Commission Regulation (EC) No 1074/2000 of 19 May 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1074/2000

of 19 May 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
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 888/2000 (3) 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 oranges, apples, peaches and nectarines, in view of
the economic situation and taking account of
in-
formation received by operators via their applications
for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates should be set
at a different rate from the indicative rates. The percent-
ages for the issuing of licences for the quantities applied
for should also be set. 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 888/
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 22 May 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 22 May 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 104, 29.4.2000, p. 50.

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ANNEX

Product

Destination or
group of destinations (1)

Definitive
refund rates
(EUR/t net)

Percentages
for the issuing of
licences

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Apples

Peaches and nectarines

A00

A00

A00

F07

A21

(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:

A00: All destinations.

A21: All destinations except for Switzerland.

20

20

50

23

20

100 %

97 %

64 %

83 %

76 %

F07: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herze-
govina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine,
destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, 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 Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama,
Ecuador and Colombia.