31980R2775

No L 287/26 30 . 10 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2775/80 of 29 October 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 tomatoes, fresh lemons and apples of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes and 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ open ground grapes, shelled almonds and hazelnuts, tion of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1367/80 (2), and in economically significant quantities ; particular Article 30 (4) thereof,

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

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 relation to each other at any given moment within provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ their effective parity ; ence between prices in international trade for the products referred to in that Article and prices for the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the products within the Community may be covered by arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each an export refund ; of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), to the present market situation and to its future as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), trends, and in particular to quotations and prices for provides that when refunds are being fixed, account fruit and Vegetables in the Community and in inter­ must be taken of the existing situation and future national trade that the refunds should be as set out in trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit the Annex hereto : and vegetables on the Community market on the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs indi­ Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29 aspects of the proposed exports ; November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (5), as amended by Regulation Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 1475/80 (6), may be relaxed in the case of No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; are being determined account must be taken of the whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation prices which are most favourable from the exportation (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ; point of view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and taken into account ; Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, (!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 140 , 5. 6. 1980, p. 24. (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. (5) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 266, 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7. (') OJ No L 147, 13 . 6. 1980, p. 15 .

30 . 10 . 80 No L 287/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : apply to exports of lemons, table grapes of open ground, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts, and apples Article 1 as set out 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 30 October 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, 29 October 1980 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

No L 287/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 10 . 80

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 October 1980 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg net)

CCT heading Refund Description No

ex 07.01 M Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 4-50

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) 7-00 — 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, Mozam­ bique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethi­ opia, Jibuti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (*), Iran and Iraq 12-00 — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong (2) 12-00 — countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, Jordan, coun­ tries 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 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 Al Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). (2) For which the custom export formalities have been completed on 28 February 1981 at the latest.