CELEX: 32001R0002
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2/2001 of 3 January 2001 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

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                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2/2001
                                                             of 3 January 2001
                                            fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (6)     The international trade situation or the special require-
                                                                                  ments of certain markets may call for the refund on a
                                                                                  given product to vary according to its destination.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                          (7)     Tomatoes, lemons, oranges, apples, peaches and nectar-
                                                                                  ines of classes Extra, I and II of the common quality
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                         standards, table grapes of classes Extra and I of the
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                          common quality standard, shelled almonds, hazelnuts
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                   and walnuts in shell can currently be exported in
2826/2000 (2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,                           economically significant quantities.
Whereas:                                                                  (8)     The application of the abovementioned rules to the
                                                                                  present and forecast market situation, and in particular
                                                                                  to fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3), as last                        international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000 (4), lays                          Annex hereto.
        down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and
        vegetables.
                                                                          (9)     Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/
                                                                                  96, the resources available should be used as efficiently
(2)     Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides                     as possible while avoiding discrimination between
        that, to the extent necessary for economically significant                traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturb
        quantities of the products listed in that Article to be                   the trade flows previously induced by the refund
        exported, the difference between the international                        arrangements. For those reasons and because of the
        market prices for those products and their prices in the                  seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas
        Community may be covered by export refunds.                               should be fixed for each product.
(3)     Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides
        that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing           (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
        situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on                amended by Regulation (EC) No 2849/2000 (6), estab-
        the Community market and supplies available on the                        lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
        one hand, and prices on the international market on the                   refunds.
        other hand. Account must also be taken of the costs
        referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of
        the economic aspect of the exports planned.
                                                                          (11)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/2000 (7), lays
                                                                                  down common detailed rules for the application of the
                                                                                  system of import and export licences and advance fixing
(4)     Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/                     certificates for agricultural products.
        96, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits
        resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with
        Article 300 of the Treaty.
                                                                          (12)    Owing to the market situation, in order to make the
                                                                                  most efficient use of the resources available and given
(5)     In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No                    the structure of Community exports, the most appro-
        2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be                         priate method should be selected for export refunds on
        established in the light of the most favourable prices                    certain products and certain destinations and conse-
        from the export standpoint. International trade prices                    quently refunds under the A 1 and A 2 licence arrange-
        are to be established in the light of the prices referred to              ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
        in the second subparagraph of that paragraph.                             2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
                                                                                  export period in question.
(1) OJ L  297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.                                          (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (6) OJ L 335, 30.12.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.                                            (7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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(13)   The quantities laid down for the various products should         2.    Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
       be distributed in accordance with the different systems          referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000
       for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular        shall not count against the eligible quantities covered by the
       of their perishability.                                          Annex.
(14)   The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
       accordance with the opinion of the Management                    3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
       Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A 1 and
                                                                        A 2 licences shall be two months.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                             Article 1                                                             Article 2
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be as set
out in the Annex hereto.                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2001.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                    Done at Brussels, 3 January 2001.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                   to Commission Regulation of 3 January 2001 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
                                                                                               System
                                                                                        Application periods
                                                              A1                                A2                                     B
                                                       10.1 to 9.3.2001                   11 to 15.1.2001                      17.1 to 16.3.2001
     Product code           Destination
                                                                                   Indicative                            Indicative
                                              Refund amount         Scheduled                          Scheduled                             Scheduled
                                                                                refund amount                         refund amount
                                                  (EUR/t             quantity                           quantity                              quantity
                                                                                     (EUR/t                                (EUR/t
                                                net weight)             (t)                                (t)                                   (t)
                                                                                  net weight)                           net weight)
  0702 00 00 9100              F08                   18                                18                1 907               18                 3 887
  0802 12 90 9000              A00                   45               190              45                                    45                    195
  0802 22 00 9000              A00                 103                727             103                                   103                 1 519
  0805 10 10 9100              A00                   45                                45               43 600               45               84 999
  0805 10 30 9100
  0805 10 50 9100
  0805 30 10 9100              A00                   45                                45               16 339               45               15 343
  0808 10 20 9100            F04, F09                36                                36                6 807               36                 6 313
  0808 10 50 9100
  0808 10 90 9100
NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as
    amended.
    The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46).
    The other destinations are defined as follows:
    F04 Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay,
         Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica and Japan.
    F08 All destinations except Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.
    F09 Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav
         Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
         Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations referred to in Article 36 of Commission Regulation
         (EC) No 800/1999, African countries and territories except South Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
         Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qalwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran,
         Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.