CELEX: 32000R0715
Language: en
Date: 2000-04-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 715/2000 of 4 April 2000 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 84/22                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      5.4.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 715/2000
                                                            of 4 April 2000
                               on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     products covered by licences applied for under system B
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           from 24 January to 16 March 2000 should be the
Community,                                                                      indicative rate,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                                Article 1
Whereas:
                                                                         The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 (3), as                  referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, and
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 41/2000 (4), and                   applied for between 24 January 2000 and 16 March 2000, by
        Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2000 (5), fix the               which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund applic-
        indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export          able must be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
        licences other than those requested in the context of
        food aid.                                                        The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences applied for
(2)     In the light of information now available to the                 in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in
        Commission, the indicative quantities have been                  Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
        exceeded in the case of tomatoes, walnuts in shell and           during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
        apples.
(3)     Those overruns will be taken into account when the                                           Article 2
        quantities on which refunds are payable in respect of
        subsequent periods are fixed. The rate of refund for all         This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 4 April 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L  334, 28.12.1999, p. 26.
(4) OJ L  5, 8.1.2000, p. 43.
(5) OJ L  9, 13.1.2000, p. 11.
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                                                                ANNEX
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between 24
                                                 January 2000 and 16 March 2000
                                                                   Destination       Percentage for the
                                                                                                            Rate of refund
                               Product                               or group            issuing of
                                                                                                           (EUR/tonne net)
                                                                  of destinations         licences
         Tomatoes                                                      A00                 100 %                 20,0
         Shelled almonds                                               A00                 100 %                 50,0
         Shelled hazelnuts                                             A00                 100 %               114,0
         Walnuts in shell                                              A00                 100 %                 73,0
         Oranges                                                       A00                 100 %                 50,0
         Lemons                                                        A00                 100 %                 45,0
         Apples                                                        F01                 100 %                 40,0
                                                                       F02                 100 %                 40,0
                                                                    F03, F04               100 %                 40,0