Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2000 of 27 January 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
28. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 23/45 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2000 of 27 January 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999 (2), and in particulars Article 3(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (EC) No 2782/1999 (3), Commission Regulation amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 41/ 2000 (4) and 67/2000 (5) set the indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the context of food aid; for lemons and apples, in view of the economic situation in the various destination groups indicated in the Annex to Regulations (EC) No 2782/1999 and 67/2000 and taking account of information received by operators via their applications for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates should be set at a different rate from the indicative rates; whereas the percentages for the issuing of licences for the quantities applied for should also be set; whereas the definitive rates may not be more than 50 % more than the indicative rates; pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, applications for rates in excess of the corresponding definitive rates shall be considered null and void, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. For A2 export licences for which applications have been submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2782/ 1999 and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 67/2000, the actual date of application referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is hereby set at 28 January 2000. 2. The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation. 3. Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall be considered null and void. This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2000. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 January 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12. (2) OJ L 155, 22. 6. 1999, p. 29. (3) OJ L 334, 28. 12. 1999, p. 26. (4) OJ L 5, 8. 1. 2000, p. 43. (5) OJ L 9, 13. 1. 2000, p. 11. L 23/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 1. 2000 ANNEX Product Destination or group of destinations (1) Definitive refund rates (EUR/tonne net) Percentages for the issuing of licences Tomatoes Oranges Lemons Apples A00 A00 A00 F01 F02 20 50 50 35 29 100 % 100 % 100 % 72 % 91 % (1) The destination codes are defined as follows: A00: All destinations. F01: Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faeroes, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Malta. F02: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, as amended