CELEX: 31990R0233
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 233/90 of 29 January 1990 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 26/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30. 1 . 90
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 233/90
                                                     of 29 January 1990
                                   fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or
                                                                 the specific requirements of certain markets may make it
                                                                 necessary to vary the refund for a given product according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            to the destination of that product ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, sweet freshoranges and
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               apples, of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
Portugal,                                                        Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I table grapes,
                                                                 almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at
                                                                 present be exported in economically significant quanti­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             ties ;
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article
30 (4) thereof,                                                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­               rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference          last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
between prices in international trade for the products               (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation
referred to in that Article and prices for the products              (EEC) No 1636/87 (*),
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the            Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                 the present market situation and to its future trends, and
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­         in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
                                                                 bles in the Community and in international trade that the
nity market on the one hand and prices in international          refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
                                                                 Whereas the obligations under Article 5 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No            November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                 the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
being determined account must be taken of the prices             cultural products f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
which are most favourable from the exportation point of          No 3993/88 (®), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are           non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in       a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;         may be applied ;
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             0   OJ   No L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                              («) OJ   No L  153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                            o   OJ   No L  351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                             (8) OJ   No L  354,  22. 12. 1988, p. 22.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages
respectively ; Whereas for Spain the second stage of the
transitional period began on 1 January 1990 ; whereas                                   Article 1
pursuant to Article 87 of the Act of Accession when the
refunds are set for Spanish products account is to be
taken for each product of the price difference that is          1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
economically justified ;                                       as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the
                                                                refunds applicable on products harvested in Spain shall be
Whereas Article 275 provides for a special procedure for        those given in column II of the Annex.
the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal from the
Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 ;
whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese Republic       2. The provisions of Articles 5 (l)(b) and 19 (l)(c) of
is to be authorized to maintain, during the first stage, for    Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
exports to third countries, the arrangements in force           sweet oranges, lemons, table grapes, walnuts in shell,
before its accession for such trade* including any export       shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex
                                                                hereto.
aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circumstances,
refunds for such exports should not be provided for in
this Regulation ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 January 1990.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of. 29 January 1990 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                           vegetables
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                                Amounts of refunds f)
                     Product code      Destination of refund (')      Community as
                                                                      constituted on                  Spain (II)
                                                                  31 December 1985 (I)
                   0702 00 10 100
                                     -
                                                                            4,50         I
                   0702 00 10 900                —                          —                           —     •
                   0702 00 90 100                                           4,50                        —
                   0702 00 90 900                —                          —                           —     .
                   080212 90 000                 07                         9,67                  .     9,67
                   0802 21 00 000                07                       11,30                        11,30
                   0802 22 00 000                07                       21,80                        21,80
                   0802 31 00 000                07                       14,00                        14,00
                   0805 10 11 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                     - 5,88
                   0805 10 11 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 11 900                —                          —                           —
                   080510 15 100                 01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 15 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 15 900                —                          —                           —
                   0805 10 19 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
            I                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 19 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 19 900                —                          —                           —
                   0805 10 21 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
            l                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 21 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 21 900                                           —    .                      —
                   0805 10 25 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
            l                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 25 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 25 900                —■   ■                     —      '                    —
                   0805 10 29 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
            I                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 29 300                01                       11,00                     .   5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 29 900                —                          —                           —
                   0805 10 31 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
            l                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 31 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
            \                                    06                       11,00                         5,88
              j    0805 10 31 900                —                          —                           —
                   0805 10 35 100                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 35 300                01                       11,00                         5,88
                                                 06                       11,00                         5,88
                   0805 10 35 900                —                          —                           —
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                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                        Amounts of refunds (*)
              Product code      Destination of refund (')    Community as
                                                             constituted on                Spain (II)
                                                          31 December 1985(1)
             0805 10 39 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 39 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 39 900               —                         —
             0805 10 41 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
           \                              06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 41 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 41 900               —                         —                          —
             0805 10 45 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 45 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 45 900               —                         —                          —
             080510 49 100                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 49 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 49 900               —                         —                          —
             0805 20 50 100               —                         —                          —
             0805 20 50 900               —                         —                          —
             0805 30 10 100               01                      15,00                        3,92
                                          08                      10,00                        3,92
             0805 30 10 900               —                      .      :                      —
             0806 10 11 100               07                      10,50                       10,50
             0806 10 11 300               07                      10,50                       10,50
             0806 10 11 900               —
                                                                   '—
             0806 10 15 100               07                       10,50                      10,50
             0806 10 15 300               07                       10,50                      10,50
             080610 15 900                —                         —                          —    ■
             0806 10 19 100               07                       10,50                      10,50
             0806 10 19 300               07                       10,50                      10,50
             080610 19 900                —                         —                          —
             0808 10 91 100               —                         —
             08081091 910                 02                       14,00                       5,00
           I                              03                        4,50                       —
                                          04                        —                          —
             0808 10 91 990                                         —
                                                                                               — '
                                     i
             0808 10 93 100               —                         —                          —
             0808 10 93 910               02                       14,00                       5,00
           l                              03                        4,50                       —
           l                              04                        —                          —
             0808 10 93990                —                         —                          —
             0808 10 99100                —                         —                          —
             0808 10 99 910               02                       14,00                       5,00
                                          03                        4,50                       —
                                          04                        —                          —
             0808 10 99 990               —                         —                          —
             0809 30 00 110               05                        —     -
             0809 30 00 190               —                         —                          —
             0809 30 00 900               05                        —                          —
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            (') The destinations are as follows :
                01 countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia,
                02 Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda,
                   Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsu­
                   la including the territories attached thereto (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab
                   Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen Arab
                   Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), Iran, Iraq and Jordan,
                03 countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                   planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador,
                   Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland anu Malta,
                04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
                05 all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
                06 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta,
                07 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                   Community,
                08 Other destination excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                   Community.
            (2) These refunds shall not apply to exports to Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
                and Spain.