L257/22 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.9.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1818/97
of19September1997
onissuingA2exportlicencesforfruitandvegetables
spondingdefinitiveratesshallbeconsiderednulland
void,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
2190/96of14November1996ondetailedrulesfor
implementing CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72as
regardsexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No610/97(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle3(4)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1744/97(3)sets
theindicativerefundratesandtheindicativequantities
forA2exportlicences,otherthanthoseappliedforinthe
contextoffoodaid;
Whereas,fororangesandapples,inviewoftheeconomic
situationinthevariousdestinationgroupsindicatedin
theAnnextoRegulation(EC)No1744/97andtaking
accountofinformationreceivedbyoperatorsviatheir
applicationsforA2licences,thedefinitiverefundrates
shouldbesetatadifferentratefromtheindicativerates;
whereasthepercentagesfortheissuingoflicencesforthe
quantitiesappliedforshouldalsobeset;whereasthedefi­
nitiveratesmaynotbemorethandoubletheindicative
rates;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
2190/96,applicationsforratesinexcessofthecorre­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ForA2exportlicencesforwhichapplicationshave
beensubmittedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulation(EC)
No1744/97,theactualdateofapplicationreferredtoin
thesecondsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No2190/96isherebysetat22September1997.
2.Thelicencesreferredtointhefirstparagraphshall
beissuedatthedefinitiverefundratesandattheper­
centagesforthequantitiesappliedforasindicatedinthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
3.PursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation (EC)No
2190/96,applicationsreferredtointhefirstparagraphfor
ratesinexcessofthecorresponding definitiveratessetout
intheAnnexshallbeconsiderednullandvoid.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22September
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJL292,15.11.1996,p.12.
(2)OJL93,8.4.1997,p.16.
1OJL244,6.9.1997,p.12.

20.9.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L257/23
ANNEX
ProductDestination or
groupofdestinations(')Definitive
refundrates
(ECU/tonnenet)Percentages
fortheissuingof
licences
Tomatoes F 19 100%
Oranges XYC 35 83%
Lemons F 20 83%
Tablegrapes F 25 90%
ApplesX 30 100%
Y 5 100%
Peachesandnectarines E — —
(')Thedestinationcodesaredefinedasfollows:
X:Norway,Iceland,Greenland,Faeroes,Poland,Hungary,Romania,Bulgaria,Albania,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina ,Croatia,Slovenia,FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,FederalRepublicofYugoslavia
(SerbiaandMontenegro ),Malta.
Y:Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan ,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan ,
Uzbekistan ,Ukraine.
Z:AfricancountriesandterritoriesexceptSouthAfrica,countriesoftheArabianPeninsula(SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,
Oman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQaiwain,RasalKhaimah,Fujairah),
Kuwait,Yemen),Syria,Iran,Jordan,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,Panama,Ecuador,Colombia.
C:Switzerland ,CzechRepublic,Slovakia.
D:HongKongSAR,Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Thailand,Taiwan,PapuaNewGuinea,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,
Uruguay,Paraguay,Argentina,Mexico,CostaRica.
E:AlldestinationsexceptSwitzerland .
F:Alldestinations .