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26 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 169/ 11

REGULATION (EEC) No 1673/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 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 II fresh lemons, apples and peaches, of 'Extra' Class and Class I Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ hothouse grapes of shelled almonds and hazelnuts pean Economic Community ; and of 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, if the refund system is to operate nor­ tional trade and prices in the Community for the mally, refunds should be calculated on the following products referred to in that Article may be covered basis : by an export refund ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No relation to each other, at any given moment, 2518/69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange general rules for granting export refunds on fruit based on their effective parity ; and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of — for other currencies an exchange rate based on such refunds as amended by Regulation (EEC) No the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of 2455/72 (4) provides that, when refunds are being each of these currencies recorded for a given fixed, account must be taken of the current situa­ period, in relation to the Community currencies tion or foreseeable developments with regard to referred to in the previous subparagraph ; prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee account must also be taken of the costs indicated in was requested ; (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market of Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) the prospective development of this situation, No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market and in particular to quotations and prices for are being determined account must be taken of the fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­ prices which are most favourable from the national trade that the refund should be fixed as exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in indicated below ; international trade are being determined, the prices and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article must be taken into account ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : given product according to the destination of that product ; Article 1 (*) OJ No L 118 of 20. 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (») OJ No L 291 of 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 . 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are (•) OJ No L 318 of 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. (4) OJ No L 266, of 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 . hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex.

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2. If apples are shipped to their destination via fruit and vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation the Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in (EEC) No 316/71 (2), shall apply to the unshelled the Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./lOO kg. walnuts, apples and peaches set out in the Annex.

Article 2 3 . The provisions of Article 2b of Commission Regulation ( EEC No 497/70 ( x ) of 17 March 1970 This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June on rules for the application of export refunds on 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 June 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 62 of 18 . 3 . 1970, p. 5 . («) OJ No L 36 of 13. 2. 1971 , p. 11 .

ANNEX

To the Commission Regulation of 25 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(u.a.llOO kg net) CCT heading Refund No Description of goods

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) 1600 ex 08.05 A II Shelled almonds 6-00

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, Austria, Brazil, Venezuela and Peru 3-00

ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding nectarines) ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 4-00