CELEX: 32001R0537
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 537/2001 of 19 March 2001 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

20.3.2001              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                           L 80/7
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 537/2001
                                                            of 19 March 2001
                                      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,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
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                 1.    For A2 export licences for which applications have been
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,                     submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 397/
                                                                          2001 the actual date of application referred to in the second
Whereas:                                                                  subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is
                                                                          hereby set at 20 March 2001.
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 397/2001 (3) set the
        indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for         2.    The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
        A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the           issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for
        context of food aid.                                              the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this
                                                                          Regulation.
(2)     For tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples, in view of the          3.    Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
        economic situation and taking account of information              applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess
        received by operators via their applications for A2               of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall
        licences, the definitive refund rates should be set at a          be considered null and void.
        different rate from the indicative rates. The percentages
        for the issuing of licences for the quantities applied for                                     Article 2
        should also be set. The definitive rates may not be more
        than 50 % more than the indicative rates.                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2001.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 19 March 2001.
                                                                                      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 58, 28.2.2001, p. 16.
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                                               ANNEX
                                               Definitive                 Percentages
                  Product                     refund rates             for the issuing of
                                              (EUR/t net)                   licences
       Tomatoes                                   27                        100 %
       Oranges                                    25                          85 %
       Lemons                                     20                          92 %
       Apples                                       8                         99 %