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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 339/2000
of 15 February 2000
setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted
for added sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market inproducts processed from fruit and vegetables(
1), as last
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2701/1999(2),andinpartic-
ular Article 16(3),
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95(3), as last
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1007/97(4),setsimple-
mentingrulesforexportrefundsonproductsprocessedfrom fruit and vegetables.
(2)Article16(1)ofRegulation(EC)No2201/96statesthat,to the extent necessary to permit exports in economic-ally significant quantities of the products referred to inArticle1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation,onthebasisofpricesfor those products in international trade, the differencebetweenthosepricesandpricesintheCommunitymaybe covered by export refunds; Article 18(4) of Regula-tion (EC) No 2201/96 provides that, if the refund onsugar incorporated into the products listed in Article1(1) is insufficient to allow export of the products, therefund fixed in accordance with Article 17 is to beapplicable to those products.
(3)Article17(2)ofRegulation(EC)No2201/96statesthatrefundsmustbefixedwithregardtotheexistingsitua-tionandoutlookforpricesforproductsprocessedfromfruit and vegetables on the Community market andsupplyavailability,ontheonehand,andpricesininter-nationaltradeontheotherhand.Accountmustalsobetakenofthecostsindicatedat(b)inthatparagraphandof the economic aspect of the envisaged exports.
(4)Refundsare,pursuanttoArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EC)No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the limitsresultingfromagreementsconcludedinaccordancewith
Article 300 of the Treaty.
(5)Article17(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2201/96statesthatprices on the Community market are to be determinedtakingaccountofthosemostfavourablefromtheexpor-tationstandpoint;whereasinternationaltradepricesareto be determined account taken of the prices indicatedin the second subparagraph of that paragraph.
(6)The international trade situation or the special require-mentsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundonagivenproductdependingonthedestina-tion of that product.
(7)Economically significant exports can be made at thepresent time of provisionally preserved cherries, peeledtomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts andsome orange juices.
(8)Applicationoftherulesmentionedabovetothepresentand forecast market situation, in particular to prices ofproducts processed from fruit and vegetables in theCommunity and in international trade, leads to therefund rates set in the Annex hereto.
(9)Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the most efficient possible use should be made ofthe resources available without creating discriminationbetweentraders.Therefore,careshouldbetakennottodisturbthetradeflowspreviouslyinducedbytherefundarrangements.
(10)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2765/1999(6), estab-
lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for exportrefunds.
(11)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999(8), lays
downcommondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificates for agricultural products.
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 5. (6) OJ L 338, 30.12.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 28. (7) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 145, 5.6.1997, p. 16. (8) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
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(12)ThemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. TheexportrefundratesintheprocessedfruitandvegetablessectorshallbethosefixedintheAnnex
hereto.
2. Quantities for which licences are issued in the context of food aid, as referred to in Article 14a of
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not count against the eligible quantities referred to in the firstparagraph.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Licenceissuingperiod:MarchtoJune2000
Product
(Thefulldefinitionsoftheeligibleproducts
aregiveninthe‘processedfruitandvegetables’ ProductcodeDestination
code(1)Periodforsubmissionofapplications:
from23Februaryto23June2000
sectorofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3846/87,asamended) Refundrate
(EUR/tnet)Quantitiesprovided
(int)
Provisionally preserved cherries 081210009100 F06 55 3358
Peeled tomatoes 200210109100 A20 50 50000
Preserved cherries 200600319000
200600999100F06 170 338
Prepared hazelnuts 200819199100200819999100 A00 66 405
Orange juice With a sugar content of not
less than 10 °Brix, but less
than 22 °Brix200911999110
200919999110A00 6 353
With a sugar content of notless than 55 °Brix 200911999150
200919999150A00 32 354
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
A00: All destinations,A20: All destinations except the United States of America,F06: All destinations except the countries of North America.