CELEX: 31975R1536
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1536/75 of the Commission of 17 June 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

18 . 6 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 156/ 11
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 1536/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 17 June 1975
                                  fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons, apples and
COMMUNITIES,                                                       peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra'
                                                                   Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              hothouse grapes, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled
Economic Community ;                                              walnuts may at present be exported in economically
                                                                   significant quantities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 035/72 (!) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                 whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good
particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                                Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the
                                                                   refund can therefore be justifiably increased where
                                                                   exports have to be transported via the latter route ;
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 differ­          — in the case of currencies which are . maintained in
ence between prices in international trade and prices                   relation to each other, at any given moment,
in the Community for the products referred to in that                   within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Article may be covered by an export refund ;                            on their effective parity ;
                                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
2518 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general                     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds                 in the previous subparagraph ;
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4)
provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account
must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable              Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
developments with regard to prices and availabilities              criteria to the present situation on the market of the
of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on                 prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
the one hand and prices in international trade on the              cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
other ; whereas account must also be taken of the                  in the Community and in international trade that the
costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                  refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market                   ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
are being determined account must be taken of the
prices which are most favourable from the exportation
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;
                                                                                            Article 1
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                1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
product according to the destination of that product ;             hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.
(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 .                            2.     If apples are shipped to their destination via the
I2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 .
(3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                            Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the
b) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                               Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.
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 3 . The provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission                              Article 2
 Regulation No 1041 /67/ EEC (') of 21 December 1967
 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds
 on products subject to a single price system, as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 211 0/74 (2), shall
 apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts,           This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 June
 apples and peaches set out in the Annex.                         1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 17 June 1975.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 314, 23 . 12. 1967, p. 9 .
(-') OJ No L 220, 10. 8 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 17 June 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                      vegetables
                                                                                          (;u.a. /100 kg net)
                CCT heading                                                                       Refund
                   No                                Description of goods
            ex 08.02 A I      Sweet fresh oranges :
                              — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno
                                   Comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                    400
                              — of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)            600
            ex 08.02 C        Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )
                              for' export to :                                       ■
                              — Countries or states with a planned economy in cen­
                                   tral and eastern Europe                                         2-50
                              — Other destinations                                                 1-44
            ex 08.04 A I      Table grapes (fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I)           16-00
            ex 08.05 B        Walnuts unshelled                                                    8-00
            ex 08.05 G        Shelled hazelnuts                                                    4-00
            ex 08.06 A II     Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) other than
                              cider apples :
                              — for export to countries and territories of Africa (with
                                   the exception of South Africa), countries of the
                                  Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iran, countries or states
                                  with a planned economy in central and eastern
                                   Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Iceland, Sweden, Fin­
                                   land, Norway and Austria                                        3-00
            ex 08.07 B        Peaches (excluding nectarines) 'Extra' Class, Class I and
                              Class II                                                             4-00