CELEX: 31998R0319
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 319/98 of 6 February 1998 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 33/16              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 2. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 319/98
                                                    of 6 February 1998
                        on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       shell, lemons, table grapes and apples for destination
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             groups Y, Z and D,
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 1035/72 as                                              Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-          The percentages for the issuing of system B export
ular Article 5(6) thereof,                                        licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  2190/96 as amended, and applied for between 19
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/97 (3)                 November 1997 and 19 January 1998, by which the
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of        quantities applied for and the rates of refund applicable
export licences other than those requested in the context         must be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
of food aid;
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
Commission, the indicative quantities have been                   applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
exceeded in the case of tomatoes, shelled almonds,                provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
walnuts in shell, lemons, table grapes and apples for             culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat-
destination groups Y, Z and D;                                    eral trade negotiations.
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 19 November 1997 and 19 January 1998, a
rate of refund which is lower than the indicative rate            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February
should be fixed for tomatoes, shelled almonds, walnuts in         1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 6 February 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 299, 4. 11. 1997, p. 10.
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                                                        ANNEX
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                for between 19 November 1997 and 19 January 1998
                                                        Destination     Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                           Product                        or group          issuing of           (ECU/
                                                       of destinations       licences          tonne net)
         Tomatoes                                             F              100 %                 4,0
         Shelled almonds                                      F              100 %                25,5
         Hazelnuts in shell                                   F                                   
         Shelled hazelnuts                                    F              100 %              114,0
         Walnuts in shell                                     F              100 %                51,9
         Oranges                                           XYC               100 %                45,0
         Lemons                                               F              100 %                27,6
         Table grapes                                         F              100 %                15,3
         Apples                                               X              100 %                30,0
                                                              Y              100 %                 9,3
                                                            ZD               100 %                 8,8