CELEX: 31999R0713
Language: en
Date: 1999-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/1999 of 31 March 1999 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

1. 4. 1999           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 89/61
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/1999
                                                    of 31 March 1999
                        on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       fixed for tomatoes, lemons and apples for destination
                                                                  group XY,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 2200/96 as                                              Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       The percentages for the issuing of system B export
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                 licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                  2190/96, and applied for between 15 January 1999 and 16
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 (3),                March 1999, by which the quantities applied for and the
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of        rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be as
export licences other than those requested in the context         fixed in the Annex hereto.
of food aid;                                                      The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
Commission, the indicative quantities have been                   provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
exceeded in the case of tomatoes, lemons and apples for           culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
destination group XY;                                             lateral trade negotiations.
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 15 January 1999 and 16 March 1999, a rate of
refund which is lower than the indicative rate should be          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 31 March 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23.6.1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 44.
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                                                      ANNEX
        Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                   for between 15 January and 16 March 1999
                                                      Destination      Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                          Product                       or group           issuing of           (EUR/
                                                     of destinations        licences          tonne net)
        Tomatoes                                            F               100 %                 17,7
        Shelled almonds                                     F               100 %                 50,0
        Shelled hazelnuts                                   F               100 %               114,0
        Oranges                                          XYC                100 %                 50,0
        Lemons                                              F               100 %                 31,3
        Apples                                            XY                100 %                 34,3
                                                          ZD                100 %                 54,0