31974R0671

27 . 3 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 81 /7

REGULATION ( EEC) No 671 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 March 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the situation with regard to international COMMUNITIES, trade or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given product according to the destination of that product ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;

Whereas economically significant quantities of ' Extra Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Class, Class I and Class II sweet fresh oranges, fresh 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ mandarins, fresh lemons and apples, of ' Extra' Class tion of the market in fruit and vegetables , as last and Class I hothouse grapes , of shelled hazelnuts and amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/ 72 (2 ), and in of unshelled walnuts can be exported at the present particular Article 30 (4) thereof ; time ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­ tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 refund can therefore be justifiably increased where provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ exports have to be transported via the latter route ; ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ ence between prices in international trade and prices in the Community for the products referred to in that Article may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­ bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds relation to each other, at any given moment, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4) within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account on their effective parity ; must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and availabilities — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each the one hand and prices in international trade on the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in other ; whereas account must also be taken of the relation to the Community currencies referred to costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the in the previous subparagraph ; economic aspects of the proposed exports ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas it follows from applying these rules and No 2518 / 69 , when prices on the Community market criteria to the present situation on the market of the are being determined account must be taken of the prospective development of this situation , and in parti­ prices which are most favourable from the exportation cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables point of view ; whereas, when prices in international in the Community and in international trade that the trade are being determined, the prices and quotations refund should be fixed as indicated below ; referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;

(«) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 147. (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969, p. 17 . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ (4) OJ No L 266, 25 . 11 . 1972, p . 7 . ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

No L 81 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 3 . 74

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and vegetables , as supplemented by Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 316 /71 ( 2 ), shall apply to the sweet oranges , manda­ rins , unshelled walnuts and apples set out in the 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are Annex . hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .

2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the Article 2 Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg. 3 . The provisions of Article 2b of Commission This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March Regulation (EEC) No 497/ 70 ( } ) of 17 March 1970 on 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1974 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables (u.u.HOO kg net)

CCT heading Refund No Description of goods

ex 08.02 A I Sweet fresh oranges : — Of the varieties Moro , Tarocco, Sanguinello , Ovale Calabrese, Valencia Late, (' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class 11 ) 6-00 — Of other varieties (' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class II ) 4-00

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 11 ) 1-44

ex 08.04 A I Table grapes, fresh , hothouse (' Extra' Class and Class I ) 16-00 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 export to countries and territories of Africa ( with the exception of South Africa), countries of the Arabian peninsula , Syria , countries or states with a planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland , Brazil, Venezuela 3-00 and Peru