17.10.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL261/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2266/79
of16October1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfruitandvegetables(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1301/79(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
tradeorthespecificrequirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
Whereastomatoes,freshlemons,applesandpeaches
ofthecommonqualitystandards'Extra'Class,ClassI
andClassII,'Extra'ClassandClassIhothousegrapes
andopengroundgrapes,shelledalmondsandhazel­
nuts,andunshelledwalnutsmayatpresentbe
exportedineconomicallysignificantquantities;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandtoitsfuture
trends,andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesfor
fruitandvegetablesintheCommunityandininter­
nationaltradethattherefundsshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto;
WhereastheobligationsunderArticle6(1)(b)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No192/75of17
January1975layingdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofexportrefundsinrespectofagricultural
products(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2145/77(6),mayberelaxedinthecaseofexportsto
non-membercountriesoutsideEurope;whereas,in
suchacase,Article11(4)(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No
192/75maybeapplied;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(7)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFruitandVegetables ,
(!)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2)OJNoL162,30.6.1979,p.26.
(J)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17.
(«)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.(*)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.1.
(0)OJNoL249,30.9.1977,p.12.
(AOJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

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applytoexportsoflemons,walnutsinshell,shelled
hazelnuts,applesandpearsassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17October
1979.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.TheprovisionsofArticles6(1)(b)and11(4)(c)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No192/75shall
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16October1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16October1979fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Description Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 4.84
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Forexportto:
—countriesorStateswithaplannedeconomyincentral
oreasternEurope 6.04
—otherdestinations 4.23
ex08.04AITablegrapes:
—Fresh,openground('Extra'ClassandClassI) 4.84l —Fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI) 19.34
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(J),IranandIraq 13-50
—countriesandterritoriesofAfricaotherthan
thosementionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,
Jordan,countrieswithaplannedeconomyincentral
andeasternEurope,Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,
.Panama,Ecuador,Iceland,Finland,Norway,Sweden,
AustriaandtheFaroeIslands 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,RasAlKhaimah),Yemen
ArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).