Commission Regulation (EC) No 621/2002

of 11 April 2002

applying a reduction coefficient to refund certificates for goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, as provided for by Article 8(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 595/2002(4), and in particular Article 8(8),

Whereas:

(1) The total amount of weekly applications for refund certificates, notified by Member States to 9 April 2002, when taken together with the applications notified in accordance with Article 8(2), fourth indent, exceeds the maximum referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000.

(2) A reduction coefficient, as provided for in Article 8(8), should therefore be applied to applications for refund certificates submitted in the course of the week of 1 April 2002 to 5 April 2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amounts of applications for refund certificates issued from 15 April 2002 onwards are subject to a reduction coefficient of 0,15.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.

(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 91, 6.4.2002, p. 5.