CELEX: 31982R2070
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2070/82 of 28 July 1982 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

29 . 7 . 82                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 220/29
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION EEC) No 2070/82
                                                           of 28 July 1982
                                    fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches
COMMUNITIES,                                                         of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I
                                                                     and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and open ground grapes, shelled almonds and hazel­
Economic Community,                                                  nuts, and unshelled walnuts and hazelnuts may at
                                                                     present be exported in economically significant quan­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         tities ;
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738 /82 (2), and in                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                               relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee ,                                                                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                           their central rate ,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the dif­                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
ference between prices in international trade for the                      these currencies recorded for a given period in
products referred to in that Article and prices for the                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
products within the Community may be covered by an                         in the previous indent ;
export refund ;
                                                                     Whereas on account of the different production prices
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     for peaches in Greece and in the other Member States,
2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 . laying down general                    this difference should be reflected, pursuant to the
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit                 provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 (*), when
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),             calculating export refunds for this product ; whereas
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                        application of the above criteria results in fixing the
provides that when refunds are being fixed, account                   refund applicable in Greece at zero ;
must be taken of the existing situation and future
trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
and vegetables on the Community market on the one                     to the present market situation and to its future trends,
hand and prices in international trade on the other ;                 and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
whereas account must also be taken of the costs indi­
                                                                      vegetables in the Community and in international
cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects              trade that the refunds should be as set out in the
of the proposed exports ;                                             Annex hereto ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
 No 2518 / 69, when prices on the Community market                    Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
are being determined account must be taken of the
prices which are most favourable from the exportation                 November 1979 laying down common detailed rules
 point of view ; whereas, when prices in international                for the application of the system of export refunds on
 trade are being determined, the quotations and prices
                                                                      agricultural products (6), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 3476/80 (7), may be relaxed in the case of
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
 taken into account ;                                                 exports to non-member countries outside Europe ;
                                                                      whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ;
 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                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 product according to the destination of that product ;                are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                       Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 (') OJ  No L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
  2  OJ  No L  190 , 1 . 7 . 1982, p . 7 .                             (5) OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p . 17 .
 (3) OJ  No L 318 ,  18 . 12. 1969 , p . 17.                           I6) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No L 266 ,  25 . 11 . 1972, p . 7 .                           (7 OJ No L 363 , 31 . 12. 1980 , p . 71 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              2.   The provisions of Articles 10 ( 1 ) (b) and 23 ( 1 ) (c)
                                                           of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall
                                                           apply to exports of lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled
                                                           almonds, hazelnuts, and apples as set out in the Annex
                     Article 1                             hereto .
                                                                                  Article 2
1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall
be as set out in the Annex hereto .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1982.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 28 July 1982.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 July 1982 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                            vegetables
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg net)
                    CCT
                   heading                                     Description                                 Refund
                     No
            ex  07.01 M          Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                              4-50
            ex  08.02 C          Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)
                                 For export to :
                                 — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                     eastern Europe                                                          6-04
                                 — Other destinations                                                        4-23
            ex  08.04 A I        Table grapes :
                                 — Fresh, open ground ('Extra' Class and Class I)                            4-84
                                 — Fresh, hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I)                              19-34
            ex  08.05 A II       Shelled almonds, other than bitter almonds                                 20-00
            ex  08.05 B          Unshelled walnuts                                                          14-00
            ex  08.05 G          Unshelled hazelnuts (31 August 1982 at the latest)                         15-00
            ex  08.05 G          Shelled hazelnuts                                                          30-00
            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, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Jibuti, the
                                     countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran and Iraq                  12-00
                                 — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong                             12-00
                                 — 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, Ecuador, Iceland,
                                     Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria and the Faraoe Islands                 3-63
            ex   08.07 B         Peaches (other than nectarines) in categories Extra, I and II for
                                 export to all destinations other than Switzerland and Austria
                                 — Originating in Greece                                                     0-00
                                 — Originating in other Member States                                        5-00
            (') 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, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qawain,
                Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimahl Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic
                Republic of Yemen (Soutn Yemen).