CELEX: 32000R0041
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2000 of 7 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables and fixing export refunds for apples

8. 1. 2000             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 5/43
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 41/2000
                                                           of 7 January 2000
               amending Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999 on the issuing of
                       A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables and fixing export refunds for apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (5)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                                accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                                        Article 1
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(11) thereof,
                                                                         The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Regulation
Whereas:                                                                 (EC) No 2782/1999:
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3), as last                   ‘Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999 (4), lays                    Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the period of validity of A1
        down detailed rules for implementing export refunds on               and A2 export licences shall be two months.’
        fruit and vegetables.
                                                                                                       Article 2
(2)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 (5) fixes
        export refunds for apples.                                       Operators who submitted applications for export licences
                                                                         before the entry into force of this Regulation may withdraw
(3)     For such refunds, the period of validity of A1 and A2            their application at the latest on the day laid down for the issue
        export licences should be limited to two months.                 of export licences and recover the security lodged in full.
(4)     To safeguard the legitimate expectations of operators                                          Article 3
        who applied for export licences before the date of entry
        into force of this Regulation, they should be allowed to         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        withdraw their applications.                                     tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 7 January 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(4) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(5) OJ L  334, 28.12.1999, p. 26.