CELEX: 31998R1062
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/98 of 25 May 1998 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 152/4              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26. 5. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1062/98
                                                      of 25 May 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/
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last                                  Article 1
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-           1. For A2 export licences for which applications have
ular Article 3(4) thereof,                                         been submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
                                                                   No 983/98, the actual date of application referred to in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/98 (3) sets              the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation
the indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities          (EC) No 2190/96 is hereby set at 26 May 1998.
for A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the
context of food aid;                                               2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall
                                                                   be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percent-
Whereas, for tomatoes, apples for destination group X 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 983/98 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 26 May 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 25 May 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 137, 9. 5. 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                            20                             100 %
          Oranges                                     XYC                            35                             100 %
          Lemons                                        F                            36                               95 %
                                                        X                            22                             100 %
          Apples
                                                        Y                             6                               95 %
          Peaches and nectarines                        E                            25                             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.