CELEX: 31977R1311
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1311/77 of 17 June 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

18 . 6. 77                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 150/35
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION                    EEC    No 1311 /77
                                                             of 17 June 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 lemons, apples and
                                                                        peaches of the common quality standards ' Extra'
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            Class, Class I and Class II , ' Extra' Class and Class I
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                          hothouse grapes, almonds, shelled hazelnuts, and
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                 shelled walnuts may at present be exported in econom­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                       ically 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 1^69 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 measures provided for in this Regulation
be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                    ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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 1 18 , 20 .  5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No   L 93 , 8 . 4 .  1976, p . 6 .
(3 ) OJ No   L 318 , 18 .   12 . 1969 , p . 17 .                          1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
(4 ) 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                                 Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975
laying down detailed rules for the application of
export refunds in respect of agricultural products (!), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 281 8/75 (2), shall
apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts,            This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 June
apples and peaches set out in the Annex.                          1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 June 1977.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Antonio GIOLITTI
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 280, 31 . 10. 1975, p. 31 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 17 June 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                    vegetables
                                                                                                                      (iu.a./lOO 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 ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                            6-60
             ex 08.02 C                  Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                   3-50
            ex 08.04 A I                Table grapes :
                                        — 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                                                                   1200
            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 French terri­
                                            tory of the Afars and Issas, the countries of the
                                            Arabian peninsula (x), 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, Sweden, Austria
                                             and the Faroe Islands                                                            3-00
            ex 08.07 B                  Peaches (excluding pectorins), 'Extra' Class, Class I and
                                        Class II                                                                              6-00
            {') 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 , United
                Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras Ai Kaiman), Yemen
                Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).