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10.7.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL154/23
REGULATION (EEC)No1468/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of9July1971
layingdownconditionsforgrantingfinancialcompensation inrespectofcertainfishery
products
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
establishingthe HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;incompatiblewiththequalityrequirementsofthe
commonorganisation ofthemarket;whereas,
therefore,productswithdrawnfromthemarket
whichnolongerqualifyforinclusioninthefreshness
categoryinwhichtheywereplacedwhenfirstoffered
forsaleshouldnotbeeligibleforfinancial
compensation ;
Whereastoprovidemaximumencouragement for
effortstostabilisethemarketintheCommunity
context,producerorganisations whichdonot
consistentlyobservetheCommunitywithdrawalprice
should.notqualifyforfinancialcompensation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforFisheryProducts;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/701of20October1970onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,andin
particularArticle10(5)thereof;
Whereastheproducers'organisationsshouldtake
measurestoensurethatfishingiscarriedonina
rationalwayandthattheconditionsofsaleforthe
productsbroughtinbytheirmembersareimproved;
whereastheeffectiveness ofthesemeasuresshould
notbeinfluencedbythedisposal,byproducers'
organisations ,ofproductsfishedbypersonswho,not
beingmembers,arenotobligedtocomplytherewith;
whereas,therefore,financialcompensation should
notbegrantedfortheseproducts;
Whereas,onaccountofthefluctuationindemand
throughoutthewholemarketingprocess,itis
advisabletopreventtheseproductsbeingwithdrawn ,
fromthemarketbeforetheyareofferedforsale;
whereas,therefore,financialcompensationshouldbe
grantedonlyforthoseproductswhich,afterbeing
offeredforsaleundertheusualconditions,have
failedtosecureapurchaser,attheCommunity
withdrawalprice;
Whereas,pendinganimprovement inthemarket
situation,aproducers'organisationmayfindit
necessarytopurchasetheproductsbroughtin,byits
membersinordertostorethem;whereasinthatcase
theproductshavealreadybeengradedinaccordance
withmarketingstandards;whereasdisposal,
followingstorage,ofproductswhichnolonger
complywiththegradingthatwasgiventothemis1.Onlythefollowingproductsshallbeconsidered
tobeproductswhichhavebeenwithdrawnfromthe
marketwithinthemeaningofArticle10(1)(c),(2)
and(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70:
(a)thosewhichwerefishedbyamemberofthe
producers'organisation ;
(b)thosewhichbeforebeingwithdrawnwereoffered
forsaleinaccordancewithregionalandlocal^
customandusage,duringwhichtimeitwas
establishedthattheydidnotfindabuyeratthe
pri.cefixedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article10(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70;
(c)thosewhichatthetimeoftheirwithdrawalfrom
themarketsatisfiedtherequirementsforthe
categoryinwhichtheyhadbeengradedpursuant
toArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70;
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paragraph1(b)isappliedbytheproducers'
organisationconcerned.(d)thosewhichhavebeenwithdrawnfromthe
marketbyaproducers'organisationwhichhas
appliedthepricespecifiedin(b)throughoutthe
periodofvalidityofthatprice.
2.Theprovisionsofparagraph1(d)shallapply
onlyfromthetimewhenthepricereferredtoinArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9July1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
.FrancoM.MALFATTI