CELEX: 31973R1673
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1673/73 of the Commission of 25 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

26 . 6. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 169/ 11
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1673/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 June 1973
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas economically significant quantities of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II fresh lemons,
                                                                   apples and peaches, of 'Extra' Class and Class I
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 hothouse grapes of shelled almonds and hazelnuts
pean Economic Community ;                                          and of unshelled walnuts can be exported at the
                                                                   present time ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                   Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last              tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and                    whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of
in particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                             Good Hope entails additional transport costs ;
                                                                   whereas the refund can therefore be justifiably
Whereas     Article   30    of Regulation        (EEC)   No        increased where exports have to be transported via
1035/72 provides that, to the extent necessary to                  the latter route ;
allow economically significant quantities to be
exported, the difference between prices in interna­                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate nor­
tional trade and prices in the Community for the                   mally, refunds should be calculated on the following
products referred to in that Article may be covered                basis :
by an export refund ;
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
2518/69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down                             within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange
general rules for granting export refunds on fruit                      based on their effective parity ;
and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
such refunds as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
2455/72 (4) provides that, when refunds are being                      each of these currencies recorded for a given
fixed, account must be taken of the current situa­                     period, in relation to the Community currencies
tion or foreseeable developments with regard to                         referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on
the Community market on the one hand and prices
in international trade on the other ;               whereas        Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee
account must also be taken of the costs indicated in               was requested ;
(b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of
the proposed exports ;                                             Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                   criteria to the present situation on the market of
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                 the prospective development of this situation,
No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market                    and in particular to quotations and prices for
are being determined account must be taken of the                  fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­
prices which are most favourable from the                          national trade that the refund should be fixed as
exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in                 indicated below ;
international trade are being determined, the prices
and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Article must be taken into account ;
                                                                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
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 to the destination of that                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
product ;
                                                                                             Article 1
(*)  OJ  No L 118 of 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(»)  OJ  No L 291 of 28. 12. 1972, p. 147.
 (•) OJ  No L 318 of 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                           1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
(4)  OJ  No L 266, of 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7.                        hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
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2. If apples are shipped to their destination via                  fruit and vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation
the Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in                      (EEC) No 316/71 (2), shall apply to the unshelled
the Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./lOO kg.                      walnuts, apples and peaches set out in the Annex.
                                                                                            Article 2
3.   The provisions of Article 2b of Commission
Regulation (EEC No 497/70 ( x ) of 17 March 1970                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June
on rules for the application of export refunds on                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 June 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*) OJ No L 62 of 18. 3. 1970, p. 5.                                («) OJ No L 36 of 13. 2. 1971 , p. 11 .
                                                          ANNEX
              To the Commission Regulation of 25 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                         vegetables
                                                                                                   (u.a.llOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                              Refund
                       No                                Description of goods
             ex 08.02 C           Fresh lemons. ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                      1-44
            ex 08.04 A I          Table grapes
                                  — fresh, hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I)                          1600
             ex 08.05 A II        Shelled almonds                                                          6-00
             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 exports to countries and territories of Africa
                                      (with the exception of South Africa), countries of the
                                     Arabian peninsula, Syria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland,
                                      Romania, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Yugoslavia, Austria,
                                      Brazil, Venezuela and Peru                                          3-00
            ex 08.07 B           Peaches (excluding nectarines) ('Extra' Class, Class I and
                                  Class II)                                                               4-00