CELEX: 31992R1578
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1578/92 of 19 June 1992 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 166/22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  20. 6. 92
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1578/92
                                                          of 19 June 1992
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          and Class I table grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and
                                                                     unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in econo­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                mically significant quantities ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the refund applicable to exports of tomatoes to
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Sweden should be amended during the period 1 July to
Portugal,                                                            30 September 1992 pursuant to the undertakings entered
                                                                     into with that country under the 1980 agreement ^;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     Whereas by its Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (6) the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by               Council prohibited trade between the Community and
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 56/92 (2), and in particular Article         the Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro ; that it is
30 (4) thereof,                                                      important to take account of it at the time of the fixing of
                                                                     the refunds ;
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         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
between prices in international trade for the products                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                   of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
within the Community may be covered by an export                          rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for
refund ;                                                                  in the last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                          tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q as last amended by Regula­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and                  — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides                     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken                  a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor
of the existing situation and future trends with regard to                referred to in the preceding indent ;
prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the
Community market on the one hand and prices in inter­                Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
national trade on the other ; whereas account must also be           the present market situation and to its future trends, and
taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of           in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                       vegetables in the Community and in international trade
                                                                     that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                hereto ;
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are
being determined account must be taken of the prices                 Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession
which are most favourable from the exportation point of              introduced transitional measures by phases and stages
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are               respectively ;
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;             Whereas where Spain and, from the beginning of the
                                                                     second stage of transition on 1 January 1990, Portugal are
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or          concerned when refunds are fixed, account is to be taken
the specific requirements of certain markets may make it             for each product in accordance with Articles 87 and 255
necessary to vary the refund for a given product according           of the Act of Accession, of economically justified price
to the destination of that product ;                                 differences ;
Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, fresh sweet oranges,                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
apples, peaches and nectarines of the common quality                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class         Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(') OJ No  L  118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                              O   OJ  No  L  194,  28 . 7. 1980, p. 12.
(2) OJ No  L  122,  7. 5 . 1992, p. 3.                               (6) OJ  No  L  151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
(3) OJ No  L  318 , 18 . 12. 1969 , p. 17.                           0   OJ  No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L  266,  25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                             (8) OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   in Spain and on the other part in Portugal shall be those
                                                                given in columns II and III of the Annex.
                          Article 1
                                                                2.   Export refunds towards the Republics of Montenegro
                                                                and Serbia are not fixed.
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be                               Article 2
as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the
refunds applicable on products harvested on the one part        This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June 1992.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 19 June 1992.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 19 June 1992 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                              vegetables
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                             Amounts of refunds
    Product code        Destination of refund (')        Community as
                                                         constituted on          Spain (II)       Portugal (III)
                                                      31 December 1985(1)
   0702 00 10 100                 05                           4,50 (2)             —
                                                                                                       1,19 (2)
   0702 00 10 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0702 00 90 100                 05                           4,50 (2)             —
                                                                                                       1,19 (2)
   0702 00 90 900                 —     ■                      —                    —                  —
   0802 12 90 000                 05                           9,67                 9,67               9,67
   0802 21 00 000                 05                         11,30                11,30              11,30
   0802 22 00 000                 05                         21,80                21,80              21,80
   0802 31 00 000                 05                         14,00                14,00              14,00
   0805 10 11 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 11 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 11 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0805 10 15 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 15 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 15 900                 —                            —
                                                                                    —
                                                                                                       —
   0805 10 19 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 19 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 19 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0805 10 21 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 21 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 21 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0805 10 25 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 25 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 25 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0805 10 29 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 29 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 29 900                 —                            —                    —                  —
   0805 10 31 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 31 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 31 900                 —
                                                               —
                                                                                    —
                                                                                                       —
   0805 10 35 100                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 35 300                 01                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
                                  04                         11,00                  8,78               5,99
   0805 10 35 900                 —                             —                   —                  —
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                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                      Amounts of refunds
      Product code Destination of refund (')      Community as
                                                  constituted on          Spain (II)     Portugal (III)
                                               31 December 1985(1)
    0805 10 39 100           01                       11,00                  8,78             5,99
                             04                       11,00                  8,78             5,99
    0805 10 39 300           01                       11,00                  8,78             5,99
                             04                       11,00                  8,78             5,99
    0805 10 39 900           —                          —                    —                —
    0805 10 41 100           01                       11,00                  8,78             5,99
                             04                       1 1;00                 8,78             5,99
    0805 10 41 300           01                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
                             04                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
    0805 10 41 900           —                          —                    —                —
    0805 10 45 100           01                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
                             04                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
    0805 10 45 300           01                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
                             04                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
    0805 10 45 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0805 10 49 100           01                       11,00                  8,78            5,99
                             04                       11,00                 8,78             5,99
    0805 10 49 300           01                       11,00                 8,78             5,99
                             04                       11,00                 8,78             5,99
    0805 10 49 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0805 20 50 100           —                          —                    —               —
    0805 20 50 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0805 30 10 100           05                       13,50                 7,62             5,92
    0805 30 10 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0806 10 11 100           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 11 300           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 11 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0806 10 15 100           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 15 300           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 15 900           —                          —                    —
                                                                                           . —
    0806 10 19 100           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 19 300           05                        4,84                 4,84             0,40
    0806 10 19 900           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 91 100           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 91 910           02                         6,50                 —
                                                                                             1,58
    0808 10 91 990           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 93 100           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 93 910           02                         6,50                 —
                                                                                             1,58
    0808 10 93 990           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 99 100           —                          —                    —               —
    0808 10 99 910           02                         6,50                 —
                                                                                             1,58
    0808 10 99 990           —                          —                    —               —
    0809 30 00 110           03                         5,00                3,79             5,00
    0809 30 00 190           —                          —                    —               —
    0809 30 00 900           03                         5,00                5,00             5,00
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(') The destinations are as follows :
    01 Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
       Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the
       Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
    02 Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Malta, Syria, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Hungary,
       Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
       Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru,
       Panama, Equador, Colombia, the countries and territories of Africa other than South Africa, countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein,
       Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm, al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen), Iran and
       Jordan,
    03 all destinations excluding Switzerland, Austria, the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro as well as that part of Community territory located outside the
       customs territory of the Community,
    04 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta,
    05 All destinations excepting the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro as well as that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of
       the Comunity.
(2) For exports to Sweden in the period 1 July to 30 September 1992, the refund is :
    — reduced to ECU 0,97 100 kg for products originating in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
    — cancelled for products originating in Portugal.