Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-10-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, fruit, vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1961/2001

of 8 October 2001

laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export
refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

must be supplemented by specific rules relating to fruit
and vegetables.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 911/2001 (2), and in particular Article 35(8) and
(11) thereof,

Whereas:

refunds on fruit and vegetables (3), as

Various aspects of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000 (4), should be
amended in order to improve the system of export
refunds on fruit and vegetables. In the interests of clarity
and rationalisation, therefore, the text should be recast
and Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 repealed.

(6)

(7)

(8)

Under Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96,
refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits
resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty.

The Commission is required to fix the refund rates and
the maximum quantities eligible for refunds. Those
amounts and quantities must be fixed per export-licence
application period. They may be revised in the light of
economic circumstances.

To ensure that quantities for export are precisely admin-
istered, time should be allowed for reflection before
licences are issued.

(9)

The Member States should designate the bodies respon-
sible for issuing licences.

Article 35(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 requires
the presentation of an export licence for the grant of any
refund.

(10)

To ensure that the arrangements are properly applied, a
variety of systems should exist for granting refunds and
these should include invitations to tender.

lays
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (5)
down common detailed rules for applying the system of
import and export
licences and advance-fixing certi-
ficates for agricultural products.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1502/2001 (7), estab-
lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
refunds.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 90/2001 (9), lays down
common detailed rules for applying the system of export
refunds for agricultural products. These detailed rules

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 199, 24.7.2001, p. 13.
(8) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
(9) OJ L 14, 18.1.2001, p. 22.

(11)

Licences with advance fixing of the refund should be
issued subject to the lodging of a security.

(12)

In order to ensure that the arrangements function prop-
erly and to prevent speculation, licences should not be
transferable.

(13) Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides,
inter alia, for refunds to be fixed in accordance with the
economic aspect of proposed exports. To that end,
provision should be made for a system whereby refunds
are granted by invitation to tender. Before such licences
are issued, the Commission should ask tenderers to indi-
cate the refund rate at which they wish to export. The
Commission can use this information to make an
informed decision on economically viable maximum
refund rates. In some cases, particularly where the rates
offered are too high, the maximum rate must be fixed in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 46
of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96. The Commission
should be allowed, where necessary, to reject all tenders
submitted under invitations to tender.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

(21)

The date of issue of licences should be defined by refer-
ence to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

In order to maintain the flexibility which is characteristic
of exports of perishable products such as fruit and veget-
ables, certain transactions should be eligible for a refund
without advance fixing provided that a licence applica-
tion is submitted a posteriori.

In order to prevent significant overruns of indicative
quantities in the case of licences without advance fixing
of the refund, the Commission should be able to reject
licence applications relating to an export date later than
a given date.

The destination or group of destinations should be made
compulsory.

The Member States should regularly forward certain
information on licence applications to the Commission
by electronic mail.

the

Steps should be taken to ensure that exported products
on which refunds are granted meet
relevant
common marketing standards and any national rules on
the quality of
fruit and vegetables exported to third
countries. This requirement must apply without excep-
tion to all supplies for ships and aircraft treated as
exports from the Community. Accordingly, the deroga-
tions provided for in the second subparagraph of Article
6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 should not be
incorporated in this Regulation.

The exported quantity conferring entitlement to a refund
may not exceed the quantity for which the licence has
been issued.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Arrangements for the grant of refunds

1.
Export refunds as referred to in Article 35 of Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 shall be granted on the basis of export
licences which may be issued under four systems:

(a) the standard system with advance fixing of the refund,

hereinafter called ‘system A1’;

(b) the special system with advance fixing of the refund, here-

inafter called ‘system A2’;

(c) invitations to tender with advance fixing of the refund,

hereinafter called ‘system A3’;

(d) the system without advance fixing of the refund, hereinafter

called ‘system B’.

Licences shall not be transferable.

2.
The rates of refund for systems A1 and A2 shall be set by
the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, as shall the

quantities for which licences may be issued and the terms of
validity of those licences. However, the rates and quantities set
in the case of system A2 shall be purely indicative.

The rates and quantities shall be set for each licence application
period.

3.
For system A3 the Commission shall take decisions on
issuing invitations to tender in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and on
the indicative rates and the indicative quantities for which
licences may be issued, the deadlines for submission of tenders
and the terms of validity of the licences.

