L 174/8 Official Journal of the European Union 12.7.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1249/2003 of 11 July 2003 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, table grapes and apples) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  In the case of tomatoes, table grapes and apples, the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 47/2003 (), and in particular the third subpara- graph of Article 35(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1074/2003 (*) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid. 20  In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set. maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indi- cative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In the case of tomatoes, table grapes and apples, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1074/2003 shall be fixed in the Annex. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 July 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 July 2003. () OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. () OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69. () OJ L 42, 15.2.2003, p. 25. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Agriculture Director-General