CELEX: 31990R0099
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-16
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 99/90 of 15 January 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3742/89 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

16. 1 . 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 12/21
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 99/90
                                                       of 15 January 1990
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3742/89 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                            vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         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 product according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               to the destination of that product ;
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, sweet freshoranges and
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  apples, of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class,
 Portugal,                                                          Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I table grapes,
                                                                    almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at
                                                                    present be exported in economically significant quanti­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                ties :
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 19/89 (2), and in particular Article
30 (4) thereof,                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                  rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference             last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
between prices in international trade for the products                   (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regulation
referred to in that Article and prices for the products                  (EEC) No 1636/87 (*),
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­
 bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when
 refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the              Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
existing situation and future trends with regard to prices          the present market situation and to its future trends, and
and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­            in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­
nity market on the one hand and prices in international             bles in the Community and in international trade that the
                                                                    refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of
the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the
economic aspects of the proposed exports ;
                                                                    Whereas the obligations under Article 5 (1 ) (b) of
                                                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for
2518/69, when prices on the Community market are                    the application of the system of export refunds on agri­
being determined account must be taken of the prices                cultural products f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
which are most favourable from the exportation point of             No 3993/88 (8), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are              non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such
being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in          a case, Article 19 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;            may be applied ;
(*) OJ  No  L 118, 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .                             0   OJ   No L  164,  24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 118, 29 . 4. 1989, p. 12.                             («) OJ   No L  153,  13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                            0   OJ  No  L  351 , 14.  12. 1987, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 266, 25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                            (8) OJ   No L  354,  22.  12. 1988 , p. 22.
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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
introduced transitional measures by phases and stages
respectively ; Whereas for Spain the second stage of the
transitional period began on 1 January 1990 ; whereas                                   Article 1
pursuant to Article 87 of the Act of Accession when the
refunds are set for Spanish products account is to be
taken for each product of the price difference that is          1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be
economically justified ; whereas the provisions of              as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3742/89 (]) should               refunds applicable on products harvested in Spain shall be
therefore be amended in line with these provisions ;            those given in column II of the Annex.
whereas Article 275 provides for a special procedure for
the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal from the            2. The provisions of Articles 5 (l)(b) and 19 (l)(c) of
Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 ;                  Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of
whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese Republic       sweet oranges, lemons, table grapes, walnuts in shell,
is to be authorized to maintain, during the first stage, for    shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex
exports to third countries, the arrangements in force           hereto.
before its accession for such trade, including any export
aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circumstances,
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                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                              1990 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 15 January 1990.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 364, 14. 12. 1989, p. 24.
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                                                           ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 15 January 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3742/89,
                                 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg net)
                                                                             Amounts of refunds (2)
                   Product code       Destination of refund (')    Community as
                                                                   constituted on               Spain (II)
                                                                31 December 1985(1)
                  0702 0010 100                                          4,50
                  0702 00 10 900                —                        —                           —
                  0702 00 90 100    \                                    4,50                        —
                  0702 00 90 900                —     ■                  —                           —
                  0802 12 90 000                07                       9,67                        9,67
                  0802 21 00 000                07                     11,30                        11,30
                  0802 2200 000                 07                     21,80                       21,80
                  0802 31 00 000                07                     14,00                        14,00
                  0805 10 11 100                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                     11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 11 300                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                     11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 11 900                —                        —                           —
                  0805 10 15 100                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                     11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 15 300                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                     11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 15 900                —                        —                           —
                  0805 10 19 100                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                     11,00                         5,88
                  0805 10 19 300                01                     11,00                         5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 19 900                —                        —                           —
                  0805 10 21 100                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 21 300                01                      11,00                        5,88
           I                                    06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 21 900                —                         —                          —
                  0805 10 25 100                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 25 300                01                      11,00                        5,88
           l                                    06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 25 900                —                         —     .                    —    -
                  0805 10 29 100                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 29 300                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06      .               11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 29 900                —                         —                          —
                  0805 10 31 100                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 31 300                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 31 900                —                         —    -                     —
                  0805 10 35 100                01                      11 ,00                       5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 35 300                01                      11,00                        5,88
                                                06                      11,00                        5,88
                  0805 10 35 900                —                         —                          —
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                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg net)
                             l                                         Amounts of refunds (2)
              Product code      Destination of refund (')    Community as
                                                             constituted on               Spain (II)
                                                          31 December 1985 (I)
             0805 10 39 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 39 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 39 900               —                        —                           —    ■
             0805 10 41 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 41 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 41 900               —                        —                           —
             0805 10 45 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 45 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             080510 45 900                —                        —                           —
             0805 10 49 100               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 49 300               01                     11,00                         5,88
                                          06                     11,00                         5,88
             0805 10 49 900               —                        —                           —
             0805 20 50 100               —                        —                           —
             0805 20 50 900               —                        —                           —
             0805 30 10 100               01                     15,00                         3,92
                                          08                     10,00                         3,92
             0805 30 10 900               —                        —                           —
             0806 10 11 100               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 11 300               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 11 900                                        —                           —
             0806 10 15 100               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 15 300               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 15 900               —                        —                           —
             0806 10 19 100               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 19 300               07                     10,50                        10,50
             0806 10 19 900               —      ■                 —                           —
             0808 10 91 100               —                        —                           —
             0808 10 91 910               02                     14,00                         5,00
                                          03                       4,50                        —
           l                              04                     14,00                         5,00
             0808 10 91 990               —                        —                           —
             0808 10 93 100               —                        —                           —
             0808 10 93 910               02                      14,00                        5,00
                                          03                       4,50
                                          04                     14,00                         5,00
             0808 10 93 990               —    -                   —                           —
             0808 10 99 100                                        —                           —        ■
             0808 10 99 910               02                     14,00                         5,00
                                          03                       4,50                        —
           l                              04                     14,00                         5,00
             0808 10 99 990               —                        —                           —
             0809 30 00 110               05                       —                           —
             0809 30 00 190               —                        —                           —      ■
             0809 30 00 900               05                       —                           —
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           (') 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, Greenland and Malta,
               04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan,
               05 all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria,
               06 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta,
               07 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                  Community,
               08 Other destination excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the
                  Community.
           (2) These refunds shall not apply to exports to Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
               and Spain.