CELEX: 31974R1026
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1026/74 of the Commission of 29 April 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

30 . 4 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 117/35
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1026/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 29 April 1974
                                      fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the situation with regard to international
COMMUNITIES,                                                            trade or the specific requirements of certain markets
                                                                        may make it 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 sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons and apples
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I
1035/72 (!) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                      and Class II, ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes,
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last                     shelled hazelnuts , and shelled and unshelled walnuts
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in                      may at present be exported in economically signifi­
particular Article 30 (4) thereof ;                                     cant quantities ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                             Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­
                                                                        tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and
                                                                        whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                       Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                 refund can therefore be justifiably increased where
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­               exports have to be transported via the latter route ;
ence between prices in international trade and prices
in the Community for the products referred to in that
Article may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2518 /69 (3 ) of 9 December 1969 laying down general
rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4)                               within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account                        on their effective parity ;
must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable
developments with regard to prices and availabilities                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the one hand and prices in international trade on the                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
other ; whereas account must also be taken of the                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the                           in the previous subparagraph ;
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
No 2518 /69 , when prices on the Community market                       criteria to the present situation on the market of the
are being determined account must be taken of the                       prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
prices which are most favourable from the exportation                   cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international                   in the Community and in international trade that the
trade are being determined, the prices and quotations                   refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;
(')  OJ  No  L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 291 ,  28 . 12. 1972, p . 147.                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(3)  OJ  No  L 318 ,  18 . 12. 1969 , p . 17 .                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(4)  OJ  No  L 266,   25 . 11 . 1972, p . 7 .                           ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          3 . The provisions of Article 2b of Commission
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 (!) of 17 March 1970 on
                          Article 1                                    rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and
                                                                       vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are                     316/71 (2), shall apply to the sweet oranges, unshelled
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.                    walnuts and apples set out in the Annex.
                                                                                                Article 2
2.   If apples are shipped to their destination via the
Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April
Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ 100 kg.                             1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 April 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                François-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                       (>) OJ No L 62, 18 . 3 . 1970, p . 15 .
                                                                       (2 OJ No L 36, 13 . 2. 1971 , p . 11 .
                                                             ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                            vegetables
                                                                                                        (u . a . / 100 kg net)
                 CCT heading
                       No                                  Description of goods                                    Refund
             ex 08.02 A I           Sweet fresh oranges :
                                    — Of the varieties Moro, Tarocco, Sanguinello, Ovale
                                        Calabrese, Valencia Late, ('Extra' Class, Class I and
                                        Class II )                                                                  6.00
                                    — Of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                      4.00
             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
                 08.05 B            Walnuts
                                    — Unshelled                                                                     8.00
                                    — Shelled                                                                      15.00
             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, countries or states with a
                                        planned economy in central and eastern Europe,
                                        Austria , Sweden , Norway , Finland , Iceland, Brazil ,
                                        Venezuela and Peru                                                          3.00