää, että komissio vahvistaa tukimäärän, joka
on vähintään … euroa/nettotonni (todistuksen hakijan pyytämävähimmäismäärä) tosiasiallisena hakupäivänä
— Ansökan med förbehåll för att kommissionen fastställer ett bidrags-
belopp på minst … (minimibidragssats som den licenssökandebegärt) euro/ton nettovikt vid det faktiska datumet för ansökan.
Licence applicants may not apply for a minimum rate higher than the
indicative rate plus 50 %.
3. Not later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on the second working day
following the licence application period, Member States shall informthe Commission, in accordance with Article 7(3), of the quantitiescovered by licence applications, excluding those covered by applica-tions rejected under Article 5(4).2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 5
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4. At the end of each licence application period, the Commission
shall fix:
— the actual date of application as referred to in paragraph 1,
— the definitive refund rates applicable on that date,— the percentages for the issue of licences deemed to have been
applied for on the actual date of application,
or shall reject the applications where necessary.
5. Applications as referred to in paragraph 2 that seek a rate higher
than the corresponding definitive rate fixed by the Commission shall beconsidered void.
6. Export licences shall be issued by the Member States on the third
working day after the actual date of application.
7. The security shall be released in the case of applications consid-
ered void under paragraph5 or rejected under paragraph4.
Article 4
SpecialprovisionsforsystemA3(invitationstotender)
1. Interested exporters shall respond to invitations to tender by
submitting a written tender to the competent body of a Member Stateagainst a receipt witha view to obtaining a system A3 licence asreferred to in Article 1(3).
2. Tenders shall be submitted using the specimen application form
referred to in section 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, dulycompleted and showing the following in box 20:
— the number of the regulation opening the invitation to tender,
— the rate of the export refund, expressed in a whole number of euro
per tonne net weight.
Tenders shall be valid only if they are submitted no later than 12.00
(Brussels time) on the last day of the period fixed for the submission
of tenders; where that day is a holiday in a Member State for thebody responsible for receiving the tenders, the deadline shall be 12.00on the last preceding working day.
3. Tenders shall be opened by the competent body of the Member
State concerned in the absence of members of the public. The persons
present at the opening shall be under an obligation not to disclose anyparticulars relating thereto. Admissible tenders shall be forwarded tothe Commission without the tenderers being mentioned by name inaccordance withArticle 7(3) no later th an 12.00 (Brussels time) onthe first working day following the final date for submission of tenders.
4. The Commission shall fix the maximum rate of the export refund
for eachcategory of products to be exported and eachdestination orgroup of destinations in the light of the tenders submitted and the fore-seeable situation on the market in the products concerned. Awards shallbe made to tenderers whose tenders quote a rate of refund equal to or
less than the maximum export-refund rate, for the quantity and rate
quoted in the tender. However, where tenders quote exactly themaximum rate of the refund, the Commission may fix a percentage toreduce the quantity awarded. The Commission may also reject alltenders by fixing a zero maximum rate.
Where the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative
quantity up to the quantities tendered for exceeds the indicative rate bymore than 50 % and in exceptional situations, the maximum rate shallbe fixed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
5. No later than the third working day following publication of the
maximum rate of the refund, the competent body shall issue successfultenderers with export licences for the quantity awarded, mentioning therefund indicated in the tender in box 22 of the licence, in accordancewithArticle 5(7). Securities lodged by tenderers wh ose tenders quote a2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 6
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rate higher than the maximum rate of the export refund shall be
released.
Article 5
ProvisionscommontosystemsA1,A2andA3
1. Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall apply to Al,
A2 and A3 licences as referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c). The
destinations or groups of destinations shall be entered in box 7 of
licence applications and licences.
