31974R2744

No L 292/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 10 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2744/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 October 1974 fixing for products processed from fruit and vegetables the export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1426/71 COMMUNITIES, provides that when prices on the Community market are being determined account shall be taken of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ruling prices which are most favourable from the Economic Community ; point of view of exportation ; whereas when prices in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No international trade are being determined account is to 865/68 (') of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­ be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the tion of the market in products processed from fruit said Article ; and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas orange and lemon juice are economically No 2429/72 (2), and in particular the first sentence of important products not containing added sugar, while Article 3a (4) thereof ; in the case of cherries in syrup no refund such as Whereas Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 865/ 68 would permit exportation has been fixed pursuant to provides that where required in order to permit the Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ; whereas exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­ under these circumstances it is necessary to fix for tional trade of economically important products not these products the refund provided for in Article 3a of containing added sugar listed in Article 1 , the differ­ Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ; ence between the aforesaid prices and prices within Whereas it follows from applying these rules and the Community may be covered by an export refund ; criteria to the present situation on the market and in Whereas Article 3a (5) of the said Regulation provides particular to prices within the Community and on the that where the refund fixed pursuant to Article 3 is world market for products processed from fruit and not sufficient to permit exports of the products vegetables that the refund should be fixed at the containing added sugar listed in Regulation (EEC) No amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; 865/68 the provisions of Article 3a rather than those Whereas the Management Committee for Products of Article 3 shall apply to such products ; Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman, 1426/71 (3) of 2 July 1971 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on products processed HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that refunds are to Article 1 be fixed taking into account the existing situation and The export refunds provided for in Article 3a of Regu­ future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices lation (EEC) No 865/68 shall be as specified in the and availabilities on the Community market of Annex hereto . products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on the other hand , to prices ruling in international trade ; Article 2 whereas account also has to be taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November economic aspect of the proposed exports ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 October 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No L 153 , 1 . 7 . 1968 , p. 8 . (2) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 3 OJ No L 151 , 7. 7. 1971 , p. 3 .

31 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 292/39

ANNEX

Amount in u. a. /100 kg of CCT product heading No Description of goods (including immediate packings)

ex 20.06 B Cherries in syrup (weight of fruit, not of juice, not less than 50 °/o of total weight, not including immediate packing) 4-80 H

ex 20.07 Pure orange juice, with no other substances added : — Not concentrated (between 10 and 12 degrees Brix value) 1-74 — Concentrated : — Per unit of concentration ( 11 degrees Brix value ) 1-74

ex 20.07 Pure lemon juice, with no other substances added : — Not concentrated ( between 7 and 11 degrees Brix value) 0-74 — Concentrated : — Per unit of concentration (9 degrees Brix value) 0-74

(l) This refund replaces that provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC ) No 865/68 .