15.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL43/11
REGULATION (EEC)No394/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of14February1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonfisheryproducts
ontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined,account
mustbetakenofthepricesindicatedinparagraph2
ofthatArticle;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundaccordingtothedestination
oftheproductsinquestion;
WhereasproductsofCommunityoriginwhichare
landed,directfromthefishinggrounds,inportssitu­
atedoutsidethecustomsterritoryoftheCommu­
nitydonotqualifyforrefunds;
Whereaseconomicallyimportantquantitiesofdried
andsaltedcodandcoalfishcanbeexportedatthe
presenttime;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheabove­
mentionedrulesandcriteriatothepresentsituation
onthemarketandinparticulartopricesforfishery
productsintheCommunityandontheworldmarket
thattherefundshouldbefixedasshowninthe
Annex;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforFisheryProducts;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70(*)of20October1970onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No220/73(2),
andinparticularthefirstsentenceofArticle21(4)
thereof;
WhereasArticle21ofRegulation (EEC)2142/70
providesthat,totheextentnecessarytoenableecon­
omicallyimportantexportsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(2)ofthatRegulationtobeeffectedon
thebasisofpricesfortheseproductsontheworld
market,thedifferencebetweenthesepricesand
priceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
165/71(3)of26January1971layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonfisherypro­
ductsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refundsprovidesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixed
accountmustbetakenontheonehandoftheexist-;
ingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesoffisheryproductsonthe
Communitymarketandpricesforfisheryproducts
ontheworldmarketontheother;whereasaccount
mustalsobetakenofthecostsreferredtoin(c)of
thatArticle,oftheeconomicsignificanceofthepro­
posedexportsandoftheaimsofthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinfisheryproducts;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No165/71
providesthat,whenpricesontheCommunitymar­
ketarebeingdetermined,accountmustbetakenof
therulingpriceswhicharemostfavourablefrom
theexportationpointofview;whereas,whenpricesArticle1
TheexportrefundsreferredtoinArticle1(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70areherebyfixedat
theamountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
í1)OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
(*)OJNoL27,1.2.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoL23,29.1.1971,p.1.

NoL43/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.2.73
ANNEX
(u.a./100kgnet)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods Refund
03.02 Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine,smokedfish,whetheror
notcookedbeforeorduringthesmokingprocess:
exAlb)Cod,driedandsalted,whole,headlessorin
pieces:
forexportsto:
—Brazil,Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Wind­
wardandLeewardIslands
exAIf)Coalfish,driedandsalted,whole,headlessor
inpieces:
forexportsto:
—Congo-Brazzaville ,Zaire
—Jamaica,Trinidad,Barbados,Windward
andLeewardIslands,Panama8·00
15·00
8·00