EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.3.2000 L 73/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 610/2000
of 21 March 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
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing CouncilRegulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruitand vegetables (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 470/2000 (3) set the
indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities forA2 export licences, other than those applied for in thecontext of food aid.
(2) For lemons and apples, in view of the economic situ-ation and taking account of information received byoperators via their applications for A2 licences, thedefinitive refund rates should be set at a different ratefrom the indicative rates. The percentages for the issuingof licences for the quantities applied for should also beset. The definitive rates may not be more than 50 %more than the indicative rates.(3) Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,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 470/2000 the actual date of application referred to in the secondsubparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 ishereby set at 22 March 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,
applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excessof the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shallbe considered null and void.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 57, 2.3.2000, p. 12.
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ANNEX
ProductDestination or
group of destinations (1)Definitive
refund rates
(EUR/t net)Percentages
for the issuing of
licences
Tomatoes A00 20 100 %
Oranges A00 50 94 %
Lemons A00 55 100 %
Apples F07 24 85 %
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A00: All destinations.
F07: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herze-
govina, 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 SouthAfrica, 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.