CELEX: 31983R1659
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1659/83 of 21 June 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 162/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 6 . 83
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1659/83
                                                       of 21 June 1983
                                   fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples, apricots and
COMMUNITIES,                                                      peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
                                                                  Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             grapes and open ground grapes, almonds and hazel­
Economic Community,                                               nuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be
                                                                  exported in economically significant quantities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/82 (2), and in
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      relation to each other at any given moment within
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Committee,                                                            their central rate,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
ically significant quantities to be exported, the dif­                these currencies recorded for a given period in
ference between prices in international trade for the                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
products referred to in that Article and prices for the               in the previous indent ;
products within the Community may be covered by an
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
                                                                  provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 (*), when
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit             calculating export refunds for this product ; whereas
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),         application of the above criteria results in fixing the
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                    refund applicable in Greece at zero ;
provides that when refunds are being fixed, account
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)                Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market                   Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
are being determined account must be taken of the                 November 1979 laying down common detailed rules
prices which are most favourable from the exportation             for the application of the system of export refunds on
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international             agricultural products (6), as last amended by Regulation
trade are being determined, the quotations and prices             (EEC) No 519/83 Q, may be relaxed in the case of
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be                exports to non-member countries outside Europe ;
taken into account ;                                              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 Management Committee for Fruit and
product according to the destination of that product ;            Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
                                                                  time limit set by its chairman,
(') OJ No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No  L  190,  1 . 7. 1982, p. 7.                            (0 OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 17.
(3) OJ No  L  318,  18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                         (6) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L  266,  25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7.                         0 OJ No L 58 , 5. 3 . 1983, p. 5.
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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
                                                           hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
                      Article 1
                                                                                 Article 2
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall     This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 June
be as set out in the Annex hereto .                        1983 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 21 June 1983.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 June 1983 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                                                          12,00
                                — Other destinations                                                         8,00
           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                                   9,67
           ex 08.05 B           Unshelled walnuts                                                           14,00
           ex 08.05 G           Unshelled hazelnuts                                                          7,50
           ex 08.05 G           Shelled hazelnuts                                                           14,51
           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, Iraq, Jordan and
                                    Finland                                                                 12,00
                                — Countries     and    territories  of   Africa other    than   those
                                    mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                                    planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Bolivia,
                                    Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Iceland, Norway,
                                    Sweden, Austria and the Faroe Islands                                   4,00
                08.07 A         Apricots in categories Extra, I and II for export to all destinations
                                other than Switzerland and Austria                                          12,00
           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, Aiman, Umm al Qawain,
               Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and tne People's Democratic
               Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).