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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4118/87

of 21 December 1987

fixing the amount of the carry-over premium for certain fishery products for the 1988 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3759/87 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2203/82 of 28 July 1982 laying down general rules for the granting of a carry-over premium for certain fishery products (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas the purpose of the carry-over premium is to give suitable encouragement to producers' organizations to carry over products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be avoided;

Whereas the amount of the premium must be such as not to disturb the balance of the market for the products in question;

Whereas the amount of the premium may not be more than 50 % of the Community withdrawal price for the fresh product or exceed the technical costs of processing, highest costs discounted, recorded in the Community during the previous fishing year;

Whereas withdrawal prices for the 1988 fishing year for the fishery products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2203/82 have been set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4115/87 (4);

Whereas, on the basis of the information on technical processing costs recorded in the Community, the amount of the premium should, for the 1988 fishing year, be as indicated in the Annex;

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

For the 1988 fishing year, the carry-over premium for the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2203/82 shall be as indicated in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987.

For the Commission

António CARDOSO E CUNHA

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 359, 21. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 235, 10. 8. 1982, p. 4.

(4) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

Amount of the premium

1.2.3 // // // // Processing methods listed in Article 14 (5) of the basic Regulation // Products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2203/82 // Amounts for products listed in column 2 (ECU/tonne) // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // // // // I. Freezing and storage of whole, gutted and with head or cutting-up products // Redfish Cod Saithe Haddock Whiting Shrimps Megrim Rays' bream Monkfish Sardine Anchovy // 62 // // // // II. Filleting, freezing and storage // Redfish Cod Saithe Haddock Whiting Megrim Rays' bream Monkfish Sardine Anchovy // 106 (1) // // // // III. Salting and storage of whole, gutted and with head, cutting-up or filleted products // Redfish Cod Saithe Haddock Whiting Megrim Rays' bream Monkfish Sardine Anchovy // 103 (1) // // // // IV. Drying and storage of whole, gutted and with head, cutting-up or filleted products // Redfish Cod Saithe Haddock Whiting Megrim Rays' bream Monkfish // 114 // // //

(1) Given that the amount of the premium may not in particular exceed 50 % of Community withdrawal price for the fresh product (Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81), this amount shall be reduced:

(a) for the Atlantic sardines:

- to 67 ECU/tonne in the coastal areas of and islands of the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom,

- to 83 ECU/tonne in Spain and Portugal;

(b) for the anchovies to 95 ECU/tonne in all Member States other than Spain.