Commission Regulation (EC) No 309/2003 of 18 February 2003 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugar
Date: 2003-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, fruit product, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 309/2003

of 18 February 2003

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that
prices on the Community market are to be determined
taking account of those most favourable from the expor-
tation standpoint; whereas international trade prices are
to be determined account taken of the prices indicated
in the second subparagraph of that paragraph.

The international trade situation or the special require-
ments of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund on a given product depending on the destina-
tion of that product.

Economically significant exports can be made at the
present time of provisionally preserved cherries, peeled
tomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts and
some orange juices.

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
leads to the
refund rates set in the Annex hereto.

trade,

Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96, the most efficient possible use should be made of
the resources available without creating discrimination
between traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to
disturb the trade flows previously induced by the refund
arrangements.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003 (6), estab-
lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
refunds.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

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
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 16(3),

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 (4), sets
implementing rules for export
refunds on products
processed from fruit and vegetables.

Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that,
to the extent necessary to permit exports in economic-
ally 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; Article 18(4) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2201/96 provides that,
if the refund on
sugar incorporated into the products 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.

Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that
refunds must be fixed with regard to the existing situa-
tion 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 inter-
national trade on the other hand. Account must also be
taken of the costs indicated at (b) in that paragraph and
of the economic aspect of the envisaged exports.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Refunds are, pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the limits
resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
Article 300 of the Treaty.

(11)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (7), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001 (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 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.

(5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 20, 24.1.2003, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19.

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(12)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Quantities for which licences are issued in the context of
2.
food aid, as referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000 shall not count against
the eligible quantities
referred to in the first paragraph.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2

The export refund rates in the processed fruit and vegeta-

1.
bles sector shall be those fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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to the Commission Regulation of 18 February 2003 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and
vegetables other than those granted for added sugar

ANNEX

Product code

Destination code

0812 10 00 9100

2002 10 10 9100

2006 00 31 9000
2006 00 99 9100

2008 19 19 9100
2008 19 99 9100

2009 11 99 9110
2009 12 00 9111
2009 19 98 9112

2009 11 99 9150
2009 19 98 9150

F06

F10

F06

F00

F00

F00

Licence issuing period:
March to June 2003

Period for submission of applications:
from 22 February to 23 June 2003

Refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Quantities provided
(in t)

50

45

153

59

5

29

2 853

42 477

287

344

300

301

NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ

L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2002 (OJ L 269, 5.10.2002,
p. 6).

The other destinations are defined as follows:
F00: All destinations except for Estonia,
F06: All destinations except the countries of North America and Estonia,
F10: All other destinations except the United States of America, Slovakia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Estonia.