31980R1443

10 . 6 . 80 No L 144/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1443/80 of 9 June 1980 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, apples and peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ hothouse grapes and open ground grapes, shelled tion of the market in fruit and vegetables ^), as last almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1367/80 (2), and in present be exported in economically significant quanti­ particular Article 30 (4) thereof, ties ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Committee, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ relation to each other at any given moment within ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on ence between prices in international trade for the their effective parity ; products referred to in that Article and prices for the products within the Community may be covered by — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the an export refund ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No in the previous indent ; 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), to the present market situation and to its future provides that when refunds are being fixed, account trends, and in particular to quotations and prices for must be taken of the existing situation and future fruit and vegetables in the Community and in inter­ trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit national trade that the refunds should be as set out in and vegetables on the Community market on the one the Annex hereto : hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs indi­ cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29 November 1979 laying down common detailed rules Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) for the application of the system of export refunds on No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market agricultural products (5) may be relaxed in the case of are being determined account must be taken of the exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; prices which are most favourable from the exportation whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation point of view ; whereas, when prices in international (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ; trade are being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the (») OJ No L 118, 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . time limit set by its chairman, (2) OJ No L 140, 5. 6. 1980, p. 22. (») OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. (4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. (5) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .

No L 144/ 14 10 . 6 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall Article 2 be as set out in the Annex hereto.

2. The provisions of Articles 10 (1 ) (b) and 23 ( 1 ) (c) This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 1980 . of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 1980 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 9 June 1980 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg net)

CCT heading Description Refund No

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 l

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 Table grapes : — Fresh, open ground ('Extra' Class and Class I) 4-84 — Fresh , hothouse ('Extra' Class and Class I) 19-34

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 13-50 — 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, Ecuador, 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 ) 5-00

(') 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 , 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).