2. Box 22 of licences shall show at least one of the following
entries:
— Restitución válida para … toneladas netas [cantidad para la que se
haya expedido el certificado], como máximo
— Restitutionen gælder for højst … ton(s) netto (den mængde,
licensen er udstedt for)
— Erstattung gültig für höchstens … Tonnen Eigengewicht (Menge,
für die die Lizenz erteilt wurde)
—Επιστροφή που ισχύει για …(ποσότητα για την οποία εκδί-
δεται το πιστοποιητικό)κατ 'ανώτατο όριο
— Refund valid for not more than … tonnes net (quantity for which
licence issued)
— Restitution valable pour … (quantité pour laquelle le certificat est
délivré) au maximum … tonnes net
— Restituzione valida al massimo per … (quantitativo per il quale è
rilasciato il titolo) t nette
— Restitutie geldig voor ten hoogste … (hoeveelheid waarvoor het
certificaat wordt afgegeven) ton netto
— Restituição válida para … (quantidade em relação à qual é emitido
o certificado) toneladas líquidas, no máximo
— Tukea myönnetään enintään … nettotonnin määrälle (määrä, jolle
todistus on myönnetty)
— Bidrag som gäller för högs … ton nettovikt (kvantitet för vilken
licensen är utfärdad).
3. Licence applications shall be accompanied by a security of
EUR 20/tonne net or the refund rate, whichever is the lesser. For thepurposes of this provision, the refund rate to be taken into considera-tion shall be the indicative refund rate for the A2 system and the ratequoted in the tender for the A3 system.
4. For eachperiod in wh ichapplications are submitted and for each
type of licence, the total quantity of a product for which licence appli-cations are submitted by an exporter for a product category within the
meaning of the third subparagraph of Article 7(2) and a destination or
group of destinations may not exceed half that set for that product cate-gory and destination or group of destinations during the applicationperiod concerned.
Where that quantity is increased during an application period, the quan-
tity for which further applications are submitted may not be greaterthan half the increase.
Member States shall automatically reject all applications not complying
with the first and second subparagraphs.
5. The Member States shall inform the Commission, in accordance
withArticle 7(3), of:
— any quantities for which licence applications have been withdrawn,
— any quantities for which licences have been issued but not used and
any quantities not used within the tolerance provided for in Article
8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000,
— the date of application for the licences and the licence issuing
system referred to in Article 1(1), corresponding to the quantitiesreferred to in the first and second indents.2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 7
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However, quantities withdrawn or not used relating to licences issued
during a previous export period (this period running from 1 July to 30June the following year) shall not be notified.
6. Licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the
meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.
However, in the case of export licences for apples valid for one or
more of the destinations indicated in Annex I, the term of validity shallcommence on:
— 15 July of the current year for licences issued between the date
corresponding to 15 July less the term of validity and 14 July,
— the day of issue for licences issued from 15 July to the end of
February of the following year.
The term of validity shall expire at the end of February for licences
issued between the date corresponding to 1 March less the term ofvalidity and the end of February.
Where the date on which the term of validity begins is not the same as
the date of issue within the meaning of the first subparagraph, it shall
be indicated as follows in box 22 of the licence:
— Certificado válido a partir del … [fecha de comienzo del período de
validez]
— Licensen er gyldig fra … (gyldighedsperiodens begyndelse)
— Lizenz gültig ab … (Beginn der Gültigkeitsdauer)
—Πιστοποιητικό ισχύον από …(ηµεροµηνία έναρξης ισχύος)
— Licence valid from … (date of commencement of validity)
— Certificat valable à partir du … (date de début de validité)
— Titolo valido dal … (data di decorrenza della validità)
— Certificaat geldig vanaf … (datum van begin van de geldigheids-
duur)
— Certificado válido a partir de … (data de início da validade)
— Todistus voimassa … (voimassaolon alkamispäivä) alkaen
— Licens giltig från … (datum för giltighetstidens början).
The licences referred to in the second subparagraph shall not be issued
during the period 1 March to the date corresponding to 15 July less the
period of validity. The destination given on licences valid during partof the period 1 March to 14 July for the export of apples to other desti-nations may not be changed to one of the destinations listed in AnnexI.
7. The refund rate applicable shall be indicated as follows in box 22
of the licence:
— Certificado con fijación anticipada de la restitución a un tipo de
… EUR/t neta
— Licens med forudfastsættelse af restitutionen til … EUR/ton netto
— Lizenz mit Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung zum Satz von … EUR/
t Eigengewicht
—Πιστοποιητικό µε προκαθορισµό της επιστροφής σε …ευρώ/
τόνο καθαρού βάρους
— Licence withrefund fixed in advance at EUR …/tonne net
— Certificat avec fixation à l'avance de la restitution au taux de
… EUR/t net
— Titolo con fissazione anticipata della restituzione al tasso di
… EUR/t netta
— Certificaat met vaststelling vooraf van de restitutie op … EUR/ton
netto
— Certificado com prefixação da restituição à taxa de … EUR/t
líquida
— Todistus, jossa vientitueksi on vahvistettu ennakolta … euroa/netto-
tonni
— Licens med förutfastställelse av bidraget på ett belopp av … euro/
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8. Additional quantities exported within the tolerance referred to in
Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1921/2000 shall not confer entitle-ment to the refund.
