NoL187/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.7.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1845/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of9July1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitandvegetables
Whereaseconomically significantquantitiesof
'Extra'Class,ClassIandClassIIfreshlemons,
applesandpeaches,of'Extra'ClassandClassI
hothousegrapesofshelledhazelnutsandofun­
shelledwalnutscanbeexportedatthepresenttime;
Whereasexportsoftheseproductstocertaindestina­
tionscannotberoutedthroughtheSuezCanaland
whereastheconsequentdetQurviatheCapeof
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;
WhereasArticle30ofRegulation (EEC)No
1035/72providesthat,totheextentnecessaryto
alloweconomically significantquantitiestobe
exported,thedifferencebetweenpricesininterna­
tionaltradeandpricesintheCommunityforthe
productsreferredtointhatArticlemaybecovered
byanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2518/69(8)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
maymakeitnecessarytovarytherefundfora
givenproductaccordingtothedestinationofthat
product;—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommittee
wasrequested;
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./lOOkg.
3.TheprovisionsofArticle2bofCommission
Regulation (EECNo497/70(»)of17March1970
onrulesfortheapplicationofexportrefundsonArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11July
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9July1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)OJNoL62of18.3.1970,p.15. («)OJNoL36of13.2.1971,p.11.
ANNEX
TotheCommissionRegulationof9July1973fixingtheexportrefundsonfruitand
vegetables
(u.a.1100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
ex08.02CFreshlemons('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII) 1-44
ex08.04AITablegrapes
—fresh,hothouse('Extra'ClassandClassI) 16-00
ex08.05BUnshelledwalnuts 8-00
ex08.05GShelledhazelnuts 4-00
ex08.06AIIApples('Extra'Class,ClassIandClassII)otherthan
ciderapples:
—forexportstocountriesandterritoriesofAfrica
(withtheexceptionofSouthAfrica),countriesofthe
Arabianpeninsula,Syria,Bulgaria,Hungary,Poland,
Romania,Czechoslovakia ,USSR,Yugoslavia,Austria,
Brazil,VenezuelaandPeru 3-00
ex08.07BPeaches(excludingnectarines)('Extra'Class,ClassIand
ClassII) 4-00