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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1321/2000
of 22 June 2000
fixing exportrefunds on fruitand veget ables
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 infruit and vegetables(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96(3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000(4), lays
down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit andvegetables.
(2)Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, providesthat,totheextentnecessaryforeconomicallysignificantquantities of the products listed in that Article to beexported, the difference between the internationalmarket prices for those products and their prices in theCommunity may be covered by export refunds.
(3)Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 providesthat refunds must be fixed in the light of the existingsituationortheoutlookforfruitandvegetablepricesonthe Community market and supplies available on theonehand,andpricesontheinternationalmarketontheother hand. Account must also be taken of the costsreferred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and ofthe economic aspect of the exports planned.
(4)Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limitsresultingfromagreementsconcludedinaccordancewithArticle 300 of the Treaty.
(5)In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No2200/96, prices on the Community market are to beestablished in the light of the most favourable pricesfrom the export standpoint. International trade pricesaretobeestablishedinthelightofthepricesreferredtoin the second subparagraph of that paragraph.(6)The international trade situation or the special require-ments of certain markets may call for the refund on agiven product to vary according to its destination.
(7)Tomatoes, lemons, oranges, apples, peaches and nectar-ines of classes Extra, I and II of the common qualitystandards, table grapes of classes Extra and I of thecommon quality standard, shelled almonds, hazelnutsand walnuts in shell can currently be exported ineconomically significant quantities.
(8)The application of the abovementioned rules to thepresent and forecast market situation, and in particularto fruit and vegetable prices in the Community andinternational trade, gives the refund rates set out in theAnnex hereto.
(9)Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the resources available should be used as efficientlyas possible while avoiding discrimination betweentraders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturbthe trade flows previously induced by the refundarrangements. For those reasons and because of theseasonalnatureofexportsoffruitandvegetables,quotasshould be fixed for each product.
(10)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000(6), estab-
lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for exportrefunds.
(11)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999(8), lays
down common detailed rules for the application of thesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificates for agricultural products.
(12)Owing to the market situation, in order to make themost efficient use of the resources available and giventhe structure of Community exports, the most appro-priate method should be selected for export refunds oncertain products and certain destinations and conse-quently refunds under the A1 and A2 licence arrange-ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for theexport period in question.
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. (6) OJ L 114, 13.5.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12. (7) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16. (8) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
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(13)Thequantitieslaiddownforthevariousproductsshould
be distributed in accordance with the different systemsfor the grant of the refund, taking account in particularof their perishability.
(14)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshallbeasset
out in the Annex hereto.2. Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
referredtoinArticle14aofRegulation(EEC)No3719/88shallnotcountagainsttheeligiblequantitiescoveredbytheAnnex.
3. Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
Regulation(EC)No2190/96,thetermofvalidityofA1andA2licences shall be three months.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 June 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ProductSystem
Applicationperiods
(fulldefinitionsof
eligibleproductsaregiven
inthe‘Fruit
andvegetables’ProductDestination
orA1
24.6to8.9.2000A2
26to28.6.2000B
1.7to15.9.2000
sectorof
CommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3846/87
amended)code destination
group(1)Refund
rate
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refund
rate
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refund
rate
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)ANNEX
EXPORT REFUNDS ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Tomatoes 070200009100 F08 18 18 2207 18 4414
Shelledalmonds 080212909000 A00 45 176 45 45 176
Hazelnutsinshell 080221009000 A00 53 68 53 53 68
Shelledhazelnuts 080222009000 A00 103 599 103 103 599
Walnutsinshell 080231009000 A00 66 20 66 66 20
Oranges 080510109100
080510309100080510509100A00 45 45 615 45 1229
Lemons 080530109100 A00 40 40 4610 40 4610
Tablegrapes 080610109100 A00 23 23 6627 23 13255
Apples 080810209100080810509100080810909100 F04,F09 36 36 3850 36 3850
Peachesandnectarines 080930109100080930909100 A03 27 27 8094 27 16189
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A00: All destinations.
A03: All destinations except Switzerland.F04: SriLanka,HongKongSAR,Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Thailand,Taiwan,Papua-NewGuinea,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,Uruguay,Paraguay,Ar gentina,Mexico,CostaRica
and Japan.
F08: All destinations except Slovaki, Latvia and Bulgaria.
F09: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugosla v Republic of Macedonia, Federal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro),Malta,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikis tan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan,
Ukraine, destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, African countries and territories except South Africa, c ountries of the Arabian
Peninsula(SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Oman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQalwain,RasalKhaimah,Fujairah),Ku wait,Yemen),Syria,
Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.