Commission Regulation (EC) No 887/2006 of  16 June 2006  opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches)
Date: 2006-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 887/2006

of 16 June 2006

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

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 subparagraph
of Article 35(3) thereof,

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 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 inter-
the
national market. Account must also be taken of
transport and marketing costs and of
the economic
aspect of the exports planned.

(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.

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
in view of the structure of Community exports,
it is
appropriate to proceed by an open invitation to tender
and to set
the indicative refund amount and the
scheduled quantities for the period concerned.

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

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 scheduled
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 (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).

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

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

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

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

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 2006.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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OPENING AN INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE ALLOCATION OF A3 EXPORT LICENCES FOR FRUIT
AND VEGETABLES (TOMATOES, ORANGES, LEMONS, TABLE GRAPES, APPLES AND PEACHES)

ANNEX

Tender submission period: 3 to 4 July 2006.

Product code (1)

Destination (2)

Indicative refund amount
(EUR/t net)

Scheduled quantity
(t)

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

30

39

60

22

33

16

5 333

20 000

3 333

33 333

46 667

26 667

(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 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: 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 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, 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,
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).

Iran,