CELEX: 31973R0394
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 394/73 of the Commission of 14 February 1973 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

15 . 2. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 43/ 11
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 394/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 14 February 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 (3) 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, 14 February 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
í 1) OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970 , p . 5 .
(*) 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 . / 100 kg net)
                   CCT heading                                                                  Refund
                      No                              Description of goods
             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, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Wind­
                                              ward and Leeward Islands                            8·00
                               ex A I f) 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