CELEX: 32000R1321
Language: en
Date: 2000-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1321/2000 of 22 June 2000 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

23.6.2000              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 149/11
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1321/2000
                                                              of 22 June 2000
                                            fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (6)     The international trade situation or the special require-
                                                                                  ments 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)     Tomatoes, lemons, oranges, apples, peaches and nectar-
                                                                                  ines of classes Extra, I and II of the common quality
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                         standards, table grapes of classes Extra and I of the
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                          common quality standard, shelled almonds, hazelnuts
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                   and walnuts in shell can currently be exported in
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,                           economically significant quantities.
Whereas:                                                                  (8)     The application of the abovementioned rules to the
                                                                                  present and forecast market situation, and in particular
                                                                                  to fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and
                                                                                  international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3), as last                        Annex hereto.
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000 (4), lays
        down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and
        vegetables.
                                                                          (9)     Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/
                                                                                  96, the resources available should be used as efficiently
                                                                                  as possible while avoiding discrimination between
(2)     Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides
                                                                                  traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturb
        that, to the extent necessary for economically significant
                                                                                  the trade flows previously induced by the refund
        quantities of the products listed in that Article to be
                                                                                  arrangements. For those reasons and because of the
        exported, the difference between the international
                                                                                  seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas
        market prices for those products and their prices in the
                                                                                  should be fixed for each product.
        Community may be covered by export refunds.
(3)     Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides              (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
        that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing                   amended by Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000 (6), estab-
        situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on                lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
        the Community market and supplies available on the                        refunds.
        one hand, and prices on the international market on the
        other hand. Account must also be taken of the costs
        referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of         (11)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7), as last
        the economic aspect of the exports planned.                               amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8), lays
                                                                                  down common detailed rules for the application of the
                                                                                  system of import and export licences and advance fixing
(4)     Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/                     certificates for agricultural products.
        96, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits
        resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
        Article 300 of the Treaty.
                                                                          (12)    Owing to the market situation, in order to make the
                                                                                  most efficient use of the resources available and given
                                                                                  the structure of Community exports, the most appro-
(5)     In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No                    priate method should be selected for export refunds on
        2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be                         certain products and certain destinations and conse-
        established in the light of the most favourable prices                    quently refunds under the A1 and A2 licence arrange-
        from the export standpoint. International trade prices                    ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
        are to be established in the light of the prices referred to              2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
        in the second subparagraph of that 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  114,  13.5.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (7) OJ L  331,  2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.                                            (8) OJ L  135,  29.5.1999, p. 48.
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(13)  The quantities laid down for the various products should         2.    Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
      be distributed in accordance with the different systems          referred to in Article 14a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall
      for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular        not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.
      of their perishability.
(14)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in              3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
      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 three 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 24 June 2000.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 22 June 2000.
                                                                                    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                                                          24.6 to 8.9.2000                       26 to 28.6.2000                     1.7 to 15.9.2000
                                          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               F08              18                                    18               2 207               18               4 414
Shelled almonds                    0802 12 90 9000               A00              45               176                  45                                   45                  176
Hazelnuts in shell                 0802 21 00 9000               A00              53                 68                 53                                   53                    68
Shelled hazelnuts                  0802 22 00 9000               A00            103                599                103                                  103                   599
Walnuts in shell                   0802 31 00 9000               A00              66                 20                 66                                   66                    20
Oranges                            0805 10 10 9100               A00              45                                    45                  615              45               1 229
                                   0805 10 30 9100
                                   0805 10 50 9100
Lemons                             0805 30 10 9100               A00              40                                    40               4 610               40               4 610
Table grapes                       0806 10 10 9100               A00              23                                    23               6 627               23             13 255
Apples                             0808 10 20 9100            F04, F09            36                                    36               3 850               36               3 850
                                   0808 10 50 9100
                                   0808 10 90 9100
Peaches and nectarines             0809 30 10 9100               A03              27                                    27               8 094               27             16 189
                                   0809 30 90 9100
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A00: All destinations.
    A03: All destinations except Switzerland.
    F04: Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua-New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica
            and Japan.
    F08: All destinations except Slovaki, Latvia and Bulgaria.
    F09: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 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.