31978R1732

No L 201 /34 25 . 7 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1732/78

of 24 July 1978 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 Whereas peeled tomatoes, tomato concentrates, COMMUNITIES, tomato juice, orange juice and stalked and stoned cher­ ries preserved in a sulphurous solution are economi­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cally important products to which no sugar has been Economic Community, added ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas since the refund fixed in accordance with 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 is insuffi­ tion of the market in products processed from fruit cient to enable the export of cherries preserved by and vegetables (J ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) sugar, it should be replaced for this product by the No 11 52/78 (2), and in particular the third subpara­ refund provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) graph of Article 6 (2) thereof, No 516/77 ; Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and provides that, where required in order to permit the criteria to the present situation on the market, and in exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­ particular to prices within the Community and on the tional trade of economically important products not world market for products processed from fruit and containing added sugar being products listed in vegetables, that the refund should be fixed as indi­ Article 1 , the difference between the aforesaid prices cated below ; and Community prices may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Products Processed from Fruit 519/77 of 14 March 1977 laying down general rules and Vegetables, for granting export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amount of such refunds (3) provides that refunds are to be fixed taking into account the existing situation and Article 1 future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices 1 . The export refunds provided for in Article 6 of and availabilities on the Community market of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 shall be as specified in products processed from fruit anH vegetables and, on the Annex hereto . the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ; whereas account also has to be taken of the costs 2. The provisions of Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 January 1975 economic aspect of the proposed exports ; laying down detailed rules for the application of export refunds in respect of agricultural products (4), as Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 519/77 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2838/77 (5), provides that when prices on the Community market shall apply to exports of tomato concentrate of the are being determined account shall be taken of the kinds specified in the Annex hereto. ruling prices which are most favourable from the point of view of exportation ; whereas when prices in Article 2 international trade are being determined account is to be taken of the prices referred to in paragraph 2 of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 July said Article ; 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

0) OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978 , p. 1 . («) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 24. (5) OJ No L 327, 20 . 11 . 1977, p. 23 .

25 . 7 . 78 No L 201 /35 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 July 1978 fixing , for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export refunds provided for in Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 516/ 77

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

ex 08.11 E Stalked and stoned cherries preserved in a sulphurous solution 4 (1)

ex 20.02 C Peeled tomatoes from the 1977 crop (2) 10 00 (>)

ex 20.02 C Tomato concentrate from the 1977 crop (2):

— Dry extract content : — 1 2 % and over, but less than 1 8 % 11.26 ( l) — 18 % and over, but less than 28 % 17.25 (') — 28 % and over, but less than 36 % (1 ) — 36 % and over, but less than 95 % 27-02 (1) — 95 % and over 71-40 (')

ex 20.04 Hard cherries preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallized) 20.00 (')

ex 20.07 Tomato juice from the 1977 crop (2) 500 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

(*) For exports to all third countries, with the exception of North America. (2) Applicable until 20 August 1978 .