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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3621/81

of 15 December 1981

fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1982 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/80 (2), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 provides that guide prices shall be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to that Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize market prices without leading to the formation of structural surpluses within the Community;

Whereas the guide prices for the said products were fixed for the 1981 fishing year by Regulation (EEC) No 234/81 (3);

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria defined in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 involves for the 1982 fishing year for some products an increase and for other products a stabilization in prices by comparison with those valid for the current fishing year; whereas, with regard to variations in the seasonal characteristics of plaice, the guide price should be increased from 1 May 1982; whereas, in the absence of certain information concerning price trends for each fishery product with given commercial specifications, consideration should be given to the relationship between the average weighted market prices recorded when the guide prices were fixed for the previous fishing year for these products, and the average weighted market prices now current,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1982 for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and the products to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 1981.

For the Council

The President

P. WALKER

(1) OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 359, 31. 12. 1980, p. 13.

(3) OJ No L 37, 10. 2. 1981, p. 1.

ANNEX

(Ecu/tonne)

Commercial specifications (1)

Species

Freshness

category Size Presentation

Guide price

1. Herrings Extra, A 1 Whole fish 336 2. Sardines (Clupea pilchar- dus Walbaum): (a) Atlantic Extra 3 Whole fish 521 (b) Mediterranean Extra 3 Whole fish 392 3. Redfish (Sebastes marinus) A 2 Whole fish 706 4. Cod A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

907 5. Saithe A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

540 6. Haddock A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

708 7. Whiting A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

651 8. Mackerel Extra

or

A 1

2 Whole fish

Whole fish

267 9. Anchovies Extra 2 Whole fish 485

10. Plaice A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head 1 January to

30 April 1982

1 May to

31 December 1982 708

877

11. Hake A 2 Gutted fish with head 2 042 12. Shrimps of the genus Crangon spp A 1 Simply boiled in water 1 296 (1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76.