CELEX: 32000R2432
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2432/2000 of 31 October 2000 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables

L 279/30               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       1.11.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2432/2000
                                                            of 31 October 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
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3), as last                        international trade, gives the refund rates set out in the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000 (4), lays                          Annex hereto.
        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
(2)     Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, provides                     as possible while avoiding discrimination between
        that, to the extent necessary for economically significant                traders. Therefore, care should be taken not to disturb
        quantities of the products listed in that Article to be                   the trade flows previously induced by the refund
        exported, the difference between the international                        arrangements. For those reasons and because of the
        market prices for those products and their prices in the                  seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas
        Community may be covered by export refunds.                               should be fixed for each product.
(3)     Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides
        that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing           (10)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5), as last
        situation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on                amended by Regulation (EC) No 2287/2000 (6), estab-
        the Community market and supplies available on the                        lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export
        one hand, and prices on the international market on the                   refunds.
        other hand. Account must also be taken of the costs
        referred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of
        the economic aspect of the exports planned.
                                                                          (11)    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/2000 (7), 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
(5)     In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No                    the structure of Community exports, the most appro-
        2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be                         priate method should be selected for export refunds on
        established in the light of the most favourable prices                    certain products and certain destinations and conse-
        from the export standpoint. International trade prices                    quently refunds under the A 1 and A 2 licence arrange-
        are to be established in the light of the prices referred to              ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
        in the second subparagraph of that paragraph.                             2190/96 should not be fixed simultaneously for the
                                                                                  export period in question.
(1) OJ L  297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.                                          (5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.                                         (6) OJ L 260, 14.10.2000, p. 22.
(4) OJ L  34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.                                            (7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
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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 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000
      for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular        shall not count against the eligible quantities covered by the
      of their perishability.                                          Annex.
(14)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
      accordance with the opinion of the Management                    3.    Without prejudice to the application of Article 4(5) of
      Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the term of validity of A 1 and
                                                                       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 November 2000.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 31 October 2000.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                  to Commission Regulation of 31 October 2000 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
                                                                                               System
                                                                                         Application periods
                                                            A1                                  A2                                     B
                                                    9.11.2000 to 9.1.2001               10.11 to 14.11.2000                 16.11.2000 to 16.1.2001
     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                 4 571              18                 6 083
  0802 12 90 9000              A00                   45               260              45                                    45                    258
  0802 21 00 9000              A00                   53                 61             53                                    53                    129
  0802 22 00 9000              A00                 103              1 368             103                                   103                 1 393
  0802 31 00 9000              A00                   66               164              66                                    66                    184
  0805 10 10 9100              A00                   45                                45               50 221               45             100 290
  0805 10 30 9100
  0805 10 50 9100
  0805 30 10 9100              A00                   45                                45               14 956               45               14 960
  0806 10 10 9100              A00                   23                                23                 7 678              23                 4 776
  0808 10 20 9100            F04, F09                36                                36               11 457               36               11 809
  0808 10 50 9100
  0808 10 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, Lithuania and Bulgaria.
    F09 Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, 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.