31974R1806

No L 188 /30 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 7 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1806/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 July 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN and Class II , ' Extra Class and Class I hothouse and COMMUNITIES, open ground grapes, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European economically significant quantities ; Economic Community ; Whereas the production of walnuts was especially Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No important during the season of 1973/74 ; whereas 1035/72 ( l ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ substantial stocks of these products still remain at the tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last present time in the Member States who are the main amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in producers ; whereas these stocks can only be marketed particular Article 30 (4) thereof ; in the form of shelled walnuts since the season is already well advanced ; whereas it is appropriate for Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary these reasons to grant a restitution for shelled walnuts Committee ; until the new harvest ; Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­ provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good ence between prices in international trade and prices Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the in the Community for the products referred to in that refund can therefore be justifiably increased where Article may be covered by an export refund ; exports have to be transported via the latter route ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds — in the case of currencies which are maintained in as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4) relation to each other, at any given moment, provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based 4 developments with regard to prices and availabilities on their effective parity ; of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the the one hand and prices in international trade on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each other ; whereas account must also be taken of the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the relation to the Community currencies referred to economic aspects of the proposed exports ; in the previous subparagraph ;

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 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas the situation with regard to international are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ trade or the specific requirements of certain markets ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given product according to the destination of that product ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I Article 1 ( J ) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are (4) OJ No L 266, 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 the 316/71 (2), shall apply to the sweet oranges, unshelled Cape of Good Hope , the amount indicated in the walnuts, apples and peaches set out in the Annex. Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.

3. The provisions of Article 2b of Commission Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 497/70 (») of 17 March 1970 on rules for the application of export refunds on fruit and This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 July vegetables, as supplemented by Regulation (EEC) No 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 July 1974.

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOL1

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

No L 188/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 7 . 74

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 July 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(u.a./lOO 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 ) for export to : — Countries or States with a planned economy in cen­ tral and eastern Europe 2-50 — Other destinations 1-44

ex 08.04 A I Table grapes : — Fresh, open ground 'Extra Class' and Class I for exports to Austria 4-00 — Fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I 16-00

08.05 B Walnuts — Unshelled 8-00 — Shelled ( : ) 15-00

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, Austria, Sweden, Norway , Finland, Brazil, Venezuela and Peru 3-00 ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding nectarines) ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) 6-00

(*) For which the custom export formalities have been completed before 1 November 1974.