31973R2125

No L 215 / 22 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 8 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2125 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 August 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN may make it necessary to vary the- refund for a COMMUNITIES , given product according to the destination of that product ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas economically significant quantities of ' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II tomatoes , fresh Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No lemons , apples and peaches , of ' Extra ' Class and 1035 /72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organi­ Class I hothouse and open ground grapes , of shelled zation of the market in fruit and vegetables , as last hazelnuts and of unshelled walnuts can be exported amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2745/72 ( 2 ), and at the present time ; in particular Article 30 (4 ) thereof ; Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­ Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and Committee ; whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good Hope entails additional transport costs ; Whereas Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No whereas the refund can therefore be justifiably 1035 /72 provides that, to the extent necessary to increased where exports have to be transported via allow economically significant quantities to be the latter route ; exported , the difference between prices in interna­ tional trade and prices in the Community for the Whereas , if the refund system is to operate nor­ products referred to in that Article may be covered mally, refunds should be calculated on the following by an export refund ; basis :

— 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 such refunds as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No — for other currencies an exchange rate based on 2455/72 ( 4 ) provides that, when refunds are being the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of fixed , account must be taken of the current situa­ each of these currencies recorded for a given tion or foreseeable developments with regard to period , in relation to the Community currencies prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on referred to in the previous subparagraph ; the Community market on the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas Whereas it follows from applying these rules and account must also be taken of the costs indicated in criteria to the present situation on the market of ( b ) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the prospective development of this situation , the proposed exports ; and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) national trade that the refund should be fixed as No 2518 / 69 , when prices on the Community market indicated below ; are being determined account must be taken of the prices which are most favourable from the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation exportation point of view ; whereas , when prices in are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ international trade are being determined , the prices ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or the specific requirements of certain markets Article 1 (») OJ No L 1 18 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 . hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex . (*) OJ No L 266 , of 25 . 11 . 1972 , p. 7 .

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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 (*) of 17 March 1970 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August 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 , 2 August 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

( 4 ) OJ No L 62 , 18 . 3 . 1970 , p . 15 . ( s ) OJ No L 36 , 13 . 2 . 1971 , p . 11 .

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 August 1973 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

( u.aJlOO kg net )

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

ex 07.01 M II Tomatoes (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II ) for exports to Austria 4-00

ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II ) 1-44

ex 08.04 A I Fable grapes : — fresh , open ground (' Extra ' Class and Class I ) for exports to Austria 4-00 — fresh , hothouse (' Extra ' Class and Class 1 ) 16-00

ex 08 . (h B Unshelled walnuts 8-00 ex 08.05 (i 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 ) 6-00