NoL319/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3129/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of19November1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundfora
givenproductaccordingtothedestinationofthat
product;
Whereaseconomically significantquantitiesof
'Extra'Class,GlassIandClassIIsweetfreshoranges,
freshmandarins,freshlemonsandapples,of'Extra'
ClassandClassIhothouseandopengroundgrapes,
ofshelledhazelnutsandofunshelledwalnutscanbe
exportedatthepresenttime;
Whereasexportsoftheseproductstocertaindestina­
tionscannotberoutedthroughtheSuezCanaland
whereastheconsequentdetourviatheCapeof
GoodHopeentailsadditionaltransportcosts;
whereastherefundcanthereforebejustifiably
increasedwhereexportshavetobetransportedvia
thelatterroute;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenor­
mally,refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%>,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketof
theprospectivedevelopment ofthissituation,
andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesfor
fruitandvegetablesintheCommunityandininter­
nationaltradethattherefundshouldbefixedas
indicatedbelow;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72{l)of18May1972onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinfruitandvegetables,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2745/72(2),and
inparticularArticle30(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle30ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,totheextentnecessaryto
alloweconomically significantquantitiestobe
exported,thedifferencebetweenpricesininterna­
tionaltradeandpricesintheCommunityforthe
productsreferredtointhatArticlemaybecovered
byanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2518/69(*)of9December1969layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfruit
andvegetablesandcriteriaforfixingtheamountof
suchrefundsasamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2455/72(4)providesthat,whenrefundsarebeing
fixed,accountmustbetakenofthecurrentsitua­
tionorforeseeabledevelopments withregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesoffruitandvegetableson
theCommunitymarketontheonehandandprices
ininternational tradeontheother;whereas
accountmustalsobetakenofthecostsindicatedin
(b)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomicaspectsof
theproposedexports;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpricesin
internationaltradearebeingdetermined,theprices
andquotationsreferredtoinparagraph2ofthat
Articlemustbetakenintoaccount;
Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarketsHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
(»)OJNoL118of20.5.1972,p.1.
(•)OJNoL291of28.12.1972,p.147.
(•)OJNoL318of18.12.1969,p.17.
(«)OJNoL266,of25.11.1972,p.7.1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables»re
herebyfixedattheamountsindicatedintheAnnex.

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(EEC)No316/71(2),shallapplytothesweet
oranges,mandarins,unshelledwalnutsandapples
setoutintheAnnex.2.Ifapplesareshippedtotheirdestinationvia
theCapeofGoodHope,theamountindicatedin
theAnnexshallbeincreasedby4u.a./100kg.
3.TheprovisionsofArticle2bofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No497/70(*)of17March1970
onrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundson
fruitandvegetables,assupplementedbyRegulationArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20Novem­
ber1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)OJNoL62,18.3.1970,p.15. (■)OJNoL36,13.2.1971,p.11.
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19November1973fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
fu.a./100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex08.02AI
ex08.02B
ex08.02C
ex08.04AI
ex08.05B
ex.08.05G
ex08.06AIISweetfreshoranges('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Freshmanderins('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Freshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Tablegrapes:
—fresh,openground('Extra'ClassandClassI)
—fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI)
Unshelledwalnuts
Shelledhazelnuts
Apples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples:
—forexportstocountriesandterritoriesofAfrica
(withtheexceptionofSouthAfrica),countriesofthe
Arabianpeninsula,Syria,Bulgaria,Hungary,Poland,
Romania,Czechoslovakia ,USSR,Yugoslavia,Brazil,
VenezuelaandPeru4·00
4·00
1·44
4·00
16·00
800
4·00
300