27.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1109/2002 of 26 June 2002 fixing export refunds on nuts THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (8)  Compared with other fruit and vegetables, nuts are rela- tively easy to store. Export refunds can accordingly be . L fixed for longer periods with a view to rational manage- anng Ftegard to the Treaty establishing the European ment of the arrangements. ommunity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 (9 The application of the abovementioned rules to the pre- October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in sent and forecast ma.rket.s1tuat10n, and n part1§ular to fruit and vegetables (!), as last amended by Commission Regula- fruit and vegetable prices in the Community and interna- tion (EC) No 911/2001 (3, and in particular Article 35(3) there- tional trade, gives the refund rates set out in the Annex of, hereto. Whereas: (10)  Pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/ 96, the resources available should be used as efficiently (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 () lays as possible while avoiding discrimination betyveen tra- down detailed rules on export refunds on fruit and vege- ders. Therefore, care shguld be taken not to disturb the tables trade flows previously induced by the refund arrange- ' ments. For those reasons and because of the seasonal nature of exports of fruit and vegetables, quotas should 2)  Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides be fixed for each product. that, to the extent necessary for economically significant quantities of the products listed in that Article to be ex- ported, the difference between the international market (11)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (%), as last prices for those products and their prices in the Commu- amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2002 (), estab- nity may be covered by export refunds. lishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds. (3)  Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that. refunds must be fixed in t.he light of the existing si- (12) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (9, as tuation or the outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001 (), lays the Eorrémun(iity market té}llnd. stuppliffs ailailabll(eton :Ee down common detailed rules for the application of the e b AChouns it o e o o e ot e Cifeses o sgrculnong producte e ferred to in Article 35(4)(b) of that Regulation and of the certificates for agricultural products. economic aspect of the exports planned. (13)  Owing to the market situation, in order to make the (4 Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/ most efficient use of the resources available and given 96, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits re- the structure of Community exports, the most appropri- sulting from agreements concluded in accordance with ate method should be selected for export refunds on cer- Article 300 of the Treaty. tain products and certain destinations and consequently refunds under the A1, A2 and A 3 licence arrange- ) ) ) ments referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No (5 In accordanc.e with Article 35 (5).0f Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 should not be fixed simultaneously for the 2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be es- export period in question. tablished in the light of the most favourable prices from the export standpoint. International trade prices are to be established in the light of the prices referred to in the (14)  The quantities laid down for the various products should second subparagraph of that paragraph. be distributed in accordance with the different systems for the grant of the refund, taking account in particular (6)  The international trade situation or the special require- of their perishability. ments of certain markets may call for the refund on a gi- ven product to vary according to its destination. (15)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac- (7) Shelled almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts in shell can cur- rently be exported in economically significant quantities. cordance with the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, () OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1. OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. () OJ L 153, 13.6.2002, p. 8. () OJL 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3. (% OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. () OJ L 308,27.11.2001, p. 19.