CELEX: 31989R3430
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3430/89 of 15 November 1989 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 331 / 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                16. 11 . 89
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3430/89
                                                      of IS November 1989
                                      fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         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 product according
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              to the destination of that product ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, sweet freshoranges and
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 apples, of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
Portugal,                                                           Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I table grapes,
                                                                    almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at
                                                                    present be exported in economically significant quanti­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               ties ;
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
 market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 11 19/89 (2), and in particular Article
30 (4) thereof,                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                  rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference             last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
between prices in international trade for the products                   (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                  (EEC) No 1636/87 (%
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when              Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the               the present market situation and to its future trends, and
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices          in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­            bles in the Community and in international trade that the
 nity market on the one hand and prices in international            refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
 trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
                                                                    Whereas the obligations under Article 5 (1 ) (b) of
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No               November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                    the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
being determined account must be taken of the prices                cultural products Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
which are most favourable from the exportation point of             No 3993/88 (g), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are              non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in          a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;            may be applied ;
(>) OJ  No  L 118,  20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             0   OJ   No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
P)  OJ  No  L  118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.                             («) OJ   No  L 153,  13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 318,  18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                            0   OJ   No L  351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 266,  25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                            H   OJ   No  L 354,  22. 12. 1988, p. 22.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession            dance with Article 87 of the Act of Accession, of econo­
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages            mically justified prices for each of the products
respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­    concerned ;
ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­
nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that, during the first phase, the Community is          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,              Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a
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 Portuguese
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       2. The provisions of Articles 5 (l)(b) and 19 (l)(c) of
stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in       Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
force before its accession for such trade, including any         sweet oranges, lemons, table grapes, walnuts in shell,
export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­           shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex
                                                                 hereto.
stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided
for in this Regulation ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, for Spanish products exported from the second
phase of the transitional period i.e. from 1 January 1990,       This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November
account should be taken when refunds are fixed, in accor­         1989.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 15 November 1989.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of IS November 198? fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                            vegetables
                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                                  Amounts of refunds
                       Product code     Destination of refund (')      Community as
                                                                       constituted on                Spain 0
                                                                   31 December 1985 (2)
                     0702 00 10 100                                          4,50
                     0702 00 10 900                                          —
                     0702 00 90 100                                          4,50
                     0702 00 90 900               —                          —
                     0802 12 90 000  I                                       9,67
                     0802 21 00 000  Il                                    11,30                       —
                     0802 22 00 000  \                                     21,80                       —
                     0802 31 00 000                                        14,00                       —
                     0805 10 11 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 11 300               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     080510 11 900                —                          —
                                                                                                       —
                     0805 10 15 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
              l                                   06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 15 300               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 15 900               —                          —                         —
                     0805 10 19 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     080510 19 300                01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 19 900               —                          —                         —
                     0805 10 21 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     080510 21 300                01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 21 900               —                          —                         —
                     0805 10 25100                01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     080510 25 300                01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 25 900               —    .                     —                         —
                     0805 10 29100                01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 29 300               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 29 900               —                          —                         —
                     0805 10 31 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 31 300               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 31 900                                          —                         —
                     0805 10 35 100               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 35 300               01                       11,00                       5,88
                                                  06                       11,00                       5,88
                     0805 10 35 900               —                          —                         —
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                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                         Amounts of refunds
               Product code      Destination of refund (')    Community as
                                                              constituted on                Spain 0
                                                           31 December 1985 0
              0805 10 39 100               01                     1 1,00                      5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 39 300               01                     11,00                       5,88
            1                              06                     11,00                       5,88
              080510 39 900                —                        —                         —
              080510 41 100                01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11.00                       5,88
              0805 10 41 300               01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 41 900               —                        —                         —   ■
              0805 10 45100                01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 45 300               01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 45 900               —                        —                         —
              080510 49 100                01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 49 300               01                     11,00                       5,88
                                           06                     11,00                       5,88
              0805 10 49 900               —                        —                         —
              0805 20 50 100               —                        —                         —
              0805 20 50 900               —                        —                         —
              0805 30 10 100               01                     15,00
                                           09                     10,00                       —
              0805 30 10 900               —                        —                         —
              080610 11 100                07                     10,50                      10,50
              080610 11 300                07                     10,50                      10,50
              080610 11 900                —                        —                         —
              0806 10 15 100               07                     10,50                      10,50
              080610 15 300                07                     10,50                      10,50
              0806 10 15 900               —                        —                         —
              0806 10 19 100               07                     10,50                      10,50
              0806 10 19 300               07                     10,50                      10,50
              0806 10 19 900               —                        —                         —
              0808 10 91 100               —                        —                         —
              0808 10 91 910               02                     14,00                       —
                                           03                       4,50                      —
                                           04                     14,00                       —
              0808 10 91 990               —                        —                         —
              0808 10 93 100               —                        —                         —
              0808 10 93 910               02                      14,00                      —
                                           03                       4,50                      —
                                           04                     14,00                       —
              0808 10 93 990               —                                                  —
              0808 10 99 100               —                        —                         —
              0808 10 99 910               02                      14,00                      —
                                           03                       4,50                      —
                                           04                      14,00
              0808 10 99 990                                         —                        —
              0809 30 00 110               05                        —                        —     ■
              0809 30 00 190               —                         —                        —
              0809 30 00 900               05                        —                        —
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              Notes
              (') The destinations are as follows :
                  01 countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia,
                  02 Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda,
                     Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsu­
                     la including the territories attached thereto (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab
                     Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen Arab
                     Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), Iran, Iraq and Jordan,
                  03 countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a
                     planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador,
                     Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland and Malta,
                  04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
                  05 all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
                  06 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway and Iceland,
                  07 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                     Community.
                  09 other destinations.
              (*) The refunds shall not apply to exports to Spain and Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31
                  December 1985.
              (3) Such refunds shall apply to exports from Spain to third countries from 1 January 1990.