CELEX: 31987R0956
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 956/87 of 1 April 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 90/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   2. 4. 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 956/87
                                                       of 1 April 1987
                                   fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh mandarins,
                                                                 fresh lemons, apples and peaches of the common quality
                                                                 standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              and Class I hothouse grapes and open ground grapes,
                                                                 almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at
                                                                 present be exported in economically significant quanti­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               ties ;
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular Article
30 (4) thereof,                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                      of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
                                                                      last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                     1676/85(0,
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
between prices in international trade for the products                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
referred to in that Article and prices for the products               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
within the Community may be covered by an export                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
refund ;                                                              previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules              the present market situation and to its future trends, and
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­       in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended        bles in the Community and in international trade that the
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when            refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
nity market on the one hand and prices in international          Whereas the obligations under Article 10 (1 ) (b) of
trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the             November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                        the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
                                                                  cultural products (% last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 3903/86 (0, may be relaxed in the case of exports to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No             non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                  a case, Article 23 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79
being determined account must be taken of the prices              may be applied ;
which are most favourable from the exportation point of
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in        Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;          introduce transitional measures by phases and stages
                                                                  respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or       ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­
the specific requirements of certain markets may make it          nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141
necessary to vary the refund for a given product according        provides that, during the first phase, the Community is
to the destination of that product ;                              not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,
                                                                  pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a
0 OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 45.                                 O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                              (Ó OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                              O OJ No L 364, 23. 12. 1986, p. 13 .
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authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to third countries, the arrangements in force before its
accession for such trade, including any export aid or                                    Article 1
subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal       1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                as set out in the Annex hereto.
1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portugueuse
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first      2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( l)(b) and 23 (l)(c) of
stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in      Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of
force before its accession for such trade, including any        sweet oranges, mandarin oranges, lemons, open ground
export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­          table grapes, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and
stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided        apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
for in this Regulation ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                Article 2
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 1 April 1987.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 1 April 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vege
                                                                     tables
                                                                                                                   (ECU 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 :
                                    For export of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune
                                    ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) to :
                                    — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                         eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                                 8,00
                                    — Other destinations                                                               5,32
                                    For export of variety Valencia late and Ovale calabrese ('Extra'
                                    Class, Class I and Class II) to :
                                    — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                         eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                               17,00
                                    — Other destinations                                                             12,00
                                    For export of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)
                                    to :
                                    — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or
                                         eastern Europe and Yugoslavia                                               14,50
                                    — Other destinations                                                              9,67
           ex 08.02 B II            Fresh mandarins ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                             7,25
            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 and Yugoslavia                                               15,00
                                    — Other destinations                                                             10,00
           ex 08.04 A I            Table grapes :
                                   — Fresh, open ground ('Extra' Class and Class I)                                  10,50
                                    — 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 and Jordan               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, Yugoslavia,
                                         Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia,
                                         Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland
                                         and Greenland                                                               4,00
           (') 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, Uram al Qawain, Fujairah, Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen Arab
               Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (£outh Yemen).
           (2) The refunds fixed in this Regulation shall not apply to exports :
               — to Spain and Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985,
               — to third countries from Spain and Portugal.