NoL285/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.10.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2361/78
of10October1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
100/76of19January1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfisheryproducts(l),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 ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
wholemackerel,frozenfilletsofmackerel,driedand
saltedcoalfishandmackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine
canbeexportedatthepresenttime;
WhereaspursuanttoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No686/78of6April1978layingdownadditional
provisionsasregardsthegrantingofexportrefundson
fisheryproducts(4),forthepurposesoftheexport
refundsystem,fisheryproductsofCommunityorigin
frozenand/orprocessedonboardavesselregistered
orrecordedinathirdcountryandflyingtheflagofa
thirdcountryshallbeconsideredtobeproducts
whicharenotofCommunityorigin;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabovementioned
rulesandcriteriatothepresentsituationonthe
marketandinparticulartopricesforfisheryproducts
intheCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedasshownintheAnnex;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2*25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No100/76areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29October
1978.
(1)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48. (4)OJNoL93,7.4.1978,p.12.

11.10.78 NoL285/17 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10October1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10October1978fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(u.a./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,
Iceland,YugoslaviaandtheUSSR
2.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,
Iceland,YugoslaviaandtheUSSR500
500
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
6.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexception
ofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Iceland,
YugoslaviaandtheUSSR 300
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
andLeewardIslands13.00
400