CELEX: 31999R2198
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/1999 of 15 October 1999 setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugar

L 268/4                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    16. 10. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2198/1999
                                                            of 15 October 1999
               setting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted
                                                               for added sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (5)     Whereas 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 exportation standpoint; whereas international
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              trade prices are to be determined account taken of the
Community,                                                                         prices indicated in the second subparagraph of that para-
                                                                                   graph;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                   (6)     Whereas the international trade situation or the special
products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 16(3),                   to vary the refund on a given product depending on the
                                                                                   destination of that product;
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (3),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (4), sets            (7)     Whereas economically significant exports can be made
        implementing rules for export refunds on products                          at the present time of provisionally preserved cherries,
        processed from fruit and vegetables;                                       peeled tomatoes, preserved cherries, prepared hazelnuts
                                                                                   and some orange juices;
(2)     Whereas Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
        states that, to the extent necessary to permit exports in          (8)     Whereas application of the rules mentioned above to the
        economically significant quantities of the products                        present and forecast market situation, in particular to
        referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation, on the                  prices of products processed from fruit and vegetables in
        basis of prices for those products in international trade,                 the Community and in international trade, leads to the
        the difference between those prices and prices in the                      refund rates set in the Annex hereto;
        Community may be covered by export refunds; whereas
        Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides
        that, if the refund on sugar incorporated into the prod-
        ucts listed in Article 1(1) is insufficient to allow export
        of the products, the refund fixed in accordance with               (9)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC)
        Article 17 is to be applicable to those products;                          No 2201/96, the most efficient possible use should be
                                                                                   made 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;
(3)     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
        market and supply availability, on the one hand, and               (10)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5),
        prices in international trade on the other hand; whereas                   as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/1999 (6),
        account must also be taken of the costs indicated at (b)                   establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
        in that paragraph and of the economic aspect of the                        export refunds;
        envisaged exports;
                                                                           (11)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7),
(4)     Whereas refunds are, pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regu-                    as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8),
        lation (EC) No 2201/96, to be set with due regard to the                   lays down common detailed rules for the application of
        limits resulting from agreements concluded in accord-                      the system of import and export licences and advance
        ance with Article 300 of the Treaty;                                       fixing 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  149, 16.6.1999, 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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            (12)   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 25 October 1999.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 15 October 1999.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                               ANNEX
                                                                                             Licence issuing period November 1999 to February 2000
                             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 25 October 1999 to 22 February 2000
                                                                                   code (1)
                     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                  55                            3 358
Peeled tomatoes                                              2002 10 10 9100        A20                  50                           50 000
Preserved cherries                                           2006 00 31 9000        F06                170                                345
                                                             2006 00 99 9100
Prepared hazelnuts                                           2008 19 19 9100        A00                  66                               405
                                                             2008 19 99 9100
Orange juice              With a sugar content of not 2009 11 99 9110               A00                    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               A00                  32                               354
                          less than 55° Brix                 2009 19 99 9150
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A00: All destinations,
    A20: All destinations except the United States of America,
    F06: All destinations except the countries of North America.