26.6.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL169/9
REGULATION (EEC)No1594/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of25June1974
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesofdried
andsaltedcodandcoalfishcanbeexportedatthe
presenttime;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabovementioned
rulesandcriteriatothepresentsituationonthe
marketandinparticulartopricesforfisheryproducts
intheCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedasshownintheAnnex;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,atarateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchange ,ratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70(')of20October1970onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1555/74(2),andin
particularthefirstsentenceofArticle21(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle21ofRegulation (EEC)2142/70
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenable
economicallyimportantexportsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedon
thebasisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworld
market,thedifferencebetweenthesepricesandprices
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
165/71(3)of26January1971layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenontheonehandoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffisheryproductsontheCommunity
marketandpricesforfisheryproductsontheworld
marketontheother;whereasaccountmustalsobe
takenofthecostsreferredtoin(c)ofthatArticle,of
theeconomicsignificanceoftheproposedexports
andoftheaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No165/71
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourable -fromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2142/70areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Artidi-2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1974.(')OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
(2)OJNoL167,22.6.1974,p.1.
(3)OJNoL23,29.1.1971,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25June1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
(u.a./100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetheror
notcookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exAlb)Cod,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
forexportsto:
—Brazil 4-00
exAlf)Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessor
inpieces:
forexportsto:
—Congo-Brazzaville ,Zaïre,Jamaica,Trini­
dad,Barbados,WindwardandLeewardIs­
lands,Panama 4-00