{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1139/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1139/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1139",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2006 of 26 July 2006 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1139",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2006\nof 26 July 2006\non the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 887/2006 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.\n(2)\nIn 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.\n(3)\nIn the case of tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes, apples and peaches, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 165, 17.6.2006, p. 3."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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