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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2098/2002 of 27 November 2002 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit

L 323/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2098/2002

of 27 November 2002

on the issuing of system B 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 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/
2002 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1312/2002 (3) fixed the
indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export
licences in the fruit and vegetable sector other than those
requested in the context of food aid.

In the light of information now available to the Commis-
sion, the indicative quantities have been exceeded in the
case of oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples.

Those overruns are without prejudice to compliance
with the limits resulting from the agreements concluded
in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty. The rate of

refund for all products covered by licences applied for
under
and 15
system B between 17 September
November 2002 should be the indicative rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The percentages for the issuing of system B export
licences, as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1961/
2001, and applied for between 17 September and 15
November 2002, by which the quantities applied for and the
rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, are as fixed in
the Annex hereto.

2.
Paragraph 1 does not apply to licences applied for in
connection with food-aid operations as provided for in Article
10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 13.

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ANNEX

Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between
17 September and 15 November 2002

Product

Percentage for the issuing
of licences

Rate of refund
(EUR/t net)

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

17,0

28,0

15,0

12,0

15,0