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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2550/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Class II, 'Extra Class and Class I hothouse and open COMMUNITIES, 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 (') 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 (-), 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 ence between prices in international trade and prices whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good in the Community for the products referred to in that Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the 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 ) provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account relation to each other, at any given moment, must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based developments with regard to prices and availabilities on their effective parity ; of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on — tor 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 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the situation with regard to international ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables , 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 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas fresh lemons , apples and peaches of the common quality standards ' Extra Class , Class . I and Art uii 1 (') 0 | No 1 . I IS , 20 . 5 . 1972. p . I. (-) Oj No 1 . 2V |. 2S . 12 . I ^2. p. 14 " (■') Ol No 1 . > IS , IS . 12 . IVfry , p. 17 . I . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables arc (-) O'l No I. 266, 25 . I I. 1 VI, p. hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .

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2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 211 0 /74 (2), shall Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the apply to exports of unshelled walnuts, apples and Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ 100 kg. peaches set out in the Annex.

3 . The provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission Article 2 Regulation No 1041 /67/EEC (') of 21 December 1967 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 1 974 . on products subject to a single price system , as last

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 1974. For the Commission

The President

Fran^ois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 314, 23 . 12 . 1967, p . 9 . (-) OJ No L. 220 , 10 . S. 1 9~4, p. I.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

Cu .a .1100 kg net)

CCT heading Refund No Description of goods

ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) tòr 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 4-00 — Fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I 16-00

08.05 B Walnuts — Unshelled 800 — 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, 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.