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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1017 / 77 of 16 May 1977 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 sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons and apples of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class I Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No and Class II, ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes, almonds, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last at present be exported in economically significant amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 795/76 ( 2), and in quantities ; particular Article 30 (4) thereof,

Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee , — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ on their effective parity ; ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ ence between prices in international trade and prices — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the in the Community for the products referred to in that arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article may be covered by an export refund ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­ Whereas it follows from applying these rules and bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such criteria to the present situation on the market of the refunds (3 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No prospective development of this situation , and in parti­ 2455/72 (4 ), provides that, when refunds are being cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables fixed , account must be taken of the current situation in the Community and in international trade that the or foreseeable developments with regard to prices and refund should be fixed as indicated below ; availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­ nity market on the one hand and prices in interna­ tional trade on the other ; whereas account must also Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2518 / 69 , when prices on the Community market are being determined account must be taken of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are being determined , the prices and quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; Art iclt I

(') OJ No L 1 IK , 20 . 5 . 1972 , p . 1 . (-) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4 . 1976 , p . 6 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , p . 17 . 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are C ) OJ No L 266 , 25 . 11 . 1972, p . 7 . hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex .

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2 . The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission Article 2 Regulation ( EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of export refunds in respect of agricultural products (•), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2818 / 75 (2 ), shall apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May and apples set out in the Annex . 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1977 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 25 , 31 . I. 197S , p . I. ') OJ No L 280 , 31 . 10 . 1975 , p . 31

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 May 1977 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(u. a. / 100 kg net)

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

ex 08.02 A I Sweet fresh oranges : — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno Comune (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II ) 4-40 — of other varieties (' Extra' Class , Class I and Class II ) 6-60

ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons (' Extra ' Class , Class I and Class II ) 3-50

ex 08.04 A I Table grapes : — fresh , hothouse ' Extra' Class and Class I 16-00

ex 08.05 A II Shelled almonds other than bitter almonds 8-00

ex 08.05 B Walnuts unshelled 10-00

ex 08.05 G Shelled hazelnuts 12-00

ex 08.06 A II Apples (' Extra' Class, Class I and Class II ) other than cider apples : — for export to Botswana , Lesotho, Swaziland , Zambia , Malawi , Mozambique , Tanzania , Kenya , Rwanda , Burundi , Uganda , Somalia , Madagascar, Comoro Islands , Mauritius , Sudan , Ethiopia , the French terri­ tory of the Afars and Issas, the countries of the Arabian peninsula ( x ), Iran and Iraq 7-00 — for export to countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa , Syria , Jordan , countries with a planned economy in central and eastern Europe , Bolivia , Brazil , Venezuela, Peru , Panama, Iceland , Finland , Norway, Sweden , Austria and the Faroe Islands 3-00

!'} For the purpose of this Regulation the ' countries of the Arabian peninsula ' are considered to be the following , including the territories attached thereto : Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait , the Sultanate of Oman , Unites Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ummal-Quaiwain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Kaiman ), Yemer Arab Republic ( North Yemen ) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen).