CELEX: 32000R1877
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1877/2000 of 4 September 2000 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

L 225/10               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        5.9.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1877/2000
                                                           of 4 September 2000
                                            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
1257/1999 (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
                                                                                  international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3), as last                        Annex hereto.
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000 (4), lays
        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
                                                                                  as possible while avoiding discrimination between
(2)     Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides
                                                                                  traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturb
        that, to the extent necessary for economically significant
                                                                                  the trade flows previously induced by the refund
        quantities of the products listed in that Article to be
                                                                                  arrangements. For those reasons and because of the
        exported, the difference between the international
                                                                                  seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas
        market prices for those products and their prices in the
                                                                                  should be fixed for each product.
        Community may be covered by export refunds.
(3)     Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides              (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
        that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing                   amended by Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000 (6), estab-
        situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on                lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
        the Community market and supplies available on the                        refunds.
        one hand, and prices on the international market on the
        other hand. Account must also be taken of the costs
        referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of         (11)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7), as last
        the economic aspect of the exports planned.                               amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8), 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
                                                                                  the structure of Community exports, the most appro-
(5)     In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No                    priate method should be selected for export refunds on
        2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be                         certain products and certain destinations and conse-
        established in the light of the most favourable prices                    quently refunds under the A 1 and A 2 licence arrange-
        from the export standpoint. International trade prices                    ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
        are to be established in the light of the prices referred to              2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
        in the second subparagraph of that 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  114,  13.5.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (7) OJ L  331,  2.12.1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.                                            (8) OJ L  135,  29.5.1999, p. 48.
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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 14a of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall
      for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular        not count against the eligible quantities covered by the Annex.
      of their perishability.
(14)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in              3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
      accordance with the opinion of the Management                    Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A 1 and
      Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              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 9 September 2000.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 4 September 2000.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                  to Commission Regulation of 4 September 2000 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
                                                                                               System
                                                                                        Application periods
                                                              A1                                A2                                 B
                                                       9.9 to 8.11.2000                   11 to 13.9.2000                 16.9 to 15.11.2000
     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                3 810           18                4 316
  0802 12 90 9000             A00                    45               277              45                                45                   277
  0802 21 00 9000             A00                    53               156              53                                53                   156
  0802 22 00 9000             A00                  103                998             103                               103                   998
  0802 31 00 9000             A00                    66               110              66                                66                   110
  0805 10 10 9100             A00                    45                                45                5 378           45               10 756
  0805 10 30 9100
  0805 10 50 9100
  0805 30 10 9100             A00                    45                                45                5 993           45                5 993
  0806 10 10 9100             A00                    23                                23               10 427           23               20 855
  0808 10 20 9100          F04, F09                  36                                36                8 836           36                8 836
  0808 10 50 9100
  0808 10 90 9100
  0809 30 10 9100             A03                    27                                27                1 159           27                2 319
  0809 30 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 and Bulgaria.
    F09 Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Lithuania, 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.