In the case of system B, the Commission shall fix the
4.
indicative quantities and refund rates in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96.

The rates and quantities shall be set for each export period.

5.
The rates referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4, the quantities
referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 and the terms of validity
of licences referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 may, in excep-
tional circumstances, be adjusted by the Commission in the
light of Community production and the prospects for exports.

Article 2

Special provisions for system A1

Exporters shall apply to the competent bodies in the
1.
Member States for a licence under system A1 in order to obtain
a refund at the rate applicable on the date of the licence
application.

The Member States shall

in
2.
accordance with Article 7(3), of the quantities for which licence
applications have been submitted, broken down by application
submission day, excluding any quantities covered by applica-
tions rejected under Article 5(4).

inform the Commission,

for

The Commission shall check,

3.
each application
submission day in turn, whether the total quantities applied for
in each product category exceed the quantity referred to in
Article 1(2):
— less the quantities for which A1 licences have been issued
or are in the process of being issued during the current
issuing period,

— plus any quantities covered by applications withdrawn

under paragraph 5,

— plus any quantities for which licences have been issued but

not used,

— plus any quantities not used within the tolerance provided
for in Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

If they do, the Commission shall either determine for what
percentage of the quantities licences may be issued or reject the
applications.

4.
Export licences shall be issued on the fifth working day
following the day on which the application is submitted,
provided that neither of the measures referred to in the second
subparagraph of paragraph 3 has been taken in the meantime.

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5. Where a percentage is set under the second subparagraph
of paragraph 3, applications may be withdrawn within 10
working days of the date of publication of that percentage.
Where applications are withdrawn,
the security shall be
released. The security shall also be released where applications
are rejected.

Where a licence is issued before the application is withdrawn,
that licence shall be returned for cancellation to the competent
agency referred to in Article 7(1) at the same time as noti-
fication is given that the application concerned is withdrawn.

Article 3

Special provisions for system A2

1.
Exporters shall apply to the competent bodies in the
Member States for a licence under system A2 during the
application periods referred to in Article 1(2) with a view to
obtaining a definitive refund rate and a specific quantity of
products, valid on the actual date of application.

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘actual date of application’
means the date on which the applications referred to in the
first subparagraph are deemed to have been submitted.

2.
Box 20 of licence applications shall contain at least one
of the following entries, with the minimum rate of refund
sought by the applicant in order to be able to export expressed
by a whole number of euro per tonne net weight:

— Solicitud condicionada a la fijación, por parte de la Comi-
sión, de un tipo de restitución superior o igual a … [tipo
mínimo solicitado por el solicitante del certificado] EUR/
tonelada neta, en la fecha efectiva de la solicitud

— Ansøgning betinget af, at Kommissionen fastsætter en resti-
licensansø-
tutionssats på mindst … (den minimumssats,
geren ansøger om) EUR/t netto på den faktiske ansøgnings-
dato

— Antrag vorbehaltlich eines von der Kommission am tatsäch-
lichen Tag der Antragstellung festgesetzten Erstattungs-
satzes von mindestens … EUR/t Eigengewicht
(vom
Antragsteller beantragter Satz)

— Αίτηση µε την επιφύλαξη του καθορισµού από την Επιτροπή
ύψους επιστροφής ανώτερου ή ίσου προς … (ελάχιστο ύψος
που ζητά ο υποβάλλων αίτηση πιστοποιητικού) ευρώ/τόνο
καθαρού βάρους κατά την πραγµατική ηµεροµηνία της αίτησης

— Application subject to the fixing by the Commission of a
refund rate of not less than EUR … /t net (minimum rate
sought by the applicant) on the actual date of application

— Demande sous réserve de la fixation par la Commission
d'un taux de restitution supérieur ou égal à … (taux
minimal demandé par le demandeur de certificat) EUR/t net
à la date effective de la demande

— Aanvraag onder voorbehoud dat de Commissie op de daad-
werkelijke aanvraagdatum een restitutie vaststelt die niet
lager is dan … EUR/ton netto (door de certificaataanvrager
gevraagde minimumrestitutie)

— Pedido sob reserva da fixação pela Comissão de uma taxa
de restituição superior ou igual a … (taxa mínima pedida
pelo requerente de certificado) EUR/tonelada líquida na data
efectiva do pedido

— Hakemus,

joka edellyttää, että komissio vahvistaa tuki-
määrän, joka on vähintään … euroa/nettotonni (todistuksen
hakijan pyytämä vähimmäismäärä) tosiasiallisena hakupäi-
vänä

— Ansökan med förbehåll för att kommissionen fastställer ett
bidragsbelopp på minst … (minimibidragssats som den
licenssökande begärt) euro/ton nettovikt vid det faktiska
datumet för ansökan.

