CELEX: 31989R3166
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3166/89 of 23 October 1989 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

24. 10. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 307/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3166/89
                                                    of 23 October 1989
                                   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 & given product according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            to the destination of that product ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, sweet freshoranges 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 1 1 19/89 (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 rela­
                                                                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­               rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference          last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
between prices in international trade for the products                (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regulation
referred to in that Article and prices for the products               (EEC) No 1636/87 («),
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                  previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the             the present market situation and to its future trends, and
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices        in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­          bles in the Community and in international trade that the
nity market on the one hand and prices in international           refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
which are most favourable from the exportation point of           No 3993/88 (8), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are            non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in        a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;          may be applied ;
O OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                                O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                               M OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                             0 OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                             (8) OJ No L 354, 22. 12. 1988, p. 22.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession            mically justified prices for each of the products
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages            concerned ;
respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­
ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
provides that, during the first phase, the Community is          Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a
authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to third countries, the arrangements in force before its
accession for such trade, including any export aid or
subsidies *, whereas Article 275 provides for a special                                   Article 1
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                  1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese          as set out in the Annex hereto.
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first
stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in       2. The provisions of Articles 5 (1) (b) and 19 (1) (c) of
force before its accession for such trade, including any          Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­           sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts
stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided         and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
for in this Regulation ;
Whereas, for Spanish products exported from the second                                    Article 2
phase of the transitional period i.e. from 1 January 1990,
account should be taken when refunds are fixed, in accor­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October
dance with Article 87 of the Act of Accession, of econo           1989 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 23 October 1989.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 23 October 1989 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                         vegetables
                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg net)
           \                                                                     Amounts of refunds
                   Product code      Destination of refund (')      Community as
                                                                    constituted on                  Spain 0
                                                                31 December 1 985 (2)
                  0702 00 10 100                                          4,50
                  0702 00 10 900               —    ■                     —                            —
                  0702 00 90 100  \                                       4,50                         —
                  0702 00 90 900               —                          —    -                       —
                  080212 90 000   I                                       9,67                         —
                  0802 21 00 000  I                                     11,30                          —
                  0802 22 00 000  I                                     21,80                          —
                  0802 31 00 000  I                                     14,00                          —
                  0805 10 11 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 11 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 11 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 15 100               01                       1 1,00                        5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 15 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       1 1,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 15 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 19 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 19 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 19 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 21 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 21 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
           \                                   06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 21 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 25 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 25 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       1 1,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 25 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 29 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 29 300               01                       1 1,00                        5,88
                                               06                       1 1 ,00                       5,88
                  0805 10 29 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 31 100               01                       1 1,00                        5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 31 300               01                       1 1,00                        5,88
                                               06                       1 1 ,00                       5,88
                  0805 10 31 900               —                          —                            —
                  0805 10 35 100               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 35 300               01                       11,00                         5,88
                                               06                       11,00                         5,88
                  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 0
                                                             31 December 1985 (2)
              0805 10 39 100                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 39 300                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 39 900                 —    ■                   —                          —
              0805 10 41 100                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 41 300                 01                     1 1,00                      5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 41 900                 —                        —                          —
              0805 10 45 100                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 45 300                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 45 900                 —                        —
                                                                                                 —
              0805 10 49 100                 01                     11,00                       5,88
                                             06                     11,00                       5,88 .
              0805 10 49 300                 01                     11,00                       5,88
            I                                06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 49 900                 —                        —                          —
              0805 20 50 100                 —                        —                          —
              0805 20 50 900                 —                        —
                                                                                                 —
              0805 30 10 100                 01                     15,00
            I                                09                     10,00                        —
              0805 30 10 900                 —                        —                          —
              0806 10 11 100                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 11 300                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 11 900                 —                        —                          —
              0806 10 15 100                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 15 300                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 15900                  —                        —                          —
              0806 10 19 100                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 19 300                                          4,84                       —
              0806 10 19 900                 —                        —                          —
              0808 10 91 100 :               —                        —                          —
              0808 10 91 910                 02                     14,00
            l                                03                       4,50                       —
                                             04                     14,00                        —
              0808 10 91 990                 —                        —                          —
              0808 10 93 100                 —                        —                          —
              0808 10 93 910                 02                     14,00
                                             03                       4,50                       —
                                             04                     14,00                        —
              0808 10 93 990                 —                        —                          —
              0808 10 99 100                 —                        —                          —
              0808 10 99 910                 02                     14,00
                                             03                       4,50                       —
                                             04                     14,00                        —
              0808 10 99 990                 —                        —                          —
              0809 30 00 110                 05                       —                          —
              0809 30 00 190                 —                        —                          —
              0809 30 00 900                 05                       —                          —
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           Notes :
           (') The destinations are as follows :
               01 countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia,
               02 Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda,
                  Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsu­
                  la including the territories attached thereto (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab
                  Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen Arab
                  Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), Iran, Iraq and Jordan,
               03 countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                  planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador,
                  Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland and Malta,
               04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
               05 all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
               06 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway and Iceland,
               09 other destinations.
           (2) The refunds fixed in this Regulation shall not apply to exports :
               — to Spain and Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985,
               — to third countries from Spain and tiers.
           (3) Such refunds shall apply to exports from Spain to third countries from 1 January 1990.