Article 6
SpecialprovisionsforsystemB
1. Notwithstanding Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999,
exporters may apply to the competent bodies of the Member Statesfor a licence under system B as referred to in Article 1(4) no laterthan the second working day following the date of acceptance of theexport declaration for the products with a view to obtaining a refundat the valid rate for the export period in question.
Licence applications shall be deemed to have been submitted on the
date of acceptance of the export declaration for the products.
However, applications for licences to export apples to one or more of
the destinations indicated in Annex I shall be accepted only during theperiod 15 July to the end of February the following year.
2. Licence applications must be accompanied by a copy of the
export declaration for the products. The declaration must contain at
least one of the following entries:
— Exportación para la que se presentará una solicitud a posteriori de
certificado de exportación sin fìjación anticipada de la restitución(sistema B)
— Udførsel, for hvilken der efterfølgende ansøges om eksportlicens
uden forudfastsættelse af restitutionen (system B)
— Ausfuhr, für die nachträglich eine Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Vorausfest-
setzung der Erstattung beantragt wird (System B)
—Εξαγωγή για την οποία θα υποβληθεί αίτηση εκ των υστέρων
για την έκδοση πιστοποιητικού εξαγωγής χωρίς προκαθορ-ισµό της επιστροφής (σύστηµα Β)
— Export to be the subject of an a posteriori application for an export
licence without advance fixing of the refund (system B)
— Exportation qui fera l'objet d'une demande a posteriori de certificat
d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance de la restitution (système B)
— Esportazione che sarà oggetto di una domanda a posteriori di titolo
di esportazione senza fissazione anticipata della restituzione
(sistema B)
— Uitvoer waarvoor achteraf een uitvoercertificaat zonder vaststelling
vooraf van de restitutie (B-stelsel) zal worden aangevraagd
— Exportação que será objecto de um pedido a posteriori de certifi-
cado de exportação sem prefixação da restituição (sistema B)
— Vientiä, josta jätetään jälkikäteen vientitodistus, johon ei sisälly
tuen ennakkovahvistusta, koskeva hakemus (B-menettely)
— Export som kräver en ansökan i efterhand om exportlicens utan
förutfastställelse av bidraget (system B).
3. Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall apply to B
licences. The destinations or groups of destinations shall be indicated
in box 7 of licence applications and licences.
4. Box 20 of licence applications and licences shall show at least
one of the following entries:
— Solicitud de certificado de exportación sin fijación anticipada de la
restitución con arreglo al artículo 6 del Reglamento (CE) n
o
►C11961/2001 ◄
— Ansøgning om eksportlicens uden forudfastsættelse af restitutionen,
jf. artikel 6 i forordning (EF) nr. ►C11961/2001 ◄
— Antrag auf Erteilung einer Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Vorausfestsetzung
der Erstattung gemäß Artikel 6 der Verordnung (EG) Nr.
►C11961/2001 ◄
—Αίτηση για έκδοση πιστοποιητικού εξαγωγής χωρίς
προκαθορισµό της επιστροφής σύµφωνα µε το άρθρο 6 τουκανονισµού (ΕΚ)αριθ. ►
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— Application for export licence without advance fixing of the refund
in accordance withArticle 6 of Regulation (EC) No ►C11961/
2001◄
— Demande de certificat d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance de la
restitution conformément à l'article 6 du règlement (CE) no
►C11961/2001 ◄
— Domanda di titolo di esportazione senza fissazione anticipata della
restituzione, ai sensi dell'articolo 6 del regolamento (CE) n.
►C11961/2001 ◄
— Aanvraag om een uitvoercertificaat zonder vaststelling vooraf van
de restitutie overeenkomstig artikel 6 van Verordening (EG) nr.
