CELEX: 31997R2428
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-05 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2428/97 of 5 December 1997 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

6. 12. 97            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 335/ 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2428/97
                                                     of 5 December 1997
                           on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      shelled hazelnuts, walnuts in shell, oranges, lemons, table
                                                                  grapes and apples for destination groups Y, Z and D,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last                                 Article 1
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (6) thereof,                                   The percentages for the issuing of system B export
                                                                  licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1744/97 (3)                 2190/96, and applied for between 17 September and 18
 fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of       November 1997, by which the quantities applied for and
 export licences other than those requested in the context        the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be
 of food aid;                                                     as fixed in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
 Commission, the indicative quantities have been exceeded         applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
in the case of tomatoes, shelled almonds, hazelnuts in            provided for in Article 10 (4) of the Agreement on Agri­
shell, shelled hazelnuts, walnuts in shell, oranges, lemons,      culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat­
table grapes and apples for destination groups Y, Z and           eral trade negotiations.
 D;
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 17 September and 18 November 1997, a rate
of refund which is lower than the indicative rate should          This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December
be fixed for tomatoes, shelled almonds, hazelnuts in shell,       1997 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 5 December 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 93, 8. 4. 1997, p. 16.
P) OJ L 244, 6. 9. 1997, p. 12.
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                                                         ANNEX
          Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                    for between 17 September and 18 November 1997
                                                         Destination    Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                            Product                       or group          issuing of            (ECU/
                                                       of destinations       licences           tonne net)
          Tomatoes                                            F               100 %                 20,9
          Shelled almonds                                     F               100 %                 47,3
          Hazelnuts in shell                                  F               100 %                 33,3
          Shelled hazelnuts                                   F               100 %                 97,8
          Walnuts in shell                                    F               100 %                 48,2
          Oranges                                           XYC               100 %                 35,6
          Lemons                                              F               100 %                 54,3
          Table grapes                                        F               100 %                 27,1
          Apples                                              X               100 %                 30,0
                                                              Y               100 %                  9,3
                                                             ZD               100 %                 30,4
          Peaches and nectarines                              E               100 %                 35,0