Commission Regulation (EC) No 1210/2007 of 17 October 2007 opening an invitation to tender for the allocation of A3 export licences for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples)
Date: 2007-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit

18.10.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1210/2007

of 17 October 2007

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

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)
lays
down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and vege-
tables.

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 the 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

(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 an export standpoint.

The international trade situation or specific requirements
of certain markets may make it necessary for the refund
on a given product to vary according to its destination.

lemons, table grapes and apples of
Tomatoes, oranges,
classes Extra,
the Community marketing
standards can currently be exported in economically
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 proceed by an open invitation to tender
and to set
the indicative refund amount and the
scheduled quantities for the period concerned.

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

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.

Licences for food aid purposes issued as indicated in
2.
Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (4)
shall not be counted against the quantities indicated 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 548/2007 (OJ L 130, 22.5.2007, p. 3).

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

lation (EC) No 532/2007 (OJ L 125, 15.5.2007, p. 7).

The validity period for A3 licences shall expire on 31

3.
December 2007.

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

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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

ANNEX

Tender submission period: 25 to 26 October 2007

Product code (1)

Destination (2)

Indicative refund amount
(EUR/t net)

Scheduled quantity
(tonnes)

0702 00 00 9100

0805 10 20 9100

0805 50 10 9100

0806 10 10 9100

0808 10 80 9100

A00

A00

A00

A00

F04, F09

30

36

60

23

32

5 000

56 667

16 667

1 667

50 000

(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 other destinations are as follows:
F04: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan,

Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica.

F09: The following destinations: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, 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, 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).