CELEX: 31983R2685
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2685/83 of 27 September 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 265/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 9 . 83
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2685/83
                                                 of 27 September 1983
                                fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples, apricots and
COMMUNITIES,                                                    peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
                                                                Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          grapes and open ground grapes, almonds and hazel­
Economic Community,                                             nuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be
                                                               exported in economically significant quantities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (2), and in
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,                             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                     relation to each other at any given moment within
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Committee,                                                           their central rate,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
ically significant quantities to be exported, the dif­               these currencies recorded for a given period in
ference between prices in international trade for the                relation to the Community currencies referred to
products referred to in that Article and prices for the              in the previous indent ;
products within the Community may be covered by an
export refund ;
                                                                Whereas on account of the different production prices
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                for peaches in Greece and in the other Member States,
2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general                 this difference should be reflected, pursuant to the
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit           provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 (*), when
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),       calculating export refunds for this product ; whereas
                                                                application of the above criteria results in fixing the
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),
                                                                refund applicable in Greece at zero ;
provides that when refunds are being fixed, account
must be taken of the existing situation and future
trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit        Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
and vegetables on the Community market on the one               to the present market situation and to its future trends,
hand and prices in international trade on the other ;           and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
whereas accolint must also be taken of the costs indi­          vegetables in the Community and in international
cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects        trade that the refunds should be as set out in the
of the proposed exports ;                                       Annex hereto ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)              Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
are being determined account must be taken of the               November 1979 laying down common detailed rules
prices which are most favourable from the exportation           for the application of the system of export refunds on
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international           agricultural products (*), as last amended by Regulation
trade are being determined, the quotations and prices           (EEC) No 519/83 Q, may be relaxed in the case of
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be              exports to non-member countries outside Europe ;
 taken into account ;
                                                                whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ;
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           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 product according to the destination of that product ;          are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
  4 OJ No L 198, 21 . 7. 1983, p. 2.                             0 OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 17.
 (3) OJ No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                          (6) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                           n OJ No L 58 , 5 . 3 . 1983 , p . 5 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( 1 ) (b) and 23 ( 1 ) (c)
                                                            of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall
                                                            apply to exports of lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled
                                                            hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
                       Article 1
                                                                                  Article 2
1.     The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall     This Regulation shall enter into force on 28
be as set out in the Annex hereto.                          September 1983.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 September 1983 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                           vegetables
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg net)
                   CCT
                 heading                                      Description                                  Refund
                    No
           ex 07.01 M           Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                               4,50
           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                                                          12,00
                                — Other destinations                                                         8,00
           ex 08.04 A I         Table grapes :
                                — Fresh, open ground ("Extra' Class and Class I)                             4,84
                                — Fresh, hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I)                               19,34
           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, Djibouti,
                                    the countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran, Iraq and
                                    Jordan                                                                  12,00
                                — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong                              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, Bolivia,
                                    Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Iceland,
                                    Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands and Finland                   4,00
                08.07 A         Apricots in categories Extra, I and II for export to all destinations
                                other than Switzerland and Austria                                          12,00
            ex 08.07 B          Peaches (other than nectarines) in categories Extra, I and II for
                                export to all destinations other than Switzerland and Austria :
                                — Originating in Greece                                                       0,00
                                — Originating in other Member States                                          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, Umm al Qawain,
               Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic
               Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).