22.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL78/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No569/78
of21March1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
wholemackerel,frozenfilletsofmackerel,driedand
saltedcodandcoalfishandmackerel,dried,saltedor
inbrinecanbeexportedatthepresenttime;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabovementioned
rulesandcriteriatothepresentsituationonthe
marketandinparticulartopricesforfisheryproducts
intheCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedasshownintheAnnex;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
100/76of19January1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfisheryproducts(J),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2560/77(2),andin
particularthefourthindentofArticle23(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle23ofRegulation (EEC)No100/76
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenable
economicallyimportantexportsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedonthe
basisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworldmarket,
thedifferencebetweenthesepricesandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
110/76of19January1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproductsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenontheonehandoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffisheryproductsontheCommunity
marketandpricesforfisheryproductsontheworld
marketontheother;whereasaccountmustalsobe
takenofthecostsreferredtoin(c)ofthatArticleof
theeconomicsignificanceoftheproposedexports
andoftheaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No110/76
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined ,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No100/76areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
(')OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29April
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NoL78/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.3.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21March1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof21March1978fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(tut./100kgnet)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Refund
03.01 Fish,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen:
B.Saltwaterfish:
I.Whole,headlessorinpieces:
m)Mackerel :
1.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,
YugoslaviaandtheUSSR
2.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,
YugoslaviaandtheUSSR600
600
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
6.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexception
ofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Yugos­
laviaandtheUSSR 300
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetherornot
cookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exA.I.b)Cod,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorinpieces:
ForexportstoBrazil,PuertoRico,Venezuela,the
People'sRepublicoftheCongo,Zaire,Cameroon
andAngola 600
f)—Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
ForexportstothePeople'sRepublicofthe
Congo,Zaire,Gabon,Cameroon,Angola,
Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Windwardand
LeewardIslands,Panama,Surinamandthe
DominicanRepublic
—Mackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,
headlessorinpieces:
ForexportstoJamaica,TrinidadandWindward
andLeewardIslands15.00
400