CELEX: 31977R0172
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 172/77 of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

28 . 1 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 24/21
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 172/77
                                                        of 27 January 1977
                                        fixing the export refunds on fishery products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     sary to vary the refund according to the destination of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       the products in question ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas products of Community origin which are
 Economic Community,                                                landed, direct from the fishing grounds, in ports situ­
                                                                    ated outside the customs territory of the Community
                                                                    do not qualify for refunds ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended             Whereas economically important quantities of frozen
                                                                    fillets of cod and of coalfish , frozen whole mackerel
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular
                                                                    and of dried and salted cod and coalfish can be
 the fourth indent of Article 23 (2) thereof,
                                                                    exported at the present time ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying the abovementioned
                                                                    rules and criteria to the present situation on the
                                                                    market and in particular to prices for fishery products
 Whereas Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76                   in the Community and on the world market that the
 provides that, to the extent necessary to enable                   refund should be fixed as shown in the Annex ;
 economically important exports of the products listed
 in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be effected on the          Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 basis of prices for these products on the world market,            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 the difference between these prices and prices within
 the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
  110/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down general rules                    on their effective parity ;
 for granting export refunds on fishery products and                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 provides that when refunds are being fixed account                      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 must be taken on the one hand of the existing situa­                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 availabilities of fishery products on the Community
 market and prices for fishery products on the world                Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery
 market on the other ; whereas account must also be
                                                                    Products has not delivered an opinion within the time
 taken of the costs referred to in (c) of that Article of
                                                                    limit set by its chairman ,
 the economic significance of the proposed exports
 and of the aims of the common organization of the
 market in fishery products ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 110/76
 provides that, when prices on the Community market
 are being determined, account must be taken of the
 ruling prices which are most favourable from the                                           Article 1
exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices on
 the world market are being determined, account must                The export refunds referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regu­
 be taken of the prices indicated in paragraph 2 of that            lation ( EEC) No 100/76 are hereby fixed at the
Article ;                                                           amounts shown in the Annex .
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­                                         Article 2
(') OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p . 5 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
(3 ) OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p . 48 .                           1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on fishery
                                                           products
                                                                                                 (u.a. / 100 ktf net)
                  CCT
                heading                                 Description of goods                           Refund
                   No
           03.01          Fish , fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen :
                           B. Saltwater fish :
                               I. Whole, headless or in pieces :
                                   m) Mackerel :
                                         2. bb) Frozen                                                   3 00
                               II . Fillets :
                                    b) Frozen :
                                        1 . Of cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías)                     300
                                        2 . Of coalfish ( Pollachius virens or Gadus virens)              1 00
            03.02          Fish , dried , salted or in brine, smoked fish , whether or not
                           cooked before or during the smoking process :
                           ex A. I. b) Cod , dried and salted, whole headless or in pieces
                                           For exports to Brazil , Puerto Rico, Congo­
                                           Brazzaville, Zaire and Venezuela                             1 500
                                       f) Coalfish , dried and salted , whole , headless or in
                                           pieces
                                           For exports to Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon , Zaire,
                                           Jamaica , Trinidad , Barbados, Windward and
                                           Leeward Islands, Panama , Surinam and the Domin­
                                           ican Republic                                                1 500