CELEX: 31974R0671
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 671/74 of the Commission of 26 March 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

27 . 3 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 81 /7
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 671 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 26 March 1974
                                     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 economically significant quantities of ' Extra
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Class, Class I and Class II sweet fresh oranges, fresh
 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                  mandarins, fresh lemons and apples, of ' Extra' Class
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                 and Class I hothouse grapes, of shelled hazelnuts and
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2 ), and in                 of unshelled walnuts can be exported at the present
 particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                                 time ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                         Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
                                                                     tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
                                                                     whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good
 Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­             refund can therefore be justifiably increased where
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­           exports have to be transported via the latter route ;
 ence between prices in international trade and prices
 in the Community for the products referred to in that
 Article may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2518 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general
  rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
  as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4)                           within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
  provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account                    on their effective parity ;
  must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable
  developments with regard to prices and availabilities               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
  of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
  the one hand and prices in international trade on the                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
  other ; whereas account must also be taken of the                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
  costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                       in the previous subparagraph ;
  economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
  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 ;
  («)  OJ No L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 .
  (2)  OJ No L 291 ,  28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  (3 ) OJ No L 318 ,  18 . 12 . 1969, p. 17 .                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
  (4)  OJ No L  266,  25 . 11 . 1972, p . 7 .                         ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                             rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and
                                                                          vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No
                          Article 1                                       316/71 (2 ), shall apply to the sweet oranges, manda­
                                                                          rins, unshelled walnuts and apples set out in the
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are                        Annex .
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the
Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the                                                      Article 2
Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.
3 . The provisions of Article 2b of Commission                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March
Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 ( } ) of 17 March 1970 on                       1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 26 March 1974 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(J ) OJ No L 62, 18 . 3 . 1970, p . 15 .                                   2) OJ No L 36, 13 . 2. 1971 , p. 11 .
                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                vegetables
                                                                                                            (u.u.HOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                                      Refund
                       No                                      Description of goods
              ex 08.02 A I             Sweet fresh oranges :
                                       — Of the varieties Moro, Tarocco, Sanguinello, Ovale
                                            Calabrese, Valencia Late, ('Extra' Class, Class I and
                                            Class 11 )                                                             6-00
                                       — Of other varieties (' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class II )               4-00
              ex 08.02 B                Fresh mandarins (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II )                  6-00
              ex 08.02 C                Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class 11 )                     1-44
              ex 08.04 A I             Table grapes, fresh, hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I)                  16-00
              ex 08.05 B                Unshelled walnuts                                                          8-00
              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,
                                           Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland , Brazil, Venezuela                    3-00
                                           and Peru