CELEX: 31976R1701
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1701/76 of 14 July 1976 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

15 . 7. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 191 / 11
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1701 /76
                                                            of 14 July 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 tomatoes, fresh lemons and apples and
                                                                      peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra'
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I
  1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                      hothouse and open ground grapes, almonds, shelled
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may at present be
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                    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), a$ amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       prospective development of thi$ 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 93 , 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                              Article 2
 Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975
 laying down detailed rules for the application of
 export refunds in respect of agricultural products ('J, as
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 281 8/75 (2), shall
 apply to exports of unshelled walnuts, shelled hazel­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July
 nuts, apples and peaches set out in the Annex.                  1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 14 July 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 14 July 1976 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                  vegetables
                                                                                                                 (u.a.HOO kg net)
                 CCT heading                                                                                           Refund
                      No                                         Description of goods
           ex 07.01 M II               Tomatoes 'Extra' Class , Class I and Class II                                    4-00
           ex 08.02 C                  Fresh lemons (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)
                                       for export to :
                                       — Countries or States with a planned economy in cen­
                                            tral and eastern Europe                                                     2-50
                                       — Other destinations                                                             1-44
           ex 08.04 A I                Table grapes :
                                       — fresh, open ground 'Extra' Class and Class I                                   4-00
                                       — 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                                                                8-00
           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 of the Afars and Issas , the countries of the
                                             Arabian peninsula ( x ) 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 and Sweden                               3-00
           ex 08.07 B                   Peaches ( excluding nectarins) ' Extra' Class, Class I and
                                        Class II                                                                         6-00
            (') For the purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of the Arabian peninsula ' are considered to be the following,
                including the territories :ittached thereto : SMKH Arabia , B'hnm Oprar . 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 ).