NoL184/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.7.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1653/77
of22July1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasthesituationwithregardtointernational
tradeorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Whereastomatoes,freshlemons,applesandpeaches
ofthecommonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,ClassI
andClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothouseand
open-groundgrapes,almonds,shelledhazelnutsand
shelledwalnutsmayatpresentbeexportedineconom­
icallysignificantquantities ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(l),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No795/76(2),andin
particularArticle30(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;WhereasArticle30ofRegulation (EEC)No1035/72
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoalloweconom­
icallysignificantquantitiestobeexported,thediffer­
encebetweenpricesininternationaltradeandprices
intheCommunityfortheproductsreferredtointhat
Articlemaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketofthe
prospectivedevelopmentofthissituation,andinparti­
culartoquotationsandpricesforfruitandvegetables
intheCommunityandininternationaltradethatthe
refundshouldbefixedasindicatedbelow;WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2518/69of9December1969layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfruitandvegeta­
blesandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2455/72(4),providesthat,whenrefundsarebeing
fixed,accountmustbetakenofthecurrentsituation
orforeseeabledevelopments withregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffruitandvegetablesontheCommu­
nitymarketontheonehandandpricesininterna­
tionaltradeontheother;whereasaccountmustalso
betakenofthecostsindicatedin(b)ofthatArticle
andoftheeconomicaspectsoftheproposedexports;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No2518/69,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdeterminedaccountmustbetakenofthe
priceswhicharemostfavourablefromtheexportation
pointofview;whereas,whenpricesininternational
tradearebeingdetermined ,thepricesandquotations
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticlemustbe
takenintoaccount; Article1
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.6.
(3)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17. 1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesare
herebyfixedattheamountsindicatedintheAnnex. (<)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.

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Article2 2.TheprovisionsofArticle6(1)(b)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No192/75of17January1975
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
exportrefundsinrespectofagriculturalproducts(1),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2818/75(2),shall
applytoexportsofunshelledwalnuts,applesand
peachessetoutintheAnnex.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23July
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL280,31.10.1975,p.31.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22July1977fixingtheexportrefunds
vegetablesonfruitand
(u.a.liOOkgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes'Extra'Class,ClassIandClass11 4-00
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 3-50
ex08.04AITablegrapes:
—fresh,openground'Extra'ClassandClassI
—fresh,hothouse'Extra'ClassandClassI4-00
16-00
ex08.05AIIShelledalmondsotherthanbitteralmonds 8-00
ex08.05BWalnutsunshelled 10-00
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 12-00
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples:
—forexporttoBotswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,
Malawi,Mozambique ,Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,
Burundi,Uganda,Somalia,Madagascar ,Comoro
Islands,Mauritius,Sudan,Ethiopia,theRepublic
ofDjibouti,thecountriesoftheArabianpeninsula('),
IranandIraq
—forexporttocountriesandterritoriesofAfricaother
thanthosementionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,
Jordan,countrieswithaplannedeconomyincentral
andeasternEurope,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,
Panama,Iceland,Finland,Norway,Sweden,Austria
andtheFaroeIslands7-00
3-00
ex08.07BPeaches(excludingpectorins),'Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII 6-00
(')ForthepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoftheArabianpeninsula'areconsideredtobethefollowing,
includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,theSultanateofOman,Uniteo
ArabEmirates (AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,Ummal-Quaiwain ,Fujairah,RasA1Kaiman),Yemer
ArabRepublic (NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).