CELEX: 31976R2874
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2874/76 of 26 November 1976 fixing, for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68

27 . 11 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 329/ 55
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2874/76
                                                    of 26 November 1976
               fixing , for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export
                       refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     international trade are being determined account is to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the
                                                                   said Article ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                               Whereas peeled tomatoes, tomato concentrate and
                                                                   tomato, orange and lemon juice are economically
                                                                   important products not containing added sugar, while
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EtiC) No                     in the case of cherries in syrup no refund such as
 865/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization                 would permit exportation has been fixed pursuant to
 of the market in products processed from fruit and                Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ; whereas
vegetables (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                under these circumstances it is necessary to fix for
 No 11 64/76 (2), and in particular the first sentence of          these products the refund provided for in Article 3a of
Article 3a (4) thereof,                                            Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ;
Whereas Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 provides that, where required in order to permit the              criteria to the present situation on the market, and in
 exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­             particular to prices within the Community and on the
 tional trade of economically important products not               world market for products processed from fruit and
containing added sugar being products listed in                    vegetables, that the refund should be fixed as indi­
Article 1 , the difference between the aforesaid prices            cated below ;
and Community prices may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Products Processed from Fruit
Whereas Article 3a (5) of the said Regulation provides
that where the refund fixed pursuant to Article 3 is               and Vegetables,
not sufficient to permit exports of the products
containing added sugar covered by Regulation (EEC)
No 865/68 , the provisions of Article 3a rather than
those of Article 3 shall apply to such products ;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1426/71 of 2 July 1971 laying down general rules for                                        Article 1
granting export refunds on products processed from
fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount            1 . The export refunds provided for in Article 3a of
of such refunds (3) provides that refunds are to be                Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 shall be as specified in
fixed taking into account the existing situation and              the Annex hereto .
future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices
and availabilities on the Community market of
                                                                   2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission
products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on              Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975
the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ;
whereas account also has to be taken of the costs                 laying down detailed rules for the application of
referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the
                                                                  export refunds in respect of agricultural products (4)
                                                                  shall apply to exports of tomato concentrate of the
economic aspect of the proposed exports ;                         kinds specified in the Annex hereto.
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1426/71
provides that when prices on the Community market                                            Article 2
are being determined account shall be taken of the
ruling prices which are most favourable from the
point of view of exportation ; whereas when prices in             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                  publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                  Communities.
(!) OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7. 1968 , p . 8 .
(2) OJ No L 135, 24. 5 . 1976, p . 38
(3) OJ No L 151 , 7. 7. 1971 , p. 3 .                             (4 ) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 26 November 1976 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                                           ANNEX
                     CCT                                                                                       Amount in u.a./ 100 kg
                    heading                                       Description of goods                          of product (including
                      No                                                                                         immediate packings)
           ex 20.02 C                  Peeled tomatoes                                                                looo o
           ex 20.02 C                 Tomato concentrate :
                                      — Dry extract content :
                                           — 12 % and over, but less than 18 %                                        1 1-26 (!)
                                           — 18 % and over, but less than 28 %                                        17-25 (!)
                                           — 28 % and over, but less than 36 %                                       21-OOf )
                                           — 36 % and over, but less than 95 %                                       27-02 j1)
                                           — 95 % and over                                                           71-40 ( · )
           ex 20.06 B                  Cherries in syrup (weight of fruit, net of juice, not less
                                       than 50 % of total weight, not including immediate
                                       packing)                                                                         6-00 (2)
           ex 20.07                    Tomato juice                                                                     3-00
           ex 20.07                    Pure orange juice, with no other substances added :
                                       — Not concentrated (between 10 and. 12 degrees Brix
                                           value)                                                                       1-74
                                       — Concentrated :
                                           — Per unit of concentration (1 1 degrees Brix value)                         1-74
           ex 20.07                    Pure lemon juice, with no other substances added :
                                       — Not concentrated (between 7 and 1 1 degrees Brix
                                            value)                                                                      0-74
                                       — Concentrated :
                                            — Per unit of concentration (9 degrees Brix value)                          0-74
            ( 1 ) For exports to all third countries, with the exception of North America.
            (2 ) This refund replaces that provided for in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 865/ 68 .