CELEX: 31982R0304
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 304/82 of 9 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

No L 37/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 10 . 2. 82
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC No 304/82
                                                      of 9 February 1982
                                   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 tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh manda­
                                                                  rins, fresh lemons and apples of the common quality
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      standards ' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, ' Extra'
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                 Class and Class I hothouse grapes and open ground
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last                grapes, shelled almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 (2), and in                walnuts and hazelnuts may at present be exported in
particular Article 30 (4) thereof,                                economically significant quantities ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Committee ,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                relation to each other at any given moment within
ically significant quantities to be exported, the dif­                 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
ference between prices in international trade for the                  their central rate,
products referred to in that Article and prices for the
products within the Community may be covered by an                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
export refund ;                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       in the previous indent ;
2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general
rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit
and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3),         Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                    to the present market situation and to its future trends,
provides that when refunds are being fixed, account               and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and
must be taken of the existing situation and future                vegetables in the Community and in international
trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit          trade that the refunds should be as set out in the
and vegetables on the Community market on the one                 Annex hereto ;
hand and prices in international trade on the other ;
whereas account must also be taken of the costs indi­
cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects          Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of
of the proposed exports ;                                          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29
                                                                   November 1979 laying down common detailed rules
                                                                   for the application of the system of export refunds on
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                 agricultural products (5), as last amended by Regulation
No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market                  (EEC) No 3476/80 (6), may be relaxed in the case of
are being determined account must be taken of the                  exports to non-member countries outside Europe ;
prices which are most favourable from the exportation              whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation
point of view ; whereas, when prices in international              (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ;
trade are being determined, the quotations and prices
referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be
taken into account ;                                               Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and
                                                                   Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the
                                                                   time limit set by its chairman,
(') OJ No  L  118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 .
(2  OJ No  L   118, 30.  4. 1981 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No  L  318 , 18 . 12. 1969 , p . 17.                        0 OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
O   OJ No  L  266,  25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7.                          (<) OJ No L 363, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 71 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins, lemons,
                                                            table grapes of open ground, walnuts in shell, shelled
                      Article 1                             almonds, hazelnuts, and apples as set out in the Annex
                                                            hereto .
1.    The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall
be as set out in the Annex hereto .                                               Article 2
2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( 1 ) (b) and 23 ( 1 ) (c) This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 February
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall             1982 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 9 February 1982.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 9 February 1982 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 A I        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 B          Fresh mandarins (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                       7-25
            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, open ground ('Extra' Class and Class I)                             7-00
                                 — Fresh, hothouse (' Extra' Class and Class I)                             19-34
            ex  08.05 A II       Shelled almonds, other than bitter almonds                                 20-00 (3)
            ex  08.05 B          Unshelled walnuts                                                          14-00
            ex  08.05 G          Unshelled hazelnuts (31 August 1982 at the latest)                         1500
            ex  08.05 G          Shelled hazelnuts                                                          30-00 (3)
            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 (2), Iran and Iraq                   1200
                                 — 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, Ecuador, Iceland,
                                     Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria and the Faraoe Islands                  3-63
            (') For exports to Poland for which the customs export formalities have been completed on 31 March
                1982 at the latest, the export refund has been fixed at 12-04 ECU/ 100 kg net.
            (J) 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).
            (3) For exports for which customs export formalities have been completed, or which have been placed
                under the system provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80, on or after 1
                September 1982, the amount is fixed at 9-67 ECU/ 100 kg net for shelled almonds and at 14-51
                ECU/ 100 kg net for shelled hazelnuts.