Licence applicants may not apply for a minimum rate higher
than the indicative rate plus 50 %.

Not

later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on the second
3.
working day following the licence application period, Member
States shall inform the Commission, in accordance with Article
7(3), of
covered by licence applications,
excluding those covered by applications rejected under Article
5(4).

the quantities

At

4.
Commission shall fix:

the end of each licence application period,

the

— the actual date of application as referred to in paragraph 1,

— the definitive refund rates applicable on that date,

— the percentages for the issue of licences deemed to have
been applied for on the actual date of application,

or shall reject the applications where necessary.

Applications as referred to in paragraph 2 that seek a rate
5.
higher than the corresponding definitive rate fixed by the
Commission shall be considered void.

Export licences shall be issued by the Member States on

6.
the third working day after the actual date of application.

7.
The security shall be released in the case of applications
considered void under paragraph 5 or rejected under paragraph
4.

Article 4

Special provisions for system A3 (invitations to tender)

— Domanda condizionata alla fissazione, da parte della
Commissione, di un tasso di restituzione superiore o pari a
… (tasso minimo chiesto dal richiedente del titolo) EUR/t
netta alla data effettiva della domanda

1.
Interested exporters shall respond to invitations to tender
by submitting a written tender to the competent body of a
Member State against a receipt with a view to obtaining a
system A3 licence as referred to in Article 1(3).

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Tenders shall be submitted using the specimen applica-
2.
tion form referred to in section 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000, duly completed and showing the following in box
20:

— the number of the regulation opening the invitation to

tender,

and (c). The destinations or groups of destinations shall be
entered in box 7 of licence applications and licences.

Box 22 of
2.
following entries:

licences shall show at

least one of

the

— the rate of the export refund, expressed in a whole number

of euro per tonne net weight.

— Restitución válida para … toneladas netas [cantidad para la
que se haya expedido el certificado], como máximo

Tenders shall be valid only if they are submitted no later than
12.00 (Brussels time) on the last day of the period fixed for the
submission of tenders; where that day is a holiday in a Member
State for the body responsible for receiving the tenders, the
deadline shall be 12.00 on the last preceding working day.

3.
Tenders shall be opened by the competent body of the
Member State concerned in the absence of members of the
public. The persons present at the opening shall be under an
obligation not
to disclose any particulars relating thereto.
Admissible tenders shall be forwarded to the Commission
without the tenderers being mentioned by name in accordance
with Article 7(3) no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on the first
working day following the final date for submission of tenders.

The Commission shall

fix the maximum rate of

the
4.
export refund for each category of products to be exported and
each destination or group of destinations in the light of the
tenders submitted and the foreseeable situation on the market
in the products concerned. Awards shall be made to tenderers
whose tenders quote a rate of refund equal to or less than the
maximum export-refund rate, for the quantity and rate quoted
in the tender. However, where tenders quote exactly the
maximum rate of
the Commission may fix a
percentage to reduce the quantity awarded. The Commission
may also reject all tenders by fixing a zero maximum rate.

the refund,

— Restitutionen gælder for højst … ton(s) netto (den mængde,

licensen er udstedt for)

— Erstattung gültig für höchstens … Tonnen Eigengewicht

(Menge, für die die Lizenz erteilt wurde)

— Επιστροφή που ισχύει για … (ποσότητα για την οποία εκδίδεται

το πιστοποιητικό) κατ' ανώτατο όριο

— Refund valid for not more than … tonnes net (quantity for

which licence issued)

— Restitution valable pour … (quantité pour laquelle le certi-

ficat est délivré) au maximum … tonnes net

— Restituzione valida al massimo per … (quantitativo per il

quale è rilasciato il titolo) t nette

— Restitutie geldig voor ten hoogste … (hoeveelheid waarvoor

het certificaat wordt afgegeven) ton netto

— Restituição válida para … (quantidade em relação à qual é
emitido o certificado) toneladas líquidas, no máximo

— Tukea myönnetään enintään … nettotonnin määrälle

(määrä,

jolle todistus on myönnetty)

— Bidrag som gäller för högs …. ton nettovikt (kvantitet för

vilken licensen är utfärdad).

