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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2782/1999
of 27 December 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and
vegetables andfixing export refund s for apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
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)some difficulties are currently being experienced on the
exportmarketforapples,inparticularasregardsdistantdestinations;
(2)the indicative quantities of apples eligible for exportsubsidy should be increased;
(3)for exports to distant destinations this should be donewithout delay since certain licences are only valid untilthe end of February;
(4)thedateinArticle1ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No2420/1999(
3) from which new applications may be
submitted for A1 export licences for apples should beamended;(5)the Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Veget-ables has not delivered an opinion within the time limitset by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds for apples shall be as laid down in the
Annex hereto.
Licences issued for food aid, as referred to in Article 14a of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(4), shall not count
against the eligible quantities laid down in the Annex.
Article 2
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999, the date 17
January 2000 is replaced by 4 January 2000.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
For the Commission
Margot WALLSTRÖM
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 291, 13.11.1999, p. 27. (4) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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ProductSystem
Applicationperiods
(fulldefinitionsof
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andvegetables’ProductDestination
orA1
4.1.2000to9.3.2000A2
18to20.1.2000B
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CommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3846/87
amended)code destination
group(1)Refund
rate
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
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(t)ANNEX
EXPORT REFUNDS FOR APPLES
Apples 080810209100
080810509100080810909100F01 40 40 4266 40 4266
080810209100080810509100080810909100 F02 40 40 5486 40 5487
080810209100080810509100080810909100 F03,F04 40 4500 40 2500
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
F01: Norway,Iceland,Greenland,Faeroes,Poland,Hungary,Romania,Bulgaria,Albania,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Croati a,Slovenia,FormerYugoslavRepublic
of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta.
F02: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinat ions referred to in Article 34 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.
F03: African countries and territories except South Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emi rates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai,
Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia.
F04: SriLanka,HongKongSAR,Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Tailand,Taiwan,PapuaNewGuinea,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,Uruguay,Paraguay,Arge ntina,Mexico,CostaRica,
and Japan.