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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2/2001
of 3 January 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 infruit and vegetables (
1), as last amended by Regulation (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, to the extent necessary for economically significantquantities of the products listed in that Article to beexported, the difference between the internationalmarket prices for those products and their prices in theCommunity 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 existingsituation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices onthe Community market and supplies available on theone hand, and prices on the international market on theother hand. Account must also be taken of the costsreferred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and ofthe 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 limitsresulting from agreements concluded in accordance withArticle 300 of the Treaty.
(5) In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No2200/96, prices on the Community market are to beestablished in the light of the most favourable pricesfrom the export standpoint. International trade pricesare to be established in the light of the prices referred toin 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, peaches and nectar-ines of classes Extra, Iand I Iof the common qualitystandards, table grapes of classes Extra and Iof 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 andinternational trade, gives the refund rates set out in theAnnex hereto.
(9) Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the resources available should be used as efficientlyas 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 theseasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, 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
down common detailed rules for the application of thesystem of import and export licences and advance fixingcertificates 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-priate method should be selected for export refunds oncertain products and certain destinations and conse-quently refunds under the A 1 and A 2 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.
(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) The quantities laid down for the various products should
be distributed in accordance with the different systemsfor the grant of the refund, taking account in particularof 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. The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be as set
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 A 1 andA 2 licences shall be two months.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 January 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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System
Application periods
Product code DestinationA1
10.1 to 9.3.2001A2
11 to 15.1.2001B
17.1 to 16.3.2001
Refund amount
(EUR/t
net weight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refund amount
(EUR/t
net weight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)Indicative
refund amount
(EUR/t
net weight)Scheduled
quantity
(t)ANNEX
to Commission Regulation of 3 January 2001 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
0702 00 00 9100 F08 18 18 1 907 18 3 887
0802 12 90 9000 A00 45 190 45 45 195
0802 22 00 9000 A00 103 727 103 103 1 519
0805 10 10 9100
0805 10 30 91000805 10 50 9100A00 45 45 43 600 45 84 999
0805 30 10 9100 A00 45 45 16 339 45 15 343
0808 10 20 91000808 10 50 91000808 10 90 9100 F04, F09 36 36 6 807 36 6 313
NB:The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as
amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46).
The other destinations are defined as follows:
F04 Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay,
Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica and Japan.
F08 All destinations except Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.F09 Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation(EC) No 800/1999, 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 Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran,Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.