CELEX: 31978R2721
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/78 of 22 November 1978 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

23 . 11 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 328 / 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2721 /78
                                                       of 22 November 1978
                                     fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       necessary to vary the refund for a given product
COMMUNITIES,                                                         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
                                                                     standards ' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, ' Extra'
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Class and Class I hothouse and outdoor-grown grapes,
                                                                     shelled almonds and hazelnuts, and walnuts in shell
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last              may at present be exported in economically signifi­
                                                                     cant quantities ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/78 (2), and in
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
Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72                         relation to each other at any given moment within •
provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­                  a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based on -,
ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­                their effective parity ;
ence between prices on the world market and prices
in the Community for the products referred to in that                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the.
Article may be covered by an 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 subparagraph ;
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 rules and
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4),                       criteria to the present situation on the market of the '
provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of            prospective development of this situation, and in parti­
the current situation or foreseeable developments with
                                                                     cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables
regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and                within the Community and on the world market, that
vegetables on the Community market and to prices                     the refund should be fixed as set out below ;
on the world markets ; whereas account must also be
taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article
and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ;
                                                                     Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of
                                                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69                    January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­
provides that prices on the Community market shall                   cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural
be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­               products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets                  2145/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to
shall be determined in the light of the prices and                   non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in
quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said                    such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No
Article ;                                                            192/75 may be applied ;
Whereas      the  situation      on  world     markets   or the
specific requirements of certain markets may make it                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(>) OJ  No   L 118 , 20.  5. 1972, p. 1 .                            ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
(2) OJ  No   L 204,  28 . 7. 1978, p. 12.
P)  OJ  No   L 318,  18.  12. 1969, p. 17.                          (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No   L 266,  25.  11 . 1972, p. 7.                          (6) OJ No L 249, 30. . 9. 1977, p. 12.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 328 / 18                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          23 . 11 . 78
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              apply to exports of sweet oranges, mandarins, open
                                                           ground table grapes, walnuts in shell, shelled hazel­
                     Article 1                             nuts and apples as set out in the Annex hereto.
1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are
hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex                               Article 2
hereto .                                          .
2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c)   This Regulation shall enter into force on 23
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall             November 1978 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 22 November 1978 ;
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
 ---pagebreak--- 23 . 11 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                      No L 328 / 19
                                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1978 fixing the export refunds on fruit and
                                                                      vegetables
                                                                                                                        ( u.a. /100 kg net }
                    CCT heading
                         No                                              Description                                            Refund
             ex 07.01 M                   Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )                                        4.00
             ex 08.02 A I                 Sweet fresh oranges :
                                          — Of 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)                             8.00
             ex 08.02 B                   Fresh mandarins ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II)                                  6.00
             ex 08.02 C                   Fresh lemons (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )                                   3.50
             ex 08.04 A I                 Table grapes :
                                          — Fresh, open ground ('Extra' Class and Class I)                                       6.00
                                          — 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                   Unshelled walnuts .                                                                  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, Comoros,
                                              Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Jibuti , 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
             (1 ) 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 , Umm al Qawain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen
                  Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen ).