NoL162/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.6.83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1659/83
of21June1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1738/82(2),andin
particularArticle30(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle30ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoalloweconom­
icallysignificantquantitiestobeexported,thedif­
ferencebetweenpricesininternationaltradeforthe
productsreferredtointhatArticleandpricesforthe
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2518/69of9December1969layingdowngeneral
rulesforthegrantingofrefundsonexportsoffruit
andvegetablesandcriteriaforfixingtheiramounts(3),
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2455/72(4),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixed,account
mustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandfuture
trendswithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesoffruit
andvegetablesontheCommunitymarketontheone
handandpricesininternationaltradeontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecostsindi­
catedin(b)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomicaspects
oftheproposedexports;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromtheexportation
pointofview;whereas,whenpricesininternational
tradearebeingdetermined,thequotationsandprices
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticlemustbe
takenintoaccount;
Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarkets
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;Whereastomatoes,freshlemons,apples,apricotsand
peachesofthecommonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,
ClassIandClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothouse
grapesandopengroundgrapes,almondsandhazel­
nuts,andunshelledwalnutsmayatpresentbe
exportedineconomicallysignificantquantities;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasonaccountofthedifferentproductionprices
forpeachesinGreeceandintheotherMemberStates,
thisdifferenceshouldbereflected,pursuanttothe
provisionsofRegulation (EEC)No10/81(*),when
calculatingexportrefundsforthisproduct;whereas
applicationoftheabovecriteriaresultsinfixingthe
refundapplicableinGreeceatzero;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandtoitsfuturetrends,
andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesforfruitand
vegetablesintheCommunityandininternational
tradethattherefundsshouldbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto;
WhereastheobligationsunderArticle10(1)(b)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2730/79of29
November1979layingdowncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofexportrefundson
agriculturalproducts(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No519/83Q,mayberelaxedinthecaseof
exportstonon-membercountriesoutsideEurope;
whereas,insuchacase,Article23(1)(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2730/79maybeapplied;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL190,1.7.1982,p.7.
(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17.
(4)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.(0OJNoL1,1.1.1981,p.17.
(6)OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
0OJNoL58,5.3.1983,p.5.

22.6.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL162/15
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.2.TheprovisionsofArticles10(1)(b)and23(1)(c)
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2730/79shall
applytoexportsoflemons,walnutsinshell,shelled
hazelnutsandapplesassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23June
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21June1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

NoL162/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.6.83
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof21June1983fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 4,50
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Forexportto:
—CountriesorStateswithaplannedeconomyincentralor
easternEurope
—Otherdestinations12,00
8,00
ex08.04AITablegrapes:
—Fresh,openground('Extra'ClassandClassI)
—Fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI)4,84
19,34
ex08.05AIIShelledalmonds,otherthanbitteralmonds 9,67
ex08.05BUnshelledwalnuts 14,00
ex08.05GUnshelledhazelnuts 7,50
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 14,51
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthancider
apples:
Forexportto:
—Botswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,Malawi,Mozambique ,
Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,Uganda,Somalia,
Madagascar,Comoros,Mauritius,Sudan,Ethiopia,Jibuti,the
countriesoftheArabianpeninsula('),Iran,Iraq,Jordanand
Finland 12,00
—CountriesandterritoriesofAfricaotherthanthose
mentionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,countrieswitha
plannedeconomyincentralandeasternEurope,Bolivia,
Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,Panama,Ecuador,Iceland,Norway,
Sweden,AustriaandtheFaroeIslands 4,00
08.07AApricotsincategoriesExtra,IandIIforexporttoalldestinations
otherthanSwitzerlandandAustria 12,00
ex08.07BPeaches(otherthannectarines)incategoriesExtra,IandIIfor
exporttoalldestinationsotherthanSwitzerlandandAustria
—OriginatinginGreece
—OriginatinginotherMemberStates0,00
5,00
(')ForthepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoftheArabianpeninsulaareconsideredtobe
thefollowing,includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,the
SultanateofOman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Aiman,UmmalQawain,
Fujairah,RasAlKhaimah),YemenArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andtnePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).