CELEX: 31999R1926
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 of 8 September 1999 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

L 238/20                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       9. 9. 1999
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1926/1999
                                                            of 8 September 1999
                                             fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (6)     Whereas the international trade situation or the special
                                                                                   requirements of certain markets may call for the refund
                                                                                   on a given product to vary according to its destination;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                           (7)     Whereas tomatoes, lemons, oranges, apples and peaches
                                                                                   and nectarines of classes Extra, I and II of the common
                                                                                   quality standards, table grapes of class Extra and I,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                          shelled almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts in shell can
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                           currently be exported in economically significant quant-
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                    ities;
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,
                                                                           (8)     Whereas the application of the abovementioned rules to
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3),                         the present and forecast market situation, and in partic-
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999 (4),                       ular to fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and
        lays down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and                    international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
        vegetables;                                                                Annex hereto;
(2)     Whereas Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96,               (9)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC)
        provides that, to the extent necessary for economically                    No 2200/96, the resources available should be used as
        significant quantities of the products listed in that Article              efficiently as possible while avoiding discrimination
        to be exported, the difference between the international                   between traders; whereas, therefore, care should be
        market prices for those products and their prices in the                   taken not to disturb the trade flows previously induced
        Community may be covered by export refunds;                                by the refund arrangements; whereas, for those reasons
                                                                                   and because of the seasonal nature of exports of fruit
                                                                                   and vegetables, quotas should be fixed for each product;
(3)     Whereas Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96
        provides that refunds must be fixed in the light of the            (10)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5),
        existing situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable                  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/1999 (6),
        prices on the Community market and supplies available                      establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
        on the one hand, and prices on the international market                    export refunds;
        on the other hand; whereas account must also be taken
        of the costs referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regula-
        tion and of the economic aspect of the exports planned;
                                                                           (11)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7),
                                                                                   as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8),
                                                                                   lays down common detailed rules for the application of
(4)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC)                      the system of import and export licences and advance
        No 2200/96, refunds are to be set with due regard to                       fixing certificates for agricultural products;
        the limits resulting from agreements concluded in
        accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty;
                                                                           (12)    Whereas, owing to the market situation, in order to
                                                                                   make the most efficient use of the resources available
(5)     Whereas, in accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation                    and given the structure of Community exports, the most
        (EC) No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are                        appropriate method should be selected for export
        to be established in the light of the most favourable                      refunds on certain products and certain destinations and
        prices from the export standpoint; whereas international                   consequently refunds under the A1 and A2 licence
        trade prices are to be established in the light of the                     arrangements referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
        prices referred to in the second subparagraph of that                      No 2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
        paragraph;                                                                 export period in question;
(1) OJ L  297,  21.11.1996, p. 1.                                          (5) OJ L  366,  24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160,  26.6.1999, p. 80.                                          (6) OJ L  149,  16.6.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L  292,  15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (7) OJ L  331,  2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  155,  22.6.1999, p. 29.                                          (8) OJ L  135,  29.5.1999, p. 48.
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(13)   Whereas the quantities laid down for the various prod-          2.    Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
       ucts should be distributed in accordance with the               referred to in Article 14a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall
       different systems for the grant of the refund, taking           not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.
       account in particular of their perishability;
(14)   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
       are in accordance with the opinion of the Management            Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A1 and A2
       Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                             licences shall be two months.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                           Article 1                                                                Article 2
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be as set
out in the Annex hereto.                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September 1999.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                    Done at Brussels, 8 September 1999.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                                       ANNEX
                                                         EXPORT REFUNDS ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
                                                                                                                              System
                Product                                                                                                Application periods
         (full definitions of
   eligible products are given                                                           A1                                     A2                                    B
                                                        Destination
             in the ‘Fruit                                                        9.9 to 8.11.1999                       10 to 14.9.1999                     16.9 to 15.11.1999
                                      Product                or
           and vegetables’
                                       code             destination
               sector of                                                                                         Indicative                            Indicative
                                                         group (1)           Refund
    Commission Regulation                                                                     Scheduled            refund            Scheduled           refund           Scheduled
        (EEC) No 3846/87                                                       rate
                                                                                               quantity              rate             quantity             rate            quantity
              amended)                                                       (EUR/t
                                                                                                  (t)              (EUR/t                (t)             (EUR/t               (t)
                                                                          net weight)
                                                                                                                net weight)                           net weight)
Tomatoes                         0702 00 00 9100           A01                  20                                    20               2 446                20               4 893
Shelled almonds                  0802 12 90 9000           A01                  50               314                                                        50                  314
Walnuts in shell                 0802 21 00 9000           A01                  59               177                                                        59                  177
Shelled hazelnuts                0802 22 00 9000           A01                114              1 131                                                      114                1 131
Walnuts in shell                 0802 31 00 9000           A01                  73               124                                                        73                  124
Oranges                          0805 10 10 9100 F01, F02, F05                  50                                    50               6 097                50             12 193
                                 0805 10 30 9100
                                 0805 10 50 9100
Lemons                           0805 30 10 9100           A01                  35                                    35               6 793                35               6 793
Table grapes                     0806 10 10 9100           A01                  25                                    25              11 820                25             23 640
Apples                           0808 10 20 9100           F01                  40                                    40               1 842                40               1 842
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100           F02                  40                                    40               2 261                40               2 261
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100        F03, F04                54             6 813                                                        54               6 813
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
Peaches and nectarines           0809 30 10 9100           A21                  27                                    27               1 314                27               2 628
                                 0809 30 90 9100
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A01: All destinations.
    A21: All destinations except Switzerland.
    F01: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic
            of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta.
    F02: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations referred to in Article 34 of
            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.
    F03: African countries and territories except South Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai,
            Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia.
    F04: Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Tailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica,
            and Japan.
    F05: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Japan.