Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/1999 of 15 October 1999 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugar
Date: 1999-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, fruit product, quantitative restriction, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2198/1999

of 15 October 1999

setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted
for added sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5) Whereas Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
states that prices on the Community market are to be
favourable
determined taking account of
from the exportation standpoint; whereas international
trade prices are to be determined account taken of the
prices indicated in the second subparagraph of that para-
graph;

those most

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 16(3),

(6) Whereas the international trade situation or the special
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
to vary the refund on a given product depending on the
destination of that product;

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (4), sets
implementing rules for export refunds on products
processed from fruit and vegetables;

(7) Whereas economically significant exports can be made
at the present time of provisionally preserved cherries,
peeled tomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts
and some orange juices;

(2) Whereas Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
states that, to the extent necessary to permit exports in
economically significant quantities of
the products
referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation, on the
basis of prices for those products in international trade,
the difference between those prices and prices in the
Community may be covered by export refunds; whereas
Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides
that, if the refund on sugar incorporated into the prod-
ucts listed in Article 1(1) is insufficient to allow export
of the products, the refund fixed in accordance with
Article 17 is to be applicable to those products;

(3) Whereas Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
states that refunds must be fixed with regard to the
existing situation and outlook for prices for products
processed from fruit and vegetables on the Community
market and supply availability, on the one hand, and
prices in international trade on the other hand; whereas
account must also be taken of the costs indicated at (b)
in that paragraph and of the economic aspect of the
envisaged exports;

(8) Whereas application of the rules mentioned above to the
present and forecast market situation,
in particular to
prices of products processed from fruit and vegetables in
the Community and in international trade, leads to the
refund rates set in the Annex hereto;

(9) Whereas, pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96, the most efficient possible use should be
made of
creating
discrimination between traders; whereas, therefore, care
should be taken not to disturb the trade flows previously
induced by the refund arrangements;

available without

resources

the

(10) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/1999 (6),
establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
export refunds;

(4) Whereas refunds are, pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the
limits resulting from agreements concluded in accord-
ance with Article 300 of the Treaty;

(11) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8),
lays down common detailed rules for the application of
the system of import and export licences and advance
fixing certificates for agricultural products;

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 145, 5.6.1997, p. 16.

(5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 149, 16.6.1999, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.

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(12) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the

Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refund rates in the processed fruit and vegetables sector shall be those fixed in the Annex

1.
hereto.

2.
Quantities for which licences are issued in the context of food aid, as referred to in Article 14a of
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not count against the eligible quantities referred to in the first
paragraph.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Product
(The full definitions of the eligible products
are given in the ‘processed fruit and vegetables’
sector of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, as amended)

Licence issuing period November 1999 to February 2000

Product code

Destination
code (1)

Period for submission of applications:
from 25 October 1999 to 22 February 2000

Refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Quantities provided
(in t)

Provisionally preserved cherries

0812 10 00 9100

F06

2002 10 10 9100

A20

2006 00 31 9000
2006 00 99 9100

2008 19 19 9100
2008 19 99 9100

F06

A00

A00

A00

55

50

170

66

6

32

3 358

50 000

345

405

353

354

Peeled tomatoes

Preserved cherries

Prepared hazelnuts

Orange juice

With a sugar content of not
less than 10° Brix, but
less
than 22° Brix

2009 11 99 9110
2009 19 99 9110

With a sugar content of not
less than 55° Brix

2009 11 99 9150
2009 19 99 9150

(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:

A00: All destinations,
A20: All destinations except the United States of America,
F06: All destinations except the countries of North America.