9.2.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL37/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No319/83
of8February1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
tovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationofthe
productsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inports
situatedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommu­
nitydonotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
wholemackerel,frozenfilletsofmackerel,driedand
saltedcoalfishandmackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine,
canbeexportedatthepresenttime;
Whereas,pursuanttoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No686/78of6April1978layingdownadditional
provisionsasregardsthegrantingofexportrefundson
fisheryproducts(3),forthepurposesoftheexport
refundsystem,fisheryproductsofCommunityorigin
frozenand/orprocessedonboardavesselregisteredor
recordedinathirdcountryandflyingtheflagofa
thirdcountryshallbeconsideredtobeproductswhich
arenotofCommunityorigin;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3796/81of29December1981onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfisheryproducts('),and
inparticularthefourthsubparagraphofArticle25(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle25ofRegulation(EEC)No3796/81
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenableecono­
micallyimportantexportsoftheproductslistedin
Article1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedonthe
basisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworldmarket,
thedifferencebetweenthesepricesandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
110/76of19January1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproductsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(2),
providesthat,whenrefundsarebeingfixed,account
mustbetakenontheonehandoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffisheryproductsontheCommunity
marketandpricesontheworldmarketontheother;
whereasaccountmustalsobetakenofthecosts
referredtoinsubparagraph (c)ofthatArticleandof
theeconomicsignificanceoftheproposedexportsand
oftheaimsofthecommonorganizationofthemarket
infisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No110/76
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryWhereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentmarketsituation,andinparticularto
pricesforfisheryproductsintheCommunityandon
theworldmarket,thattherefundsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto:
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFisheryProducts,
(>)OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.
Ì1)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48. (3)OJNoL93,7.4.1978,p.12.

NoL37/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.2.83
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3796/81shallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15February1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8February1983.
FortheCommission
GiorgiosCONTOGEORGIS
MemberoftheCommission

9.2.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL37/7
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof8February1983fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(ECU/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,IcelandandtheUSSR 3-85
2.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,
Finland,IcelandandtheUSSR 3-85
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
6.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexceptionof
Sweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Iceland
andtheUSSR 2-80
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetherornot
cookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exA.I.f)—Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
ForexportstoPuertoRico,thePeople'sRepublic
oftheCongo,Zaire,Gabon,Cameroon,Angola,
Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Windwardand
LeewardIslands,Panama,SurinamandtheDomi­
nicanRepublic 14-85l —Mackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headless
orinpieces:
ForexportstoJamaica,TrinidadandWindward
andLeewardIslands 3-60