31975R1774
No L 181 / 12 11 . 7 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities
REGULATION (EEC) No 1774/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 July 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples and peaches COMMUNITIES, of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse and open ground" grapes, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European walnuts may at present be exported in economically Economic Community ; significant quantities ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza Whereas exports of these products to certain destina tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good particular Article 30 (4) thereof ; Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the refund can therefore be justifiably increased where exports have to be transported via the latter route ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom — in the case of currencies which are maintained in ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ ence between prices in international trade and prices relation to each other, at any given moment, in the Community for the products referred to in that within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Article may be covered by an export refund ; on their effective parity ;
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 2518/69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general of these currencies recorded for a given period, in rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta relation to the Community currencies referred to bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds in the previous subparagraph ; as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4) provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market of the developments with regard to prices and availabilities prospective development of this situation, and in parti of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the in the Community and in international trade that the refund should be fixed as indicated below ; costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, are being determined account must be taken of the prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in international HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : trade are being determined, the prices and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ;
Article 1 Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are product according to the destination of that product ; hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .
(') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. (J) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. Cape of Good Hope, thfe amount indicated in the (*) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg.
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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 on products subject to a single price system, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 21 10/74 (2), shall apply to exports of unshelled walnuts, apples and This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 1975 . peaches set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 10 July 1975.
For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 314, 23 . 12. 1967, p. 9 . (2) OJ No L 220, 10 . 8 . 1974, p. 1 .
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 10 July 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables
( u.a. /100 kg net ) CCT heading Description of goods Refund No
ex 07.01 M II Tomatoes ' Extra ' Class, Class I and Class II 4.00
ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) for export to : I
— 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 : l
— fresh, open ground 'Extra' Class and Class I 4.00 — fresh, hothouse 'Extra' Class and Class I 16.00
ex 08.05 B Walnuts unshelled 800
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 : I
— for export to countries and territories of Africa (with the exception of South Africa), countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iran , countries or states with a planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Iceland, Sweden, Fin land, Norway and Austria 3.00
ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding nectarines) 'Extra' Class , Class I and Class II 6.00