CELEX: 31974R2744
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2744/74 of the Commission of 30 October 1974 fixing for products processed from fruit and vegetables the export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68

No L 292/38                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           31 . 10 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2744/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 30 October 1974
              fixing for products processed from fruit and vegetables the export refunds
                             provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1426/71
COMMUNITIES,                                                       provides that when prices on the Community market
                                                                  are being determined account shall be taken of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                              ruling prices which are most favourable from the
                                                                   point of view of exportation ; whereas when prices in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       international trade are being determined account is to
865/68 (') of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­                be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the
tion of the market in products processed from fruit               said Article ;
and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Whereas orange and lemon juice are economically
No 2429/72 (2), and in particular the first sentence of
                                                                   important products not containing added sugar, while
Article 3a (4) thereof ;
                                                                   in the case of cherries in syrup no refund such as
Whereas Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68                  would permit exportation has been fixed pursuant to
provides that where required in order to permit the               Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ; whereas
exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­             under these circumstances it is necessary to fix for
tional trade of economically important products not               these products the refund provided for in Article 3a of
containing added sugar listed in Article 1 , the differ­          Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ;
ence between the aforesaid prices and prices within               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                criteria to the present situation on the market and in
Whereas Article 3a (5) of the said Regulation provides             particular to prices within the Community and on the
that where the refund fixed pursuant to Article 3 is              world market for products processed from fruit and
not sufficient to permit exports of the products                  vegetables that the refund should be fixed at the
containing added sugar listed in Regulation (EEC) No               amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
865/68 the provisions of Article 3a rather than those             Whereas the Management Committee for Products
of Article 3 shall apply to such products ;
                                                                   Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
 1426/71 (3) of 2 July 1971 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 provides that refunds are to                                         Article 1
be fixed taking into account the existing situation and
future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices             The export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regu­
and availabilities on the Community market of                      lation (EEC) No 865/68 shall be as specified in the
                                                                  Annex hereto .
products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on
the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ;                                   Article 2
whereas account also has to be taken of the costs
referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
economic aspect of the proposed exports ;                          1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 October 1974 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 .
(2) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1
 3 OJ No L 151 , 7. 7. 1971 , p. 3 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                                                                                                       Amount in
                                                                                                     u. a. /100 kg of
                    CCT                                                                                   product
                 heading No                                    Description of goods                     (including
                                                                                                        immediate
                                                                                                         packings)
             ex 20.06 B              Cherries in syrup (weight of fruit, not of juice, not less
                                     than 50 °/o of total weight, not including immediate
                                     packing)                                                               4-80 H
             ex 20.07                Pure orange juice, with no other substances added :
                                     — Not concentrated (between 10 and 12 degrees Brix
                                          value)                                                            1-74
                                     — Concentrated :
                                         — Per unit of concentration ( 11 degrees Brix value)               1-74
             ex 20.07                Pure lemon juice, with no other substances added :
                                     — Not concentrated (between 7 and 11 degrees Brix
                                         value)                                                             0-74
                                     — Concentrated :
                                         — Per unit of concentration (9 degrees Brix value)                 0-74
             (l) This refund replaces that provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 .