CELEX: 32000R0610
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 610/2000 of 21 March 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

22.3.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 73/13
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 610/2000
                                                           of 21 March 2000
                                      on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (3)    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
                                                                                applications for rates in excess of the corresponding
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           definitive rates shall be considered null and void,
Community,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit                                         Article 1
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                1.    For A2 export licences for which applications have been
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,                    submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 470/
                                                                         2000 the actual date of application referred to in the second
Whereas:                                                                 subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is
                                                                         hereby set at 22 March 2000.
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 470/2000 (3) set the
        indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for        2.    The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
        A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the          issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for
        context of food aid.                                             the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this
                                                                         Regulation.
(2)     For lemons and apples, in view of the economic situ-             3.    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
        ation and taking account of information received by              applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess
        operators via their applications for A2 licences, the            of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall
        definitive refund rates should be set at a different rate        be considered null and void.
        from the indicative rates. The percentages for the issuing
        of licences for the quantities applied for should also be                                     Article 2
        set. The definitive rates may not be more than 50 %
        more than the indicative rates.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 21 March 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 57, 2.3.2000, p. 12.
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                                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                            Definitive                      Percentages
                                                      Destination or
                      Product                                                             refund rates                   for the issuing of
                                                  group of destinations (1)
                                                                                           (EUR/t net)                        licences
        Tomatoes                                           A00                                 20                             100 %
        Oranges                                            A00                                 50                               94 %
        Lemons                                             A00                                 55                             100 %
        Apples                                             F07                                 24                               85 %
        (1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
            A00: All destinations.
            F07: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herze-
                 govina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta,
                 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine,
                 destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, 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 Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama,
                 Ecuador and Colombia.