Commission Regulation (EC) No 2310/2003 of 29 December 2003 opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
Date: 2003-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2310/2003

of 29 December 2003

opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables
(tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 (4),
lays
down the detailed rules of application for export refunds
on fruit and vegetables.

Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides
that, to the extent necessary for economically significant
exports, the products exported by the Community may
be covered by export refunds, within the limits resulting
from agreements concluded in accordance with Article
300 of the Treaty.

Under Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, care
must be taken to ensure that the trade flows previously
brought about by the refund scheme are not disrupted.
For this reason and because exports of fruit and vegeta-
bles are seasonal in nature, the quantities scheduled for
each product should be fixed, based on the agricultural
product nomenclature for export refunds established by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003 (6). These
quantities must be allocated taking account of
the
perishability of the products concerned.

Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides
that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing
situation and outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on
the Community market and supplies available, on the
one hand, and, on the other hand, prices on the interna-
tional market. Account must also be taken of the trans-
port and marketing costs and of the economic aspect of
the exports planned.

(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.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be
established in the light of the most favourable prices
from the export standpoint.

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.

Tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples of classes Extra, I
and II of the common quality standards can currently be
exported in economically significant quantities.

In order to ensure the best use of available resources and
it is
in view of the structure of Community exports,
appropriate to proceed by an open invitation to tender
and to set the indicative refund amount and the sched-
uled quantities for the period concerned.

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

1.
An invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export
licences is hereby opened. The products concerned, the tender
submission period, the indicative refund rates and the sched-
uled quantities are laid down in the Annex hereto.

2.
The licences issued in respect of food aid as referred to in
Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (7)
shall not count against the eligible quantities in the Annex
hereto.

3.
Notwithstanding Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1961/
2001, the term of validity of the A3 licences shall be two
months.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 January 2004.

(7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes,
oranges, lemons and apples)

Tender submission period: 7 to 8 January 2004

Product code (1)

Destination (2)

Indicative refund amount
(EUR/t net)

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

F04, F09

25

19

26

25

5 989

50 409

14 412

5 137

(1) The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).
(2) The ‘A’ series destination codes are defined in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87. The numeric destination codes are set out

in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). The other destinations are defined as follows:
F00: All destinations except Estonia,
F03: All destinations except Switzerland and Estonia,
F04: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan,

Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica,

F08: All destinations except Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Estonia,
F09: The following destinations:

— 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, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United
Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen, Syria,
Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia,

— African countries and territories except South Africa,
— destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11).