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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 172/77 of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on fishery products

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas products of Community origin which are Economic Community, landed, direct from the fishing grounds, in ports situ­ ated outside the customs territory of the Community do not qualify for refunds ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ Whereas economically important quantities of frozen tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended fillets of cod and of coalfish , frozen whole mackerel by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2 ), and in particular and of dried and salted cod and coalfish can be the fourth indent of Article 23 (2) thereof, exported at the present time ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas it follows from applying the abovementioned Committee, rules and criteria to the present situation on the market and in particular to prices for fishery products Whereas Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 in the Community and on the world market that the provides that, to the extent necessary to enable refund should be fixed as shown in the Annex ; economically important exports of the products listed in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation to be effected on the Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, basis of prices for these products on the world market, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : the difference between these prices and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 110/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down general rules on their effective parity ; for granting export refunds on fishery products and — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each provides that when refunds are being fixed account of these currencies recorded for a given period, in must be taken on the one hand of the existing situa­ relation to the Community currencies referred to tion and the future trend with regard to prices and in the previous subparagraph ; availabilities of fishery products on the Community market and prices for fishery products on the world Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery market on the other ; whereas account must also be Products has not delivered an opinion within the time taken of the costs referred to in (c) of that Article of limit set by its chairman , the economic significance of the proposed exports and of the aims of the common organization of the market in fishery products ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 110/ 76 provides that, when prices on the Community market are being determined, account must be taken of the ruling prices which are most favourable from the Article 1 exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices on the world market are being determined , account must The export refunds referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regu­ be taken of the prices indicated in paragraph 2 of that lation ( EEC) No 100/76 are hereby fixed at the Article ; amounts shown in the Annex .

Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Article 2

(') OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p . 5 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January (3 ) OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p . 48 . 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977.

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on fishery products (u.a. / 100 ktf net)

CCT heading Description of goods Refund No

03.01 Fish , fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen : B. Saltwater fish : I. Whole, headless or in pieces : m) Mackerel : 2. bb) Frozen 3 00 II . Fillets : b) Frozen : 1 . Of cod (Gadus morrhua or Gadus callarías) 300 2 . Of coalfish ( Pollachius virens or Gadus virens) 1 00 03.02 Fish , dried , salted or in brine, smoked fish , whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process : ex A. I. b) Cod , dried and salted, whole headless or in pieces For exports to Brazil , Puerto Rico, Congo­ Brazzaville , Zaire and Venezuela 1 500 f) Coalfish , dried and salted , whole , headless or in pieces For exports to Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon , Zaire, Jamaica , Trinidad , Barbados, Windward and Leeward Islands , Panama , Surinam and the Domin­ ican Republic 1 500