31979R0323

No L 44/ 10 21 . 2 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 323/79 of 20 February 1979 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 orange juice and stalked and stoned cherries preserved in a sulphurous solution are economically Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No important products to which no sugar has been 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organiza­ added ; tion of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (!), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas since the refund fixed in accordance with No 1 1 52/78 (2), and in particular the third subpara­ Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 is insuffi­ graph of Article 6 (2) thereof, cient to enable the export of cherries preserved by sugar, the refund provided for in Article 6 of Regula­ Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 tion (EEC) No 516/77 should be applied to this provides that, where required in order to permit the product ; exportation on the basis of prices ruling in interna­ tional trade of economically important products not Whereas it follows from applying these rules and containing added sugar being products listed in criteria to the present situation on the market, and in Article 1 , the difference between the aforesaid prices particular to prices within the Community and on the and Community prices may be covered by an export world market for products processed from fruit and refund ; vegetables, that the refund should be fixed as indi­ cated below ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/77 of 14 March 1977 laying down general rules Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation for granting export refunds on products processed are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ from fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing the ment Committee for Products Processed from Fruit amount of such refunds (3) provides that refunds are to and Vegetables, be fixed taking into account the existing situation and future trends with regard, on the one hand, to prices HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and availabilities on the Community market of products processed from fruit and vegetables and, on Article 1 the other hand, to prices ruling in international trade ; whereas account also has to be taken of the costs The export refunds provided for in Article 6 of Regula­ referred to in (b) of the said Article and of the tion (EEC) No 516/77 shall be as specified in the economic aspect of the proposed exports ; 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 21 February 1979 . 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, 20 February 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1978 , p. 1 . P) OJ No L 73, 21 . 3 . 1977, p. 24.

21 . 2 . 79 No L 44/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 1979 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 08.1 1 E Stalked and stoned cherries preserved in a sulphurous solution 10-00 (») ex 20.04 Hard cherries preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallized) 25-00 (!) ex 20.07 Pure orange juice, with no other substances added : — Not concentrated (between 10 and 12 degrees Brix value) 1-74 — Concentrated : 1-74 — Per unit of concentration (1 1 degrees Brix value)

( l ) For exports to all third countries, with the exception of North America .