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18 . 12 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 339 / 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 3179/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 17 December 1974 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN market and prices for fishery products on the world COMMUNITIES , market on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the costs referred to in (c) of that Article, of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the economic significance of the proposed exports Economic Community ; and of the aims of the common organization of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No market in fishery products ; 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ Whereas the situation both on the world market and ization of the market in fishery products, as last in the Community is such that for the present it is amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/74 (2), and in neither necessary nor opportune to fix export refunds particular the first sentence of Article 21 (4) thereof ; in fishery products ; Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) 2142/70 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation provides that, to the extent necessary to enable are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ economically important exports of the products listed ment Committee for Fishery Products, in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be effected on the basis of prices for these products on the world market, the difference between these prices and prices HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Article 1 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 165/71 (3) of 26 January 1971 laying down general The export refunds referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regu­ rules for granting export refunds on fishery products lation (EEC) No 2142/70 are hereby fixed at 0 . and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when refunds are being fixed account Article 2 must be taken on the one hand of the existing situa­ tion and the future trend with regard to prices and This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 . availabilities of fishery products on the Community

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

Done at Brussels , 17 December 1974 . For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(•) OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970, p. 5 . ( 2) OJ No L 288 , 25 . 10 . 1974, p. 3 . (3) OJ No L 23, 29 . 1 . 1971 , p. 1 .