NoL266/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.10.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2288/77
of18October1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Whereastomatoes,freshlemonsandapplesofthe
commonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothouseandopen­
groundgrapes,almonds,shelledhazelnutsandshelled
walnutsmayatpresentbeexportedineconomically
significantquantities;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularArticle30(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;WhereasArticle30ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoalloweconom­
icallysignificantquantitiestobeexported,thediffer­
encebetweenpricesininternationaltradeandprices
intheCommunityfortheproductsreferredtointhat
Articlemaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketofthe
prospectivedevelopmentofthissituation,andinparti­
culartoquotationsandpricesforfruitandvegetables
intheCommunityandininternationaltradethatthe
refundshouldbefixedasindicatedbelow;WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2518/69of9December1969layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfruitandvegeta­
blesandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2455/72(4),providesthat,whenrefundsarebeing
fixed,accountmustbetakenofthecurrentsituation
orforeseeabledevelopments withregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffruitandvegetablesontheCommu­
nitymarketontheonehandandpricesininterna­
tionaltradeontheother;whereasaccountmustalso
betakenofthecostsindicatedin(b)ofthatArticle
andoftheeconomicaspectsoftheproposedexports;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromtheexportation
pointofview;whereas,whenpricesininternational
tradearebeingdetermined ,thepricesandquotations
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticlemustbe
takenintoaccount; Article1
(»)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17. 1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesare
herebyfixedattheamountsindicatedintheAnnex. (4)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.

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2.TheprovisionsofArticle6(1)(b)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No192/75of17January1975
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
exportrefundsinrespectofagriculturalproducts(1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2818/75(2),shall
applytoexportsoftablegrapesofopenground,un­shelledwalnuts,shelledhazelnutsandapplessetout
intheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19October
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18October1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(')OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.1.
(')OJNoL280,31.10.1975,p.31

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18October1977fixingtheexportrefunds
vegetablesonfruitand
(u.a.lîOOkgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes'Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII 4-00
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 3-50
ex08.04ATTablegrapes:
—fresh,openground'Extra'ClassandClassI 6-00
—fresh,hothouse'Extra'ClassandClassI 16-00
ex08.05A11Shelledalmondsotherthanbitteralmonds 8-00
ex08.05BWalnutsunshelled 10-00
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 12-00
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples:
—forexporttoBotswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,
Malawi,Mozambique ,Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,
Burundi,Uganda,Somalia,Madagascar,Comoro
Islands,Mauritius,Sudan,Ethiopia,theRepublic
ofDjibouti,thecountriesoftheArabianpeninsula0),
IranandIraq 7-00
—forexporttocountriesandterritoriesofAfricaother
thanthosementionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,
Jordan,countrieswithaplannedeconomyincentral
andeasternEurope,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,
Panama,Iceland,Finland,Norway,Sweden,Austria
andtheFaroeIslands 3-00
ForihepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoflheArabianpeninsula'areconsideredto
includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,theSultanate
Arab1;.mirares(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,Ummal-Quaiwain ,Fujairah,RasAl
ArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).íethefollowing ,
ofOman,Unittv
Kaiman),Yeinet