NoL9/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.1.74
REGULATION (EEC)No73/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of10January1974
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestination
oftheproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommu­
nitydonotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesofdried
andsaltedcodandcoalfishcanbeexportedatthe
presenttime;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabove­
mentionedrulesandcriteriatothepresentsituation
onthemarketandinparticulartopricesforfishery
productsintheCommunityandontheworldmarket
thattherefundshouldbefixedasshowninthe
Annex;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,atrateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforFishery
Productshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthe
rimelimitsetbyitsChairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70(')of20October1970onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3159/73(2),
andinparticularthefirstsentenceofArticle21(4)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle21ofRegulation (EEC)2142/70
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenableecon­
omicallyimportantexportsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedon
thebasisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworld
market,thedifferencebetweenthesepricesand
priceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
165/71(3)of26January1971layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfisherypro­
ductsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refundsprovidesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixed
accountmustbetakenontheonehandoftheexist­
ingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesoffisheryproductsonthe
Communitymarketandpricesforfisheryproducts
ontheworldmarketontheother;whereasaccount
mustalsobetakenofthecostsreferredtoin(c)of
thatArticle,oftheeconomicsignificanceofthepro­
posedexportsandoftheaimsofthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No165/71
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymar­
ketarebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenof
therulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefrom
theexportationpointofview;whereas,whenprices
ontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined,account
mustbetakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2
ofthatArticle;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific ­
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70areherebyfixedat
theamountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
(*)OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
(2)OJNoL322,23.11.1973,p.4.
(s)OJNoI.23,29.1.1971,p.I.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10January1974.
HortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
(u.a.i100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
0.3.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetheror
notcookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exAlb)Cod,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
forexportsto:
—Brazil 10-00
—Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Windward
andLeewardIslands 8-00
exAlf)Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessor
inpieces:
forexportsto:
—Congo-Brazzaville ,Zaire,Jamaica,Trini­
dad,Barbados,WindwardandLeewardIs­
lands,Panama 10-00