CELEX: 31997R1937
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1937/97 of 3 October 1997 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

4 . 10 . 97        | EN I              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 272/ 19
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1937/97
                                                     of 3 October 1997
                          on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      fixed for tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples for desti­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           nation groups X, Z and D, and peaches and nectarines,
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2190 /96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as                                         Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­            The percentages for the issuing of system B export
ticular Article 5 (6) thereof,                                   licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                 2190/96, and applied for between 1 July and 16
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 120/97 (3)
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of
                                                                 September 1997, by which the quantities applied for and
                                                                 the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be
export licences other than those requested in the context        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 exceeded         applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
in the case of tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples for       provided for in Article 10 (4) of the Agreement on Agri­
destination groups X, Z and D, and peaches and nec­              culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat­
tarines;
                                                                 eral trade negotiations.
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 1 July and 16 September 1997, a rate of
refund which is lower than the indicative rate should be         This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 October 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 3 October 1997 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
I1) OJ L 93, 8. 4. 1997, p. 16.
0 OJ L 163, 20. 6. 1997, p. 12.
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                                                         ANNEX
           Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                       for between 1 July and 16 September 1997
                                                         Destination     Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                             Product                      or group           issuing of            (ECU/
                                                       of destinations        licences           tonne net)
           Tomatoes                                           F                100 %                 18,5
           Shelled almonds                                    F                100 %                 75,0
           Hazelnuts in shell                                 F                100 %                 88,0
           Shelled hazelnuts                                  F                100 %                171,0
           Walnuts in shell                                   F                100 %                110,0
           Oranges                                          XYC                100 %                 28,5
           Lemons                                             F                100 %                105,0
           Table grapes                                       F                100 %                 22,7
           Apples                                             X                100 %                 17,2
                                                              Y                100 %                 10,0
         I                                                   ZD                100 %                 19,9
           Peaches and nectarines                             E                100 %                 23,6