CELEX: 31975R1137
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1137/75 of the Commission of 30 April 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

1 . 5 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 112/41
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 1137/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 April 1975
                                    fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
                                                                   whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the
Economic Community ;
                                                                   refund can therefore be justifiably increased where
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       exports have to be transported via the latter route ;
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            relation to each other, at any given moment,
Committee ;                                                             within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                        on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­               of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
ence between prices in international trade and prices                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
in the Community for the products referred to in that                   in the previous subparagraph ;
Article may be covered by an export refund ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
2518 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general                criteria to the present situation on the market of the
rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­             prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds            cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4)                      in the Community and in international trade that the
provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account               refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
developments with regard to prices and availabilities
                                                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on
                                                                   ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
the one hand and prices in international trade on the
other ; whereas account must also be taken of the
costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                                           Article 1
No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market
are being determined account must be taken of the                   1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
prices which are most favourable from the exportation              hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
                                                                   2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations
                                                                   Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;                                               Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.
Whereas the situation with regard to international                 3 . The provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission
trade or the specific requirements of certain markets              Regulation No 1041 / 67/ EEC (') of 21 December 1967
may make it necessary to vary , the refund for a given             on detailed rules for the application of export refunds
product according to the destination of that product ;             on products subject to a single price system , as last
                                                                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 211 0/74 (2), shall
Whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons and apples               apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts
of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class 1            and apples set out in the Annex.
and Class II , ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes,
shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may at present
be exported in economically significant quantities ;                                          A rtich■ 2
(') OJ No L 1 18, 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1975 .
(') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147.
(3 ) Oj No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , p. 17 .                        (') OJ No 314, 23 . 12. 1967, p. 9 .
Y) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                               (-) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 30 April 1975.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                   vegetables
                                                                                       (u.a./100 kg net)
              CCT heading                                                                    Refund
                  No                              Description of goods
           ex 08.02 A I
                            Sweet fresh oranges :
                            — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno
                                Comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                  4-00
                            — of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)         6-00
           ex 08.02 C       Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )
                            for export to :
                            — Countries or states with a planned economy in cen­
                                tral and eastern Europe                                       2-50
                            — Other destinations                                              1-44
           ex 08.04 A I      Table grapes (fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I)        16-00
           ex 08.05 B       Walnuts unshelled                                                 8.00
           ex 08.05 G       Shelled hazelnuts                                                 4-00
           ex 08.06 A II    Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) other than
                            cider apples :
                            — for export to countries and territories of Africa (with
                                the exception of South Africa), countries of the
                                Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iran, countries or states
                                with a planned economy in central and eastern
                                Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Iceland, Sweden, Fin­
                                land, Norway and Austria                                      3-00
                                  /