NoL160/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1261/79
of27June1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1208/79(2),andin
particularArticle30(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle30ofRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoalloweconom­
icallysignificantquantitiestobeexported,thediffer­
encebetweenpricesininternationaltradeforthe
productsreferredtointhatArticleandpricesforthe
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2518/69of9December1969layingdowngeneral
rulesforthegrantingofrefundsonexportsoffruit
andvegetablesandcriteriaforfixingtheiramounts(3),
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2455/72(4),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixed,account
mustbetakenoftheexiatingsituationandfuture
trendswithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesoffruit
andvegetablesontheCommunitymarketontheone
handandpricesininternationaltradeontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecostsindi­
catedin(b)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheproposedexports;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromtheexportation
pointofview;whereas,whenpricesininternational
tradearebeingdetermined ,thequotationsandprices
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticlemustbe
takenintoaccount;
Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
Whereasfreshlemons,applesandpeachesofthe
commonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothousegrapes,
shelledalmondsandhazelnuts,andunshelledwalnuts
mayatpresentbeexportedineconomically signifi­
cantquantities ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandtoitsfuture
trends,andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesfor
fruitandvegetablesintheCommunityandininter­
nationaltradethattherefundsshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto;
WhereastheobligationsunderArticle6(1)(b)of
Commission Regulation (EEC)No192/75of17
January1975layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofexportrefundsinrespectofagricultural
products(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2145/77(6),mayberelaxedinthecaseofexportsto
non-member countriesoutsideEurope;whereas,in
suchacase,Article11(4)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
192/75maybeapplied;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79of29
March 1979(7)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL153,21.6.1979,p.1.
(})OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17.
(<)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.(5)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.1.
(0)OJNoL249,30.9.1977,p.12.
7)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

28.6.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL160/21
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.TheprovisionsofArticles6(1)(b)and11(4)(c)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No192/75shallapplytoexportsoflemons,walnutsinshell,shelled
hazelnuts,applesandpearsassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28June
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

NoL160/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.19
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27June1979fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
,(ECU/100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Description Refund
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Forexportto:
—countriesorStateswithaplannedeconomyincentral
oreasternEurope 6-04
—otherdestinations 4-23
ex08.04AITablegrapes,fresh,hothouse'Extra'ClassandClassI19-34
ex08.05AIIShelledalmonds,otherthanbitteralmonds 9-67
ex08.05BUnshelledwalnuts 12-09
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 14-51
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples
Forexportto:
—Botswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,Malawi,
Mozambique ,Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,
Uganda,Somalia,Madagascar ,Comoros,Mauritius,
Sudan,Ethiopia,Jibuti,thecountriesoftheArabian
peninsula (1),IranandIraq 8-46
—countriesandterritoriesofAfricaotherthan
thosementionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,
Jordan,countrieswithaplannedeconomyincentral
andeasternEurope,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,
Panama,Iceland,Finland,Norway,Sweden,Austria
andtheFaroeIslands 3-63
ex08.07BPeaches(excludingpectorins),'Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII 9-67
(')ForthepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoftheArabianpeninsula'areconsideredtobethefollowing,
includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,theSultanateofOman,United
ArabEmirates (AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQawain,Fujairah,RasA1Khaimah),Yemen
ArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).