CELEX: 32000R2302
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2302/2000 of 17 October 2000 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugar

L 263/8                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    18.10.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2302/2000
                                                           of 17 October 2000
               setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted
                                                              for added sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
                                                                                  Article 300 of the Treaty.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                (5)     Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that
                                                                                  prices on the Community market are to be determined
                                                                                  taking account of those most favourable from the expor-
                                                                                  tation standpoint; whereas international trade prices are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28                         to be determined account taken of the prices indicated
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                          in the second subparagraph of that paragraph.
products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2701/1999 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 16(3),
                                                                          (6)     The international trade situation or the special require-
                                                                                  ments of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                                  the refund on a given product depending on the destina-
Whereas:                                                                          tion of that product.
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (3), as last
                                                                          (7)     Economically significant exports can be made at the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (4), sets imple-
                                                                                  present time of provisionally preserved cherries, peeled
        menting rules for export refunds on products processed
                                                                                  tomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts and
        from fruit and vegetables.
                                                                                  some orange juices.
(2)     Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that,
        to the extent necessary to permit exports in economic-            (8)     Application of the rules mentioned above to the present
        ally significant quantities of the products referred to in                and forecast market situation, in particular to prices of
        Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation, on the basis of prices                products processed from fruit and vegetables in the
        for those products in international trade, the difference                 Community and in international trade, leads to the
        between those prices and prices in the Community may                      refund rates set in the Annex hereto.
        be covered by export refunds; Article 18(4) of Regula-
        tion (EC) No 2201/96 provides that, if the refund on
        sugar incorporated into the products listed in Article
        1(1) is insufficient to allow export of the products, the         (9)     Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
        refund fixed in accordance with Article 17 is to be                       96, the most efficient possible use should be made of
        applicable to those products.                                             the resources available without creating discrimination
                                                                                  between traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to
                                                                                  disturb the trade flows previously induced by the refund
                                                                                  arrangements.
(3)     Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 states that
        refunds must be fixed with regard to the existing situa-
        tion and outlook for prices for products processed from
        fruit and vegetables on the Community market and                  (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
        supply availability, on the one hand, and prices in inter-                amended by Regulation (EC) No 2765/1999 (6), estab-
        national trade on the other hand. Account must also be                    lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
        taken of the costs indicated at (b) in that paragraph and                 refunds.
        of the economic aspect of the envisaged exports.
                                                                          (11)    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (7) lays
(4)     Refunds are, pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC)                 down common detailed rules for the application of the
        No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the limits                       system of import and export licences and advance fixing
                                                                                  certificates for agricultural products.
(1) OJ L  297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L  327, 21.12.1999, p. 5.                                          (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  141, 24.6.1995, p. 28.                                          (6) OJ L 338, 30.12.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  145, 5.6.1997, p. 16.                                           (7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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           (12)   The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                  Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                              Article 1
           1.    The export refund rates in the processed fruit and vegetables sector shall be those fixed in the Annex
           hereto.
           2.    Quantities for which licences are issued in the context of food aid, as referred to in Article 16 of
           Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall not count against the eligible quantities referred to in the first
           paragraph.
                                                              Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October 2000.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                  Done at Brussels, 17 October 2000.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                                                   Licence issuing period:
                                                                                                            November 2000 to February 2001
                             Product
          (The full definitions of the eligible products
                                                                                      Destination         Period for submission of applications:
        are given in the ‘processed fruit and vegetables’        Product code
                                                                                        code (1)       from 24 October 2000 to 23 February 2001
                     sector of Commission
          Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, as amended)
                                                                                                       Refund rate                   Quantities provided
                                                                                                       (EUR/t net)                          (in t)
Provisionally preserved cherries                              0812 10 00 9100            F06               50                               2 853
Peeled tomatoes                                               2002 10 10 9100            F10               45                              42 477
Preserved cherries                                            2006 00 31 9000            F06              153                                 293
                                                              2006 00 99 9100
Prepared hazelnuts                                            2008 19 19 9100            A00               59                                 344
                                                              2008 19 99 9100
Orange juice              With a sugar content of not         2009 11 99 9110            A00                 5                                300
                          less than 10° Brix, but less        2009 19 99 9110
                          than 22° Brix
                          With a sugar content of not         2009 11 99 9150            A00               29                                 301
                          less than 55° Brix                  2009 19 99 9150
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A00: All destinations,
    F06: All destinations except the countries of North America,
    F10: All other destinations except the United States of America, Slovakia, Latvia and Bulgaria.