CELEX: 31977R1653
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1653/77 of 22 July 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 184/28                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             23 . 7 . 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1653/77
                                                           of 22 July 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, apples and peaches
                                                                      of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse and
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                       open-ground grapes, almonds, shelled hazelnuts and
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ( l ), as last             shelled walnuts may at present be exported in econom­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                     ically 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
(<) OJ No   L 266, 25.    11 . 1972, 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                                 Article 2
 Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975
 laying down detailed rules for the application of
 export refunds in respect of agricultural products ( 1), as
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 281 8/75 (2), shall
 apply to exports of unshelled walnuts, apples and               This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July
 peaches set out in the Annex.                                    19 77 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 July 1977.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 280 , 31 . 10 . 1975, p. 31 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 July 1977 fixing the export refunds                                    on       fruit and
                                                                   vegetables
                                                                                                                      ( u.a . liOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                                                   Refund
                       No                                         Description of goods
            ex 07.01 M                  Tomatoes ' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class 11                                          4-00
            ex 08.02 C                  Fresh lemons (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II )                                   3-50
            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
            ex 08.05 A II               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 ('),
                                            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
            ex 08.07 B                  Peaches (excluding pectorins), 'Extra' Class, Class I and
                                        Class II                                                                                6-00
            (') For the purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of the Arabian peninsula ' are considered to be the following ,
                including the territories attached thereto : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait , the Sultanate of Oman , Uniteo
                Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Kaiman ), Yemer
                Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen ).