CELEX: 31977R2868
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-23
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2868/77 of 22 December 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

23 . 12. 77                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 330 / 19
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2868 /77
                                                       of 22 December 1977
                                      fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       necessary to vary the refund for a given product
COMMUNITIES,                                                         according to the destination of that product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  Whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh mandarins, fresh
                                                                     lemons and apples of the common quality standards
                                                                     ' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II , ' Extra' Class and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Class I hothouse and outdoor-grown grapes, shelled
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                       almonds and hazelnuts, and walnuts in shell may at
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ( ! ), as last            present be exported in economically significant quanti­
                                                                     ties ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 034/77 (2), and in
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                          relation to each other at any given moment within
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­                  their effective parity ;
ence between prices on the world market and prices
in the Community for the products referred to in that                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Article may be covered by an export refund ;                               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                           of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                           in the previous subparagraph ;
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),
                                                                     criteria to the present situation on the market of the
provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of
the current situation or foreseeable developments with
                                                                      prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
                                                                      cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and
                                                                     within the Community and on the world market that
vegetables on the Community market and to prices                      the refund should be fixed as set out below ;
on the world markets ; whereas account must also be
taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article
and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ;
                                                                     Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69                     January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
provides that prices on the Community market shall                   cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural
be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­                products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets                   1 469/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
shall be determined in the light of the prices and                    non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said                    such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Article ;                                                             192/75 may be applied ;
Whereas     the   situation     on     world   markets   or the
specific requirements of certain markets may make it                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(»)  OJ No  L 118 , 20 .  5. 1972, p. 1 .                             ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(2 ) OJ No  L  125,  19 . 5 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 318 ,  18 . 12 . 1969 , p. 17 .                        (5 ) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(«   OJ No  L 266 , 25 .  11 . 1972, p. 7 .                          (6) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7 . 1977 , p. 9 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     Article 2
                      Article 1
                                                           This Regulation shall       enter into force on        23
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are         December 1977.
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex
hereto .
                                                           At the request of those concerned, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of
2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c)   Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall apply to exports in
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall             respect of which customs formalities have been
apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins, table        completed on or after 1 October 1976 and which were
grapes grown outdoors, walnuts in shell, shelled hazel­    subject to Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
nuts and apples as set out in the Annex.                   192/75 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 22 December 1977 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                     ANNEX
             to   the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1977 fixing the export refunds                               on fruit and
                                                                     vegetables
                                                                                                                       (u. a. 1100 kg net)
                  CCT heading                                                                                                  Refund
                       No                                               Description
             ex   08.02 A I             Sweet fresh oranges :
                                        — of varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno Comune                                       4-40
                                             (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II )
                                        — of other varieties (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II )                           8-00"
             ex   08.02 B                Fresh mandarins (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II )                               6-00
             ex   08.02 C                Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class II )                                  3-50
             ex   08.04 A I             Table grapes :
                                        — fresh, open ground ' Extra' Class and Class I                                         6-00
                                        — fresh , hothouse 'Extra ' Class and Class I                                          16-00
             ex   08.05 A II             Shelled almonds , other than bitter almonds                                            8-00
             ex   08.05 B                Walnuts unshelled                                                                    10-00
             ex   08.05 G                Shelled hazelnuts                                                                     12-00
             ex   08.06 A II             Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) other than
                                         cider apples :
                                         — for export to Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland ,                 Zambia ,
                                             Malawi , Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya ,                     Rwanda ,
                                             Burundi, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar,                       Comoro
                          s
                                             Islands, Mauritius, Sudan , Ethiopia , the                 Republic
                                             of Jibuti , the countries of the Arabian peninsula ('),
                                             Iran and Iraq                                                                      7-00
                                         — for export to countries and territories of Africa other
                                             than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria ,
                                             Jordan , countries with a planned economy in central
                                             and eastern Europe, Bolivia , Brazil , Venezuela , Peru ,
                                             Panama , Iceland , Finland , Norway, Sweden , Austria
                                             and the Faroe Islands                                                              3-00
              ■M For the purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of the Arabian peninsula ' are considered to be the following ,
                 including the territories attached thereto : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait , the Sultanate of Oman , Uniteo
                 Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Shnrjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Kaimnn ), Yemer
                 Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen ).