Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/98 of 18 September 1998 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, quantitative restriction, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1997/98

of 18 September 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 imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 (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 tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples for
destination group X in view of the economic situation in
the various destination groups indicated in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 and taking account of in-
formation received by operators via their applications for
A2 licences, the definitive refund rates should be set at a
rate from the indicative rates; whereas the
different
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;

responding 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 1875/98, 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 21 September 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.

3.
Pursuant 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

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 243, 2. 9. 1998, p. 3.

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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

Table grapes

Apples

Peaches and nectarines

F

XYC

F

F

X

Y

E

30

30

10

25

24

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

100 %

97 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(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.

C: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
E: All destinations except Switzerland.
F: All destinations.