CELEX: 31999R2331
Language: en
Date: 1999-11-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/1999 of 3 November 1999 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

4. 11. 1999             EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 281/3
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2331/1999
                                                            of 3 November 1999
                                             fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (6)     Whereas the international trade situation or the special
                                                                                   requirements 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)     Whereas tomatoes, lemons, oranges, apples and peaches
                                                                                   and nectarines of classes Extra, I and II of the common
                                                                                   quality standards, table grapes of class Extra and I,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                          shelled almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts in shell can
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                           currently be exported in economically significant quant-
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                    ities;
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,
                                                                           (8)     Whereas the application of the abovementioned rules to
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3),                         the present and forecast market situation, and in partic-
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999 (4),                       ular to fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and
        lays down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and                    international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
        vegetables;                                                                Annex hereto;
(2)     Whereas Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96,               (9)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC)
        provides that, to the extent necessary for economically                    No 2200/96, the resources available should be used as
        significant quantities of the products listed in that Article              efficiently as possible while avoiding discrimination
        to be exported, the difference between the international                   between traders; whereas, therefore, care should be
        market prices for those products and their prices in the                   taken not to disturb the trade flows previously induced
        Community may be covered by export refunds;                                by the refund arrangements; whereas, for those reasons
                                                                                   and because of the seasonal nature of exports of fruit
                                                                                   and vegetables, quotas should be fixed for each product;
(3)     Whereas Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96
        provides that refunds must be fixed in the light of the            (10)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5),
        existing situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable                  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/1999 (6),
        prices on the Community market and supplies available                      establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for
        on the one hand, and prices on the international market                    export refunds;
        on the other hand; whereas account must also be taken
        of the costs referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regula-
        tion and of the economic aspect of the exports planned;
                                                                           (11)    Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7),
                                                                                   as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8),
                                                                                   lays down common detailed rules for the application of
(4)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC)                      the system of import and export licences and advance
        No 2200/96, refunds are to be set with due regard to                       fixing certificates for agricultural products;
        the limits resulting from agreements concluded in
        accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty;
                                                                           (12)    Whereas, owing to the market situation, in order to
                                                                                   make the most efficient use of the resources available
(5)     Whereas, in accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation                    and given the structure of Community exports, the most
        (EC) No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are                        appropriate method should be selected for export
        to be established in the light of the most favourable                      refunds on certain products and certain destinations and
        prices from the export standpoint; whereas international                   consequently refunds under the A1 and A2 licence
        trade prices are to be established in the light of the                     arrangements referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
        prices referred to in the second subparagraph of that                      No 2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
        paragraph;                                                                 export period in question;
(1) OJ L  297,  21.11.1996, p. 1.                                          (5) OJ L  366,  24.12.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160,  26.6.1999, p. 80.                                          (6) OJ L  149,  16.6.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L  292,  15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (7) OJ L  331,  2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  155,  22.6.1999, p. 29.                                          (8) OJ L  135,  29.5.1999, p. 48.
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(13)  Whereas the quantities laid down for the various prod-          2.    Quantities covered by licences issued for food aid as
      ucts should be distributed in accordance with the               referred to in Article 14a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall
      different systems for the grant of the refund, taking           not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.
      account in particular of their perishability;
(14)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation            3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management            Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A1 and A2
      Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                             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 9 November 1999.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 3 November 1999.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                                      ANNEX
                                                         EXPORT REFUNDS ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
                                                                                                                             System
                Product                                                                                                Application periods
         (full definitions of
   eligible products are given                                                          A1                                     A2                                   B
                                                        Destination
             in the ‘Fruit                                                    9.11.1999 to 16.1.2000                    10 to 12.11.1999                 16.11.1999 to 23.1.2000
                                      Product                or
           and vegetables’
                                       code             destination
               sector of                                                                                         Indicative                            Indicative
                                                         group (1)           Refund
    Commission Regulation                                                                    Scheduled             refund           Scheduled            refund         Scheduled
        (EEC) No 3846/87                                                       rate
                                                                                              quantity               rate            quantity              rate          quantity
              amended)                                                       (EUR/t
                                                                                                 (t)               (EUR/t               (t)              (EUR/t             (t)
                                                                          net weight)
                                                                                                                net weight)                           net weight)
Tomatoes                         0702 00 00 9100           A00                  20                                    20              5 200                 20             3 914
Shelled almonds                  0802 12 90 9000           A00                  50              294                                                         50                298
Walnuts in shell                 0802 21 00 9000           A00                  59              119                                                         59                141
Shelled hazelnuts                0802 22 00 9000           A00                114             1 567                                                       114              1 525
Walnuts in shell                 0802 31 00 9000           A00                  73              208                                                         73                208
Oranges                          0805 10 10 9100 F01, F02, F05                  50                                    50             57 377                 50          113 647
                                 0805 10 30 9100
                                 0805 10 50 9100
Lemons                           0805 30 10 9100           A00                  35                                    35             18 022                 35           16 980
Table grapes                     0806 10 10 9100           A00                  25                                    25             11 072                 25             4 719
Apples                           0808 10 20 9100           F01                  40                                    40              4 996                 40             3 580
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100           F02                  40                                    40              6 946                 40             5 884
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100        F03, F04                54            3 726                                                         54             2 738
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    A00: All destinations.
    A21: All destinations except Switzerland.
    F01: 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.
    F02: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations referred to in Article 34 of
            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended.
    F03: 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 Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah), Kuwait, Yemen), Syria, Iran, Jordan, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia.
    F04: Sri Lanka, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Tailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica,
            and Japan.
    F05: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Japan.