31977R2890

No L 332/ 36 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 12 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2890 / 77 af 23 December 1977 fixing, for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export refunds provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN international trade are being determined account is to COMMUNITIES, be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the said Article ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas peeled tomatoes, tomato concentrate and tomato and orange juice are economically important Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No products not containing added sugar ; 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in products processed from fruit Whereas it follows from applying these rules and and vegetables (*), and in particular the fourth subpara­ criteria to the present situation on the market, and in graph of Article 6 (2) thereof, particular to prices within the Community and on the world market for products processed from fruit and Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 vegetables, that the refund should be fixed as indi­ provides that, where required in order to permit the cated below ; exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­ tional trade of economically important products not Whereas the measures provided for in his Regulation containing added sugar being products listed in are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Article 1 , the difference between the aforesaid prices ment Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Community prices may be covered by an export and Vegetables, refund ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 519/77 of 14 March 1977 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on products processed Article 1 from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2) provides that refunds are to 1 . The export refunds provided for in Article 6 of be fixed taking into account the existing situation and Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 shall be as specified in future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices the Annex hereto . and availabilities on the Community market of 2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on Regulation (EEC) No 192/ 75 of 17 January 1975 the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ; whereas account also has to be taken of the costs laying down detailed rules for the application of referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the export refunds in respect of agricultural products (3), economic aspect of the proposed exports ; shall apply to exports of tomato concentrate of the kinds specified in the Annex hereto. Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 519/77 provides that when prices on the Community market Article 2 are being determined account shall be taken of the ruling prices which are most favourable from the This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 December 1977 . point of view of exportation ; whereas when prices in

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 24. o OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX

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

ex 20.02 C Peeled tomatoes 10-00 ( 1 ) ex 20.02 C Tomato concentrate : — Diy extract content : — 1 2 % and over, but less than 1 8 % . 1 1 -26 C ) — 18 % and over, but less than 28 % 17-25 Ò) — 28 % and over, but less than 36 % 21-00 (»j — 36 % and over, but less than 95 % 27-02 (') — 95 % and over 71-40 ( · ) ex 20.07 Tomato juice 3-00 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 (1 1 degrees Brix value) 1-74

('J For exports to all third countries, with the exception of North America.