NoL200/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.7.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1956/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of19July1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundfora
givenproductaccordingtothedestinationofthat
product;
Whereaseconomically significantquantitiesof
'Extra'Class,ClassIandClassIItomatoes,fresh
lemons,applesandpeaches,of'Extra'Classand
ClassIhothousegrapesofshelledhazelnutsandof
unshelledwalnutscanbeexportedatthepresent
time;
Whereasexportsoftheseproductstocertaindestina­
tionscannotberoutedthroughtheSuezCanaland
whereastheconsequentdetourviatheCapeof
GoodHopeentailsadditionaltransportcosts;
whereastherefundcanthereforebejustifiably
increasedwhereexportshavetobetransportedvia
thelatterroute;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenor­
mally,refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowing
basis:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72(*)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(3)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
tradeorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarkets—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketof
theprospectivedevelopment ofthissituation,
andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesfor
fruitandvegetablesintheCommunityandininter­
nationaltradethattherefundshouldbefixedas
indicatedbelow;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
(*)OJNoL118of20.5.1972,p.1.
(■)OJNoL291of28.12.1972,p.147.
(•)OJNoL318of18.12.1969,p.17.
(*)OJNoL266,of25.11.1972,p.7.1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesare
herebyfixedattheamountsindicatedintheAnnex.

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fruitandvegetables,assupplemented byRegulation
(EEC)No316/71(2),shallapplytotheunshelled
walnuts,applesandpeachessetoutintheAnnex.2.Ifapplesareshippedtotheirdestinationvia
theCapeofGoodHope,theamountindicatedin
theAnnexshallbeincreasedby4u.a./100kg.
3.TheprovisionsofArticle2bofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No497/70(*)of17March1970
onrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsonArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19July1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(«)OJNoL62,18.3.1970,p.15. (2)OJNoL36,13.2.1971,p.11.
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19July1973fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(u.a./100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex07.01 MII
ex08.02 C
ex08.04 AI
ex08.05 B
ex08.05 G
ex08.06 AII
ex08.07BTomatoes('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)forexports
toAustria
Freshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Tablegrapes
—fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI)
Unshelledwalnuts
Shelledhazelnuts
Apples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples:
—forexportstocountriesandterritoriesofAfrica
(withtheexceptionofSouthAfrica),countriesofthe
Arabianpeninsula,Syria,Bulgaria,Hungary,Poland,
Romania,Czechoslovakia ,USSR,Yugoslavia,Austria,
Brazil,VenezuelaandPeru
Peaches(excludingnectarines)('Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII)4.00
1.44
16.00
8.00
4.00
3.00
6.00