25.4.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL102/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No800/79
of24April1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
100/76of19January1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfisheryproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2903/78(2),andin
particularthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle23(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
marketandpricesontheworldmarketontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecosts
referredtoin(c)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomic
significanceoftheproposedexportsandoftheaims
ofthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfishery
products;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No110/76
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined ,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
wholemackerel,frozenfilletsofmackerel,driedand
saltedcoalfishandmackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine
Canbeexportedatthepresenttime;
WhereaspursuanttoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No686/78of6April1978layingdownadditional
provisionsasregardsthegrantingofexportrefundson
fisheryproducts(4),forthepurposesoftheexport
refundsystem,fisheryproductsofCommunityorigin
frozenand/orprocessedonboardavesselregistered
orrecordedinathirdcountryandflyingtheflagofa
thirdcountryshallbeconsideredtobeproducts
whicharenotofCommunityorigin;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandinparticularto
pricesforfisheryproductsintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketthattherefundsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in»
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
•—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(5)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No100/76shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29April
1979.
(')OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL347,12.12.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48.(4)OJNoL93,7.4.1978,p.12.
(5)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

NoL102/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities25.4.79
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24April1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof24April1979fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(ECU/IOC/H'tut)
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,
Iceland,YugoslaviaandtheUSSR
2.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,
Iceland,YugoslaviaandtheUSSR6.04
6.04
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
6.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexception
ofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Iceland,
YugoslaviaandtheUSSR 3.63
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetherornot
cookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exA.I.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,headless
orinpieces:
ForexportstoJamaica,TrinidadandWindward
andLeewardIslands18.13
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