CELEX: 31979R1140
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1140/79 of 8 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

9 . 6 . 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 141 / 23
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1140/79
                                                           of 8 June 1979
                                      fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons, apples and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra'
                                                                      Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I
                                                                      hothouse grapes, shelled almonds and hazelnuts, and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               walnuts in shell may at present be exported in
 Economic Community,                                                 economically significant quantities ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 912/79 (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 effective parity ;
                                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                  of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­                relation to the Community currencies referred to
 ence between prices on the world market and prices                       in the previous subparagraph ;
 in the Community for the products referred to in that
 Article may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                      criteria to the present situation on the market of the
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general                      prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
                                                                     cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
 rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit
                                                                     within the Community and on the world market, that
 and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),           the refund should be fixed as set out below ;
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),
 provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of
 the current situation or foreseeable developments with
 regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and               Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of
vegetables on the Community market and to prices                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17
 on the world markets ; whereas account must also be                 January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
 taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article           cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural
and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ;                products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2145/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
                                                                     non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /69                    such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
 provides that prices on the Community market shall                   192/75 may be applied ;
be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­
 rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets
shall be determined in the light of the prices and                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said                    March 1979 (7) laid down the coefficient for
Article ;                                                            expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                     ECU ;
Whereas     the    situation     on    world    markets  or the
specific requirements of certain markets may make it
necessary to vary the refund for a given product                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
according to the destination of that product ;                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(>)  OJ  No L  118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L  116,  11 . 5. 1979 , p. 1 .                           (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No L  318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , p . 17 .                       (6) OJ No L 249, 30 . 9 . 1977, p. 12.
(4 ) OJ  No L  266,  25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 .                          M OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              apply to exports of sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in
                                                           shell, shelled hazelnuts, apples and pears as set out in
                     Article 1                             the Annex hereto .
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex
hereto .                                                                           Article 2
2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c)
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall             This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1979 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 8 June 1979 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 8 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                  vegetables
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg net)
                CCT heading
                     No                                              Description                                      Refund
          ex 08.02 A 1                Sweet fresh oranges :
                                      — Of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune
                                           ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                       5.32
                                      — Of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                       9.67
           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                                                            6.04
                                      — other destinations                                                             4-23'
          ex 08.04 A I                Table grapes, 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                                                               12.09
          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, Jibuti, the countries of the Arabian
                                          peninsula ( 1), Iran and Iraq                                                8.46
                                      — 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                                                        3.63
          ex 08.07 B                  Peaches (excluding pectorins), 'Extra' Class, Class I and
                                      Class II                                                                         7.25
          (l) 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 A1 Khaimah), Yemen
              Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).