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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 658/86

of 28 February 1986

fixing the reference prices for intra-Community trade in anchovies and Atlantic sardines for the 1986 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 170 and 357 thereof,

Whereas Articles 170 (1) and 357 (1) of the Act of Accession provide that, during the period of moves towards alignment of the prices of anchovies and Atlantic sardines listed in Annex I (A) to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), a monitoring system is to be introduced based on the annual fixing of reference prices applicable to certain trade in the products in question between the new Member States and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985;

Whereas Articles 170 (2) and 357 (2) of the Act of Accession provide that the reference prices in question are to be the same as the withdrawal prices applicable in Spain for anchovies and in the other Member States for Mediterranean sardines respectively, fixed in accordance with Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81;

Whereas the withdrawal prices for the 1986 fishing year for anchovies and Mediterranean sardines listed in Annex I (A) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 were fixed by Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3693/85 (2) and (EEC) No 656/86 (3);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for the 1986 fishing year applicable under the monitoring system provided for in Articles 170 and 357 of the Act of Accession shall be as follows:

- for imports of Atlantic sardines into the Community as at constituted on 31 December 1985 from Portugal and Spain, fresh products:

(ECU/tonne)

1,3 // // Whole fish (1) // // // 1.2.3 // Size (1) // Extra, A (1) // B (1) // // // // 1 // 215 // 137 // 2 // 215 // 137 // 3 // 332 // 137 // 4 // 215 // 137 // // //

(1) The freshness, size and presentation categories are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.

- for imports of anchovies into Spain from other Member States of the Community:

(ECU/tonne)

1,3 // // Whole fish (1) // // // 1.2.3 // Size (1) // Extra, A (1) // B (1) // // // // 1 // 686 // 441 // 2 // 833 // 441 // 3 // 686 // 441 // 4 // 284 // 284 // // //

(1) The freshness, size and presentation categories are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986.

For the Commission

Atónio CARDOSO E CUNHA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 351, 12. 12. 1985, p. 35.

(3) See page 11 of this Official Journal.