Commission Regulation (EC) No 2556/2001

of 21 December 2001

replacing the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 911/2001(2), and in particular Article 35(11) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in processed fruit and vegetable products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1239/2001(4), and in particular Article 16(8) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(6), and the other regulations on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 of 17 December 1987 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1502/2001(8), and in particular the last paragraph of Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 introduced an agricultural product nomenclature, based on the combined nomenclature, for use in connection with export refunds.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001(9) amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87(10) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff with effect from 1 January 2002. As a result of the amendments to the tariffs for lemons, orange juice, grape juice and certain processed cereals, the refund nomenclature should be amended.

(3) The last paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 provides for the publication of the full version of the refund nomenclature valid at 1 January each year, as it follows from the regulatory provisions on export arrangements for agricultural products. To this end, the amendments resulting from the adoption of Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1384/2001(11) and 1502/2001 should be taken into consideration.

(4) In the interests of clarity, the amendment of the refund nomenclature to take account of the amendments to the tariffs for lemons, orange juice, grape juice and certain processed cereals and the publication of the full version of the refund nomenclature are both carried out by means of this Regulation.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation regarding the amendments to the tariffs for lemons, orange juice, grape juice and certain processed cereals are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, the Management Committee for Wine and the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(4) OJ L 171, 26.6.2001, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.

(6) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.

(8) OJ L 199, 24.7.2001, p. 13.

(9) OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1.

(10) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(11) OJ L 186, 7.7.2001, p. 28.

ANNEX I

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT NOMENCLATURE FOR EXPORT REFUNDS

CONTENTS

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1. Cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats or meal

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2. Rice and broken rice

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3. Products processed from cereals

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4. Cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

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5. Beef and veal

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NB:

Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21) provides that no export refunds are to be granted on products imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries.

6. Pigmeat

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7. Poultrymeat

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8. Eggs

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9. Milk and milk products

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10. Fruits and vegetables

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11. Products processed from fruits and vegetables

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12. Olive oil

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13. White and raw sugar without further processing

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14. Syrups and other sugar products

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15. Wine

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ANNEX II

Destination codes for export refunds

A00 All destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the Community).

A01 Other destinations.

A02 All destinations except for the United States of America.

A03 All destinations except for Switzerland.

A04 All third countries.

A05 Other third countries.

A10 EFTA countries (European Free Trade Association)

Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland.

A11 ACP States (African, Caribbean and Pacific States party to the Lomé Convention)

Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros (except for Mayotte), Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Fiji Islands, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, Dominican Republic, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

A12 Countries or territories of the Mediterranean Basin

Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Malta, Turkey, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jordan.

A13 OPEC States (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Gabon, Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia.

A14 ASEAN countries (Association of South-East Asian Nations)

Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines.

A15 Countries of Latin America

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

A16 SAARC countries (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan.

A17 Countries of the EEA (European Economic Area) other than the European Union

Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein.

A18 CEEC countries (Central and eastern European Countries)

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

A19 NAFTA countries (North-American Free Trade Agreement)

United States of America, Canada, Mexico.

A20 Mercosur countries (Southern Cone Common Market)

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

A21 Newly industrialised counties of Asia

Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong.

A22 Dynamic Asian economies

Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong.

A23 APEC countries (Asia-Pacific economic cooperation)

United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand.

A24 Commonwealth of Independent States

Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan.

A25 Non-EU OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)

Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Australian Pacific Territories, New Zealand, New Zealand Pacific Territories.

A26 European countries or territories outside the European Union

Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Faeroe Islands, Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Malta, Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Cyprus.

A27 Africa (A28) (A29)

Countries or territories of North Africa, other countries of Africa.

A28 Countries or territories of North Africa

Ceuta and Melilla, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt.

A29 Other countries of Africa

Sudan, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Principe, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Saint Helena and Dependencies, Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles and Dependencies, British Indian Ocean Territory, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Mayotte, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho.

A30 America (A31) (A32) (A33)

North America, Central America and the Antilles, South America.

A31 North America

United States of America, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

A32 Central America and the Antilles

Mexico, Bermuda, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Anguilla, Cuba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles.

A33 South America

Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Falkland Islands.

A34 Asia (A35) (A36)

Near and Middle East, other countries of Asia.

A35 Near and Middle East

Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen.

A36 Other countries of Asia

Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrghyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Mongolia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao.

A37 Oceania and the polar regions (A38) (A39)

Australia and New Zealand, other countries of Oceania and the polar regions.

A38 Australia and New Zealand

Australia, Australian Pacific Territories, New Zealand, New Zealand Pacific Territories.

A39 Other countries of Oceania and the polar regions

Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, New Caledonia and Dependencies, American Pacific Territories, Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati, Pitcairn, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Northern Marianas, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Kosrae, Chunk, Pohnpei), Marshall Islands, Palau, Polar Regions.

A40 Overseas countries of territories (OCTs)

French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Wallis and Futuna, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Greenland, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, South Sandwich Islands and Dependencies, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and Dependencies, British Antarctic Territories, British Indian Ocean Territory.

A96 Communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland.

A97 Victualling and destinations treated as exports from the Community

Destinations referred to in Articles 36, 44 and 45 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11).