CELEX: 31973R1146
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1146/73 of the Commission of 2 May 1973 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

3 . 5 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 117/ 17
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1146/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 2 May 1973
                                        fixing the export refunds on fishery products
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   on the world market are being determined, account
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      must be taken of the prices indicated in paragraph 2
                                                                    of that Article ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                         Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       sary to vary the refund according to the destination
 2142/70 (*) of 20 October 1970 on the common                       of the products in question ;
 organization of the market in fishery products, as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 220/73 (2),                   Whereas products of Community origin which are
 and in particular the first sentence of Article 21 (4)            landed, direct from the fishing grounds, in ports situ­
 thereof ;                                                         ated outside the customs territory of the Commu­
                                                                   nity do not qualify for refunds ;
 Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) 2142/70
 provides that, to the extent necessary to enable econ­            Whereas economically important quantities of dried
 omically important exports of the products listed                 and salted cod and coalfish can be exported at the
 in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be effected on            present time ;
 the basis of prices for these products on the world
 market, the difference between these prices and                   Whereas it follows from applying the above­
 prices within the Community may be covered by an                  mentioned rules and criteria to the present situation
 export refund ;                                                   on the market and in particular to prices for fishery
                                                                   products in the Community and on the world market
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   that the refund should be fixed as shown in the
 165/71 (8) of 26 January 1971 laying down general                Annex ;
rules for granting export refunds on fishery pro­
ducts and criteria for fixing the amount of such                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
refunds provides that when refunds are being fixed                 tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
 account must be taken on the one hand of the exist-?              agement Committee for Fishery Products ;
ing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of fishery products on the               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community market and prices for fishery products
on the world market on the other ; whereas account                                         Article 1
must also be taken of the costs referred to in (c) of
that Article, of the economic significance of the pro­            The export refunds referred to in Article 1 (2) of
posed exports and of the aims of the common organ­                Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 are hereby fixed at
ization of the market in fishery products ;                       the amounts shown in the Annex.
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 165/71                                            Article 2
provides that, when prices on the Community mar­
ket are being determined, account must be taken of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­
the ruling prices which are most favourable from                  lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
the exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices              European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 May 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(*) OJ No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p . 5 .
(2) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(3) OJ No L 23, 29 . 1 . 1971 , p . 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                                                        (u.a . I 100 kg net)
                   CCT heading
                      No                              Description of goods                      Refund
             03.02             Fish, dried, salted or in brine, smoked fish, whether or
                               not cooked before or during the smoking process :
                               ex Alb) Cod, dried and salted, whole, headless or in
                                          pieces :
                                          for exports to :
                                          — Brazil                                               10-00
                                          — Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados,     Windward
                                              and Leeward Islands                                 8-00
                               ex Alf) Coalfish, dried and salted, whole, headless or
                                          in pieces :
                                          for exports to :
                                          — Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire                             15-00
                                          — Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Windward
                                              and Leeward Islands, Panama                         8-00