31971R1693

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No L 174/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 8 . 71

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1693/71 of 2 August 1971 fixing, for products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN situation and future trends with regard, on the one COMMUNITIES , hand, to prices and availabilities on the Community market of products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ; whereas account also has to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the be taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said European Economic Community, Article and of the economic aspect of the proposed exports ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 865 / 68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1426/71 vegetables (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) provides that when prices on the Community market No 1425/71 (2), and in particular the first sentence are being determined account shall be taken of the of Article 3 a (4) thereof, ruling prices which are most favourable from the point of view of exportation; whereas when prices in international trade are being determined account Whereas Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 is to be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 provides that where required in order to permit the of the said Article ; exportation on the basis of prices ruling in international trade of economically important Whereas the world trade situation or the specific products not containing added sugar being products requirements of certain markets may make it listed in Article 1 , the difference between the aforesaid necessary to vary the refund for a given product prices within the Community may be covered by an according to destination ; export refund ;

Whereas peeled tomatoes , tomato concentrate, Whereas Article 3 a (5 ) of the said Regulation tomato, orange and lemon juice are economically provides that where the refund fixed pursuant to important products not containing added sugar; Article 3 is not sufficient to permit exports of the whereas the refund fixed under Article 3 of products containing added sugar listed in Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 is insufficient to permit (EEC) No 865/68 the provisions of Article 3 a rather exportation of cherries in syrup ; whereas that refund than those of Article 3 shall apply to such products ; should therefore be replaced by that provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1426/71 of 2 July 1971 laying down general rules Whereas it follows from applying these rules and for granting export refunds on products processed criteria to the present situation on the market and in from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the particular to prices within the Community and on amount of such refunds (3), provides that refunds the world market for products processed from fruit are to be fixed taking into account the existing and vegetables that the refund should be fixed as indicated below ;

W OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . Whereas the Management Committee for Products H OJ No L 151 , 7. 7. 1971 , p. 1 . Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered (3) OJ No L 151 , 7. 7. 1971 , p. 3 . an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 2

Article 1 The export refunds provided for in Article 3 a of This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 shall be as specified in following its publication in the Official Journal of the Annex hereto . the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1971 .

For the Commission The President Franco M. MALFATTI

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ANNEX

Amount in u. a. /100 kg CCT of product heading Description of goods (including No immediate packings)

ex 20.02 C Peeled tomatoes 6-00 H

ex 20.02 C Tomato concentrate :

— Dry extract content : — 12% and over, but less than 18% 4-82 (*) — 18% and over, but less than 28% 7-39 i1) — 28% and over, but less than 36% 9-00 (4) — 36% and over, but less than 95% 11-57 (») — 95% and over 30-60 (*)

ex 20.06 B Cherries in syrup (weight of fruit, not of juice, not less than 50% of total weight, not including immediate packing) 9-60 (2)

ex 20.07 Tomato juice 3-68

ex 20.07 Pure orange juice, with no other substances added : — Not concentrated ( between 10 and 12 degrees Brix value) 1-74 — Concentrated : — Per unit of concentration ( 11 degrees Brix value) 1-74

ex 20.07 Pure lemon juice, with no other substances added : — Not concentrated (between 7 and 11 degrees Brix value) 0-74 — Concentrated : — Per unit of concentration (9 degrees Brix value) 0-74

(l) For exports to all third countries, with the exception of the United States of America . (*) This refund replaces that provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 .