CELEX: 31979R0321
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 321/79 of 20 February 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

21 . 2. 79                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 44/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 321 /79
                                                     of 20 February 1979
                                   fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    necessary to vary the refund for a given product
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     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
                                                                  ' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Class I hothouse grapes, shelled almonds and hazel­
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                   nuts, and walnuts in shell may at present be exported
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables (x), as last           in economically significant quantities ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (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
                                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                their effective parity ;
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
ence between prices on the world market 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
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       in the previous subparagraph ;
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),         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                    criteria to the present situation on the market of the
provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of         prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
the current situation or foreseeable developments with            cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and             within the Community and on the world market, that
vegetables on the Community market and to prices                  the refund should be fixed as set out below :
on the world markets ; whereas account must also be
taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article
and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ;
                                                                  Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69                  January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
provides that prices on the Community market shall                cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural
be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­            products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets               2145/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
shall be determined in the light of the prices and                non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said                 such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Article ;                                                          192/75 may be applied ;
Whereas     the  situation     on  world     markets  or  the
specific requirements of certain markets may make it              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(»)  OJ  No L 118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .                           ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(2)  OJ  No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.
(3)  OJ  No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                          (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(<   OJ  No L 266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                          (6) OJ No L 249, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins, lemons,
                                                           walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as set
                     Article 1                             out in the Annex hereto .
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex                                Article 2
hereto .
2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c)   This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall             1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 20 February 1979 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                     vegetables
                                                                                                                       ( u.a. /100 kg net)
                  CCT heading
                       No                                               Description                                            Refund
            ex 08.02 A I                Sweet fresh oranges :
                                        — Of 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 )                          8-00
            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 )
                                        For export to :
                                        — countries or States with a planned economy in central
                                             or eastern Europe                                                                 5-00
                                        — other destinations                                                                   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                  Unshelled walnuts                                                                     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, Comoros, Mauritius,
                                            Sudan , Ethiopia , Jibuti , the countries of the Arabian
                                            peninsula ('), Iran and Iraq                                                       7-00
                                        — 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
            !') 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 , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm al Qawain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Khaimah ), Yemen
                Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen).