29.4.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL114/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1016/83
of28April1983
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;
WhereastheManagement CommitteeforFishery
Productshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetime
limitsetbyitschairman,
(')OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.
POJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.48. (3)OJNoL93,7.4.1978,p.12.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3796/81shallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15May1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1983.
FortheCommission
GiorgiosCONTOGEORGIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28April1983fixingtheexportrefundsonfishery
products
(ECU/100kgnet)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Refund
03.01 Fish,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen:
B.Saltwaterfish:
I.Whole,headlessorinpieces:
o)Mackerel:
1.bb)Frozen: (
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,
Finland,IcelandandtheUSSR
2.bb)Frozen:
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexcep­
tionofSweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,
Finland,IcelandandtheUSSR3,46
3,46
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
8.Ofmackerel :
Forexportstoalldestinationswiththeexceptionof
Sweden,Norway,FaroeIslands,Finland,Iceland
andtheUSSR 2,52
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,Surinamandthe
DominicanRepublic 13,36
—Mackerel,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headless
orinpieces:
ForexportstoJamaica,TrinidadandWindward
andLeewardIslands 3,24