Where the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the
indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for exceeds the
indicative rate by more than 50 % and in exceptional situa-
tions, the maximum rate shall be fixed by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 46 of
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

3.
Licence applications shall be accompanied by a security
of EUR 20/tonne net or the refund rate, whichever is the
lesser. For the purposes of this provision, the refund rate to be
taken into consideration shall be the indicative refund rate for
the A2 system and the rate quoted in the tender for the A3
system.

5.
No later than the third working day following publication
of the maximum rate of the refund, the competent body shall
issue successful tenderers with export licences for the quantity
awarded, mentioning the refund indicated in the tender in box
22 of the licence, in accordance with Article 5(7). Securities
lodged by tenderers whose tenders quote a rate higher than the
maximum rate of the export refund shall be released.

4.
For each period in which applications are submitted and
for each type of licence, the total quantity of a product for
which licence applications are submitted by an exporter for a
product category within the meaning of the third subparagraph
of Article 7(2) and a destination or group of destinations may
not exceed half that set for that product category and destina-
tion or group of destinations during the application period
concerned.

Article 5

Provisions common to systems A1, A2 and A3

Where that quantity is increased during an application period,
the quantity for which further applications are submitted may
not be greater than half the increase.

1.
Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall apply
to Al, A2 and A3 licences as referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b)

Member States shall automatically reject all applications not
complying with the first and second subparagraphs.

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The Member States shall

5.
accordance with Article 7(3), of:

inform the Commission,

in

The refund rate applicable shall be indicated as follows in

7.
box 22 of the licence:

— any quantities for which licence applications have been

— Certificado con fijación anticipada de la restitución a un

withdrawn,

tipo de … EUR/t neta

— any quantities for which licences have been issued but not
used and any quantities not used within the tolerance
provided for in Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000,

— the date of application for the licences and the licence
issuing system referred to in Article 1(1), corresponding to
the quantities referred to in the first and second indents.

However, quantities withdrawn or not used relating to licences
issued during a previous export period (this period running
from 1 July to 30 June the following year) shall not be notified.

Licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the
6.
meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

However, in the case of export licences for apples valid for one
or more of the destinations indicated in Annex I, the term of
validity shall commence on:

— 15 July of the current year for licences issued between the
date corresponding to 15 July less the term of validity and
14 July,

— the day of issue for licences issued from 15 July to the end

of February of the following year.

The term of validity shall expire at the end of February for
licences issued between the date corresponding to 1 March less
the term of validity and the end of February.

Where the date on which the term of validity begins is not the
same as the date of issue within the meaning of the first
subparagraph, it shall be indicated as follows in box 22 of the
licence:

— Certificado válido a partir del … [fecha de comienzo del

período de validez]

— Licensen er gyldig fra … (gyldighedsperiodens begyndelse)

— Lizenz gültig ab … (Beginn der Gültigkeitsdauer)

— Πιστοποιητικό ισχύον από … (ηµεροµηνία έναρξης ισχύος)

— Licence valid from … (date of commencement of validity)

— Certificat valable à partir du … (date de début de validité)

— Titolo valido dal … (data di decorrenza della validità)

— Certificaat geldig vanaf … (datum van begin van de geldig-

heidsduur)

— Certificado válido a partir de … (data de início da validade)

— Todistus voimassa … (voimassaolon alkamispäivä) alkaen

— Licens giltig från … (datum för giltighetstidens början).

— Licens med forudfastsættelse af restitutionen til … EUR/ton

netto

— Lizenz mit Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung zum Satz von

… EUR/t Eigengewicht

— Πιστοποιητικό µε προκαθορισµό της επιστροφής σε … ευρώ/

τόνο καθαρού βάρους

— Licence with refund fixed in advance at EUR …/tonne net

— Certificat avec fixation à l'avance de la restitution au taux de

… EUR/t net

— Titolo con fissazione anticipata della restituzione al tasso di

… EUR/t netta

— Certificaat met vaststelling vooraf van de restitutie op

… EUR/ton netto

— Certificado com prefixação da restituição à taxa de

… EUR/t líquida

— Todistus,

jossa

vientitueksi on vahvistettu ennakolta

… euroa/nettotonni

— Licens med förutfastställelse av bidraget på ett belopp av

… euro/ton nettovikt.

