CELEX: 31987R1630
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1630/87 of 11 June 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

12. 6 . 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 152/ 15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1630/87
                                                        of 11 June 1987
                                     fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 the refund applicable to exports of tomatoes to
                                                                   Sweden should be reduced during the period 1 July to 30
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 September pursuant to the undertakings entered into with
Portugal,                                                          that country under the 1980 agreement f5) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons,
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   apples and peaches of the common quality standards
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I
Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular Article        hothouse grapes and open ground grapes, almonds and
30 (4) thereof,                                                    hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be
                                                                   exported in economically significant quantities ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference
between prices in international trade for the products             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
within the Community may be covered by an export                        of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
refund ;                                                                rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
                                                                        last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 1676/85(0
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended              these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
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 it follows from applying these detailed rules to
trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of          the present market situation and to its future trends, and
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the               in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                          bles in the Community and in international trade that the
                                                                    refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
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 prices               Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
which are most favourable from the exportation point of             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are              November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in          the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;            cultural products l7), last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 11 80/87 (8), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
                                                                    non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or         a case, Article 23 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79
the specific requirements of certain markets may make it            may be applied ;
(>) OJ  No  L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                             O   OJ  No  L 194, 28 . 7. 1980, p. 12.
(2) OJ  No  L  119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 45.                              («) OJ  No  L 164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 318,  18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                            0   OJ  No  L 317, 12.  12. 1979, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 266,  25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                            (8  OJ  No  L 113, 30 . 4. 1987, p. 27.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
introduce transitional measures by phases and stages             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­    Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­
nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141
provides that, during the first phase, the Community is          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a
authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports                              Article 1
to third countries, the arrangements in force before its
accession for such trade, including any export aid or            1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
                                                                 as set out in the Annex hereto.
subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                 2. The provisions of Articles 10 (1) (b) and 23 (1) (c) of
 1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portugueuse        Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts
stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in       and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
force before its accession for such trade, including any
export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­                                   Article 2
stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided
for in this Regulation ;                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 11 June 1987.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vege­
                                                                   tables
                                                                                                                  (ECU kg net)
                   CCT
                 heading                                           Description                                     Refund (2)
                   No
          ex 07.01 M              Tomatoes ('Extra Class, Class I and Class II)                                       4,50 3)
          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 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 CExtra' Class and Class I)                                                    4,84
          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
          ex 08.07 B               Peaches (excluding nectarines) in 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class
                                   II
                                   for export to all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria                    5,00
          (') 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, Umra al Qawain, Fujairah, Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen Arab
              Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).
          (*) 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.
          P) For exports to Sweden in the period 1 July to 30 September 1987, the refund is reduced to 0,81 ECU/100 kg.