31987R1630

12. 6 . 87 No L 152/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1630/87 of 11 June 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 the refund applicable to exports of tomatoes to Sweden should be reduced during the period 1 July to 30 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and September pursuant to the undertakings entered into with Portugal, that country under the 1980 agreement f5) ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons, of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the apples and peaches of the common quality standards market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I Regulation (EEC) No 1351 /86 (2), and in particular Article hothouse grapes and open ground grapes, almonds and 30 (4) thereof, hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in economically significant quantities ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 refunds should be calculated on the following basis : provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference between prices in international trade for the products — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ referred to in that Article and prices for the products tion to each other at any given moment within a band within the Community may be covered by an export of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central refund ; rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the last indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85(0 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and vegeta­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of bles and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides that when tion to the Community currencies referred to in the refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; existing situation and future trends with regard to prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the Commu­ nity market on the one hand and prices in international Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the present market situation and to its future trends, and the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegeta­ economic aspects of the proposed exports ; bles in the Community and in international trade that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69, when prices on the Community market are Whereas the obligations under Article 10 ( 1 ) (b) of being determined account must be taken of the prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 of 29 view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are November 1979 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agri­ being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; cultural products l7), last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 80/87 (8), may be relaxed in the case of exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or a case, Article 23 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 the specific requirements of certain markets may make it may be applied ;

(>) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . O OJ No L 194, 28 . 7. 1980, p. 12. (2) OJ No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 45. («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p . 17. 0 OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. (8 OJ No L 113, 30 . 4. 1987, p. 27.

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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are introduce transitional measures by phases and stages in accordance with the opinion of the Management respectively ; whereas, in particular as regards the arrange­ Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, ments applicable to exports to Spain from the Commu­ nity as constituted at 31 December 1985, Article 141 provides that, during the first phase, the Community is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : not in principle to grant export refunds ; whereas, pursuant to Article 146, the Kingdom of Spain is to be a Article 1 authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in force before its 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be accession for such trade, including any export aid or as set out in the Annex hereto. subsidies ; whereas Article 275 provides for a special procedure for the grant of refunds on exports to Portugal 2. The provisions of Articles 10 (1) (b) and 23 (1) (c) of from the Community as constituted at 31 December Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 shall apply to exports of 1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portugueuse sweet oranges, lemons, walnuts in shell, shelled hazelnuts Republic is to be authorized to maintain, during the first and apples as set out in the Annex hereto. stage, for exports to third countries, the arrangements in force before its accession for such trade, including any export aid or subsidies ; whereas, under those circum­ Article 2 stances, refunds for such exports should not be provided for in this Regulation ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 1987 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vege­ tables

(ECU kg net)

CCT heading Description Refund (2) No

ex 07.01 M Tomatoes ('Extra Class, Class I and Class II) 4,50 3) ex 08.02 A I Sweet fresh oranges : For export of varieties Biondo comune and Sanguigno comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) to : — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia 8,00 — Other destinations 5,32 For export of variety Valencia late and Ovale calabrese ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) to : — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia 17,00 — Other destinations 12,00 For export of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) to : — Countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia 14,50 — Other destinations 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 and Yugoslavia 15,00 — Other destinations 10,00 ex 08.04 A I Table grapes : Fresh CExtra' Class and Class I) 4,84 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, Jibuti, the countries of the Arabian peninsula ('), Iran, Iraq and Jordan 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, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland and Greenland 4,00 ex 08.07 B Peaches (excluding nectarines) in 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II for export to all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria 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, Umra al Qawain, Fujairah, Ras A1 Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). (*) The refunds fixed in this Regulation shall not apply to exports : — to Spain and Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985, — to third countries from Spain and Portugal. P) For exports to Sweden in the period 1 July to 30 September 1987, the refund is reduced to 0,81 ECU/100 kg.