CELEX: 31987R0444
Language: en
Date: 1987-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 444/87 of 12 February 1987 fixing the export refunds for products processed from fruit and vegetables as provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86

13 . 2. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 43 /37
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 444/87
                                                      of 12 February 1987
                  fixing the export refunds for products processed from fruit and vegetables as
                         provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas pursuant to Articles 87 and 255 of the Act of
                                                                   Accession account shall be taken of the difference in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              prices recorded or economically justified when fixing the
Economic Community,                                                level of various amounts within the common agricultural
                                                                   policy ; whereas existing differences in prices of the raw
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 material used in the processing of the products to be
Portugal,                                                          exported lead to the result that specific refunds should be
                                                                   fixed for products obtained from raw material originating
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of             in Spain and Portugal ;
24 February 1986 on the common organization of the
market in products from fruit and vegetables ('), amended          Whereas when the application of the rules referred to
by Regulation (EEC) No 1838/86 (2), and in particular              above results in an amount of refund which for products
Article 12 (2) and (5) thereof,                                    listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 is
                                                                   supposed to be lower than the refund for the added sugars
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)           pursuant to Article 11 of the same Regulation, no refund
No 426/86, to the extent necessary to enable the products          should be fixed ; whereas in such cases the refunds for
referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (a) of the said Regulation to be     added sugars should apply ;
exported in economically significant quantities on the
basis of prices for those products on the world market, the        Whereas application of the abovementioned rules and
difference between those prices and prices within the              criteria to the current market situation, and in particular
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                      to the prices of products processed from fruit and vegeta­
whereas Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86               bles on the Community market and in international trade
provides that in cases where the refund for sugars incor­           entails fixing an appropriate refund ;
porated in the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of the
Regulation is not sufficient to permit export of the                Whereas the Management Committee for Products
products, the refund fixed pursuant to Article 12 (1 ) shall        Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an
apply for such products ;                                           opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 519/77 of 14 March 1977 laying down general
rules for granting export refunds on products processed             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (3), account should be taken,
when refunds are being fixed, of the existing situation and
future trends with regard to, on the one hand, prices and                                        Article 1
availabilities on the Community market of products
processed from fruit and vegetables and, on the other                1 . The export refunds referred to in Article 1 2 of Regu­
hand, of prices ruling in international trade ; whereas             lation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be as set out in the Annex
account should also be taken of the costs referred to in            hereto .
subparagraph (b) of the said Article and of the economic
aspect of the proposed exports ;                                     2. Where no refund is fixed for a product listed in the
                                                                    Annex, that product may, where applicable, benefit from
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation                 any export refund applicable to added sugars pursuant to
(EEC) No 519/77, account should be taken, when prices               Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86.
 on the Community market are being determined, of the
 ruling prices which are most favourable from the point of
 view of exportation ; whereas, when prices in international                                     Article 2
 trade are being determined, account should be taken of
 the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the said Article ;         Regulation (EEC) No 829/86 is hereby repealed.
 Whereas the export refunds for these products were last
 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 829/86 (4) ;                                             Article 3
 (>) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1 .                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 (2) OJ No L 159, 14. 6. 1986, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 73, 21 . 3. 1977, p. 24.                                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
 b) OJ No L 76, 21 . 3. 1986, p. 32.                                  Communities.
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 12 February 1987.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 12 February 1987 fixing the export refunds for products
           processed from fruit and vegetables as provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    426/86
                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg net)
                  CCT                                                                                         Refund
                heading                                 Description
                  No                                                                                10          no          III (3)
           ex 08.11 E         Cherries, stalked, stoned and preserved in a sulphur solu­
                              tion and with a drained net weight at least equal to 50 %
                              of the net weight :
                              — for destinations other than North America                         13,30                    13,30
           ex 20.02 C         Tomato concentrate :                                             IIIl
                              — for destinations other than North America                          6,00 0       6,00 (4)     6,00 (4)
           ex 20.04           Cherries preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystal­
                              lized) :
                              — for destinations other than North America                         30,22                    30,22
           ex 20.06 A         Common hazel-nuts (fruit of the species Corylus
                              avelana), other than mixtures                                       14,51        13,31       14,51
           ex 20.07           Pure orange juices not containing added substances with a
                              sugar content of :
                              — 10° Brix or more but less than 22° Brix                            2,10         2,10         2,10
                              — 22° Brix or more but less than 33° Brix                            4,20         4,20         4,20
                              — 33° Brix or more but less than 44° Brix                            6,30         6,30         6,30
                              — 44° Brix or more but less than 55° Brix                            8,40         8,40         8,40
                              — 55° Brix or more                                                  10,50        10,50       10,50
           (') Amounts shown shall apply to products obtained from fruit harvested within the Community of Ten.
           (*) Amounts shown shall apply to products obtained from fruit harvested in Spain.
           (3) Amounts shown shall apply to products obtained from fruit harvested in Portugal.
           (4) This amount is valid per 100 kg net weight of product with a dry matter content of not less than 28 % but less than
               30 % . For products with other degrees of concentration it is determined by applying the coefficients provided for in
               Annex V, Section I, of Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 (OJ No L 162, 20. 6. 1984, p. 8).