CELEX: 31988R1814
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1814/88 of 28 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

29 . 6. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 162/ 11
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1814/88
                                                          of 28 June 1988
                                       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 (*) ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches of
  of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and
  market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by              Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I table grapes, almonds
  Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (2), and in particular Article         and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be
  30 (4) thereof,                                                    exported in economically significant quantities ;
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
  provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­
  ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 between prices in international trade for the products                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
  referred to in that Article and prices for the products                of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
 within the Community may be covered by an export                        rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
  refund ;                                                               last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
                                                                         (EEC) No 1 676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                         (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Cpuncil 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 (% 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                    Whereas the obligations under Article 10 (1 ) (b) of
 being determined account must be taken of the prices                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
 which are most favourable from the exportation point of             November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for
view ; whereas, tfhen prices in international trade are              the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
 being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in          cultural products (8), amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;            1180/87 0 may be relaxed in the case of exports to non­
                                                                     member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such a
                                                                     case, Article 23 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or          may be applied ;
 the specific requirements of certain markets may make it
                                                                     0  OJ   No  L 194, 28. 7. 1980, p. 12.
(') OJ   No  L  118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 .                            («) OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L  107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1 .                            0   OJ   No  L 153, 13. 6. - 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L  318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17.                           (") OJ   No  L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L  266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                           0   OJ   No  L 113, 30. 4. 1987, p. 27.
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                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession
introduce transitional measures by phases and stages
respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­
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                                  Article 1
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       1.  The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
to third countries, the arrangements in force before its         as set out in the Annex hereto.
accession for such trade, including any export aid or
subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special
procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal        2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( l)(b) and 23 (l)(c) of
from the Community as constituted at 31 December                 Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of
 1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese         lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as
Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first       set out in the Annex hereto.
stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in
force before its accession for such trade, including any
export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­
 stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided
 for in this Regulation ;                                                                Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 June 1988 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
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                                                            ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vege­
                                                              tables
                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg net)
                         Product code                Destination of refund (')   Amount of refund (2)
                       0702 00 10 100                                                   4,50 (3)
                       0702 00 10 900                           —
                                                                                         —
                       0702 00 90 100           \                                       4,50 0
                                                                                          I
                       0702 00 90 900                           —
                       0802 12 90 000                                                   9,67
                       0802 21 00 000           \                                       7,50
                       0802 22 00 000           I                                      14,51
                       0802 31 00 000           I                                      14,00
                       0805 20 50 100                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0805 20 50 900                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0805 30 10 100                           01                     15,00
                                                                09                     10,00
                     ,
                       0805 30 10 900                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0806 10 11 100           ||                                      4,84
                       0806 10 11 300           I                                       4,84     ,
                       0806 10 11 900                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0806 10 15 100                                                   4,84
                       0806 10 15 300                                                   4,84
                       0806 10 15 900                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0806 10 19 100           I                                       4,84
                       0806 10 19 300                                                   4,84
                       0806 10 19 900                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 91 100                           —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 91 910                           02                    12,00
            l                                                   03                      4,00
                       0808 10 91 990                          —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 93 100                          —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 93 910                           02                    12,00
                                                                03                      4,00
                       0808 10 93 990                          —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 99 100                          —
                                                                                        —
                       0808 10 99 910                          02                     12,00
             \                                                 03                       4,00
                       0808 10 99 990                          —    .                   —
                       0809 30 00 110                          04                       5,00
                       0809 30 00 190                          —
                                                                                        —
                       0809 30 00 900                          —
                                                                                        —
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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 and Greenland,
                 04 All destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
                 09 Other destinations.
             (2) 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 .
             (3) For exports to Sweden in the period 1 July to 30 September 1988, the refund is reduced to 0,81 ECU/ 100 kg.