Additional quantities

8.
tolerance
referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1921/2000
shall not confer entitlement to the refund.

exported within the

Article 6

Special provisions for system B

1.
Notwithstanding Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 800/
1999, exporters may apply to the competent bodies of the
Member States for a licence under system B as referred to in
Article 1(4) no later than the second working day following the
date of acceptance of the export declaration for the products
with a view to obtaining a refund at the valid rate for the
export period in question.

Licence applications shall be deemed to have been submitted
on the date of acceptance of the export declaration for the
products.

However, applications for licences to export apples to one or
more of the destinations indicated in Annex I shall be accepted
only during the period 15 July to the end of February the
following year.

The licences referred to in the second subparagraph shall not
be issued during the period 1 March to the date corresponding
to 15 July less the period of validity. The destination given on
licences valid during part of the period 1 March to 14 July for
the export of apples to other destinations may not be changed
to one of the destinations listed in Annex I.

Licence applications must be accompanied by a copy of
2.
the export declaration for the products. The declaration must
contain at least one of the following entries:

— Exportación para la que se presentará una solicitud a poste-
riori de certificado de exportación sin fìjación anticipada de
la restitución (sistema B)

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— Udførsel, for hvilken der efterfølgende ansøges om eks-
portlicens uden forudfastsættelse af restitutionen (system B)

— Ausfuhr,

für die nachträglich eine Ausfuhrlizenz ohne
Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung beantragt wird (System B)

— Εξαγωγή για την οποία θα υποβληθεί αίτηση εκ των υστέρων
για την έκδοση πιστοποιητικού εξαγωγής χωρίς προκαθορισµό
της επιστροφής (σύστηµα Β)

— Export to be the subject of an a posteriori application for an
export licence without advance fixing of the refund (system
B)

— Exportation qui fera l'objet d'une demande a posteriori de
certificat d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance de la restitu-
tion (système B)

— Esportazione che sarà oggetto di una domanda a posteriori
di titolo di esportazione senza fissazione anticipata della
restituzione (sistema B)

— Uitvoer waarvoor achteraf een uitvoercertificaat zonder
vaststelling vooraf van de restitutie (B-stelsel) zal worden
aangevraagd

— Exportação que será objecto de um pedido a posteriori de
certificado de exportação sem prefixação da restituição
(sistema B)

— Vientiä,

josta jätetään jälkikäteen vientitodistus,

sisälly tuen ennakkovahvistusta, koskeva hakemus
menettely)

johon ei
(B-

— Export som kräver en ansökan i efterhand om exportlicens

utan förutfastställelse av bidraget (system B).

3.
Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 shall apply
to B licences. The destinations or groups of destinations shall
be indicated in box 7 of licence applications and licences.

Box 20 of licence applications and licences shall show at

4.
least one of the following entries:

— Solicitud de certificado de exportación sin fijación antici-
pada de la restitución con arreglo al artículo 6 del Regla-
mento (CE) no …/2001

— Ansøgning om eksportlicens uden forudfastsættelse af resti-

tutionen,

jf. artikel 6 i forordning (EF) nr. …/2001

— Antrag auf Erteilung einer Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Vorausfest-
setzung der Erstattung gemäß Artikel 6 der Verordnung
(EG) Nr. …/2001

— Αίτηση για έκδοση πιστοποιητικού εξαγωγής χωρίς προκαθορι-
σµό της επιστροφής σύµφωνα µε το άρθρο 6 του κανονισµού
(ΕΚ) αριθ. …/2001

— Application for export licence without advance fixing of the
refund in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
…/2001

— Demande de certificat d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance
de la restitution conformément à l'article 6 du règlement
(CE) no …/2001

— Aanvraag om een uitvoercertificaat zonder vaststelling
vooraf van de restitutie overeenkomstig artikel 6 van
Verordening (EG) nr. …/2001

— Pedido de certificado de exportação sem prefixação da resti-
tuição, nos termos do artigo 6.o do Regulamento (CE) n.o
…/2001

— Asetuksen (EY) N:o …/2001 6 artiklan mukainen vientito-

distushakemus ilman tuen ennakkovahvistusta

— Ansökan om exportlicens utan förutfastställelse av bidraget

enligt artikel 6 i förordning (EG) nr …/2001.

