CELEX: 32000R1455
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-03
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/2000 of 3 July 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 163/30               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        4.7.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1455/2000
                                                              of 3 July 2000
                                       on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (3)    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
                                                                                 applications for rates in excess of the corresponding
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            definitive rates shall be considered null and void,
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit                                          Article 1
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,                     1.    For A2 export licences for which applications have been
                                                                          submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1321/
Whereas:                                                                  2000 the actual date of application referred to in the second
                                                                          subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1321/2000 (3) set the               hereby set at 4 July 2000.
        indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for
        A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the           2.    The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
        context of food aid.                                              issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for
                                                                          the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this
(2)     For oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples, peaches and            Regulation.
        nectarines, in view of the economic situation and taking          3.    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
        account of information received by operators via their            applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess
        applications for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates         of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall
        should be set at a different rate from the indicative rates.      be considered null and void.
        The percentages for the issuing of licences for the quant-
        ities applied for should also be set. The definitive rates                                     Article 2
        may not be more than 50 % more than the indicative
        rates.                                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 3 July 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 149, 23.6.2000, p. 11.
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                                                     ANNEX
                                                     Definitive                 Percentages
                        Product                     refund rates             for the issuing of
                                                    (EUR/t net)                   licences
         Tomatoes                                       18                        100 %
         Oranges                                        40                          81 %
         Lemons                                         50                          95 %
         Table grapes                                   20                          66 %
         Apples                                         19                          61 %
         Peaches and nectarines                         19                          96 %