EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.9.1999 L250/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2026/1999
of 22 September 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,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No2190/96of
14November1996ondetailedrulesforimplementingCouncilRegulation(EC)No2200/96asregardsexportrefundsonfruitand vegetables(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999(2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
(1)WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1926/1999(3)
setstheindicativerefundratesandtheindicativequant-itiesforA2exportlicences,otherthanthoseappliedforin the context of food aid;
(2)Whereas, for lemons and apples for destinations ingeographical zone F02, in view of the economic situ-ationinthevariousdestinationgroupsindicatedintheAnnex to Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 and takingaccount of information received by operators via theirapplications for A2 licences, the definitive refund ratesshouldbesetatadifferentratefromtheindicativerates;whereas the percentages for the issuing of licences forthequantitiesappliedforshouldalsobeset;whereasthedefinitiveratesmaynotbemorethan50%morethanthe indicative rates;(3)Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EC)No2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the cor-responding definitive rates shall be considered null andvoid,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. ForA2exportlicencesforwhichapplicationshavebeen
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999, the actual date of application referred to in the secondsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EC)No2190/96ishereby set at 23 September 1999.
2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
issuedatthedefinitiverefundratesandatthepercentagesforthe quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to thisRegulation.
3. PursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EC)No2190/96,
applicationsreferredtointhefirstparagraphforratesinexcessofthecorrespondingdefinitiveratessetoutintheAnnexshallbe considered null and void.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23September1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 22 September 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 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.9.1999 L250/11
ANNEX
ProductDestinationor
groupofdestinations(1)Definitive
refundrates
(EUR/tonnenet)Percentages
fortheissuingof
licences
Tomatoes A01 20 100%
Oranges F01,F02,F05 50 88%
Lemons A01 40 100%
Table grapes A01 25 100%
Apples F01 40 91%
F02 30 74%
Peaches and nectarines A21 — —
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A01: All destinations.
A21: All destinations other than Switzerland.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.