CELEX: 31982R1224
Language: en
Date: 1982-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1224/82 of 19 May 1982 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

20 . 5 . 82                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 141 / 51
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1224/82
                                                        of 19 May 1982
                                    fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       apples and peaches of the common quality standards
                                                                    'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Class I hothouse grapes and open ground grapes,
 Economic Community,                                                shelled almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts
                                                                    and hazelnuts may at present be exported in economi­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       cally significant quantities ;
 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 1 203/82 (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
are being determined account must be taken of the                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
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
                                                                   agricultural products (6), as last amended by Regulation
trade are being determined, the quotations and prices              (EEC) No 3476/80 Q, 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 .
O   OJ   No  L 140, 20.  5. 1982, p. 36.                           O OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 17.
O   OJ   No  L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                          (*) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                         0 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 sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in
                                                           shell , shelled almonds, hazelnuts, and apples as set out
                     Article 1                             in the Annex 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 20 May 1982.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 19 May 1982.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 19 May 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 A I        Sweet fresh oranges :
                                 — Of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune ('Extra'
                                      Class, Class I and Class II) :
                                     — For export to Switzerland or Austria                                  5-32
                                     — For export to other destinations                                      700
                                 — Of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) :
                                     — For export to Switzerland or Austria                                  9-67
                                     — For export to other destinations                                     1400
            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                                                          604
                                 — 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 (2)
            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 (2)
            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 (2), Iran and Iraq                 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 KhaimalV), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic
                Republic of Yemen (Soutn Yemen).
            (2) For exports for which customs export formalities have been completed, or which have been placed
                under the system provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80, on or after 1
                September 1982, the amount is fixed at 9-67 ECU/ 100 kg net for shelled almonds and at 14-51
                ECU/ 100 kg net for shelled hazelnuts.