31993R0345

No L 40/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 2. 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 345/93

of 16 February 1993

fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 f5), prohibits Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European trade between the Community and the Republics of Economic Community, Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this Portugal, should be taken into account when refunds are fixed ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 Q are used to market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by convert amounts expressed in third country currencies Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular Article and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural 30 (4) thereof, conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (8); ically significant quantities to be exported, the difference between prices in international trade for the products Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to the present market situation and to its future trends, and referred to in that Article and prices for the products within the Community may be covered by an export in particular to quotations and prices for fruit and refund ; vegetables in the Community and in international trade that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2518/69 of 9 December 1969 laying down general rules Whereas under the Act of Accession a phased transitional for the granting of refunds on exports of fruit and arrangement was introduced in respect of Portugal ; vegetables and criteria for fixing their amounts (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2455/72 (4), provides Whereas, from the beginning of the second transitional that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken stage on 1 January 1991 , it has been necessary, under of the existing situation and future trends with regard to Article 255 of the Act of Accession, in fixing the refunds prices and availabilities of fruit and vegetables on the for Portugal, to take account of the difference in prices Community market on the one hand and prices in inter­ economically justified for each of the products national trade on the other ; whereas account must also be concerned ; taken of the costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 2518/69, when prices on the Community market are being determined account must be taken of the prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : view ; whereas, when prices in international trade are being determined, the quotations and prices referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be taken into account ; Article 1

Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or Export refunds in the fruit and vegetables sector shall be the specific requirements of certain markets may make it fixed at the amounts specified in the Annex to this Regu­ necessary to vary the refund for a given product according lation, in column I for Portugal and in column II for the to the destination of that product ; other Member States.

Whereas tomatoes, fresh lemons, fresh sweet oranges and apples of the common quality standards 'Extra' Class, Article 2 Class I and Class II, almonds and hazelnuts, and unshelled walnuts may at present be exported in econo­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February mically significant quantities ; 1993 .

(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4. O OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 23. («) OJ No L 358 , 8 . 12. 1992, p. 16. 0 OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 17. f) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 266, 25. 11 . 1972, p. 7. (8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 February 1993.

For the Commission

Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

No L 40/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 2. 93

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 16 February 1993 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg net) (ECU/100 kg netJ Amounts of refunds (2) Amounts of refunds (2) Destination Destination Product code Product code of refund (') Other Member of refund (') Other Member Portugal (I) Portugal (I) States (II) States (II)

0702 00 10100 04 1,19 4,50 0806 10 11 900 — — — 0702 00 10 900 — — — 0806 10 15 200 04 — — 0702 00 90 100 04 1,19 4,50 0806 10 15 900 — — — 0702 00 90 900 — — — 0806 10 19 200 04 — — 080212 90 000 04 9,67 9,67 0806 10 19 900 — — — 0802 21 00 000 04 1 1 ,30 11 ,30 0808 10 31 100 — — — 0802 22 00 000 04 21,80 21,80 0808 10 31 910 02 4,27 8,00 0802 31 00 000 04 14,00 14,00 0808 10 31 990 — — — 080510 11 200 01 7,24 ll1,00 0808 10 33 100 — — — 080510 11 900 — — — 0808 10 33 910 02 4,27 8,00 080510 15 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 33 990 — — — 0805 10 15 900 — — — 0808 10 39 100 — — — 080510 19 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 39 910 02 4,27 8,00 080510 19 900 — — — 0808 10 39 990 — — — 080510 21 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 51 100 — — — 08051021 900 — — — 0808 10 51 910 02 4,27 8,00 0805 10 25 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 51 990 — — — 080510 25 900 — — — 0808 10 53 100 — — — 0805 10 29 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 53 910 02 4,27 8,00 080510 29 900 — — — 0808 10 53 990 — — — 080510 31 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 59 100 — — — 080510 31 900 — — — 0808 10 59 910 02 4,27 8,00 080510 35 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 59 990 — — — 0805 10 35 900 — — — 0808 10 81 100 — — — 080510 39 200 01 7,24 11,00 080510 39 900 — — — 0808 10 81 910 02 4,27 8,00 0808 10 81 990 — — — 080510 41 200 01 7,24 11,00 0808 10 83 100 — — — 080510 41 900 — — — 0808 10 83 910 02 4,27 8,00 0805 10 45 200 01 7,24 11,00 080510 45 900 — — — 0808 10 83 990 — — — 0808 10 89 100 — — — 080510 49 200 01 7,24 11,00 080510 49900 — — — 0808 10 89 910 02 4,27 8,00 0805 20 50 100 — — — 0808 10 89 990 — — — 0805 20 50 900 — — — 0809 30 10 100 03 — — 0805 30 10 100 04 5,92 13,50 0809 30 10 900 03 — — 0805 30 10 900 — — — 0809 30 90 100 03 — — 080610 11 200 04 — — 0809 30 90 900 — — —

(') The destinations are as follows : 01 Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Iceland, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 02 Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Austria, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Malta, Syria, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, the countries and territories of Africa other than South Africa, countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm, al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah), Kuwait, Yemen), Iran and Jordan, 03 all destinations excluding Switzerland and Austria, 04 all destinations. (2) Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be granted for humanitarian aid supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92.