The Member States shall

5.
accordance with Article 7(3), of:

inform the Commission,

in

— the quantities covered by licence applications, broken down
by date of submission within the meaning of the second
subparagraph of paragraph 1,

— any quantities for which licence applications have been

withdrawn during the current export period,

— any quantities not used during the current export period.

This information shall not include quantities for which licence
applications are rejected under paragraph 6.

6.
If the quantities of a product applied for in respect of a
destination or group of destinations exceed or threaten to
exceed the indicative quantity set for the current export period,
the Commission may set a date from which licence applica-
tions will be rejected if the relevant export declaration has been
accepted after that date during the current export period.

7.
After each export period, the Commission shall check, on
the basis of the information available to it, for each product
and each destination or group of destinations, whether the
quantities applied for exceed the indicative quantities set, and
shall
If they do exceed the
indicative quantities, the Commission may reduce the rate of
refund for those transactions.

fix the definitive refund rates.

Furthermore, in order to comply with the annual limits arising
under agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of
the Treaty,
for what
the Commission may determine
percentage of the quantities applied for licences may be issued.

8.
Export licences shall be issued on the 14th working day
after the end of the export period for that period. Box 22 of
licences shall contain at least one of the following entries,
along with the refund rate fixed in accordance with the first
subparagraph of paragraph 7, and the quantity, reduced if
necessary by the percentage referred to in the second subpara-
graph of paragraph 7:

— Certificado de exportación sin fijación anticipada de la resti-
tución por una cantidad de … kilogramos de los productos
que se indican en la casilla 16, a un tipo de … EUR/tone-
lada neta

— Eksportlicens uden forudfastsættelse af restitutionen for en
mængde på … kg produkter, anført i rubrik 16, til en sats
på … EUR/ton netto

— Domanda di titolo di esportazione senza fissazione antici-
pata della restituzione, ai sensi dell'articolo 6 del regola-
mento (CE) n. …/2001

— Ausfuhrlizenz ohne Vorausfestsetzung der Erstattung für
eine Menge von … kg der in Feld 16 genannten Erzeug-
nisse zum Satz von … EUR/t Eigengewicht

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— Πιστοποιητικό εξαγωγής χωρίς προκαθορισµό της επιστροφής
για ποσότητα … χιλιογράµµων των προϊόντων που αναγρά-
φονται στη θέση 16, ύψους … ευρώ/τόνο καθαρού βάρους

— Export licence without advance fixing of the refund for …
kilograms of products as listed in box 16, at a rate of
EUR …/tonne net

— Certificat d'exportation sans fixation à l'avance de la restitu-
tion pour une quantité de … kilogrammes de produits
figurant à la case 16, au taux de … EUR/t net

— Titolo di esportazione senza fissazione anticipata della resti-
tuzione per un quantitativo di … kg dei prodotti indicati
nella casella 16, al tasso di … EUR/t netta

— Uitvoercertificaat zonder vaststelling vooraf van de restitutie
voor een hoeveelheid van … kg van de in vak 16
genoemde producten, met eenheidsbedrag van de restitutie
… EUR/ton netto

— Certificado de exportação sem prefixação da restituição
para uma quantidade de … quilogramas de produtos indi-
cados na casa 16, à taxa de … EUR/tonelada líquida

— Vientitodistus, joka ei sisällä vientituen ennakkovahvistusta,
… kilogramman määrälle kohdassa 16 mainittuja tuotteita,
tuen määrä … euroa/nettotonni

— Exportlicens utan förutfastställelse av bidraget för en kvan-
titet av … kilo av de produkter som anges i fält 16, till ett
belopp av … euro/ton nettovikt.

