31989R1698
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1698/89 of 15 June 1989 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 September pursuant to the undertakings entered into with Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and that country under the 1980 agreement Q ; Portugal,
Whereas tomatoes, sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 apples, peaches and nectarines of the common quality of > 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the standards 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by and Class I table grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 19/89 (2), and in particular Article unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in econo 30 (4) thereof, mically significant quantities ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela between prices in international trade for the products tion to each other at any given moment within a band referred to in that Article and prices for the products of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central within the Community may be covered by an export rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the refund ; last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 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 5 ( 1 ) (b) of being determined account must be taken of the prices Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 which are most favourable from the exportation point of November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are the application of the system of export refunds on agri being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in cultural products (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; No 3993/88 ('), may be relaxed in the case of exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; whereas, in such a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or may be applied ; the specific requirements of certain markets may make it O OJ No L 194, 28 . 7. 1980, p. 12. (') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . Is) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . J) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12. f) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. (8) OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. O OJ No L 354, 22. 12. 1988, p. 22.
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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 authorized to maintain, during the first phase, for exports Article 1 to third countries, the arrangements in force before its accession for such trade, including any export aid or 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be 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 5 ( l)(b) and 19 ( l)(c) of from the Community as constituted at 31 December Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of 1985 ; whereas, pursuant to Article 283, the Portuguese 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 16 June 1989 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 15 June 1989 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of IS June 1989 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vege tables
(ECU/100 kg net)
Product code Destination of refund (') Amount of refund (2)
0702 00 10 100 4,50 (3) 0702 00 10 900 — — ■ 0702 00 90 100 4,50 (3) 0702 00 90 900 — — 080212 90 000 9,67 0802 21 00 000 11,30 l 0802 22 00 000 21,80 0802 31 00 000 14,00 ' l 0805 10 11 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 11 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 11 900 — — 0805 10 15 100 01 17,00 09 12,00 0805 10 15 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 15 900 — — 0805 10 19 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 19 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 19 900 — — 0805 10 21 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 21 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 21 900 — — 0805 10 25 100 01 17,00 09 12,00 0805 10 25 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 25 900 — — 0805 10 29 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 29 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 29 900 — — 0805 10 31 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 31 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 31 900 — — 0805 10 35 100 01 17,00 09 12,00 0805 10 35 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 35 900 — —
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(ECU/100 kg net) Product code Destination of refund (') Amount of refund (J)
0805 10 39 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 080510 39 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 39 900 — — 0805 10 41 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 41 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 41 900 — — 0805 10 45 100 01 17,00 09 12,00 080510 45 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 45 900 — — 0805 10 49 100 01 8,00 09 5,32 0805 10 49 300 01 14,50 09 9,67 0805 10 49 900 — — 0805 20 50 100 — \ 0805 20 50 900 — — . 0805 30 10 100 01 15,00 09 10,00 0805 30 10 900 — — . 0806 10 11 100 4,84 0806 10 11 300 4,84 l 0806 10 11 900 — 0806 10 15 100 4,84 0806 10 15 300 4,84 0806 10 15 900 — — ■ 0806 10 19 100 4,84 0806 10 19 300 4,84 0806 10 19 900 — — . 0808 1091 100 — — 0808 10 91 910 02 14,00 l 03 4,50 04 — 0808 10 91 990 — — 0808 10 93 100 — — 0808 10 93 910 02 14,00 03 4,50 04 — 0808 10 93 990 — — 0808 10 99 100 — - — 0808 10 99 910 02 14,00 03 4,50 04 — 0808 10 99 990 — — 0809 30 00 110 05 5,00 0809 30 00 190 — — 0809 30 00 900 05 5,00
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No tes : (') The destinations are as follows : 01 Countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia, 02 Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the countries of the Arabian peninsu la including the territories attached thereto (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen Arab Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), Iran, Iraq and Jordan, 03 Countries and territories of Africa other than those mentioned above and South Africa, Syria, countries with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland and Greenland, 04 Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan, 05 All destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria, 09 Other destinations . (2) 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 tiers. (3) For exports to Sweden in the period 1 July to 30 September 1989, the refund is reduced to 0,68 ECU/ 100 kg.