CELEX: 31991R2969
Language: en
Date: 1991-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2969/91 of 9 October 1991 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

10 . 10 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 282/21
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2969/91
                                                          of 9 October 1991
                                        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,                              s
                                                                      Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, fresh sweet oranges 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 1623/91 (2), and in particular Article            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 30 (4) thereof,                                                      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
                                                                           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                          rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                   in the last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference              tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0 as last amended by Regula­
between prices in international trade for the products                     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (%
referred to in that Article and prices for the products
within the Community may be covered by an export                      — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
refund :
                                                                           average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                          Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                           a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                           referred to in the preceding indent ;
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and
vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides                  Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken              the present market situation and to its future trends, and
of the existing situation and future trends with regard to            in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the              vegetables in the Community and in international trade
                                                                      that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex
Community market on the one hand and prices in inter­
                                                                      hereto :
national 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 products Q, as amended by Regulation
which are most favourable from the exportation point of               (EEC) No 1615/90 (8), may be relaxed in the case of
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are                exports to non-member countries outside Europe ;
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in            whereas, in such a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;              (EEC) No 3665/87 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 150, 15.  6. 1991 , p. 8.                             (6) OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(3)  OJ  No   L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                            O   OJ   No L  351 , 14.  12. 1987, p. 1 .
(<)  OJ  No   L 266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                            (8  OJ   No  L 152,  16.  6. 1990, p. 33.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession           refunds applicable on products harvested on the one part
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages           in Spain and on the other part in Portugal shall be those
respectively ;                                                  given in columns II and III of the Annex.
Whereas where Spain and, from the beginning of the
second stage of transition on 1 January 1990, Portugal are
concerned when refunds are fixed, account is to be taken        2. The provisions of Articles 5 (l)(b) and 19 (l)(c) of
for each product in accordance with Articles 87 and 255         Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
of the Act of Accession, of economically justified price        lemons, fesh sweet oranges, walnuts in shell, shelled
differences ;                                                   hazelnuts, and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vege­
tables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit
set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                           Article 2
                          Article 1
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be       This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October
as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the        1991 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 9 October 1991 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 1991 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                   vegetables
                                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg net)
I                           l                                                    Amounts of refunds
         Product code         Destination of refund (')       Community as
                                                              constituted on         Spain (II)          Portugal (III)
                                                           31 December 1985 (I)
       0702 00 10 100       \                                       4,50                —                     —
       0702 004 0 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       0702 00 90 100       l                                       4,50                —                     —
       0702 00 90 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       080212 90 000                    05                          9,67                9,67                  9,67
       0802 21 00 000                   05                        1 130               11,30                 11,30
       0802 22 00 000                   05 (                      21,80               21,80                 21,80
       0802 31 00 000                   05                        14,00               14,00                 14,00
       0805 10 11 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 11 300                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
I                                       04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 11 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       0805 10 15 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 15 300                   01              \         11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04              '         11,00                 8,78                  5,99"
       080510 15 900                    —                           —                   —                     —
       0805 10 19 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 19 300                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       080510 19 900                    —                           —                   —                     —
       0805 10 21 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
        0805 10 21 300                  01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 21 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       080510 25 100                    01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       080510 25 300                    01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 25 900                   —                           —                   —
       0805 10 29 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 29 300                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 29 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       0805 10 31 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
I                                       04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 31 300                   01                     ,  11,00                 8,78                  5,99
I                                       04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 31 900                   —                           —                   —                     —
       0805 10 35 100                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
       0805 10 35 300                   01                        11,00                 8,78                  5,99
                                        04                        1 1,00                8,78                  5,99
       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)     Portugal (III)
                                                 31 December 1985 (I)
     0805 10 39 100           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
\                             04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 39 300           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 39 900           —                           —
                                                                           .  —                —
     0805 10 41 100           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 41 300           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
I                             04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 41 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0805 10 45 100           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 45 300           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 45 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0805 10 49 100           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 49 300           01                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
                              04                        11,00                 8,78             5,99
     0805 10 49 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0805 20 50 100           —                           —                   —                —
     0805 20 50 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0805 30 10 100           05                        13,50                 5,66             3,39
     0805 30 10 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0806 10 11 100           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 11 300           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 11 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0806 10 15 100           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 15 300           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 15 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0806 10 19 100           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 19 300           05                          4,84                4,84             —
     0806 10 19 900           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 91 100           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 91 910           02                          6,50                —
                                                                                               1,58
     0808 10 91 990           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 93 100           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 93 910           02                          6,50                —
                                                                                               1,58
     0808 10 93 990           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 99 100           —                           —                   —                —
     0808 10 99 910           02                          6,50                —
                                                                                               1,58
     0808 10 99 990           —                           —                   —                —
     0809 30 00 110           03                          —                   —                —
     0809 30 00 190           —                           —                   —                —
     0809 30 00 900           03                          —                   —                —
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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 Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Austria, the Farce Islands, Finland, Greenland, Malta, Syria, countries with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe,
       Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Equador Colombia, the countries and territories of Africa other than South Africa, countries of the
       Arabia peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm, al Qaiwain, Fujairah and
       Ras al Khaimah), Yemen, Iran and Jordan), Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
    03 all destinations excluding Switzerland, Austria and that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the Community,
    04 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta,
    05 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the Comunity.