CELEX: 31998R1446
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1446/98 of 6 July 1998 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 191/48              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 7. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1446/98
                                                        of 6 July 1998
                                  on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                    2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the corre-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               sponding definitive rates shall be considered null and
Community,                                                          void,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last                                   Article 1
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 3(4) thereof,                                    1. For A2 export licences for which applications have
                                                                    been submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as               No 1276/98, the actual date of application referred to in
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), sets the                 the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation
indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for A2        (EC) No 2190/96 is hereby set at 7 July 1998.
export licences, other than those applied for in the
                                                                    2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall
context of food aid;
                                                                    be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percent-
Whereas, for tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and            ages for the quantities applied for as indicated in the
peaches and nectarines in view of the economic situation            Annex to this Regulation.
in the various destination groups indicated in the Annex            3. Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/
to Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 and taking account of                 96, applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates
information received by operators via their applications            in excess of the corresponding definitive rates set out in
for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates should be set at       the Annex shall be considered null and void.
a different rate from the indicative rates; whereas the
percentages for the issuing of licences for the quantities                                    Article 2
applied for should also be set; whereas the definitive rates
may not be more than double the indicative rates;                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 6 July 1998.
                                                                              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 176, 20.  6. 1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 180, 24.  6. 1998, p. 12.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                 Definitive                      Percentages
                                                 Destination or
                      Product                                                   refund rates                  for the issuing of
                                            group of destinations (1)
                                                                              (ECU/tonne net)                      licences
         Tomatoes                                      F                            18                               88 %
         Oranges                                     XYC                            30                             100 %
         Lemons                                        F                            10                               82 %
         Table grapes                                  F                            20                               87 %
                                                       X                            23                             100 %
         Apples
                                                       Y                             6                             100 %
         Peaches and nectarines                        E                            35                             100 %
         (1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
             X: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
                Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
                (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta.
             Y: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
                Ukraine, destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.
             C: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
             E: All destinations except Switzerland.
             F: All destinations.