CELEX: 31999R1203
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1203/1999 of 10 June 1999 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

11. 6. 1999           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 146/23
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1203/1999
                                                     of 10 June 1999
                         on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       fixed for tomatoes, lemons and apples for destination
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             groups X and Y,
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as                                              Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                 The percentages for the issuing of system B export
particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                  licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  2190/96, and applied for between 17 March 1999 and 16
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 458/1999 (3), as            May 1999, by which the quantities applied for and the
rectified by Regulation (EC) No 499/1999 (4), fixes the           rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be as
indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export           fixed in the Annex hereto.
licences other than those requested in the context of food
aid;                                                              The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
Commission, the indicative quantities have been                   provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
exceeded in the case of tomatoes, lemons and apples for           culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
destination groups X and Y;                                       lateral trade negotiations.
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 17 March 1999 and 16 May 1999, a rate of
refund which is lower than the indicative rate should be          This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 10 June 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23.6.1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 55, 3.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 22.
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                                                       ANNEX
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                     for between 17 March and 16 May 1999
                                                       Destination      Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                           Product                       or group           issuing of           (EUR/
                                                      of destinations        licences          tonne net)
         Tomatoes                                            F               100 %                 18,5
         Shelled almonds                                     F               100 %                 50,0
         Shelled hazelnuts                                   F               100 %               114,0
         Oranges                                          XYC                100 %                 50,0
         Lemons                                              F               100 %                 33,5
         Apples                                              X               100 %                 35,3
                                                             Y               100 %                 66,3
                                                             Z               100 %                 54,0