Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2006 of  5 April 2006  fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
Date: 2006-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 557/2006

of 5 April 2006

fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 35(3),

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 (2)
down the detailed rules of application for
refunds on fruit and vegetables.

lays
export

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 vege-
tables 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 (3). These
quantities must be allocated taking account of the perish-
ability of the products concerned.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

other hand. Account must also be taken of the transport
and marketing costs and of the economic aspect of the
exports planned.

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.

international

special
The
requirements of certain markets may call for the refund
on a given product to vary according to its destination.

situation

trade

the

or

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
in view of the structure of Community exports,
it is
appropriate to fix the A1 and B export refunds.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For system A1, the refund rates, the refund application
period and the scheduled quantities for the products concerned
are fixed in the Annex hereto. For system B, the indicative
refund rates, the licence application period and the scheduled
quantities for the products concerned are fixed in the Annex
hereto.

Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides
that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing
situation or outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on the
Community market and supplies available on the one
hand, and prices on the international market on the

2.
The licences issued in respect of food aid as referred to in
Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (4)
shall not count against the eligible quantities in the Annex
hereto.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 2006.

(3) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(4) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2091/2005 (OJ L 343, 24.12.2005, p. 1).

lation (EC) No 1856/2005 (OJ L 297, 15.11.2005, p. 7).

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

Done at Brussels, 5 April 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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to the Commission Regulation of 5 April 2006 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
(tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

ANNEX

Product code (1)

Destination (2)

System A1
Refund application period 9.5.2006 to 23.6.2006

System B
Licence application period 16.5.2006 to 30.6.2006

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 20 9100

0805 50 10 9100

0808 10 80 9100

F08

A00

A00

F09

30

39

60

33

30

39

60

33

12 476

19 378

3 333

38 080

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

The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).
The other destinations are defined as follows:
F03: All destinations except Switzerland.
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 Bulgaria.
F09: The following destinations:

— Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro
(including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999), 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, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen, Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia,

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