CELEX: 31998R0713
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/98 of 30 March 1998 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 98/42               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   31. 3. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/98
                                                    of 30 March 1998
                         on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       fixed for tomatoes, shelled almonds, oranges, lemons and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             apples for destination groups X and Y,
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as                                              Article 1
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-          The percentages for the issuing of system B export
ular Article 5(6) thereof,                                        licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  2190/96, and applied for between 20 January and 17
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/98 (3) fixes              March 1998, by which the quantities applied for and the
the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export       rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be as
licences other than those requested in the context of food        fixed in the Annex hereto.
aid;
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
Commission, the indicative quantities have been                   applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
exceeded in the case of tomatoes, shelled almonds,                provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
oranges, lemons and apples for destination groups X and           culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
Y;                                                                lateral trade negotiations.
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied                                     Article 2
for between 20 January and 17 March 1998, a rate of
refund which is lower than the indicative rate should be          This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 3, 7. 1. 1998, 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 20 January and 17 March 1998
                                                        Destination      Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                            Product                       or group           issuing of           (ECU/
                                                       of destinations        licences          tonne net)
          Tomatoes                                            F               100 %                 7,1
          Shelled almonds                                     F               100 %                14,9
          Shelled hazelnuts                                   F               100 %              114,0
          Oranges                                          XYC                100 %                38,5
          Lemons                                              F               100 %                14,0
          Apples                                              X               100 %                25,3
                                                              Y               100 %                 4,6