— tomatoes covered by CN code 0702 00 00,

— shelled almonds covered by CN codes 0802 12 10 and

0802 12 90,

— hazelnuts (Corylus ssp.) covered by CN codes 0802 21 00

and 0802 22 00,

— walnuts in shell covered by CN code 0802 31 00,

— oranges covered by CN codes 0805 10 10 to 0805 10 80,

— clementines covered by CN code 0805 20 10,

— monreales and satsumas covered by CN code 0805 20 30,

— mandarins and wilkings covered by CN code 0805 20 50,

— tangerines covered by CN code 0805 20 70,

— other

similar

citrus hybrids

covered by CN code

0805 20 90,

— lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) covered by CN code

0805 30 10,

— limes (Citrus aurantifolia) covered by CN code 0805 30 90,

— table grapes covered by CN code 0806 10 10,

— apples covered by CN codes 0808 10 10 to 0808 10 90,

— peaches,

including nectarines,

covered by CN codes

0809 30 10 and 0809 30 90.

However,
paragraph 7 is zero, the applications shall be rejected.

if the refund rate or percentage as referred to in

3.

(a) Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 3(3),

Article 4(3), Article 5(5) and Article 6(5) shall:

Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not

9.
apply to licences as referred to in this Article.

These licences shall be submitted direct to the body responsible
for payment of
the export refund, which shall enter the
quantity and stamp the licence.

Article 7

General provisions

The Member States shall designate the body or bodies
inform the

1.
responsible for issuing export licences and shall
Commission thereof.

Box 16 of licence applications and licences shall show the
the agricultural product nomenclature for export

2.
code of
refunds given in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.

However, more than one code may appear at the same time in
a licence application and a licence provided the codes are those
of products in the same category and the refund rate applicable
is the same.

‘Product category’, within the meaning of the second paragraph
of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, means the
following classes of products:

— be broken down by product category within the
meaning of the third subparagraph of paragraph 2
and, where necessary, by destination or group of
destinations,

— contain, where applicable, the words:

‘GATT food
aid’ where they relate to a refund granted on food
aid as provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agree-
ment on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations,

— indicate ‘zero’ where no quantities have been applied
for, have been withdrawn or have not been used,

— be sent to the Commission by electronic mail on the
forms supplied by the Commission to the Member
States for that purpose.

(b) Notifications as referred to in Article 2(2), Article 5(5)
and Article 6(5) shall be made no later than 12.00
(Brussels time) on Mondays and Thursdays each week
for applications received by the Member States between
the day of
the previous notification and the day
preceding the current one, and for information on
quantities withdrawn and not used received by the
Member States during that period. If the Monday or
Thursday is a Commission holiday, the Commission
may temporarily change the notification days.

(b)

is a national holiday,

(c) Where the day fixed for notification as referred to in
point
the Member State
concerned shall make the notification no later than
15.00 (Brussels time) on the working day preceding that
national holiday.

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In addition to the requirements laid down in Regulation
4.
(EC) No 800/1999, the refund shall be paid subject to the
presentation of:
— an inspection certificate as provided for in Article 5(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001 (1) in the case
of products for which a common marketing standard has
been set,

— a document issued by the inspection authorities in the
Member States certifying that the products met the national
requirements at the time of inspection in the case of prod-
ucts for which a common marketing standard has not been
set, but where national requirements regarding the quality
of fruit and vegetables exported to third countries apply.

2001 under systems A1 and A2 and before 16 November
2001 under system B.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in conjunction
with the correlation table in Annex II.

Article 9

Entry into force

Article 8

Repeal

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is hereby repealed.

it shall continue to apply to export operations
However,
covered by licence applications submitted before 9 November

It shall apply to export operations covered by licence applica-
tions submitted from 9 November 2001 under systems A1, A2
and A3 and from 16 November 2001 under system B.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 156, 13.6.2001, p. 9.

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ANNEX I

Destinations referred to in Article 5(6) and Article 6(1)

Hong Kong SAR

Singapore

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Indonesia

Thailand

Taiwan

Papua New Guinea

Laos

Cambodia

Vietnam

Japan

Uruguay

Paraguay

Argentina

Mexico

Costa Rica

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ANNEX ΙΙ

Correlation table

Regulation (EC) No 2190/96

This Regulation

Article

Paragraph

Article

Paragraph

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

2

2a

3

4

5

5a

6

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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Regulation (EC) No 2190/96

This Regulation

Article

Paragraph

Article

Paragraph

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

1

2

2a

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1

2

3

4

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

8

9