CELEX: 31999R1244
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/1999 of 16 June 1999 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugar

L 150/12              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               17. 6. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1244/1999
                                                       of 16 June 1999
                  setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other
                                            than those granted for added sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance
                                                                    with Article 228 of the Treaty;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
Community,                                                          states that prices on the Community market are to be
                                                                    determined taking account of those most favourable from
                                                                    the exportation standpoint; whereas international trade
                                                                    prices are to be determined account taken of the prices
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
                                                                    indicated in the second subparagraph of that paragraph;
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 16(3),                                           Whereas the international trade situation or the special
                                                                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                    vary the refund on a given product depending on the
                                                                    destination of that product;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (4), sets
implementing rules for export refunds on products                   Whereas economically significant exports can be made at
processed from fruit and vegetables;                                the present time of provisionally preserved cherries,
                                                                    peeled tomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts
                                                                    and some orange juices;
Whereas Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
states that, to the extent necessary to permit exports in
economically significant quantities of the products                 Whereas application of the rules mentioned above to the
referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation, on the           present and forecast market situation, in particular to
basis of prices for those products in international trade,          prices of products processed from fruit and vegetables in
the difference between those prices and prices in the               the Community and in international trade, leads to the
Community may be covered by export refunds; whereas                 refund rates set in the Annex hereto;
Article 18(4) of Regulation (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       Whereas, pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No
products, the refund fixed in accordance with Article 17 is         2201/96, the most efficient possible use should be made
to be applicable to those products;                                 of the resources available without creating discrimination
                                                                    between traders; whereas, therefore, care should be taken
                                                                    not to disturb the trade flows previously induced by the
                                                                    refund arrangements;
Whereas Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
states that refunds must be fixed with regard to the
existing situation and outlook for prices for products
processed from fruit and vegetables on the Community                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5),
market and supply availability, on the one hand, and                as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 565/1999 (6),
prices in international trade on the other hand; whereas            establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
account must also be taken of the costs indicated at (b) in         export refunds;
that paragraph and of the economic aspect of the envis-
aged exports;
                                                                    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7),
                                                                    as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8), lays
                                                                    down common detailed rules for the application of the
Whereas refunds are, pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regula-           system of import and export licences and advance fixing
tion (EC) No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the              certificates for agricultural products;
(1) OJ  L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.                                   ( 5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.                                     (6)  OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ  L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 28.                                    (7)  OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ  L 145, 5.6.1997, p. 16.                                     (8)  OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
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            Whereas 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 14a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not count against the eligible quantities
            referred to in the first paragraph.
                                                     Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 1999.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 16 June 1999.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak--- L 150/14                   EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    17. 6. 1999
                                                                          ANNEX
                                                                                            Licence issuing period July to October 1999
                           Product
        (The full definitions of the eligible products                                         Period for submission of applications:
                                                                              Destination
      are given in the ‘processed fruit and vegetables'        Product code                      from 24 June to 24 October 1999
                                                                                code (1)
                   sector of Commission
        Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, as amended)                                             Refund rate                Quantities provided
                                                                                             (EUR/t net)                    (in tonnes)
Provisionally preserved cherries                             0812 10 00 9100     F06             55                            3 358
Peeled tomatoes                                              2002 10 10 9100     A20             50                           50 000
Preserved cherries                                           2006 00 31 9000     F06            170                               700
                                                             2006 00 99 9100
Prepared hazelnuts                                           2008 19 19 9100     A01             66                               405
                                                             2008 19 99 9100
Orange juice             With a sugar content of not         2009 11 99 9110     A01               6                              353
                         less than 10° Brix, but less        2009 19 99 9110
                         than 22° Brix
                         With a sugar content of not         2009 11 99 9150     A01             32                               354
                         less than 55° Brix                  2009 19 99 9150
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A01: All destinations,
    A20: All destinations except the United States of America,
    F06: All destinations except the countries of North America.