CELEX: 31994R3341
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3341/94 of 27 December 1994 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 350/82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               31 . 12. 94
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3341/94
                                                       of 27 December 1994
                                       fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (*) prohi­
                                                                      bits trade between the European Economic Community
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia und
 Community,                                                          Montenegro) ; whereas this prohibition does not apply in
                                                                      certain situations as comprehensively listed in Articles 2,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                4, 5 and 7 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of
 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                     this fact when fixing the refunds ;
 market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last amended by
 Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article           Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 30 (4) thereof,                                                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 Q, are used to
                                                                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                   and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­             conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference        whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 between prices in international trade for the products              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 referred to in that Article and prices for the products             lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regula­
within the Community may be covered by an export                     tion (EC) No 547/94 (9);
 refund ;
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     the present market situation and to its future trends, and
 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and                  vegetables in the Community and in international trade
vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as             that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides                hereto ;
 that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken
                                                                     Whereas account should be taken of the amendments,
 of the existing situation and future trends with regard to
prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the             introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3328/
 Community market on the one hand and prices in inter­               94 (10), amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No
national trade on the other ; whereas account must also be           3846/87 (u), establishing an agricultural product nomen­
taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of           clature for export refunds, to the agricultural product
the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                       nomenclature for export refunds in respect of tomatoes,
                                                                     oranges, lemons, grapes, apples and peaches, applicable
                                                                     from 1 January 1995 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
being determined account must be taken of the prices                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
which are most favourable from the exportation point of              Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or
                                                                                               Article 1
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 ;
                                                                     Export refunds in the fruit and vegetables sector shall be
                                                                     fixed at the amounts specified in the Annex to this
                                                                     Regulation.
Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, fresh sweet oranges,
apples, peaches and nectarines of the common quality
standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, table grapes of                                 Article 2
the common quality standards 'Extra' Class and Class I,
almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
present be exported iii economically significant quanti­
ties ;                                                               O OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
                                                                     (<) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                     f) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(') OJ  No  L  118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(2) OJ  No  L  349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 94.                            O OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                            (10) See page 45 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ  No  L  266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                            (n) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 31 . 12. 94                    Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 350/83
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 December 1994.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak--- No L 350/84                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                                    31 . 12. 94
                                                                          ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1994 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                         vegetables
                                                         (ECU/100 kg net)                                                                 (ECU/100 kg net)
                                Destination               Amounts                                                 Destination              Amounts
      Product code                                                                      Product code
                                of refund (')           of refunds (2)                                            of refund (')          of refunds (2)
     0702 00 15 100                  04                      4,50                     0805 10 69 200                   01                     11,00
     0702 00 20 100                  04                      4,50                     0805 30 20 100                   04                     13,50
     0702 00 25 100                  04                      4,50                     0805 30 30 100                   04                     13,50
     0702 00 30 100                  04                      4,50                     0805 30 40 100                   04                     13,50
                                                                                      0806 10 21 200                   04                      4,84
     0702 00 35 100                  04                      4,50
                                                                                      0806 10 29 200                   04                      4,84
     0702 00 40 100                  04                      4,50
                                                                                      0806 10 30 200                   04                      4,84
     0702 00 45 100                  04                      4,50
                                                                                      0806 10 40 200                   04                      4,84
     0702 00 50 100                  04                      4,50
                                                                                      0806 10 50 200                   04                      4,84
     0802 12 90 000                  04                      9,67
                                                                                      0806 10 61 200                   04                      4,84
     0802 21 00 000                  04                     11,30
                                                                                      0806 10 69 200                   04                      4,84
     0802 22 00 000                  04                     21,80
                                                                                      0808 10 51 910                   02                      8,00
     0802 31 00 000                  04                     14,00
                                                                                      0808 10 53 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 01 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 59 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 05 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 61 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 09 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 63 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 11 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 69 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 15 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 71 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 19 200                  01                     11,00
                                                                                      0808 10 73 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 21 200                  01                     11,00                     0808 10 79 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 25 200                  01                     11,00                     0808 10 92 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 29 200                  01                     11,00                     0808 10 94 910                   02                      8,00
     0805 10 32 200                  01                     11,00                     0808 10 98 910                   02                      8,00
     080510 34 200                   01                     11,00                     0809 30 11 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 36 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 19 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 42 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 21 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 44 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 29 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 46 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 31 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 51 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 39 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 55 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 41 100                   03                      —
     080510 59 200                   01                     11,00                     0809 30 49 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 61 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 51 100                   03                      —
     0805 10 65 200                  01                     11,00                     0809 30 59 100                   03                      —
(') The destinations are as follows :
    01 Switzerland, Greenland, Norway, Iceland, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia,
       Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,
       Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
    02 Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Malta, Syria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia,
       Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia,
       Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina,
       Mexico, Costa Rica, the countries and territories of Africa other than South Africa, countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,
       Oman, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm, al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Kuwait, Yemen), Iran, Jordan,
       Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam,
    03 all destinations excluding Switzerland,
    04 all destinations.
(2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
    (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.