CELEX: 31976R3098
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3098/76 of 17 December 1976 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

18 . 12. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 348 /31
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3098/76
                                                        of 17 December 1976
                                     fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the situation with regard to international
COMMUNITIES,                                                         trade or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                     may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given
                                                                     product 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                        Class I hothouse and open ground grapes, almonds,
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last               shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may at present
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                    be exported in economically significant quantities ;
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
                                                                           relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                         within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                   on their effective parity ;
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
ence between prices in international trade and prices                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
in the Community for the products referred to in that                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article may be covered by an export refund ;                               of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                           in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such                       criteria to the present situation on the market of the
refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
2455/72 (4), provides that, when refunds are being                    cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
fixed , account must be taken of the current situation                in the Community and in international trade that the
or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and                 refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
nity market on the one hand and prices in interna­
tional trade on the other ; whereas account must also                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                 ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market
are being determined account must be taken of the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices which are most favourable from the exportation
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;                                                                          Article 1
(') OJ  No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 9\ 8 . 4.    1976, p. 6 .
(3) OJ  No  L 318 , 18 .  12. 1969, p. 17.                             1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
(4) OJ  No  L 266, 25.    11 . 1972, p. 7.                            hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
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2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission          grapes of open ground, unshelled walnuts and apples
Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975                   set out in the Annex.
laying down* detailed rules for the application of
                                                                                      Article 2
export refunds in respect of agricultural products (•), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 281 8/75 (2), shall              This Regulation shall enter into force on         18
apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins, table             December 1976 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 17 December 1976.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 280, 31 . 10 . 1975, p. 31 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1976 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                   vegetables
                                                                                                                  (u.a.!tOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                                             Refund
                      No                                         Description of goods
            ex 08.02 A I                Sweet fresh oranges :
                                        — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno
                                            Comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                  4-40
                                        — of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                        6-60
            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, Comore
                                            Islands, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, the French terri­
                                            tory or the Afars and Issas, the countries of the
                                            Arabian peninsula (*), Iran and Iraq                                          700
                                        — for export to countries and territories of Africa other
                                            than tnose 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 and the
                                             Faroe Islands                                                                3-00
            {*) 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, Ummal-Quaiwain, Fujairah, Ras A1 Kaiman), Yemen
                Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).