CELEX: 31977R1017
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1017/77 of 16 May 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

17 . 5 . 77                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 123 /7
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1017/77
                                                                of 16 May 1977
                                          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
                                                                          of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              and Class II, ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes,
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                           almonds, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                   at present be exported in economically significant
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in                        quantities ;
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,
                                                                          Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee ,
                                                                          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                                relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72                              within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                        on their effective parity ;
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­
ence between prices in international trade and prices                     — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 in the Community for the products referred to in that                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article may be covered by an export refund ;                                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                                relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                                in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No
 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
 rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such                           criteria to the present situation on the market of the
 refunds (3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                          prospective development of this situation , and in parti­
 2455/72 (4 ), provides that, when refunds are being                      cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
 fixed , account must be taken of the current situation                    in the Community and in international trade that the
 or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and                     refund should be fixed as indicated below ;
 availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­
 nity market on the one hand and prices in interna­
 tional trade on the other ; whereas account must also                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;                     ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC)
 No 2518 / 69 , when prices on the Community market
 are being determined account must be taken of the                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 prices which are most favourable from the exportation
 point of view ; whereas, when prices in international
 trade are being determined , the prices and quotations
 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
 taken into account ;                                                                               Art iclt I
(')  OJ   No  L 1 IK , 20 .  5 . 1972 , p . 1 .
(-)  OJ   No  L 93 , 8 . 4 .  1976 , p . 6 .
(3)  OJ   No  L 318 , 18 .   12 . 1969 , p . 17 .                           1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
C)   OJ   No  L 266 , 25 .   11 . 1972, p . 7 .                            hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .
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 2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission                                  Article 2
 Regulation ( EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975
 laying down detailed rules for the application of
export refunds in respect of agricultural products (•), as
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2818 /75 (2), shall
apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts               This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May
and apples set out in the Annex .                                   1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 May 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 25 , 31 . I. 197S , p . I.
  ') OJ No L 280 , 31 . 10 . 1975 , p . 31
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                                                                    ANNEX
            to    the Commission Regulation of 16 May 1977 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 Biondo Comune and Sanguigno
                                            Comune (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II )                                     4-40
                                        — of other varieties (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II )                           6-60
            ex   08.02 C                Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II )                                  3-50
            ex   08.04 A I              Table grapes :
                                        — fresh , hothouse ' Extra' Class and Class I                                         16-00
            ex   08.05 A II             Shelled almonds other than bitter almonds                                               8-00
            ex   08.05 B                Walnuts unshelled                                                                     10-00
            ex   08.05 G                Shelled hazelnuts                                                                     12-00
            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, Comoro
                                            Islands, Mauritius, Sudan , Ethiopia, the French terri­
                                            tory of the Afars and Issas, the countries of the
                                            Arabian peninsula ( x ), Iran and Iraq                                              7-00
                                        — for export to countries and territories of Africa other
                                            than those mentioned above and South Africa , Syria ,
                                            Jordan, countries with a planned economy in central
                                            and eastern Europe , Bolivia , Brazil , Venezuela, Peru ,
                                            Panama, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria
                                            and the Faroe Islands                                                               3-00
            !'} 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 , Unites
                Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Kaiman ), Yemer
                Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen).