31973R1569

14. 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 157/ 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 1569/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas economically significant quantities of COMMUNITIES, 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class W fresh sweet oranges, fresh mandarins, fresh lemons, apples and peaches, of 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ grapes of shelled almonds and hazelnuts and of pean Economic Community ; unshelled walnuts can be exported at the present time ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­ Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­ zation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of in particular Article 30 (4) thereof ; Good Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the refund can therefore be justifiably Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No increased where exports have to be transported via 1035/72 provides that, to the extent necessary to the latter route ; allow economically significant quantities to be exported, the difference between prices in interna­ Whereas it follows from applying these rules and tional trade and prices in the Community for the criteria to the present situation on the market of products referred to in that Article may be covered the prospective development of this situation, by an export refund ; and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­ Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No national trade that the refund should be fixed as 2518/69 (s) of 9 December 1969 laying down indicated below ; general rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and such refunds as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Vegetables has not issued an opinion within the 2455/72 (4) provides that, when refunds are being time limit set by its Chairman ; fixed, account must be taken of the current situa­ tion or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Community market on the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs indicated in Article 1 (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex. Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market 2. If apples are shipped to their destination via are being determined account must be taken of the the Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in prices which are most favourable from the the Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./lOO kg. exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are being determined, the prices 3 . The provisions of Article 2b of Commission and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 (5) of 17 March 1970 Article must be taken into account ; on rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation Whereas the situation with regard to international (EEC) No 316/71 (6), shall apply to the unshelled trade or the specific requirements of certain markets walnuts, peaches and apples set out in the Annex. may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given product according to the destination of that Article 2 product ; This Regulation shall enter into 1 force on 15 June 1973 . (») OJ No L 118 of 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 291 of 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147. (») OJ No L 318 of 18 . 12 . 1969 , p. 17. (5) OJ No L 62 of 18 . 3 . 1970, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 266, of 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7. (•) OJ No L 36 of 13 . 2 . 1971 , p. 11 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 June 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

To the Commission Regulation of 13 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables (u.a. /100 kg net) CCT heading Description of goods Refund No

ex 08.02 A I Sweet oranges, fresh ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 4-00 ex 08.02 B Mandarines, fresh (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 4-00 ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) 1-44 ex 08.04 A I Table grapes — fresh, hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I ) 16-00 ex 08.05 A II Shelled almonds 12-00 ex 08.05 B Unshelled walnuts 8-00 ex 08.05 G Shelled hazelnuts 4-00 ex 08.06 A II Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) other than cider apples : — for exports to countries and territories of Africa (with the exception of South Africa ), countries of the Arabian peninsula , Syria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania , Czechoslovakia, USSR, Yugoslavia and Austria 3-00 ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding nectarines ) ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) 4-00