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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 888/2000
of 28 April 2000
fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
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 infruitandvegetables(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(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 internationalmarketpricesforthoseproductsandtheirpricesintheCommunity 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 costsreferredtoinArticle35(4)(b)ofthatRegulationandofthe 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)InaccordancewithArticle35(5)ofRegulation(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,peachesandnectar-ines of classes Extra, I and II of the common qualitystandards, shelled almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts inshell can currently be exported in economically signifi-cant quantities.
(8)The application of the abovementioned rules to thepresent and forecast market situation, and in particularto fruit and vegetable prices in the Community andinternationaltrade,givestherefundratessetoutintheAnnex hereto.
(9)Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96,theresourcesavailableshouldbeusedasefficientlyas 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 2765/1999(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
downcommondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificates 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-priatemethodshouldbeselectedforexportrefundsoncertain 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 338, 30.12.1999, p. 1.
(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 systemsforthegrantoftherefund,takingaccountinparticularof 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 two months.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 May 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ProductSystem
Applicationperiods
(fulldefinitionsof
eligibleproductsaregiven
inthe‘Fruit
andvegetables’ProductDestination
orA1
10.5to23.6.2000A2
11to15.5.2000B
17.5to30.6.2000
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 A00 20 208808 2017616
Shelledalmonds 080212909000 A00 50 424 50 424
Hazelnutsinshell 080221009000 A00
Shelledhazelnuts 080222009000 A00 114 668 114 668
Walnutsinshell 080231009000 A00
Oranges 080510109100
080510309100080510509100A00 50 506920 5013839
Lemons 080530109100 A00 50 5011298 5011298
Apples 080810209100080810509100080810909100 F07 40 405044 40 3456
Peachesandnectarines 080930109100080930909100 A21 27 27 584 27 1168
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A00: All destinations.
A21: All destinations except Switzerland.
F07: 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, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mol dova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan,Ukraine,destinationsreferredtoinArticle36ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No800/1999,Africancountriesandterrit oriesexceptSouthAfrica,
countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qalwain, Ras a l Khaimah,
Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.