Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2000 of 27 January 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-01-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2000

of 27 January 2000

on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 particulars Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(EC) No

2782/1999 (3),
Commission Regulation
amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 41/
2000 (4) and 67/2000 (5) set the indicative refund rates
and the indicative quantities for A2 export
licences,
other than those applied for in the context of food aid;

for lemons and apples, in view of the economic situation
in the various destination groups indicated in the Annex
to Regulations (EC) No 2782/1999 and 67/2000 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;

pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
applications for rates in excess of the corresponding
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 2782/
1999 and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 67/2000, 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 28
January 2000.

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 28 January 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 January 2000.

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 334, 28.12.1999, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 5, 8.1.2000, p. 43.
(5) OJ L 9, 13.1.2000, p. 11.

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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

Apples

A00

A00

A00

F01

F02

20

50

50

35

29

100 %

100 %

100 %

72 %

91 %

(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:

A00: All destinations.
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.