Commission Regulation (EC) No 2026/1999 of 22 September 1999 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2026/1999

of 22 September 1999

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 (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 (3)
sets the indicative refund rates and the indicative quant-
ities for A2 export licences, other than those applied for
in the context of food aid;

(2) Whereas,

for lemons and apples for destinations in
geographical zone F02, in view of the economic situ-
ation in the various destination groups indicated in the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 and taking
account of information received by operators via their
applications for A2 licences, the definitive 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 50 % more than
the indicative rates;

(3) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the cor-
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 1926/
1999, 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 23 September 1999.

2.
The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages 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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 September 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 September 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.

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ANNEX

Product

Destination or
group of destinations (1)

Definitive
refund rates
(EUR/tonne net)

Percentages
for the issuing of
licences

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

Peaches and nectarines

A01

F01, F02, F05

A01

A01

F01

F02

A21

20

50

40

25

40

30

—

100 %

88 %

100 %

100 %

91 %

74 %

—

(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:

A01: All destinations.
A21: All destinations other than Switzerland.
F01: 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.
F02: 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.

F05: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.