NoL55/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.82
COMMISSION REGULATION EEC)No429/82
of25February1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72of18May1972onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinfruitandvegetables('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1116/81(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
tradeorthespecificrequirements ofcertainmarkets
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundforagiven
productaccordingtothedestinationofthatproduct;
Whereastomatoes,sweetfreshoranges,freshmanda­
rins,freshlemonsandapplesofthecommonquality
standards'Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII,'Extra'
ClassandClassIhothousegrapesandopenground
grapes,shelledalmondsandhazelnuts,andunshelled
walnutsandhazelnutsmayatpresentbeexportedin
economicallysignificantquantities ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandtoitsfuturetrends,
andinparticulartoquotationsandpricesforfruitand
vegetablesintheCommunityandininternational
tradethattherefundsshouldbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto;
WhereastheobligationsunderArticle10(1)(b)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2730/79of29
November1979layingdowncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofexportrefundson
agriculturalproducts(^aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3476/80(%mayberelaxedinthecaseof
exportstonon-membercountriesoutsideEurope;
whereas,insuchacase,Article23(1)(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2730/79maybeapplied;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFruitand
Vegetableshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
timelimitsetbyitschairman,
(>)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
I1)OJNoL118,30.4.1981,p.1.
OOJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.17.
(4)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.7.0OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
(*)OJNoL363,31.12.1980,p.71.

26.2.82 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL55/13
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1applytoexportsofsweetoranges,mandarins,lemons,
tablegrapesofopenground,walnutsinshell,shelled
almonds,hazelnuts,andapplesassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article21.Theexportrefundsonfruitandvegetablesshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.TheprovisionsofArticles10(1)(b)and23(1)(c)
ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2730/79shallThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26February
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

NoL55/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.82
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25February1982fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Refund
ex07.01MTomatoes('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 4-50
ex08.02AISweetfreshoranges:
—OfvarietiesBiondocomuneandSanguignocomune('Extra'
Class,ClassIandClassII):
—ForexporttoSwitzerlandorAustria
—Forexporttootherdestinations
—Ofothervarieties('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII):
—ForexporttoSwitzerlandorAustria
—Forexporttootherdestinations5-32
7-00
9-67
14-00
ex08.02BFreshmandarins('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 7-25
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)
Forexportto:
—CountriesorStateswithaplannedeconomyincentralor
easternEurope
—Otherdestinations6-04(')
4-23
ex08.04AITablegrapes:
—Fresh,openground('Extra'ClassandClassI)
—Fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI)7-00
19-34
ex08.05AIIShelledalmonds,otherthanbitteralmonds 20-00(3)
ex08.05BUnshelledwalnuts 14-00
ex08.05GUnshelledhazelnuts(31August1982atthelatest) 15-00
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 30-00(3)
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthanciderapples
Forexportto:
—Botswana,Lesotho,Swaziland,Zambia,Malawi,Mozambique ,
Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,Uganda,Somalia,
Madagascar,Comoros,Mauritius,Sudan,Ethiopia,Jibuti,the
countriesoftheArabianpeninsula(2),IranandIraq
—CountriesandterritoriesofAfricaotherthanthose
mentionedaboveandSouthAfrica,Syria,Jordan,countries
withaplannedeconomyincentralandeasternEurope,
Bolivia,Brazil,Venezuela,Peru,Panama,Ecuador,Iceland,
Finland,Norway,Sweden,AustriaandtheFaraoeIslands12-00
3-63
(')ForexportstoPolandforwhichthecustomsexportformalitieshavebeencompletedon31March
1982atthelatest,theexportrefundhasbeenfixedat1204ECU/100kgnet.
(2)ForthepurposeofthisRegulationthe'countriesoftheArabianpeninsula'areconsideredtobe
thefollowing,includingtheterritoriesattachedthereto:SaudiArabia,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,the
SultanateofOman,UnitedArabEmirates(AbuDhabi,Dubai,Sharjah,Ajman,UmmalQawain,
Fujairah,RasAlKhaimah),YemenArabRepublic(NorthYemen)andthePeople'sDemocratic
RepublicofYemen(SouthYemen).
(3)Forexportsforwhichcustomsexportformalitieshavebeencompleted,orwhichhavebeenplaced
underthesystemprovidedforinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No565/80,onorafter1
September1982,theamountisfixedat9-67ECU/luOkgnetforshelledalmondsandat14-51
ECU/100kgnetforshelledhazelnuts.