Commission Regulation (EC) No 655/98 of 23 March 1998 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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L 88/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 655/98

of 23 March 1998

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 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 par-
ticular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/98 (3) sets
the indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities
for A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the
context of food aid;

Whereas, for oranges, tomatoes, lemons and apples, in
view of the economic situation in the various destination
groups indicated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
520/98 and taking account of information received by
operators via their applications for A2 licences, the defini-
tive refund rates should be set at a different rate from the
indicative rates; whereas the percentages for the issuing of
licences for the quantities applied for should also be set;
whereas the definitive rates may not be more than double
the indicative rates;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the corre-

sponding 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 520/98, the actual date of application referred to in
the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2190/96 is hereby set at 24 March 1998.

2.
The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall
be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the per-
centages for the quantities applied for as indicated in the
Annex to this Regulation.

Pursuant

3.
to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96, applications referred to in the first paragraph for
rates in excess of the corresponding definitive rates set out
in the Annex shall be considered null and void.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 March 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 66, 6. 3. 1998, p. 8.

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ANNEX

Product

Destination or
group of destinations (1)

Definitive
refund rates
(ECU/tonne net)

Percentages
for the issuing of
licences

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Apples

F

XYC

F

X

Y

20

30

40

24

6

100 %

95 %

100 %

100 %

67 %

(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:

X: 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.

Y: 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.

Z: African countries and territories except South Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah),
Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia.

C: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
D: Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,

Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica.

E: All destinations except Switzerland.
F: All destinations.