Commission Regulation (EC) No 1625/2004 of 16 September 2004 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1625/2004of 16 September 2004on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)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 vegetablesOJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64)., and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2004OJ L 264, 11.8.2004, p. 3. opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.(2)In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.(3)In the case of table grapes, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate. The rate must therefore be set in accordance with Article 4(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetablesOJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation a last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69)..(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vegetables,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1In the case of table grapes, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1431/2004 shall be fixed in the Annex.Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 2004.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 16 September 2004.For the CommissionJ. M. Silva RodríguezAgriculture Director-GeneralANNEX
Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (table grapes)
Product
Maximum refund rate(EUR/t net)
Percentage awarded of quantities tendered for quoting the maximum refund rate