CELEX: 31999R2056
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2056/1999 of 29 September 1999 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

30. 9. 1999            EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 255/27
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2056/1999
                                                          of 29 September 1999
                                on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      be fixed for shelled hazelnuts, oranges, lemons, table
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            grapes, apples for destination groups F03 and F04 and
Community,                                                                       peaches and nectarines;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                                Article 1
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No1304/1999 (3),               The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1504/1999 (4),              referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, and
        fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of        applied for between 1 July 1999 and 15 September 1999, by
        export licences other than those requested in the context         which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund applic-
        of food aid;                                                      able must be multiplied, shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
(2)     Whereas, in the light of information now available to             The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences applied for
        the Commission, the indicative quantities have been               in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in
        exceeded in the case of shelled hazelnuts, oranges,               Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
        lemons, table grapes, apples for destination groups F03           during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
        and F04 and peaches and nectarines;
(3)     Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                       Article 2
        for between 1 July 1999 and 15 September 1999, a rate
        of refund which is lower than the indicative rate should          This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 29 September 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L  175, 10.7.1999, p. 5.
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                                                                ANNEX
         Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between 1
                                                     July and 15 September 1999
                                                                   Destination       Percentage for the
                                                                                                           Rate of refund
                               Product                               or group            issuing of
                                                                                                          (EUR/tonne net)
                                                                  of destinations         licences
         Tomatoes                                                      A01                 100 %                20,0
         Shelled almonds                                               A01                 100 %                50,0
         Mazelnuts in shell                                            A01                 100 %                —
         Shelled hazelnuts                                             A01                 100 %              109,4
         Walnuts in shell                                              A01                 100 %                —
         Oranges                                                 F01, F02, F05             100 %                42,9
         Lemons                                                        A01                 100 %                34,9
         Table grapes                                                  A01                 100 %                20,1
         Apples                                                        F01                 100 %                36,1
                                                                       F02                 100 %                40,0
                                                                    F03, F04               100 %                34,4
         Peaches and nectarines                                        A21                 100 %                24,6