CELEX: 31983R1453
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1453/83 of 6 June 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

7 . 6. 83                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 149/7
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1453/83
                                                    of 6 June 1983
                                fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches
COMMUNITIES,                                                  of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I
                                                              and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         and open ground grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and
Economic Community,                                           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 1738/82 (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
                                                              for peaches in Greece and in the other Member States,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general                this difference should be reflected, pursuant to the
                                                              provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 (*), when
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit         calculating export refunds for this product ; whereas
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),     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 account 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 (6), as last amended by Regulation
trade are being determined, the quotations and prices         (EEC) No 202/82 0, 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 .
(J) OJ No L 190, 1 . 7. 1982, p. 7.                           0 OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 17.
m OI No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17.                         («) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7.                         O OJ No L 21 , 29 . 1 . 1982, p . 23 .
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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
                     Article 1                             hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                                  Article 2
1.   The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall
be as set out in the Annex hereto.                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 1983 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 6 June 1983.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Poul DAlSAGER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 6 June 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, Jibuti, the
                                   countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran, Iraq, Jordan and
                                   Finland                                                                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, Iceland, Norway,
                                   Sweden, Austria and the Faroe Islands                                  4,00
          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).