31983R2685

No L 265/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 9 . 83

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2685/83 of 27 September 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, apples, apricots and COMMUNITIES, peaches of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I hothouse Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European grapes and open ground grapes, almonds and hazel­ Economic Community, nuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in economically significant quantities ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last refunds should be calculated on the following basis : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (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 central rate,

Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of ically significant quantities to be exported, the dif­ these currencies recorded for a given period in ference between prices in international trade for the relation to the Community currencies referred to products referred to in that Article and prices for the in the previous indent ; products within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas on account of the different production prices for peaches in Greece and in the other Member States, Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No this difference should be reflected, pursuant to the 2518 /69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 (*), when rules for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit calculating export refunds for this product ; whereas and vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), application of the above criteria results in fixing the as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), refund applicable in Greece at zero ; provides that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the existing situation and future trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules and vegetables on the Community market on the one to the present market situation and to its future trends, hand and prices in international trade on the other ; and in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and whereas accolint must also be taken of the costs indi­ vegetables in the Community and in international cated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects trade that the refunds should be as set out in the of the proposed exports ; Annex hereto ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29 are being determined account must be taken of the November 1979 laying down common detailed rules prices which are most favourable from the exportation for the application of the system of export refunds on point of view ; whereas, when prices in international agricultural products (*), as last amended by Regulation trade are being determined, the quotations and prices (EEC) No 519/83 Q, may be relaxed in the case of referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; taken into account ; whereas, in such a case, Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 may be applied ; Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or the specific requirements of certain markets Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation may make it necessary to vary the refund for a given are in accordance with the opinion of the Management product according to the destination of that product ; Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 198 , 21 . 7. 1983, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p. 17. (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. (6) OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 266, 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 . n OJ No L 58 , 5 . 3 . 1983 , p . 5 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. The provisions of Articles 10 ( 1 ) (b) and 23 ( 1 ) (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts and apples as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 1 Article 2

1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 be as set out in the Annex hereto. September 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

No L 265/ 8 28 . 9 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 1983 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

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

ex 07.01 M 4,50 Tomatoes ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 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 12,00 — Other destinations 8,00 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 14,00 ex 08.05 G Unshelled hazelnuts 7,50 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, Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran, Iraq and Jordan 12,00 — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong 12,00 — Countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands and Finland 4,00 08.07 A Apricots in categories Extra, I and II for export to all destinations other than Switzerland and Austria 12,00 ex 08.07 B Peaches (other than nectarines) in categories Extra, I and II for export to all destinations other than Switzerland and Austria : — Originating in Greece 0,00 — Originating in other Member States 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 Al Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).