COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 319/98 of 6 February 1998 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-02-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, fresh fruit, fruit vegetable, nut

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 319/98

of 6 February 1998

on the issuing of system B 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 imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/97 (3)
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of
export licences other than those requested in the context
of food aid;

the

Whereas, in the light of information now available to the
Commission,
been
shelled almonds,
tomatoes,
exceeded in the case of
walnuts in shell,
table grapes and apples for
lemons,
destination groups Y, Z and D;

indicative quantities have

shell,
lemons,
groups Y, Z and D,

table grapes and apples for destination

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The percentages for the issuing of system B export
licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96 as amended, and applied for between 19
November 1997 and 19 January 1998, by which the
quantities applied for and the rates of refund applicable
must be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.

The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat-
eral trade negotiations.

Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied
for between 19 November 1997 and 19 January 1998, a
rate of refund which is lower than the indicative rate
should be fixed for tomatoes, shelled almonds, walnuts in

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February
1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 6 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 299, 4. 11. 1997, p. 10.

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ANNEX

Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
for between 19 November 1997 and 19 January 1998

Product

Destination
or group
of destinations

Percentage for the
issuing of
licences

Rate of refund
(ECU/
tonne net)

Tomatoes

Shelled almonds

Hazelnuts in shell

Shelled hazelnuts

Walnuts in shell

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

F

F

F

F

F

XYC

F

F

X
Y
ZD

100 %

100 %

(cid:190)

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %
100 %
100 %

4,0

25,5

(cid:190)

114,0

51,9

45,0

27,6

15,3

30,0
9,3
8,8