466 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
7.7.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL151/3
REGULATION (EEC)No1426/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of2July1971
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonproductsprocessedfromfruit
andvegetablesandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,exportationshouldbeusedasabasisfordetermining
priceswithintheCommunity ;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforthepossibility
ofvaryingtheamountoftherefundsaccordingtothe
destinationoftheproducts,sincespecialconditions
applytoimportsincertaincountriesofdestination;
Whereas,toavoid.distortionsofcompetition ,the
administrative conditionstowhichtransactions are
subjectmustbeindenticalthroughoutthe
Community ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdowngeneralrulesforfixing
andgrantingexportrefundsontheproductslistedin
Article1ofRegulation (EEC)No865/68.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
865/681of28June1968onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1425/71,2andinparticularArticle3(a)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheexportrefundsprovidedforinArticle3
(a),ofRegulation (EEC)No865/68mustbefixedin
accordancewithcertaincriteriawhichwouldmakeit
possibletocoverthedifferencebetweenpriceswithin
theCommunityforproductsprocessedfromfruit
andvegetablesandpricesrulingininternational
trade;whereastothisendthesupplysituationand
pricesforproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetableswithintheCommunityand,also,theprice
situationininternational trademustbetakeninto
account;
Whereas,giventhedisparitybetweenthepricesat
whichproductsprocessedfromfruitandvegetables
areoffered,costsincurredinplacingthoseproducts
onthemarketmustbetakenintoaccountifthe
differencebetweenthepricesininternationaltrade
andthoserulingintheCommunityistobecovered;
Whereas,ifpricetrendsaretobenoted,pricesmust
bedeterminedinaccordancewithgeneralprinciples;
whereas,tothatend,pricesonthirdcountrymarkets
andofferpricesattheCommunityfrontiershouldbe
takenintoaccountwhenpricesininternationaltrade
arebeingdetermined;whereastherulingpriceswhich
appearmostfavourablefromthepointofviewofArticle2
Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
refundsarebeingfixed:
(a)theexistingsituationandfuturetrendswith
regardto:
—pricesandavailabilitiesontheCommunity
marketofproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables;
—pricesrulingininternationaltrade;
(b)minimummarketingandtransportcostsfromthe
Communitymarketstoportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunity,aswellascosts
incurredinplacingtheproductsonthemarkets
ofthecountriesofdestination;
(c)theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports.1OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
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Article3 Article5
1.WhenpricesontheCommunitymarketare
beingdetermined,accountshallbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
pointofviewofexportation .
2.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccount
whenpricesininternational tradearebeing
determined :
(a)pricesrulingonthirdcountrymarkets;
(b)themostfavourablepricesinthirdcountriesof
destinationforthirdcountryimports;
(c)producerpricesrecordedinexportingthird
countries;
(d)offerpricesattheCommunityfrontier.1.Therefundshallbepaiduponproof:
—thattheproductshavebeenexportedfromthe
Community,and
—thattheproductsareofCommunityorigin.
2.WhereArticle4applies,therefundshallbepaid
undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1
provideditisprovedthattheproducthasreachedthe
destinationforwhichtherefundwasfixed.
Exceptionsmaybemadetothisruleinaccordance
withtheprocedurereferredtoinparagraph3,
providedconditionsarelaiddownwhichoffer
equivalentguarantees.
3.Additionalprovisionsmaybeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
15ofRegulation (EEC)No865/68.
Article6Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .Wherethesituationininternational tradeorthe
specificrequirementsofcertainmarketsmakethis
necessary,therefundfortheCommunityonagiven
productmaybevariedaccordingtodestination.Itshallapplyfrom15July1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2July1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.FERRARI-AGGRADI