CELEX: 31988R3275
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3275/88 of 24 October 1988 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 291 /58                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25. 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3275/88
                                                        of 24 October 1988
                                     fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         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 the refund applicable to exports of tomatoes to
                                                                    Sweden should be teduced during the period 1 July to 30
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  September pursuant to the undertakings entered into with
Portugal,                                                           that country under the 1980 agreement (*) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh mandarins,
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     fresh lemons and apples of the common quality standards
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by              'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I
Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), and in particular Article           table grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled
30 (4) thereof,                                                     walnuts may at present be exported in economically
                                                                     significant quantities ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference
between prices in international trade for the products                     in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
within the Community may be covered by an export                           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
refund :                                                                   rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
                                                                           last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
                                                                           (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                           (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­                for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the 1
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when                     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
 nity market on the one hand and prices in international
 trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                the present market situation and to its future trends, and
 economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                           in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
                                                                      bles in the Community and in international trade that the
                                                                      refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 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 prices                 Whereas the obligations under Article 5 (1 ) (b) of
 which are most favourable from the exportation point of
 view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27
 being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in           November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for
 paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;             the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
                                                                      cultural products (8) may be relaxed in the case of exports
                                                                      to non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
 Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or          such a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
  the specific requirements of certain markets may make it             3665/87 may be applied ;
 (') OJ No   L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 194, 28 . 7. 1980, p. 12.
 (*) OJ No   L  198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1 .                              ¥\ OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No   L  318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                              0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 («) OJ No   L  266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                              (») OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
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25. 10 . 88                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 291 /59
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession
introduce transitional measures by phases and stages
respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­
ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­
nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141                                       Article 1
provides that, during the first phase, the Community is
not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a          1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports      as set out in the Annex hereto.
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            2. The provisions of Articles 5 (1 ) (b) and 19 (l)(c) of
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal         Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                  sweet oranges, mandarins, lemons, tables grapes, walnuts
 1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese          in shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the
 Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       Annex hereto.
 stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in
 force before its accession for such trade, including any
 export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­
 stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided
                                                                                           Article 2
 for in this Regulation ;
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October
 Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                               1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 24 October 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 24 October 1988 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                          vegetables
                                                                                         (ECU/100 kg net)
                        Product code                Destination of refund (') Amount of refund (2)
                      0702 00 10 100    .                                            4,50
                      0702 00 10 900                           —                      —
                      0702 00 90 100           !!                                    4,50 "
                      0702 00 90 900                           —                      —
                      080212 90 000            \                                     9,67
                      0802 21 00 000           l                                    11,30
                      0802 22 00 000           l                                    21,80
                      080231 00 000            I                                    14,00
                      0805 10 11 100                           01                     8,00
                                                               09                     5,32
                      0805 10 11 300                           01                   14,50
                                                               09                     9,67
                      0805 10 11 900                           —
                                                                                      —
                      0805 10 15 100                           01                   17,00
                                                               09                   12,00
                      0805 10 15 300                           01                   14,50
                                                               09                     9,67
                      0805 10 15 900                           —                      —
                      0805 10 19 100                           01 ;                   8,00
                                                               09                     5,32
                      0805 10 19 300                           01                   14,50
                    l                                          09                     9,67
                      0805 10 19 900                           —
                                                                                      —
                      0805 10 21 100                           01                     8,00
                                                               09                     5,32
                      0805 10 21 300                           01                   14,50
                                                               09                     9,67
                      0805 10 21 900                           —
                                                                                      —
                      0805 10 25 100                           01                    17,00
                                                               09                    12,00
                      0805 10 25 300                           01                    14,50
                                                               09                     9,67
                       0805 10 25 900                          —
                                                                                       —
                       0805 10 29 100                           01                     8,00    k
                                                                09                     5,32
                       0805 10 29 300                           01                   14,50
                                                                09                    9,67
                       0805 10 29 900                           —
                                                                                       —
                       0805 10 31 100                           01                     8,00
                                                                09                     5,32
                       0805 10 31 300                           01                   14,50
                                                                09                     9,67
                       0805 10 31 900                           —
                                                                                       —
                       0805 10 35 100                           01                   17,00
                                                                09                   12,00
                       0805 10( 35 300                          01                   14,50
                                                                09                     9,67
                       0805 10 35 900
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                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg net)
                  Product code                Destination of refund (') Amount of refund (J)
                0805 10 39 100                           01                      8,00
                                                         09                      5,32
                0805 10 39 300                           01                     14,50
            l                                            09                      9,67
                0805 10 39 900                           —                        —
                0805 10 41 100                           01                      8,00
                                                         09                      5,32
                0805 10 41 300                           01                     14,50
                                                         09                      9,67
                0805 10 41 900                           —                        —
                0805 10 45 100                           01                     17,00
                                                         09                     12,00
                0805 10 45 300                           01                     14,50
            \                                            09                      9,67
                0805 10 45 900                           —
                                                                                  —   .
                0805 10 49 100                           01                       8,00
            I                                            09                       5,32
                0805 10 49 300                           01                     14,50
            1                                            09                       9,67
                0805 1049 900                            —                        —
                0805 20 50 100                                                    7,25
                0805 20 50 900                           —                        —
                0805 30 10 100                           01                     15,00
            I                                            09                     10,00
                0805 30 10 900                           —                        —
                0806 10 11 100                                                  10,50
              ■ 0806 10 11 300                                                  10,50
                0806 10 11 900                           —                        —
                0806 10 15 100           \                                      10,50
                0806 10 15 300                                                  10,50
                0806 10 15 900                           —                        —
                0806 10 19 100           \                                  -   10,50
                0806 10 19 300           Il                                     10,50
                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                           —
                                                                                   —
                 0809 30 00 190                           —                   •    —
                 0809 30 00 900                           —
                                                                                   —
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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 and Greenland,
                 04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
                 05 All destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
                 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 Portugal.