NoL25/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.1.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No212/81
of28January1981
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
wholemackerel,frozenfilletsofmackerel,driedand
saltedcoalfishandmackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine
canbeexportedatthepresenttime;
WhereaspursuanttoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No686/78of6April1978layingdownadditional
provisionsasregardsthegrantingofexportrefundson
fisheryproducts(4),forthepurposesoftheexport
refundsystem,fisheryproductsofCommunityorigin
frozenand/orprocessedonboardavesselregisteredor
recordedinathirdcountryandflyingtheflagofa
thirdcountryshallbeconsideredtobeproductswhich
arenotofCommunityorigin;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituationandinparticularto
pricesforfisheryproductsintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketthattherefundsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFisheryProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No100/76
of19January1976onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinfisheryproducts('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3443/80(2),andinparticularthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle23(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle23ofRegulation(EEC)No100/76
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenableecono­
micallyimportantexportsoftheproductslistedin
Article1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedonthe
basisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworldmarket,
thedifferencebetweenthesepricesandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
110/76of19January1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproductsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenontheonehandoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffisheryproductsontheCommunity
marketandpricesontheworldmarketontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecosts
referredtoin(c)ofthatArticleandoftheeconomic
significanceoftheproposedexportsandoftheaimsof
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinfishery
products;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No110/76
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined ,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationofthe
productsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No100/76shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisReglationshallenterintoforceon29January
1981.
(')OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL359,31.12.1980,p.13.
(3)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48. (4)OJNoL93,7.4.1978,p.12.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28January1981.
FortheCommission
GeorgesCONTOGEORGIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28January1981fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCT
heading Description Refund
No
03.01 Fish,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen:
B.Saltwaterfish:
I.Whole,headlessorinpieces:
m)Mackerel :
I.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,
Finland,IcelandandtheUSSR 4-75
2,bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,
Finland,IcelandandtheUSSR 4-75
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
6.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexceptionof
Sweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Iceland
andtheUSSR 310
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetherornot
cookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exA.I.f)—Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
ForexportstoPortoRico,thePeople'sRepublicof
theCongo,Zaire,Gabon,Cameroon,Angola,
Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Windwardand
LeewardIslands,Panama,SurinamandtheDomi­
nicanRepublic 16-50
—Mackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headless
orinpieces:
ForexportstoJamaica,TrinidadandWindward
andLeewardIslands 4-00