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9 . 6 . 79 No L 141 / 23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1140/79 of 8 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons, apples and COMMUNITIES , peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes, shelled almonds and hazelnuts, and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European walnuts in shell may at present be exported in Economic Community, economically significant quantities ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last refunds should be calculated on the following basis : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 912/79 (2), and in particular Article 30 (4) thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Committee, their effective parity ;

— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ of these currencies recorded for a given period in ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ relation to the Community currencies referred to ence between prices on the world market and prices in the previous subparagraph ; in the Community for the products referred to in that Article may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market of the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No prospective development of this situation, and in parti­ 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit within the Community and on the world market, that and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), the refund should be fixed as set out below ; as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that the refunds are to be fixed in the light of the current situation or foreseeable developments with Whereas the obligations under Article 6 ( 1 ) (b) of regard to both prices and availabilities of fruit and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 of 17 vegetables on the Community market and to prices January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ on the world markets ; whereas account must also be cation of export refunds in respect of agricultural taken of the costs referred to in (b) of the said Article products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ; 2145/77 (6), may be relaxed in the case of exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /69 such a case, Article 1 1 (4) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No provides that prices on the Community market shall 192/75 may be applied ; be fixed in the light of the ruling prices most favou­ rable for exports ; whereas prices on world markets shall be determined in the light of the prices and Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 quotations referred to in paragraph 2 of the said March 1979 (7) laid down the coefficient for Article ; expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; Whereas the situation on world markets or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation necessary to vary the refund for a given product are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ according to the destination of that product ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, (>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 116, 11 . 5. 1979 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , p . 17 . (6) OJ No L 249, 30 . 9 . 1977, p. 12. (4 ) OJ No L 266, 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 . M OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .

No L 141 /24 9 . 6 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : apply to exports of sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts, apples and pears as set out in Article 1 the Annex hereto .

1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex hereto . Article 2

2. The provisions of Articles 6 ( 1 ) (b) and 11 (4) (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 shall This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 1979 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

9 . 6. 79 No L 141 /25 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg net) CCT heading No Description Refund

ex 08.02 A 1 Sweet fresh oranges : — Of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 5.32 — Of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 9.67

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

For export to : — countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe 6.04 — other destinations 4-23' ex 08.04 A I 19.34 Table grapes, fresh, hothouse 'Extra' Class and Class I

ex 08.05 A II Shelled almonds, other than bitter almonds 9.67

ex 08.05 B Unshelled walnuts 12.09

ex 08.05 G Shelled hazelnuts 14.51

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, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Jibuti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula ( 1 ), Iran and Iraq 8.46 — 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 3.63 ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding pectorins), 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II 7.25

(l) 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 , United Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm al Qawain , Fujairah , Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic ( North Yemen) and the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).