31991R2969

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2969/91 of 9 October 1991 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the situation with regard to international 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, s

Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, fresh sweet oranges and Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and apples of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Portugal, Class I and Class II, 'Extra' Class and Class I table grapes, almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in economically significant quanti­ ties ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 (2), and in particular Article Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 30 (4) thereof, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 rate, multiplied by the correcting factor provided for provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ in the last indent of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0 as last amended by Regula­ between prices in international trade for the products tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (% referred to in that Article and prices for the products within the Community may be covered by an export — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an refund : average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the factor Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No referred to in the preceding 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), as Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides the present market situation and to its future trends, and that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and of the existing situation and future trends with regard to vegetables in the Community and in international trade prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex Community market on the one hand and prices in inter­ hereto : national trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; Whereas the obligations under Article 5 (1 ) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for 2518/69, when prices on the Community market are the application of the system of export refunds on agri­ being determined account must be taken of the prices cultural products products Q, as amended by Regulation which are most favourable from the exportation point of (EEC) No 1615/90 (8), may be relaxed in the case of view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are exports to non-member countries outside Europe ; being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in whereas, in such a case, Article 19 (1 ) (c) of Regulation paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; (EEC) No 3665/87 may be applied ;

') OJ No L 118 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 8 . (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. (3) OJ No L 318, 18 . 12. 1969, p. 17. O OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 . (<) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. (8 OJ No L 152, 16. 6. 1990, p. 33.

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Whereas, for Spain and Portugal, the Act of Accession refunds applicable on products harvested on the one part introduced transitional measures by phases and stages in Spain and on the other part in Portugal shall be those respectively ; given in columns II and III of the Annex. Whereas where Spain and, from the beginning of the second stage of transition on 1 January 1990, Portugal are concerned when refunds are fixed, account is to be taken 2. The provisions of Articles 5 (l)(b) and 19 (l)(c) of for each product in accordance with Articles 87 and 255 Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 shall apply to exports of of the Act of Accession, of economically justified price lemons, fesh sweet oranges, walnuts in shell, shelled differences ; hazelnuts, and apples as set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vege­ tables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October as set out in column I of the Annex hereto. However, the 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 1991 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 1991 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg net) Amounts of refunds I l

Product code Destination of refund (') Community as constituted on Spain (II) Portugal (III) 31 December 1985 (I)

0702 00 10 100 4,50 — — \

— — — — 0702 004 0 900 0702 00 90 100 — — l 4,50 0702 00 90 900 — — — — 080212 90 000 05 9,67 9,67 9,67 0802 21 00 000 05 1 130 11,30 11,30 0802 22 00 000 05 ( 21,80 21,80 21,80 0802 31 00 000 05 14,00 14,00 14,00 0805 10 11 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 11 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 I 0805 10 11 900 — — — — 0805 10 15 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 15 300 01 \ 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 ' 11,00 8,78 5,99" 080510 15 900 — — — — 0805 10 19 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 19 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 080510 19 900 — — — — 0805 10 21 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 21 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 21 900 — — — — 080510 25 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 080510 25 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 25 900 — — — 0805 10 29 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 29 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 29 900 — — — — 0805 10 31 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 I 0805 10 31 300 01 , 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 I 0805 10 31 900 — — — — 0805 10 35 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 35 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 1 1,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 35 900 — — — —

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(ECU/100 kg net) Amounts of refunds Product code Destination of refund (') Community as constituted on Spain (II) Portugal (III) 31 December 1985 (I)

0805 10 39 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 \ 0805 10 39 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 39 900 — — . — — 0805 10 41 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 41 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 I 0805 10 41 900 — — — — 0805 10 45 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 45 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 45 900 — — — — 0805 10 49 100 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 49 300 01 11,00 8,78 5,99 04 11,00 8,78 5,99 0805 10 49 900 — — — — 0805 20 50 100 — — — — 0805 20 50 900 — — — — 0805 30 10 100 05 13,50 5,66 3,39 0805 30 10 900 — — — — 0806 10 11 100 05 — 4,84 4,84 0806 10 11 300 05 4,84 4,84 — 0806 10 11 900 — — — — 0806 10 15 100 05 4,84 4,84 — 0806 10 15 300 05 — 4,84 4,84 0806 10 15 900 — — — — 0806 10 19 100 05 — 4,84 4,84 0806 10 19 300 05 4,84 4,84 — 0806 10 19 900 — — — — 0808 10 91 100 — — — — 0808 10 91 910 02 6,50 — 1,58 0808 10 91 990 — — — — 0808 10 93 100 — — — — 0808 10 93 910 02 — 1,58 6,50 0808 10 93 990 — — — — 0808 10 99 100 — — — — 0808 10 99 910 02 6,50 — 1,58 0808 10 99 990 — — — — 0809 30 00 110 03 — — — 0809 30 00 190 — — — — 0809 30 00 900 03 — — —

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(') The destinations are as follows : 01 countries or States with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe and Yugoslavia, 02 Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Austria, the Farce Islands, Finland, Greenland, Malta, Syria, countries with a planned economy in central or eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Equador Colombia, the countries and territories of Africa other than South Africa, countries of the Arabia peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm, al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Yemen, Iran and Jordan), Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan, 03 all destinations excluding Switzerland, Austria and that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the Community, 04 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland and Malta, 05 All destinations excepting that part of Community territory located outside the customs territory of the Comunity.