NoL287/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.80
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2775/80
of29October1980
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Whereastomatoes,freshlemonsandapplesofthe
commonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothousegrapesand
opengroundgrapes,shelledalmondsandhazelnuts,
andunshelledwalnutsmayatpresentbeexportedin
economicallysignificantquantities;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1367/80(2),andin
particularArticle30(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;WhereasArticle30ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoalloweconom­
icallysignificantquantitiestobeexported,thediffer­
encebetweenpricesininternationaltradeforthe
productsreferredtointhatArticleandpricesforthe
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandtoitsfuture
trends,andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesfor
fruitandVegetablesintheCommunityandininter­
nationaltradethattherefundsshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto:WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2518/69of9December1969layingdowngeneral
rulesforthegrantingofrefundsonexportsoffruit
andvegetablesandcriteriaforfixingtheiramounts(3),
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2455/72(4),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixed,account
mustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandfuture
trendswithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesoffruit
andvegetablesontheCommunitymarketontheone
handandpricesininternationaltradeontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecostsindi­
catedin(b)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromtheexportation
pointofview;whereas,whenpricesininternational
tradearebeingdetermined ,thequotationsandprices
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticlemustbe
takenintoaccount;WhereastheobligationsunderArticle10(1)(b)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2730/79of29
November1979layingdowncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofexportrefundson
agriculturalproducts(5),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1475/80(6),mayberelaxedinthecaseof
exportstonon-member countriesoutsideEurope;
whereas,insuchacase,Article23(1)(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2730/79maybeapplied;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL140,5.6.1980,p.24.
(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17.
(4)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.(5)OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
(')OJNoL147,13.6.1980,p.15.

30.10.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL287/27
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.TheprovisionsofArticles10(1)(b)and23(1)(c)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2730/79shallapplytoexportsoflemons,tablegrapesofopen
ground,walnutsinshell,shelledhazelnuts,andapples
assetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30October
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29October1980fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCTheading
NoDescription Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 4-50
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Forexportto:
—countriesorStateswithaplannedeconomyincentralor
easternEurope
—otherdestinations6-04
4-23
ex08.04AITablegrapes:
—Fresh,openground('Extra'ClassandClassI)
—Fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI)7-00
19-34
ex08.05AIIShelledalmonds,otherthanbitteralmonds 9-67
ex08.05B Unshelledwalnuts 12-09
ex08.05G Shelledhazelnuts 14-51
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthancider
appleslForexportto:
—Botswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,Malawi,Mozam­
bique,Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,Uganda,
Somalia,Madagascar,Comoros,Mauritius,Sudan,Ethi­
opia,Jibuti,thecountriesoftheArabianpeninsula(*),
IranandIraq
—Indonesia,Malaysia,SingaporeandHongKong(2)
—countriesandterritoriesofAfricaotherthanthose
mentionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,Jordan,coun­
trieswithaplannedeconomyincentralandeastern
Europe,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,Panama,
Ecuador,Iceland,Finland,Norway,Sweden,Austriaand
theFaroeIslands12-00
12-00
3-63
(*)ForthepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoftheArabianpeninsulaareconsideredtobe
thefollowing,includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,the
SultanateofOman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQawain,
Fujairah,RasAlKhaimah),YemenArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).
(2)Forwhichthecustomexportformalitieshavebeencompletedon28February1981atthelatest.