No L 141/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 6. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1429/95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1032/95 (3, and in particular Articles 13 (8), 14 (5) and 14a (7) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (®), and in parti- cular Article 3 thereof, Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 imposes an export licence requirement for the granting of refunds ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (%), - as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/95 (%), sets detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricul- tural products ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 836/95 (), esta- blishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 331/95 (), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products; whereas these detailed rules must be supplemented by specific rules relating to products processed from fruit and vegetables ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, refunds are to be set with due regard to the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty; () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 105, 9. 5. 1995, p. 3. () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 119, 30. S. 1995, p. 4. () OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1. () O] No L 88, 20. 4. 1995, p. 1. ( O] No L 351, 14. 12. 1987, p. 1. () O] No L 38, 18. 2. 1995, p. 1. Whereas the Commission must fix the refund rates and maximum quantities eligible for refunds; whereas these amounts and quantities must be fixed per period of allo- cation of export licences ; whereas they may be revised on the basis of economic circumstances ; Whereas, to ensure that quantities for export can be very precisely managed, export licences should require refunds to be fixed in advance ; whereas time should be allowed for consideration before licences are issued and details should be provided concerning the data to be notified to the Commission and the form this notification should take ; Whereas the Member States should designate the author- ities responsible for issuing the licences ; Whereas the issue of licences should also be subject to the lodging of a security and to the presentation of a declaration that the products have been obtained from fruit and vegetables harvested in the Community ; Whereas, within the tolerance limits, the exported quan- tity in respect of which refunds may be paid may not exceed the quantity applied for in the licence applica- tion ; Whereas the Member States should regularly forward certain information on licence applications to the Commission ; Whereas the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The refund rates referred to in Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 for products on which export refunds are granted in the sector of products processed from fruit and vegetables shall be set at the same time as the quantities for which licences with advance fixing of the refund may be issued. 2.  The rates and quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed for each licence allocation period.