31974R0648

No L 78 /22 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 3 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 648/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 March 1974 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 3159 /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 Whereas Article 21 of Regulation ( EEC ) 2142/70 that the refund should be fixed as shown in the provides that, to the extent necessary to enable econ­ Annex ; omically important exports of the products listed in Article 1 (2 ) of that Regulation to be effected on Whereas, if the llevy isystem is to operate normally, the basis of prices for these products on the world refunds should be calculated on the following basis : market, the difference between these prices and prices within the Community may be covered by an — in the case of currencies which are maintained in export refund ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , at rate of exchange Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No based on their effective parity ; 165/71 ( 3 ) of 26 January 1971 laying down general rales for granting export refunds on fishery pro­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on ducts and criteria for fixing the amount of such the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of refunds provides that when refunds are being fixed each of these currencies recorded for a given account must be taken on the one hand of the exist­ period, in relation to the Community currencies ing situation and the future trend with regard to referred to in the previous subparagraph ; prices and availabilities of fishery products on the Community market and prices for fishery products Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery on the world market on the other ; whereas account Products has not delivered an opinion within the must also be taken of the costs referred to in ( c) of time limit set by its Chairman , 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

( J ) OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970, p . 5 . (2 ) OJ No L 322 , 23 . 11 . 1973 , p . 4 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April (3) OJ No L 23 , 29 . 1 . 1971 , p . 1 . 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 March 1974 .

For the Commission The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

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 7-00

ex Alf) Coalfish, dried and salted, whole, headless or in pieces : for exports to : — Congo-Brazzaville , Zaïre, Jamaica , Trini­ dad, Barbados, Windward and Leeward Is­ lands, Panama 7-00