EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 1999 L 298/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2444/1999
of 18 November 1999
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
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/1999 (3)
sets the indicative refund rates and the indicative quant-ities for A2 export licences, other than those applied forin the context of food aid;
(2) Whereas, for lemons and apples, in view of theeconomic situation in the various destination groupsindicated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2331/1999 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; whereas the percentages forthe issuing of licences for the quantities applied forshould also be set; whereas the definitive rates may notbe more than 50 % more than the indicative rates;
(3) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the cor-responding definitive 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 2331/1999, the actual date of application referred to in the secondsubparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 ishereby set at 19 November 1999.
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 19 November 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 November 1999.
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 281, 4.11.1999, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 1999 L 298/4
ANNEX
ProductDestination or
group of destinations (1)Definitive
refund rates
(EUR/tonne net)Percentages
for the issuing of
licences
Tomatoes A00 20 100 %
Oranges F01, F02, F05 50 94 %
Lemons A00 52 100 %
Table grapes A00 25 100 %
Apples F01 35 69 %
F02 38 98 %
(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.
F05: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Japan.