CELEX: 31989R0208
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 208/89 of 27 January 1989 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

28 . 1 . 89                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 25/53
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 208/89
                                                     of 27 January 1989
                                   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 reduced 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 0 ;
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 1636/87Q ;
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
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
which are most favourable from the exportation point of          Whereas the obligations under Article 5 ( 1 ) (b) 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 .                             O OJ No L 194, 28. 7. 1980, p. 12.
m OJ No L 198 . 26. 7. 1988 . o. 1 .                             («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(3 OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                             f) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
M OT No L 266. 25. 11 . 1972. o. 7.                              (*) OT No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
provides that, during the first phase, the Community is                                  Article 1
not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a
authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports      1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
to third countries, the arrangements in force before its         as set out in the Annex hereto.
accession for such trade, including any export aid or
subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal        2. The provisions of Articles 5 (1 ) (b) and 19 ( l)(c) of
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                 Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese          sweet oranges, mandarins, lemons, tables grapes, walnuts
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       in shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the
                                                                 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
for in this Regulation ;                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1989.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 January 1989.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1989 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
                      070*2 00 90 900                         —                       —
                      0802 12 90 000           1                                      9,67
                      0802 21 00 000                                                11,30
                      0802 22 00 000           l                                    21,80
                      0802 31 00 000                                                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
            i                                                 09                      5,32
                      0805 10 19 300                           01                    14,50
                                                               09                     9,67
                      0805 10 19 900                          —
                                                                                       —
                      0805 10 21 100                           01                     8,00
            I                                                  09                     5,32
                      0805 10 21 300                           01                    14,50
            I                                                  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
                                                               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 (2)
              0805 10 39 100                           01                     8,00
           II                                          09                     532
              0805 10 39 300                           01                   14,50
           ll                                          09                     9,67
              0805 10 39 900                           —                      —
              0805 10 41 100                           01                     8,00
           ll                                          09                     532
              0805 10 41 300                           01                    14,50
           !!                                          09                     9,67
              0805 10 41 900                           —                      —
              0805 10 45 100                           01                    17,00          »
           II                                          09                    12,00
              0805 10 45 300                           01                    14,50
           ll                                          09                     9,67
              0805 10 45 900                           —                       —
              0805 10 49 100                           01                     8,00
           II                                          09                      5,32
              0805 10 49 300                           01                    14,50
           ll                                          09                     9,67
              0805 10 49 900                           —
                                                                               —
              0805 20 50 100           I                                       7,25
              0805 20 50 900                           —
                                                                               __/
              0805 30 10 100                           01                    15,00
           !!                                          09                    10,00
              0805 30 10 900                         * —                       —
              0806 10 11 100           l                                     10,50
              0806 10 11 300                                                 10,50
                                                        i
              0806 10 11 900                           —
                                                                               —
              0806 10 15 100           l                                     10,50
              0806 10 15 300                                                 10,50
              0806 10 15 900                           —
                                                                               —.
              0806 10 19 100                                                 10,50
              0806 10 19 300                                                  10,50
               0806 10 19 900                           —                       —   .
               0808 10 91 100
                                                                                —
                                                        —
               0808 10 91 910                           02                    14,00
           l                                            03                     4,50
                                                        04                      —
               0808 10 91 990
                                                                                —
                                                        —
               0808 10 93 100
                                                                                —
                                                        —
               0808 10 93910                            02                    14,00
                                                        03                      4,50
           l                                            04                      —
                                                                                —
               0808 10 93 990                           —
               0808 10 99 100
                                                                                —
                                                        —
               0808 10 99 910                           02                     14,00
           I                                            03                      4,50
                                                        04                      —
                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.