CELEX: 31999R2782
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 of 27 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables and fixing export refunds for apples

L 334/26               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28. 12. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2782/1999
                                                         of 27 December 1999
              amending Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and
                                          vegetables and fixing export refunds for apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (5)     the Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Veget-
                                                                                 ables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            set by its chairman,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(3) thereof,                                               Article 1
Whereas:
                                                                         The export refunds for apples shall be as laid down in the
(1)     some difficulties are currently being experienced on the         Annex hereto.
        export market for apples, in particular as regards distant
        destinations;                                                    Licences issued for food aid, as referred to in Article 14a of
                                                                         Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (4), shall not count
(2)     the indicative quantities of apples eligible for export          against the eligible quantities laid down in the Annex.
        subsidy should be increased;
(3)     for exports to distant destinations this should be done                                       Article 2
        without delay since certain licences are only valid until
                                                                         In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2420/1999, the date 17
        the end of February;
                                                                         January 2000 is replaced by 4 January 2000.
(4)     the date in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
        2420/1999 (3) from which new applications may be                                              Article 3
        submitted for A1 export licences for apples should be
        amended;                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                      Margot WALLSTRÖM
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 291, 13.11.1999, p. 27.                                         (4) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
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                                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                    EXPORT REFUNDS FOR APPLES
                                                                                                                              System
                Product                                                                                                Application periods
         (full definitions of
   eligible products are given                                                          A1                                      A2                                  B
                                                        Destination
             in the ‘Fruit                                                      4.1.2000 to 9.3.2000                     18 to 20.1.2000                  24.1.2000 to 16.3.2000
                                      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)
Apples                           0808 10 20 9100           F01                  40                                    40               4 266                40              4 266
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100           F02                  40                                    40               5 486                40              5 487
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
                                 0808 10 20 9100        F03, F04                40             4 500                                                        40              2 500
                                 0808 10 50 9100
                                 0808 10 90 9100
(1) The destination codes are defined as follows:
    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 Qalwain, 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.