Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2003 of 18 February 2003 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 307/2003

of 18 February 2003

fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular Article 35(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(7)

(8)

(9)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 (4),
lays
down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and vege-
tables.

the difference between the

Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides
that, to the extent necessary for economically significant
quantities of the products listed in that Article to be
exported,
international
market prices for those products and their prices in the
Community may be covered by export refunds. The
refunds must be fixed taking account of restrictions
under agreements concluded in accordance with Article
300 of the Treaty.

Refunds must be fixed taking account, in particular, of
the existing situation or the outlook for fruit and vege-
table prices on the Community market and supplies
available on the one hand, and prices on the interna-
tional market on the other hand.

previously induced by the refund arrangements. For
those reasons and because of the seasonal nature of
exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas should be fixed
for each product.

Given the structure of Community exports, the most
appropriate method should be selected for export
refunds on certain products and certain destinations.

The quantities laid down for the various products should
be distributed in accordance with the different systems
for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular
of their perishability.

agricultural product nomenclature

The
export
refunds laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3846/87 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/
2003 (6), should apply to the measures provided for in
this Regulation.

for

(10)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (7), as last
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.

(11)

The Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vegeta-
bles has not delivered an opinion within the time limit
set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The international trade situation or the special require-
ments of certain markets may call for the refund on a
given product to vary according to its destination.

The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be as set

1.
out in the Annex hereto.

Tomatoes, oranges,
lemons and apples and of classes
Extra, I and II of the common trading standards can
currently be exported in economically significant quanti-
ties.

In order to make the most efficient use of the resources
available and without discriminating between exporters,
care should be taken not to disturb the trade flows

2.
Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall
not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2003.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(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.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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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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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 18 February 2003 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

Product code

Destination

A1
Application period
9.3. to 6.5.2003

B
Application period
16.3. to 13.5.2003

System

Refund amount
(EUR/t net weight)

Scheduled quantiy
(t)

Indicative refund amount
(EUR/t net weight)

Scheduled quantity
(t)

0702 00 00 9100

0805 10 10 9100
0805 10 30 9100
0805 10 50 9100

0805 50 10 9100

0808 10 20 9100
0808 10 50 9100
0808 10 90 9100

F08

F00

F00

F09

20

21

18

10

20

21

18

10

9 709

49 878

23 481

7 348

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 Estonia.
F03 All destinations except Switzerland and Estonia.
F04 Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua-New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay,

Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica and Japan.

F08 All destinations except Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Estonia.
F09 Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, 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.