‹‹ EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 88/47 24. 3. 98
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 655/98
of 23 March 1998
on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules forimplementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 asregards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (
1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in par-
ticular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/98 (3) sets
the indicative refund rates and the indicative quantitiesfor A2 export licences, other than those applied for in thecontext of food aid;
Whereas, for oranges, tomatoes, lemons and apples, in
view of the economic situation in the various destinationgroups indicated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No520/98 and taking account of information received byoperators via their applications for A2 licences, the defini-tive refund rates should be set at a different rate from theindicative rates; whereas the percentages for the issuing oflicences for the quantities applied for should also be set;whereas the definitive rates may not be more than doublethe indicative rates;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the corre-sponding definitive rates shall be considered null and
void,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For A2 export licences for which applications have
been submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)No 520/98, the actual date of application referred to inthe second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation(EC) No 2190/96 is hereby set at 24 March 1998.
2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall
be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the per-centages for the quantities applied for as indicated in theAnnex to this Regulation.
3. Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96, applications referred to in the first paragraph forrates in excess of the corresponding definitive rates set outin the Annex shall be considered null and void.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 23 March 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1998, p. 8.
‹‹ EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 88/48 24. 3. 98
ANNEX
ProductDestination or
group of destinations (1)Definitive
refund rates
(ECU/tonne net)Percentages
for the issuing of
licences
Tomatoes F 20 100 %
Oranges XYC 30 95 %
Lemons F 40 100 %
ApplesX 24 100 %
Y 6 67 %
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
X: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(Serbia and Montenegro), Malta.
Y: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, asamended.
Z: African countries and territories except South Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah),Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia.
C: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.D: Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica.
E: All destinations except Switzerland.F: All destinations.