CELEX: 31977R2515
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2515/77 of 16 November 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

17. 11 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 293/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2515/77
                                                     of 16 November 1977
                                    fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     whereas the situation with regard to international
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      trade or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                   may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given
                                                                   product according to the destination of that product ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh mandarins, fresh
                                                                   lemons and apples of the common quality standards
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                   Class I hothouse and open ground grapes, almonds,
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ^), as last            shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may at present
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in                be exported in economically significant quantities ;
 particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                    whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Committee,
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
 Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­               on their effective parity ;
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
 ence between prices in international trade and prices             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 in the Community for the products referred to in that                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Article may be covered by an export refund ;                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
 rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such                   criteria to the present situation on the market of the
 refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
 2455/72 (4), provides that, when refunds are being                cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
 fixed, account must be taken of the current situation             in the Community and in international trade that the
 or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and             refund should be fixed as indicated below :
 availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
 nity market on the one hand and prices in interna­
 tional trade on the other ; whereas account must also             Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
 be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article            Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
 and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;             time limit set by its chairman,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
 No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market
are being determined account must be taken of the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 prices which are most favourable from the exportation
 point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;                                                                      Article 1
(') OJ  No   L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 125, 19.  5. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No   L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                          1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
(«) OJ  No   L 266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                          hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
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2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission           table grapes of open ground, unshelled walnuts and
Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975                    apples set out in the Annex.
laying down detailed rules for the application of
                                                                                        Article 2
export refunds in respect of agricultural products (!), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2145/77 (2),                 This Regulation shall enter into force on         17
shall apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins,               November 1977.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 16 November 1977.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 249, 30 . 9. 1977, p. 12.
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 16 November 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                  vegetables
                                                                                                                    (iu.a.1100 kg net)
                CCT heading
                     No                                         Description of goods                                       Refund ,
            ex 08.02 A I               Sweet fresh oranges :
                                       — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno
                                           Comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                     4.40
                                       — of other varieties ('Extr Class, Class I and Class II)                             6.60
            ex 08.02 B                 Fresh mandarins ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                6.00
            ex 08.02 C                 Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                   3.50
            ex 08.04 A I               Table grapes :
                                      — fresh, open ground 'Extra' Class and Class I                                        6.00
                                       — fresh, hothouse 'Extra' Class and Class I                                         16.00
            ex 08.05 A II              Shelled almonds other than bitter almonds                                            8.00
            ex 08.05 B                 Walnuts unshelled                                                                   10.00
            ex 08.05 G                 Shelled hazelnuts                                                                   12.00
            ex 08.06 A II              Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) other than
                                       cider apples :
                                       — for export to Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia,
                                           Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda,
                                           Burundi, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar, Comoro
                                           Islands, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Republic
                                           of Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (*),
                                           Iran and Iraq                                                                    7.00
                                       — for export to countries and territories of Africa other
                                           than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria,
                                           Jordan, countries with a planned economy in central
                                           and eastern Europe, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru,
                                           Panama, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Austria and the
                                           Faroe Islands                                                                    3 00
            ") For the purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of the Arabian peninsula' are considered to be the following,
               including the territories attached thereto : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar, Kuwait , the Sultanate of Oman , Unites
               Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Shariah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Kaiman ), Yemer
               Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).