CELEX: 31996R1340
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1340/96 of 10 July 1996 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables without advance fixing of the refund

No L 172/6        MENI                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                11 . 7. 96
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1340/96
                                                       of 10 July 1996
                on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables without advance fixing
                                                        of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       shell, peaches and nectarines under licences without
                                                                  advance fixing of the refund applied for between 1 May
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1996 and 30 June 1996,
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1488/95 of 28 June 1995 on implementing rules for
export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended                                Article 1
by Regulation (EC) No 2702/95 (2), and in particular              The reduction coefficients by which the quantities
Article 6 thereof,
                                                                  applied for must be multiplied and the rates of refund
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/95 (3), as             applying to export licences without advance fixing of the
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1014/96 (4), fixes the         refund as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export           1488/95 and applied for between 1 May 1996 and 30
licences other than those requested in the context of food        June 1996 shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
aid;                                                              The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
                                                                  applied for in connection with food aid operations as
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         provided for in Article 10 (4) of the Agreement on Agri­
Commission, the indicative quantities have been exceeded          culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi­
in the case of tomatoes, hazelnuts in shell, peaches and          lateral trade negotiations.
nectarines;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas as a consequence a reduction coefficient should
be fixed for quantities applied for tomatoes, hazelnuts in        This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 10 July 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 68 .
 h) OJ No L 280, 23. 11 . 1995, p. 30.
 (3) OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 75.
 (4) OJ No L 135, 6. 6. 1996, p. 13.
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                                                        ANNEX
           Reduction coefficients for quantities applied for and rates of refund applicable to licences
                  without advance fixing of the refund applied for between 1 May and 30 June 1996
                                                             Reduction coefficient   Rate of refund
                               Product
                                                                 (quantities)       (ECU/tonne net)
           Tomatoes                                                0,7823                41,30
           Shelled almonds                                     (no reduction)             88,90
           Hazelnuts in shell                                      0,8267                103,80
           Shelled hazelnuts                                   (no reduction)            200,20
           Walnuts in shell
           Oranges
           Lemons
                                                                               ,  '
           Table grapes                                        (no reduction)             44,50
           Apples
           Peaches and nectarines                                  0,1473                 45,90