NoL83/16EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.3.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No539/97
of24March1997
onissuingA2exportlicencesforfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
2190/96of14November1996ondetailedrulesfor
implementing CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72as
regardsexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No324/97(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle3(4)thereof,changeinthemarketsituation,theinformationgivenon
thesaidapplicationsisnotconsideredrepresentative of
therealmarketsituation;
Whereas,therefore,thereisnoeconomicjustificationfor
fixingthedefinitiverefundrateforapplesfordestination
groupZatotherthantheindicativerate;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EC)No
2190/96,applicationsforratesinexcessofthecorres­
pondingdefinitiveratesshallbeconsiderednullandvoid,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No351/97(3)sets
theindicativerefundratesandtheindicativequantities
forA2exportlicences,otherthanthoseappliedforinthe
contextoffoodaid;
Whereas,fororangesandapples,fordestinationgroupsX
andY,inviewoftheeconomicsituationinthevarious
destinationgroupsindicatedintheAnnextoRegulation
(EC)No351/97andtakingaccountofinformation
receivedbyoperatorsviatheirapplicationsforA2
licences,thedefinitiverefundratesshouldbesetata
differentratefromtheindicativerates;whereasthe
percentagesfortheissuingoflicencesforthequantities
appliedforshouldalsobeset;whereasthedefinitiverates
maynotbemorethandoubletheindicativerates;
Whereastheminimumrateappliedforinallapplications
forA2licencesforapplesfordestinationgroupZisin
linewiththemaximumacceptablerate,i.e.doublethe
indicativerate;whereas,onthebasisoftheinformation
givenintheabovementioned applications ,theindicative
rateofECU56/tonneisinsufficient ;whereasthedefini­
tiverateshouldtherefore,inprinciple,besetatahigher
rate;whereas,however,inthelightofexperiencegained
whenfixingrefundratesforA2licencesinprevious
periodsandintheabsenceofanyevidenceofasuddenArticle1
1.ForA2exportlicencesforwhichapplicationshave
beensubmittedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulation(EC)
No351/97,theactualdateofapplicationreferredtoin
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No2190/96isherebysetat25March1997.
2.Thelicencesreferredtointhefirstparagraphshall
beissuedatthedefinitiverefundratesandattheper­
centagesforthequantitiesappliedforasindicatedinthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
3.PursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation (EC)No
2190/96,applicationsreferredtointhefirstparagraphfor
ratesinexcessofthecorresponding definitiveratessetout
intheAnnexshallbeconsiderednullandvoid.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25March1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24March1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL292,15.11.1996,p.12.
(2)OJNoL52,22.2.1997,p.10.
3OJNoL59,28.2.1997,p.4.

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ANNEX
ProductDestinationor
groupofdestinationsDefinitive
refundrates
(ECU/tonnenet)Percentages
fortheissuingof
licences
Orangesxc 100 100%
Y 120 93%
x 25 84%
Apples Y 7 100%
z 56 —