Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2006 of  12 June 2006  fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches)
Date: 2006-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 858/2006

of 12 June 2006

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

be established in the light of the most favourable prices
from the export standpoint.

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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.

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

(5)

In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC)
No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are to

(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).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

international

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

situation

trade

the

or

lemons,

table grapes, apples and
Tomatoes, oranges,
peaches of classes Extra,
the common
quality standards can currently be exported in econom-
ically significant quantities.

I and II of

In order to ensure the best use of available resources and
it is
in view of the structure of Community exports,
appropriate to fix the A1 and B export refunds.

The negotiations within the framework of the Europe
Agreements between the European Community and
Romania and Bulgaria aim in particular to liberalise
trade in products covered by the common organisation
of the market concerned. For these two countries export
refunds should therefore be abolished.

(10)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For system A1, the refund rates, the refund application
1.
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.

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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 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 410/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 7).

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

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

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to the Commission Regulation of 12 June 2006 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
(tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches)

ANNEX

Product code (1)

Destination (2)

0702 00 00 9100

0805 10 20 9100

0805 50 10 9100

0806 10 10 9100

F08

F08

F08

F08

0808 10 80 9100

F04, F09

0809 30 10 9100
0809 30 90 9100

F03

System A1
Refund application period 24.6.2006 to 24.10.2006

System B
Licence application period 1.7.2006 to 31.10.2006

Refund amount
(EUR/t net weight)

Scheduled quantiy
(t)

Indicative refund amount
(EUR/t net weight)

Scheduled quantity
(t)

20

29

50

12

23

11

20

29

50

12

23

11

2 667

10 000

1 667

16 667

23 333

13 333

(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, Romania and Bulgaria.
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 and Romania.
F09: The following destinations:

— Norway,

Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, 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).