CELEX: 31998R2078
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2078/98 of 29 September 1998 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

30. 9. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 265/29
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2078/98
                                                   of 29 September 1998
                          on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        fixed for oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              destination groups X and ZD and peaches and nectarines,
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 1035/72 as                                               Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                  The percentages for the issuing of system B export
particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                   licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   2190/96, and applied for between 1 July and 15
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as              September 1998, by which the quantities applied for and
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the               the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be
indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export            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
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 oranges, lemons, table grapes and          culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
apples for destination groups X and ZD and peaches and             lateral trade negotiations.
nectarines;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied
for between 1 July and 15 September 1998, a rate of                This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September
refund which is lower than the indicative rate should be           1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 September 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
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                                    for between 1 July and 15 September 1998
                                                       Destination      Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                           Product                       or group           issuing of           (ECU/
                                                      of destinations        licences          tonne net)
         Tomatoes                                            F               100 %                 20,0
         Shelled almonds                                     F               100 %                 50,0
         Hazelnuts in shell                                  F               100 %                 59,0
         Shelled hazelnuts                                   F               100 %               114,0
         Walnuts in shell                                    F                                    
         Oranges                                          XYC                100 %                 29,2
         Lemons                                              F               100 %                 35,7
         Table grapes                                        F               100 %                 22,2
         Apples                                              X               100 %                 22,9
                                                             Y               100 %                  6,0
                                                           ZD                100 %                 27,8
         Peaches and nectarines                              E               100 %                 22,4