CELEX: 31978R1700
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1700/78 of 19 July 1978 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

20 . 7 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 195/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1700/78
                                                         of 19 July 1978
                                    fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      necessary to vary the refund for a given product
COMMUNITIES,                                                        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
                                                                    and Class II, ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        outdoor-grown grapes, shelled almonds and hazelnuts,
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                      and walnuts in shell may at present be exported in
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last             economically significant quantities ;
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 1 54/78 (2), and in
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                        a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                  their effective parity ;
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
ence between prices on the world market 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
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         in the previous subparagraph ;
2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),           Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                      criteria to the present situation on the market of the
provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of           prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
the current situation or foreseeable developments with              cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and               within the Community and on the world market, that
vegetables on the Community market and to prices                    the refund should be fixed as set out below ;
on the world markets ; whereas account must also be
taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article
and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ;
                                                                    Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2518 /69                  January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
provides that prices on the Community market shall                  cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural
be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­              products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets                 2145/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
shall be determined in the light of the prices and                  non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said                   such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Article ;                                                            192/75 may be applied ;
Whereas     the  situation      on   world    markets  or  the
specific requirements of certain markets may make it                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(>) OJ   No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(2) OJ   No L 144,  31 . 5. 1978, p. 5.
(3) OJ   No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                           (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 266,  25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                           (6) OJ No L 249, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              apply to exports of walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts,
                                                           apples and peaches as set out in the Annex .
                     Article 1
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex                                Article 2
hereto .
2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c)   This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall             1978 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 19 July 1978 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
                                 )
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                                                                    ANNEX
                 to the Commisson Regulation of 19 July 1978 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                   vegetables
                                                                                                                      (u . a . /100 kg net)
                 CCT heading
                      No                                             Description                                                Refund
            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 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 Jibuti, 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 , Unite .:
                 Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras Al Kaiman ), Yemen
                  Arab Republic ( North Yemen) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).