31973R1909

No L 196/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 7 73 .

REGULATION (EEC) No 1909/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 July 1973 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sary to vary the refund according to the destination COMMUNITIES, of the products in question ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas products of Community origin which are pean Economic Community ; landed, direct from the fishing grounds, in ports situ­ ated outside the customs territory of the Commu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No nity do not qualify for refunds ; 2142/70 (*) of 20 October 1970 on the common organization of the market in fishery products, as Whereas economically important quantities of dried last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 220/73 (2), and salted cod and coalfish can be exported at the and in particular the first sentence of Article 21 (4) present time ; thereof ; Whereas it follows from applying the above­ Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary mentioned rules and criteria to the present situation Committee ; on the market and in particular to prices for fishery products in the Community and on the world market that the refund should be fixed as shown in the Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) 2142/70 provides that, to the extent necessary to enable econ­ Annex ; omically important exports of the products listed Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be effected on refunds should be calculated1 on the following basis : the basis of prices for these products on the world market, the difference between these prices and — in the case of currencies which are maintained in prices within the Community may be covered by an relation to each other, at any given moment, export refund ; within a band of 2.25 °/o, at rate of exchange based1 on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 165/71 (8) of 26 January 1971 laying down general — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on rules for granting export refunds on fishery pro­ the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of ducts and criteria for fixing the amount of such each of these currencies recorded for a given refunds provides that when refunds are being fixed period, in relation to the Community currencies account must be taken on the one hand of the exist-; referred to in the previous subparagraph ; ing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of fishery products on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ Community market and prices for fishery products tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ on the world market on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs referred to in (c) of agement Committee for Fishery Products ; that Article, of the economic significance of the pro­ posed exports and of the aims of the common organ­ ization of the market in fishery products ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 165/71 provides that, when prices on the Community mar­ Article 1 ket are being determined, account must be taken of the ruling prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices The export refunds referred to in Article 1 (2) of on the world market are being determined, account Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 are hereby fixed at must be taken of the prices indicated in paragraph 2 the amounts shown in the Annex. of that Article ; Whereas the world market situation or the specific Article 2 requirements of certain markets may make it neces

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­ (*) OJ No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p . 5 . lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the (*) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1973, p . 1 . (•) OJ No L 23, 29. 1 . 1971 , p . 1 . European Communities.

17. 7. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 196/9

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 16 July 1973 . For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

(u.a . / 100 kg net) CCT heading Description of goods Refund No

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 A I f) Coalfish, dried and salted, whole, headless or in pieces : for exports to : — Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Jamaica, Trini­ dad, Barbados, Windward and Leeward Is­ lands, Panama 15.00