CELEX: 31999R1503
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/1999 of 9 July 1999 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

10. 7. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 175/3
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1503/1999
                                                             of 9 July 1999
                                     on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (4)    Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the cor-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           responding definitive rates shall be considered null and
Community,                                                                      void,
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            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
                                                                                                      Article 1
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/
        1999 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/                 1.    For A2 export licences for which applications have been
        1999 (4) sets the indicative refund rates and the indic-         submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1304/
        ative quantities for A2 export licences, other than those        1999, the actual date of application referred to in the second
        applied for in the context of food aid;                          subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is
                                                                         hereby set at 12 July 1999.
(2)     Whereas, for oranges, lemons, apples for destinations in
        geographical zone F02 and table grapes in view of the            2.    The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
        economic situation in the various destination groups             issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for
        indicated in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1304/               the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this
        1999 and taking account of information received by               Regulation.
        operators via their applications for A2 licences, the
        definitive refund rates should be set at a different rate        3.    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
        from the indicative rates; whereas the percentages for           applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess
        the issuing of licences for the quantities applied for           of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall
        should also be set; whereas the definitive rates may not         be considered null and void.
        be more than 50 % more than the indicative rates;
(3)     Whereas, in view of the situation in geographical zone                                        Article 2
        F01, the refund rate for apples for that destination
        should be set no higher than the indicative rate;                This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L  162, 26.6.1999, p. 62.
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                                                                         ANNEX
                                                                                        Definitive                          Percentages
                                                    Destination or
                      Product                                                         refund rates                       for the issuing of
                                               group of destinations (1)
                                                                                    (EUR/tonne net)                           licences
        Tomatoes                                         A01                               20                                 100 %
        Oranges                                    F01, F02, F05                           75                                 100 %
        Lemons                                           A01                               40                                 100 %
        Table grapes                                     A01                               20                                   83 %
        Apples                                           F01                               40                                       —
                                                         F02                               60                                 100 %
        Peaches and nectarines                           A21                               27                                 100 %
        (1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
            A01: All destinations.
            A21: All destinations other than 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 mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.
            F05: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.