CELEX: 32000R1561
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1561/2000 of 17 July 2000 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

18.7.2000             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 179/11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1561/2000
                                                           of 17 July 2000
                               on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                    refund for all products covered by licences applied for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          under system B from 17 May to 30 June 2000 should
Community,                                                                     be the indicative rate,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                                     Article 1
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as
                                                                        referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, and
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 888/2000 (3) fixed the            applied for between 17 May and 30 June 2000, by which the
        indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export         quantities applied for and the rates of refund applicable must
        licences other than those requested in the context of           be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
        food aid.
                                                                        The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences applied for
(2)     In the light of information now available to the
                                                                        in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in
        Commission, the indicative quantities have been
                                                                        Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
        exceeded in the case of oranges, apples, peaches and
                                                                        during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
        nectarines.
(3)     Those overruns are without prejudice to compliance                                          Article 2
        with the limits resulting from the agreements concluded
        in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty. The rate of       This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 2000.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 17 July 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 104, 29.4.2000, p. 50.
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                                                                ANNEX
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between 17
                                                       May and 30 June 2000
                                                                                     Percentage for the
                                                                                                            Rate of refund
                                           Product                                       issuing of
                                                                                                           (EUR/tonne net)
                                                                                          licences
         Tomatoes                                                                          100 %                 20,0
         Shelled almonds                                                                   100 %                 50,0
         Shelled hazelnuts                                                                 100 %               114,0
         Oranges                                                                           100 %                 50,0
         Lemons                                                                            100 %                 50,0
         Apples                                                                            100 %                 40,0
         Peaches and nectarines                                                            100 %                 27,0