CELEX: 31974R1806
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1806/74 of the Commission of 11 July 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 188 /30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              12 . 7 . 74
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1806/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 11 July 1974
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      and Class II, ' Extra Class and Class I hothouse and
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        open 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 ( l ) 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 (2), 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
4 developments with regard to prices and availabilities                    on their effective parity ;
   of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on                  — for 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 tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches
   of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I
                                                                                               Article 1
   (J)  OJ No   L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
   (2 ) OJ No   L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.
   (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. If apples are shipped to their destination via the            316/71 (2), shall apply to the sweet oranges, unshelled
Cape of Good Hope , the amount indicated in the                  walnuts, apples and peaches set out in the Annex.
Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.
3. The provisions of Article 2b of Commission                                              Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 (») of 17 March 1970 on
rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and         This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 July
vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No                1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 11 July 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOL1
(') OJ No L 62, 18 . 3 . 1970 , p. 15.                            (2) OJ No L 36, 13 . 2 . 1971 , p. 11 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 11 July 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                vegetables
                                                                                                    (u.a./lOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                              Refund
                     No                                       Description of goods
            ex 07.01 M II            Tomatoes 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II for exports
                                     to Austria                                                            4-00
            ex 08.02 C               Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )
                                     for export to :
                                     — Countries or States with a planned economy in 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 for
                                         exports to Austria                                                4-00
                                    — Fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I                           16-00
                 08.05 B             Walnuts
                                    — Unshelled                                                            8-00
                                     — 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,
                                         Austria, Sweden, Norway , Finland, 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.