OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 35
29.1.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/1
REGULATION (EEC)No165/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of26January1971
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproductsandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,oftheCommunityandpricesrulingonexportation
shouldbeusedasabasisindeterminingCommunity
prices;
Whereasprovisionmustbemadeforvaryingthe
amountoftherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproducts,inviewofthespecialconditionswhich
applytoimportsincertaincountriesofdestination ;
WhereasfishcaughtbyCommunityproducersisof
Communityoriginevenifitislandedinports
situatedoutsidethecustomsterritoryofthe
Community ;whereas,however,tomakeverification
possible,refundsshouldbegrantedonlyinrespectof
fishlandedinportssituatedwithinthecustoms
territoryoftheCommunityasdefinedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1496/682;
WhereastoensureCommunityexporterssome
stabilityintheamountoftherefundandcertainty
withregardtothelistofproductseligiblefora
refund,itshouldbepossibleforthelistandthe
amountstoremainvalidforarelativelylongperiod,
whichwouldbedetermined inaccordancewith
normaltradepractice;
Whereastoavoiddistortionsofcompetitionbetween
Communitytraders,theadministrative conditions
underwhichtheyoperatemustbeidentical
throughouttheCommunity ;whereasthereisno
justificationforgrantingarefundwheretheproducts
inquestionareimportedfromthirdcountriesand
re-exportedtothirdcountries;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/701of20October1970onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,andin
particularArticle21(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle21(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70allowsanexportrefundtobefixed,tothe
extentnecessarytoenableeconomicallyimportant
exportsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(2)ofthat
Regulationtobeeffected;
Whereasexportrefundsonproductssubjecttothe
commonorganisationofthemarketinfishery
productsmustbefixedinaccordancewithcertain
criteriawhichwouldmakeitpossibletocoverthe
differencebetweenpricesforthoseproductswithin
theCommunityandthoserulingininternational
trade,whilerespectingthegeneralaimsofthe
commonorganisation ;whereastothisendthesupply
situationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communityandpricesrulingininternationaltrade
mustbetakenintoaccount;whereasprovision
shouldbemadeforthepossibilityofanycoefficients
thatmaybefixedbeingtakenintoaccountwhenthe
amountoftherefundonfisheryproductsisbeing
calculated;
Whereasifpricetrendsaretobenotedpricesmust
bedeterminedinaccordancewithgeneralprinciples;
whereastothisendpricesonthirdcountrymarkets
andincountriesofdestination,producerprices
recordedinthirdcountriesandfree-at-Communi ­
ty-frontierpricesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhen
pricesontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined;
whereaspricesrulingontherepresentative marketsHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdowngeneralrulesforfixing
andgrantingexportrefundsontheproductslistedin
Article1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70.
1OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5. 2OJNoL238,28.9.1968,p.1.

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Article2 Article5
Thelistofproductsonwhichanexportrefundis
grantedandtheamountofsuchrefundshallbefixed
atleastonceeverythreemonths.
Article6
Norefundshallbegrantedonproductsof
Communityoriginwhicharelanded,directfromthe
fishinggrounds,inportssituatedoutsidethe
customsterritoryoftheCommunity .Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
refundsarebeingfixed:
(a)theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardto:
—pricesandavailabilitiesoffisheryproductson
theCommunitymarket;
—pricesforfisheryproductsontheworld
market;
(b)theaimsofthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts,whicharetoensure
equilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentofprices
andtradeonthismarket;
'(c)theminimummarketingandtransportcostsfrom
Communitymarketstoportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunity ,aswellascosts
incurredinplacingthegoodsonthemarketsof
thecountriesofdestinationand
(d)theeconomicsignificanceof'theproposedex­
ports.Article7
Article31.Therefundshallbepaiduponproof:
—thattheproductshavebeenexportedfromthe
Community,and
—thattheproductsareofCommunityorigin.
2."WhereArticle4applies,therefundshallbepaid
undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1ofthis
Article,provideditisprovedthattheproducthas
reachedthedestinationforwhichtherefundwas
fixed.
Exceptionsmaybemadetothisruleinaccordance
withtheprocedurereferredtoinparagraph3ofthis
Article,providedconditionsarelaiddownwhich
offerequivalentguarantees.
3.Additionalprovisionsmaybeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
29ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70.1.WhenpricesontheCommunitymarketare
beingdetermined,accountshallbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview.
2.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
pricesontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined ;
(a)pricesrulingonthemarketsofthemain
importingthirdcountries;
(b)producerpricesrecordedinthemainexporting
thirdcountries;and
(c)free-at-Community-frontier prices.
Article8
Article4ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthetheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThesystemprovidedforinthisRegulationshall
applyfrom1February1971.Wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary,
therefundmaybevariedaccordingtothedestination
oftheproductsinquestion.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand.directlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.COINTAT