CELEX: 31999R0197
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 197/1999 of 28 January 1999 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

29. 1. 1999          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 22/43
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 197/1999
                                                    of 28 January 1999
                        on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       should be fixed for hazelnuts in shell, walnuts in shell,
                                                                  lemons and table grapes,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-                                         Article 1
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       The percentages for the issuing of system B export
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                 licences, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
particular Article 5(6) thereof,                                  2190/96, and applied for between 16 November 1998 and
                                                                  14 January 1999, by which the quantities applied for and
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2379/98 (3),                the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, shall be
fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of        as fixed in the Annex hereto.
export licences other than those requested in the context
of food aid;                                                      The above subparagraph shall not apply to licences
                                                                  applied for in connection with food-aid operations as
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the         provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agri-
Commission, the indicative quantities have been                   culture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multi-
exceeded in the case of hazelnuts in shell, walnuts in            lateral trade negotiations.
shell, lemons and table grapes;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas as a consequence, for system B licences applied
for between 16 November 1998 and 14 January 1999, a               This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
rate of refund which is lower than the indicative rate            1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 January 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 15.
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                                                       ANNEX
        Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied
                               for between 16 November 1998 and 14 January 1999
                                                       Destination     Percentage for the   Rate of refund
                          Product                        or group          issuing of           (EUR/
                                                      of destinations       licences          tonne net)
        Tomatoes                                             F              100 %                 15,9
        Shelled almonds                                      F              100 %                 50,0
        Hazelnuts in shell                                   F              100 %
        Shelled hazelnuts                                    F              100 %               114,0
        Walnuts in shell                                     F              100 %                 73,0
        Oranges                                           XYC               100 %                 35,0
        Lemons                                               F              100 %                 20,0
        Table grapes                                         F              100 %                 23,2
        Apples                                             XY               100 %                 25,0
                                                           ZD               100 %                 54,0