►C11961/2001 ◄
— Pedido de certificado de exportação sem prefixação da restituição,
nos termos do artigo 6.odo Regulamento (CE) n.o►C11961/
2001◄
— Asetuksen (EY) N:o ►C11961/2001 ◄6 artiklan mukainen vien-
titodistushakemus ilman tuen ennakkovahvistusta
— Ansökan om exportlicens utan förutfastställelse av bidraget enligt
artikel 6 i förordning (EG) nr ►C11961/2001 ◄.
5. The Member States shall inform the Commission, in accordance
withArticle 7(3), of:
— the quantities covered by licence applications, broken down by date
of submission within the meaning of the second subparagraph ofparagraph1,
— any quantities for which licence applications have been withdrawn
during the current export period,
— any quantities not used during the current export period.
This information shall not include quantities for which licence applica-
tions are rejected under paragraph6.
6. If the quantities of a product applied for in respect of a destina-
tion or group of destinations exceed or threaten to exceed the indicativequantity set for the current export period, the Commission may set adate from which licence applications will be rejected if the relevantexport declaration has been accepted after that date during the current
export period.
7. After each export period, the Commission shall check, on the
basis of the information available to it, for each product and each desti-nation or group of destinations, whether the quantities applied forexceed the indicative quantities set, and shall fix the definitive refundrates. If they do exceed the indicative quantities, the Commission mayreduce the rate of refund for those transactions.
Furthermore, in order to comply with the annual limits arising under
agreements concluded in accordance withArticle 300 of th e Treaty,
the Commission may determine for what percentage of the quantitiesapplied for licences may be issued.
8. Export licences shall be issued on the 14th working day after the
end of the export period for that period. Box 22 of licences shallcontain at least one of the following entries, along with the refundrate fixed in accordance withth e first subparagraphof paragraph7,
and the quantity, reduced if necessary by the percentage referred to in
the second subparagraph of paragraph 7:
— Certificado de exportación sin fijación anticipada de la restitución
por una cantidad de … kilogramos de los productos que se indicanen la casilla 16, a un tipo de … EUR/tonelada neta
— Eksportlicens uden forudfastsættelse af restitutionen for en mængde
på … kg produkter, anført i rubrik 16, til en sats på … EUR/tonnetto
— Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung für eine
Menge von … kg der in Feld 16 genannten Erzeugnisse zum Satz
von … EUR/t Eigengewicht
—Πιστοποιητικό εξαγωγής χωρίς προκαθορισµό της
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που αναγράφονται στη θέση 16, ύψους …ευρώ/τόνο καθαρού
βάρους
— Export licence without advance fixing of the refund for … kilo-
grams of products as listed in box 16, at a rate of EUR …/tonne net
— Certificat d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance de la restitution pour
une quantité de … kilogrammes de produits figurant à la case 16,au taux de … EUR/t net
— Titolo di esportazione senza fissazione anticipata della restituzione
per un quantitativo di … kg dei prodotti indicati nella casella 16, al
tasso di … EUR/t netta
— Uitvoercertificaat zonder vaststelling vooraf van de restitutie voor
een hoeveelheid van … kg van de in vak 16 genoemde producten,
met eenheidsbedrag van de restitutie … EUR/ton netto
— Certificado de exportação sem prefixação da restituição para uma
quantidade de … quilogramas de produtos indicados na casa 16, àtaxa de … EUR/tonelada líquida
— Vientitodistus, joka ei sisällä vientituen ennakkovahvistusta, …
kilogramman määrälle kohdassa 16 mainittuja tuotteita, tuen määrä… euroa/nettotonni
— Exportlicens utan förutfastställelse av bidraget för en kvantitet av
… kilo av de produkter som anges i fält 16, till ett belopp av… euro/ton nettovikt.
However, if the refund rate or percentage as referred to in paragraph 7
is zero, the applications shall be rejected.
9. Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not apply to
licences as referred to in this Article.
These licences shall be submitted direct to the body responsible for
payment of the export refund, which shall enter the quantity and stampthe licence.
Article 7
General provisions
1. The Member States shall designate the body or bodies responsible
for issuing export licences and shall inform the Commission thereof.
2. Box 16 of licence applications and licences shall show the code
of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds given in
Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.
However, more than one code may appear at the same time in a licence
application and a licence provided the codes are those of products inthe same category and the refund rate applicable is the same.
