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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 397/2001
of 27 February 2001
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
2826/2000(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, 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 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 2849/2000(6), estab-
lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for exportrefunds.
(11)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/2000(7), 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-quentlyrefundsundertheA1andA2licencearrange-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.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2. (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12. (6) OJ L 335, 30.12.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16. (7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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(13)Thequantitieslaiddownforthevariousproductsshould
be distributed in accordance with the different systemsforthegrantoftherefund,takingaccountinparticularof their perishability.
(14)The Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Veget-ableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitset by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshallbeasset
out in the Annex hereto.2. Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000shall not count against the eligible quantities covered by theAnnex.
3. Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A1 andA2 licences shall be two months.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 2001.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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System
Applicationperiods
Productcode DestinationA1
10.3to6.5.2001A2
12to13.3.2001B
17.3to13.5.2001
Refundamount
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refundamount
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refundamount
(EUR/t
netweight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)ANNEX
to Commission Regulation of 27 February 2001 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
070200009100 F08 18 18 5786 18 11830
080212909000 A00 45 357 45 342
080222009000 A00 103 636 103 1938
080510109100
080510309100080510509100A00 45 4524509 45 42495
080530109100 A00 35 3514931 35 13869
080810209100080810509100080810909100 F09 25 25 5440 25 4404
NB:Theproductcodesandthe‘A’seriesdestinationcodesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJL366,24.12.1987,p.1)as
amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p. 14).
The other destinations are defined as follows:
F08 All destinations except Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.F09 Norway,Iceland,Greenland,FaeroeIslands,Poland,Hungary,Romania,Albania,BosniaandHerzegovina,Croatia,Slovenia,FormerYugoslav
RepublicofMacedonia,FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro),Malta,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan,Ukraine,destinationsreferredtoinArticle36ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No800/1999,AfricancountriesandterritoriesexceptSouthAfrica,countriesoftheArabianPeninsula(SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Oman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQalwain,RasalKhaimah,Fujairah),Kuwait,Yemen),Syria,Iran,Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.