CELEX: 31990R2852
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-03
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2852/90 of 2 October 1990 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

3. 10. 90                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 271 / 15
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2852/90
                                                         of 2 October 1990
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Class I and Class II, 'Extra Class and Class I table grapes,
                                                                     almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                present be exported in economically significant quanti­
Economic Community,                                                  ties ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                            Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Articie 12 (1 )
                                                                     of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, derogations from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 Community quality standards may be granted in the light
                                                                     of the requirements of the intended markets ; whereas, in
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by               view of the requirement of the Singaporean and Malaysian
Regulation (EEC) No 1 193/90 (2), and in particular Article
                                                                     markets for small table apples, derogations from the
30 (4) thereof,                                                      minimum sizes laid down by Commission Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 920/89 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1763/90 (8) should be granted for Granny Smith
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              apples exported to these markets ;
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
between prices in international trade for the products
referred to in that Article and prices for the products
within the Community may be covered by an export                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
refund ;                                                                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                          of 2^25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                      in the last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended                tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when               — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices               Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­                  a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor
nity market on the one hand and prices in international                   referred to in the preceding indent ;
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 it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                     the present market situation and to its future trends, and
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                     bles in the Community and in international trade that the
being determined account must be taken of the prices                 refunds should be as set; out in the Annex hereto ;
which are most favourable from the exportation point of
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in           Whereas the obligations under Article 5 (1 ) (b) of
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27
                                                                      November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or
                                                                     the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
the specific requirements of certain markets may make it
                                                                     cultural products (s), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
necessary to vary the refund for a given product according            No 1 61 5/90 (10), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
to the destination of that product ;
                                                                     non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
                                                                     a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
                                                                      may be applied ;
Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples, peaches and
nectarines, of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
                                                                     O OJ No L 97, 11 . 4. 1989, p. 19 .
                                                                     (') OJ No L 162, 28. 6. 1990, p. 29,'
(') OJ  No  L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  119,  11 . 5. 1990, p. 43 .                           (•) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(3) OJ  No  L  318,  18.  12. 1969, p. 17.                           O OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0)  OJ  No  L  266,  14.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                           H OJ No L 152, 16. 6. 1990, p. 33.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession           Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vege­
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages           tables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit
respectively ;                                                  set by its chairman,
Whereas for Spain the second stage of the transitional
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
period began on 1 January 1990 ; whereas pursuant to
Article 87 of the Act of Accession when the refunds are
set for Spanish products account is to be taken for each                                 Article 1
product of the price difference that is economically justi­
fied ;                                                          1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
                                                                as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the
Whereas Article 275 provides for a special procedure for        refunds applicable on products harvested in Spain shall be
the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal from the            those given in column II of the Annex.
Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 ;                  2. The provisions of Articles 5 (1 ) (b) and 19 (1 ) (c) of
whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese Republic       Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
is to be authorized to maintain, during the first stage, for    sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts
exports to third countries, the arrangements in force           and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
before its accession for such trade, including any export
aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circumstances,                                   Article 2
refunds for such exports should not be provided for in
this Regulation ;                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 2 October 1990.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 2 October 1990 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                        vegetables
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                             Amounts of refunds (J)
                   Product code     Destination of refund (')      Community as
                                                                   constituted on               Spain (II)
                                                               31 December 1985(1)
                 0702 00 10 100                                          4,50
                 0702 00 10 900               —                          —                          —
                 0702 00 90 100  ll                                      4,50                       —
                 0702 00 90 900               —                          —                          —
                 0802 12 90 000               07                         9,67                       9,67
                 0802 21 00 000               07                       11,30                       1130
                 0802 22 00 000               07                       21,80                      21,80
                 0802 31 00 000               07                       14,00                       14,00
                 0805 10 11 100               01                                                    __
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 11 300               01                                                    _
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 11 900               _                          —                          —
                 0805 10 15100                01                                                    __
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 15 300               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 15 900               —                          —                          —
                 0805 10 19 100               01                                                    _
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 19 300               01                         —
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 19 900               —                          —                          —
                 0805 10 21 100               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 21 300               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 21 900               —                          —                          —
                 0805 10 25 100               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 25 300               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 25 900               —                          —
                                                                                                    —.
                 0805 10 29 100               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 29 300               01
          \                                   06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 29 900               —                          —                          —
                 0805 10 31 100               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 31 300               01
          \                                   06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 31 900               —                          —                          —
                 0805 10 35 100               01
                                              06                         —                          —
                 0805 10 35 300               01                         —
                                              06                         —                          —
                 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)
                                                             31 December 1985(1)
                                                                                   \
                0805 10 39 100               01
                                             06                       —                          —
                0805 10 39 300               01                                                  __
              l                              06                       _                          —
                0805 10 39 900               —                        —                          —
                0805 10 41 100               01
                                             06                       —                          —
                0805 10 41 300               01
                                             06                       —                          —
                0805 10 41 900               —                        —                          —
                0805 10 45 100               01                       __                         _
              \                              06                       —                          —
                0805 10 45 300               01
                                             06                       —                          —
                0805 10 45 900               —                        —                          —
                0805 10 49 100               01
              I                              06                       —                          —
                0805 10 49 300               01
                                             06                       —                          —
                0805 10 49 900               —                        —                          —
                0805 20 50 100               —                        —                          —
                0805 20 50 900               —                        —                          —
                0805 30 10 100               07                     13,50                        3,70
                0805 30 10 900               —                        —                          —
                0806 10 11 100               07                       4,84                       4,84
                0806 10 11 300               07                       4,84                       4,84
                0806 10 11 900               —                        —                          —
                0806 10 15 100               07                       4,84                       4,84
                0806 10 15 300               07                       4,84                       4,84
                0806 10 15 900               —                        —                          —
                0806 10 19 100               07                       4,84                       4,84
                0806 10 19 300               07                      4,84                        4,84
                0806 10 19 900               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 91 100               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 91 910               02                     14,00                        5,50
                                             03                      4,50                        —
                                             04                     14,00 (3)                    5,50 O
                0808 10 91 990               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 93 100               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 93 910               02                     14,00                        5,50
                                             03                      4,50                        —
                                             04                     14,00 (3)                    5,50 (3)
                0808 10 93 990               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 99 100               —                        —                          —
                0808 10 99 910               02                     14,00                        5,50
              \                              03                      4,50                        —
                                             04                     14,00 (3)                    5,50 (3)
                0808 10 99 990               —                        —                          _
                0809 30 00 110               05                       5,00                       3,00
                0809 30 00 190               —                        _                          —
                0809 30 00 900               05                       5,00                       3,00
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           (') The destinations are as follows :
               01 countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia,
               02 Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda,
                   Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Republic of Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian
                   peninsula including the territories attached thereto (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab
                   Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen Arab
                   Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Iran and Jordan,
               03 countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                   planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador,
                   Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland and Malta,
               04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
               05 all destinations excluding Switzerland, Austria and that part of Community territory located outside the
                   customs territory of the Community,
               06 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta,
               07 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                   Comunity.
           0 These refunds shall not apply to exports to Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
               and Spain.
           (J) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 920/89, for exports to Malaysia and Singapore
               of table apples of the Granny Smith variety, the minimum size for 'Extra' class, class I and class II shall be 65
               mm, 60 mm and 60 mm respectively.