CELEX: 31987R3152
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3152/87 of 22 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

23 . 10 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 300/ 19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3152/87
                                                          of 22 October 1987
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or
                                                                      the specific requirements of certain markets may make it
                                                                      necessary to vary the refund for a given product according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 to the destination of that product ; -,
Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh mandarins,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     fresh lemons and apples of the common quality standards
Portugal,                                                             'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I
                                                                      table grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled
                                                                      walnuts may at present be exported in economically
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  significant quantities ;
ofil8 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables Q), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (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 rela­
                                                                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                           of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference                last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
between prices in international trade for the products                      (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                     (EEC) No 1636/87. («);
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                            these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                            tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                       previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when                 Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                  the present market situation and to its future trends, and
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices             in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­               bles in the Community and in international trade that the
nity market on the one hand and prices in international                refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the
 economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
                                                                       Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                   November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for
 2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                      the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
being determined account must be taken of the prices                    cultural products Q, amended by Regulation (EEC) No
which are most favourable from the exportation point of                 1180/87 (8) may be relaxed in the case of exports to non­
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are                  member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such a
 being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in             case, Article 23 ( l).(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79
 paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;               may be applied
(») OJ   No  L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                             0    OJ  No  L 164,  24.  6 . 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 209,  31 . 7 . 1987, p. 4.                               («) OJ  No  L 153,  13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                             f)   OJ  No  L 317,  12.  12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 266,  25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 .                            (*)  OJ  No  L 113 , 30 . 4. 1987, p. 27.
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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                                       Article 1
  provides that, during the first phase, the Community is
  not in principle to grant - export refunds ; whereas,
  pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a         1.     The export refunds -on fruit and vegetables shall be
. authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports      as set out in the Annex hereto .
  to third countries, the arrangements in force before its
  accession for such trade, including any export aid or
  subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special           2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( l)(b) and 23 ( l)(c) of
  procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal        Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of
  from the Community as constituted at 31 December                 sweet oranges, mandarins, lemons, table grapes, walnuts in
  1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283 , the Portuguese         shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex
  Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       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                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October
  Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 22 October 1987.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                         vegetables
                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg net)
                    CCT    -
                  heading                                     Description                               Refund (2)
                     No
             ex 07.01 M      Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                4,50
             ex 08,02 A I    Sweet fresh oranges :
                             For export of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune
                             ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) to :
                             — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                  eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                            8,00
                             — Other destinations           •                                              5,32
                             For export of variety Valencia late and Ovale calabrese ('Extra'
                             Class, Class I and Class II) to :
                             — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                  eastern Europe and Yugoslavia \                                         17,00
                             — Other destinations                                                         12,00
                              For export of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and ' class II)
                             to :
                             — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                  eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                           14,50
                             — Other destinations                                                          9,67
             ex 08.02 B II    Fresh -mandarins (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                       7,25
             ex 08.02 C       Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)
                              For export to :
                              — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                  eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                           15,00
                              — Other destinations                                                        10,00
             ex 08.04 A I     Table grapes :
                              Fresh ('Extra' Class and Class I)                                           10,50
              ex 08.05 A II   Shelled almonds, other than bitter almonds                                    9,67
              ex 08.05 B      Unshelled walnuts                                                           14,00
              ex 08.05 G      Unshelled hazelnuts                                                           7,50   ■
              ex 08.05 G      Shelled hazelnuts                                                           14,51
              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, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Jibuti, the
                                   countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran, Iraq and Jordan           12,00
                              — Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and
                                   Taiwan                                                                  12,00
                              — Countries      and    territories    of   Africa other than   those
                                   mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                                   planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Yugoslavia,
                                   Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia,
                                   Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland
                                   and Greenland                                                           4,00
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            (') 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, United
                Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qawain, Fujairah, Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen Arab
                Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).
            (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.