CELEX: 31974R2550
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2550/74 of the Commission of 7 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

8 . 10 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 273/5
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2550/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 7 October 1974
                                         fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Class II, 'Extra Class and Class I hothouse and open
COMMUNITIES,                                                            ground grapes, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled and
                                                                        unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   economically significant quantities ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas the production of walnuts was especially
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            important during the season of 1973/74 ; whereas
1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                      substantial stocks of these products still remain at the
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                     present time in the Member States who are the main
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (-), and in                      producers ; whereas these stocks can only be marketed
particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                                     in the form of shelled walnuts since the season is
                                                                        already well advanced ; whereas it is appropriate for
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            these reasons to grant a restitution for shelled walnuts
Committee ;
                                                                        until the new harvest ;
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                 Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­               tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
ence between prices in international trade and prices                   whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good
in the Community for the products referred to in that                   Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the
Article may be covered by an export refund ;                            refund can therefore be justifiably increased where
                                                                        exports have to be transported via the latter route ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
2518/69 (3 ) of 9 December 1969 laying down general                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
                                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2455/72 (4 )
provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
developments with regard to prices and availabilities                       on their effective parity ;
of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on                      — tor other currencies an exchange rate based on the
the one hand and prices in international trade on the                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
other ; whereas account must also be taken of the                           of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                                   in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market
                                                                        criteria to the present situation on the market of the
are being determined account must be taken of the                       prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
 prices which are most favourable from the exportation                  cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
 point of view ; whereas, when prices in international                  in the Community and in international trade that the
 trade are being determined, the prices and quotations                  refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
 taken into account ;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Whereas the situation with regard to international                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 trade or the specific requirements of certain markets                   ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given
 product according to the destination of that product ;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas fresh lemons, apples and peaches of the
 common quality standards ' Extra Class , Class . I and
                                                                                                Art uii 1
 (') 0 | No 1 . I IS , 20 . 5 . 1972. p . I.
 (-) Oj No 1 . 2V |. 2S . 12 . I ^2. p. 14 "
 (■') Ol No 1 . > IS , IS . 12 . IVfry , p. 17 .                         I.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables arc
 (-) O'l No I. 266, 25 . I I. 1 VI, p.                                   hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .
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 2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 211 0/74 (2), shall
 Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the                   apply to exports of unshelled walnuts, apples and
 Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ 100 kg.                      peaches set out in the Annex.
 3 . The provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission                                    Article 2
 Regulation No 1041 /67/EEC (') of 21 December 1967
 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds          This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October
 on products subject to a single price system , as last           1 974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 7 October 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          Fran^ois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 314, 23 . 12 . 1967, p . 9 .                           (-) OJ No L. 220 , 10 . S. 1 9~4, p. I.
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 7 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                               vegetables
                                                                                                   Cu.a.1100 kg net)
                CCT heading                                                                              Refund
                    No                                       Description of goods
           ex 08.02 C               Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)
                                    tòr 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, open ground 'Extra Class' and Class I                        4-00
                                   — Fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I                          16-00
                08.05 B             Walnuts
                                   — Unshelled                                                            800
                                   — Shelled (')                                                         15-00
           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, countries or States with a
                                        planned economy in central and eastern Europe,
                                        Brazil, Venezuela and Peru                                        3-00
           ex 08.07 B               Peaches (excluding nectarines) ('Extra' Class, Class I and
                                   Class II)                                                              6-00
           (*) For which the custom export formalities have been completed before 1 November 1974.