‘Product category’, within the meaning of the second paragraph of
Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, means the followingclasses of products:
— tomatoes covered by CN code 0702 00 00,
— shelled almonds covered by CN codes 0802 12 10 and 0802 12 90,
— hazelnuts ( Corylus ssp.) covered by CN codes 0802 21 00 and
0802 2200,
— walnuts in shell covered by CN code 0802 31 00,— oranges covered by CN codes 0805 1010 to 0805 10 80,— clementines covered by CN code 0805 20 10,— monreales and satsumas covered by CN code 0805 20 30,
— mandarins and wilkings covered by CN code 0805 2050,
— tangerines covered by CN code 0805 2070,— other similar citrus hybrids covered by CN code 0805 20 90,— lemons ( Citrus limon ,Citrus limonum ) covered by CN code
0805 3010,
— limes ( Citrus aurantifolia ) covered by CN code 0805 3090,
— table grapes covered by CN code 0806 1010,
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— peaches, including nectarines, covered by CN codes 0809 30 10 and
0809 3090.
3. (a) Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 3(3), Article
4(3), Article 5(5) and Article 6(5) shall:
— be broken down by product category within the meaning of
the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 and, where necessary,
by destination or group of destinations,
— contain, where applicable, the words: ‘GATT food aid’
where they relate to a refund granted on food aid as provided
for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agricultureconcluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral tradenegotiations,
— indicate ‘zero’ where no quantities have been applied for,
have been withdrawn or have not been used,
— be sent to the Commission by electronic mail on the forms
supplied by the Commission to the Member States for that
purpose.
(b) Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 5(5) and
Article 6(5) shall be made no later than 12.00 (Brussels time)
on Mondays and Thursdays each week for applications received
by the Member States between the day of the previous notifica-tion and the day preceding the current one, and for informationon quantities withdrawn and not used received by the MemberStates during that period. If the Monday or Thursday is aCommission holiday, the Commission may temporarily change
the notification days.
(c) Where the day fixed for notification as referred to in point (b) is
a national holiday, the Member State concerned shall make thenotification no later than 15.00 (Brussels time) on the working
day preceding that national holiday.
4. In addition to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No
800/1999, the refund shall be paid subject to the presentation of:
— an inspection certificate as provided for in Article 5(2) of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001(
1) in the case of products for
which a common marketing standard has been set,
— a document issued by the inspection authorities in the Member
States certifying that the products met the national requirements atthe time of inspection in the case of products for which a commonmarketing standard has not been set, but where national require-
ments regarding the quality of fruit and vegetables exported to
third countries apply.
Article 7a
1. Where the differentiation of the refund is the result solely of a
refund not having been fixed for Estonia, and notwithstanding Article
16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, proof that customs
import formalities have been completed shall not be required forpayment of the refund for products falling within CN codes ex 0802,0805 and 0806.
2. The fact that a refund has not been fixed for the export of
products falling within CN codes 0802, 0805 and 0806 to Estonia shall
not be taken into account in determining the lowest rate of refund
within the meaning of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.
Article 8
Repeal
Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is hereby repealed.2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 12
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However, it shall continue to apply to export operations covered by
licence applications submitted before 9 November 2001 under systemsA1 and A2 and before 16 November 2001 under system B.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references
to this Regulation and shall be read in conjunction with the correlationtable in Annex II.
Article 9
Entryintoforce
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply to export operations covered by licence applications
submitted from 9 November 2001 under systems A1, A2 and A3 andfrom 16 November 2001 under system B.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 13
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ANNEX I
Destinationsreferred toinArticle5(6)andArticle 6(1)
Hong Kong SAR
SingaporeMalaysia
Sri Lanka
IndonesiaThailandTaiwan
Papua New Guinea
LaosCambodiaVietnam
Japan
UruguayParaguay
Argentina
MexicoCosta Rica2001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 14
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ANNEX ΙΙ
Correlationtable
Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 This Regulation
Article ParagraphArticle Paragraph
1111
1212
13
1314
1415
21212222
2323
2424
2525
31313232
3333
34343535
3636
3737
41
42
43
44
45
4151
4252
42 a5 34354
4455
455645 a5 7
46582001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 15
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Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 This Regulation
Article ParagraphArticle Paragraph
5161
5262
52 a6 353645465
5566
566757685869
6171
627263736474
6575
892001R1961 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 001.001 — 16