EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.2000 L23/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2000
of 27 January 2000
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
14November1996ondetailedrulesforimplementingCouncilRegulation(EC)No2200/96asregardsexportrefundsonfruitand vegetables(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999(2), and in particulars Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999(3),
amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 41/2000(
4) and 67/2000(5) set the indicative refund rates
and the indicative quantities for A2 export licences,other than those applied for in the context of food aid;
(2)forlemonsandapples,inviewoftheeconomicsituationinthevariousdestinationgroupsindicatedintheAnnexto Regulations (EC) No 2782/1999 and 67/2000 andtaking account of information received by operators viatheir applications for A2 licences, the definitive refundratesshouldbesetatadifferentratefromtheindicativerates;whereasthepercentagesfortheissuingoflicencesforthequantitiesappliedforshouldalsobeset;whereasthe definitive rates may not be more than 50% morethan the indicative rates;(3)pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EC)No2190/96,applications for rates in excess of the correspondingdefinitive 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 2782/1999 and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 67/2000, the actualdate of application referred to in the second subparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EC)No2190/96isherebysetat28January 2000.
2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages forthe quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to thisRegulation.
3. Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
applicationsreferredtointhefirstparagraphforratesinexcessofthecorrespondingdefinitiveratessetoutintheAnnexshallbe considered null and void.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 January 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 5, 8.1.2000, p. 43.
(5) OJ L 9, 13.1.2000, p. 11.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.1.2000 L23/46
ANNEX
ProductDestinationor
groupofdestinations(1)Definitive
refundrates
(EUR/tonnenet)Percentages
fortheissuingof
licences
Tomatoes A00 20 100%
Oranges A00 50 100%
Lemons A00 50 100%
Apples F01 35 72%
F02 29 91%
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A00: All destinations.
F01: 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.
F02: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine,
destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.