CELEX: 31977R2288
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2288/77 of 18 October 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 266/6                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            19 . 10 . 77
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2288/77
                                                           of 18 October 1977
                                        fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                       Whereas the situation with regard to international
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          trade or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                       may make it 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 tomatoes, fresh lemons and apples of the
                                                                       common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse and open­
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                        ground grapes, almonds, shelled hazelnuts and shelled
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last               walnuts may at present be exported in economically
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                     significant quantities ;
 particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Committee,
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                           relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                          within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                   on their effective parity ;
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
 ence between prices in international trade 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
                                                                           in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
 rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such                       criteria to the present situation on the market of the
 refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
 2455/72 (4), provides that, when refunds are being                    cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
 fixed, account must be taken of the current situation                 in the Community and in international trade that the
 or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and                 refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
 availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
 nity market on the one hand and prices in interna­
 tional trade on the other ; whereas account must also                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                  ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices which are most favourable from the exportation
 point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;                                                                            Article 1
(»)  OJ No   L 118 , 20 .   5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No   L 93 , 8 . 4 .  1976, p. 6 .
(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 .    11.1 972, p. 7.                            hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
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2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission            shelled walnuts, shelled hazelnuts and apples set out
Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975                     in the Annex .
laying down detailed rules for the application of
                                                                                         Article 2
export refunds in respect of agricultural products (1 ), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 281 8/75 (2), shall                This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October
apply to exports of table grapes of open ground, un­               1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 18 October 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 25 , 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 280 , 31 . 10 . 1975 , p. 31
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                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 18 October 1977 fixing the export refunds                               on fruit and
                                                                 vegetables
                                                                                                                  (u.a.lîOO kg net)
               CCT heading                                                                                               Refund
                    No                                         Description of goods
           ex 07.01 M                Tomatoes 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II                                         4-00
           ex 08.02 C                Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class II )                                3-50
           ex 08.04 A T              Table grapes :
                                     — fresh, open ground 'Extra' Class and Class I                                       6-00
                                     — fresh, hothouse 'Extra' Class and Class I                                         16-00
           ex 08.05 A 11             Shelled almonds other than bitter almonds                                            8-00
           ex 08.05 B                Walnuts unshelled                                                                  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, Comoro
                                          Islands, Mauritius, Sudan , Ethiopia, the Republic
                                          of Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula 0 ),
                                          Iran and Iraq                                                                   7-00
                                      — for export to 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 i he purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of lhe Arabian peninsula ' are considered to íe the following ,
              including the territories attached thereto : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar, Kuwait , the Sultanate of Oman , Unittv
              Arab 1 ;. mirares ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras Al Kaiman ), Yeinet
              Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen ).