CELEX: 31973R2125
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2125/73 of the Commission of 2 August 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 215 / 22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               3 . 8 . 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2125/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 2 August 1973
                                             fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           may make it necessary to vary the- refund for a
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            given product according to the destination of that
                                                                         product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                Whereas economically significant quantities of
                                                                         'Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II tomatoes , fresh
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                           lemons, apples and peaches, of ' Extra ' Class and
1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­                         Class I hothouse and open ground grapes , of shelled
zation of the market in fruit and vegetables , as last                   hazelnuts and of unshelled walnuts can be exported
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2745/72 ( 2 ), and                      at the present time ;
in particular Article 30 (4 ) thereof ;
                                                                         Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                             tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
 Committee ;                                                             whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of
                                                                         Good Hope entails additional transport costs ;
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No                               whereas the refund can therefore be justifiably
1035 /72 provides that, to the extent necessary to                       increased where exports have to be transported via
allow economically significant quantities to be                          the latter route ;
exported , the difference between prices in interna­
tional trade and prices in the Community for the                         Whereas , if the refund system is to operate nor­
products referred to in that Article may be covered                      mally, refunds should be calculated on the following
by an export refund ;                                                    basis :
                                                                         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
2518 /69 ( 3) of 9 December 1969 laying down                                 relation to each other, at any given moment,
general rules for granting export refunds on fruit                           within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange
and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of                         based on their effective parity ;
such refunds as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                         — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
2455/72 ( 4 ) provides that, when refunds are being                          the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
fixed , account must be taken of the current situa­                          each of these currencies recorded for a given
tion or foreseeable developments with regard to                              period , in relation to the Community currencies
prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on                          referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
the Community market on the one hand and prices
in     international     trade      on     the    other ; whereas
                                                                         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
account must also be taken of the costs indicated in
                                                                         criteria to the present situation on the market of
( b ) of that Article and of the economic aspects of                     the prospective development of this situation ,
the proposed exports ;                                                   and in particular to quotations and prices for
                                                                         fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC )                     national trade that the refund should be fixed as
No 2518 /69 , when prices on the Community market                        indicated below ;
are being determined account must be taken of the
prices which are most favourable from the                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
exportation point of view ; whereas , when prices in                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
international trade are being determined , the prices                    ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;
and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that
Article must be taken into account ;
Whereas the situation with regard to international                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
trade or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                                                   Article 1
 (»)  OJ  No  L   1 18 of 20 . 5 . 1972 , p. 1 .
 (•)  OJ  No  L  291 of 28 . 12 . 1972 , p. 147.
 (•)  OJ  No  L  .318 of 18 . 12 . 1969 , p. 17 .                        1.     The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
 (*)  OJ  No  L  266 , of 25 . 11 . 1972 , p. 7 .                        hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .
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2.      If apples are shipped to their destination via                        fruit and vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation
the Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in                                ( EEC ) No 316/ 71 ( 2 ), shall apply to the unshelled
the Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a. / lOO kg .                             walnuts , apples and peaches set out in the Annex .
                                                                                                           Article 2
3.      The provisions of Article 2b of Commission
Regulation ( EEC) No 497/70 (*) of 17 March 1970                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August
on rules for the application of export refunds on                              1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 August 1973 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 ( 4 ) OJ No L 62 , 18 . 3 . 1970 , p . 15 .                                   ( s ) OJ No L 36 , 13 . 2 . 1971 , p . 11 .
                                                                     ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 2 August 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                    vegetables
                                                                                                                     ( u.aJlOO kg net )
                   CCT heading
                         No                                         Description of goods                                    Refund
                ex 07.01 M II              Tomatoes (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II ) for exports
                                          to Austria                                                                         4-00
               ex 08.02 C                 Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II )                             1-44
               ex 08.04 A I                Fable grapes :
                                          — fresh , open ground (' Extra ' Class and Class I ) for
                                               exports to Austria                                                            4-00
                                          — fresh , hothouse (' Extra ' Class and Class 1 )                                 16-00
               ex 08 . (h B                Unshelled walnuts                                                                 8-00
               ex 08.05 (i                 Shelled hazelnuts                                                                 4-00
               ex 08.06 A II              Apples (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II ) other than
                                           cider apples :
                                          — for exports to countries and territories of Africa
                                               ( with the exception of South Africa ), countries of the
                                               Arabian peninsula , Syria , Bulgaria , Hungary , Poland ,
                                                Romania , Czechoslovakia , USSR , Yugoslavia , Austria ,
                                                Brazil , Venezuela and Peru                                                  3-00
               ex 08.07 B                  Peaches ( excluding nectarines ) (' Extra ' Class , Class I and
                                          Class II )                                                                         6-00