13.12.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL322/15
REGULATION (EEC)No3247/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of12December 1975
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
donotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesoffrozen
filletsofcodandofcoalfishandofdriedandsalted
codandcoalfishcanbeexportedatthetpresenttime;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabovementioned
rulesandcriteriatothepresentsituationonthe
marketandinparticulartopricesforfisheryproducts
intheCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedasshownintheAnnex;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforFisheryProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70(!)of20October1970onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1182/75(2),andin
particularthefirstsentenceofArticle21(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle21ofRegulation(EEC)No2142/70
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenable
economicallyimportantexportsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedonthe
basisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworldmarket,
thedifferencebetweenthesepricesandpriceswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
165/71(J)of26January1971layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenontheonehandoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesoffisheryproductsontheCommunity
marketandpricesforfisheryproductsontheworld
marketontheother;whereasaccountmustalsobe
takenofthecostsreferredtoin(c)ofthatArticleof
theeconomicsignificanceoftheproposedexports
andoftheaimsofthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No165/71
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymarket
arebeingdetermined ,accountmustbetakenofthe
rulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefromthe
exportationpointofview;whereas,whenpriceson
theworldmarketarebeingdetermined ,accountmust
betakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2142/70areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
(>)OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
(2)OJNoL118,8.5.1975,p.1.
(3)OJNoL23,29.1.1971,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12December1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
(u.a./100kgnet)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
03.01 Fish,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen:
B.Saltwaterfish:
II.Fillets:
b)Frozen:
1.Ofcod(GadusmorrhuaorGaduscallarias)
2.Ofcoalfish(PollachiusvirensorGadusvirens)7-00
500
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetherornot
cookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exA.I.b)Cod,driedandsalted,wholeheadlessorinpieces
ForexportstoBrazil 1500
f)Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces
ForexportstoCongo-Brazzaville ,Zaire,Jamaica,
Trinidad,Barbados,WindwardandLeewardIslands,
Panama 1500