CELEX: 31997R0121
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 121/97 of 23 January 1997 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

No L 22/ 16       lENi               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 24. 1 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 121 /97
                                                     of 23 January 1997
                                 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                 2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the corres­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          ponding 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
                                                                                           Article 1
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as          1 . For A2 export licences for which applications have
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 26/97 (2), and in par­            been submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
 ticular Article 3 (4) thereof,                                  No 27/97, the actual date of application referred to in the
                                                                 second subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EC)
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/97 (3) sets            No 2190/96 is hereby set at 24 January 1997.
 the indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities
 for A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the     2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall
 context of food aid;                                            be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the per­
                                                                 centages for the quantities applied for as indicated in the
 Whereas, for oranges and apples, in view of the economic        Annex to this Regulation .
 situation in the various destination groups indicated in        3 . Pursuant to Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
 the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2196/96 and taking              2190/96, applications referred to in the first paragraph for
 account of information received by operators via their          rates in excess of the corresponding definitive rates set out
 applications for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates       in the Annex shall be considered null and void .
 should be set at a different rate from the indicative rates;
 whereas the percentages for the issuing of licences for the                               Article 2
 quantities applied for should also be set; whereas the defi­
 nitive rates may not be more than double the indicative         This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
 rates;                                                          1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 23 January 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 6, 10. 1 . 1997, p. 9.
 3) OJ No L 6, 10 . 1 . 1997, p. 11 .
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                                                     ANNEX
                                                              Definitive      Percentages
                                    Destination or
                     Product                                 refund rates  for the issuing of
                                 group of destinations
                                                           (ECU/tonne net)      licences
                                         xc                       80              94%
            Oranges
                                          Y                      120             100 %
                                          x                       20              80 %
            Apples                        Y                        8              98 %
           I                             ZD                       40             100 %