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31.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL299/9
REGULATION (EEC)No2850/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of29December1972
fixingthewithdrawalpricesforthefisheryproductslistedinAnnexI(A)
and(C)toRegulation (EEC)No2142/70forthe1973fishingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,Whereasthewithdrawalarrangements are
designedtohelpstabilisemarketpriceswithout
leadingtotheformationofstructuralsurpluses
withintheCommunity;whereaspropersupport
shouldthereforebegiventoallmarkets,
allowancebeingmadeforthefactthatthe
productshandledvary,asfarascommercial
specifications areconcerned,frommarketto
market;whereasthewithdrawalpricesmust
alsobefixedatlevelswhichwillensurethatthe
resultssofarachievedinthematterofprice
stabilisationthroughtheeffortsofproducers
organisations intheMemberStatesarenot
placedinjeopardy,particularlysincethey
contributetotherealisationofCommunity
objectives;
Whereas,inviewoftheabove,provision
shouldbemadefordifferentiating withdrawal
pricesbycommercialspecifications ;whereas
thisshouldbedonewiththehelpofconversion
factorsreflecting,onastandardbasis,the
averagepricedifferencerecordedforproducts
withdifferentcommercialspecifications ,the
samepercentageoftheguideprice,however,
beingusedforallproductsofthesamespecies,HavingregardzotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2142/701of20October1970ofthecommon
organizationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,
aslastamendedbytheAct2annexedtothe
TreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,
andinparticularArticle10(5)thereof;
Whereasthegrantingofthefinancialcompensa­
tionprovidedfcrinArticle10ofRegulation
(EEC)No2142,70issubjectinteraliatothe
applicationbyproducersofawithdrawalprice
fixedforthispurpose;whereas,pursuantto
paragraph4ofthatArticle,awithdrawal
priceisfixedforeachoftheproductslistedin
AnnexI(A)and(C)tothatRegulationby
applyingthequalityconversionfactorforthe
categoryimmediately belowthatselectedfor
fixingtheguidepricetoanamountequaltoat
least60%butnetmorethan90%oftheguide
price;
Whereastheguidepricesforthe1973fishing
yearwerefixedforalltheproductsconcerned
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2709/72of
19December19723;namely:
%
—forherrings 85
—forsardines:
(a)fromtheAtlantic 85
(b)fromtheMediterranean 85
—forredfish(SebastesMarinus)90
—forcod 80
—forcoalfish 80
—forhaddock 75
—forwhiting 80
—formackerel 85
—foranchovies 85
—forplaice 821OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
2OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
3OJNoL291,28.12.1972,p.7. —forshrimpsofthegenus'Crangon'sp.p.90

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Withoutprejudicetoprovisionsapplicablein
specificlandingareas,thewithdrawalprices
providedforinArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)
No2142/70andtheproductstowhichthey
relateshallbeasindicatedintheAnnextothis
Regulation .Theyshallbevaliduntil31Decem­
ber1973.Whereasdifferentation bycommercialspecifica­
tionscanalsobeeffectedbyapplyingthe
criteriausedforthispurposewhenthecommon
marketingstandardswerebeinglaiddown;
Whereastheconversionfactorsusedtodif­
ferentiateproductsbycommercialspecifications
arethoselistedinAnnexIItoCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1623/72of28July19721;
Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis
RegulationareinaccordancewiththeOpinion
oftheManagement CommitteeforFishery
Products:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,29December1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT
1OJNoL171,29.7.1970,p.20.

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ANNEX
Commercialspecifications 1
Withdrawal
price
(u.a./t)Species
Freshness
CategorySize Presentation
Herrings allcategories 1wholefish 142
allcategories 2wholefish 133
allcategories 3wholefish
•117allcategories allsizesother
Sardines:
(a)fromtheAtlantic Extra,A 2wholefish 284
Extra 3wholefish 217
Extra 1,4wholefish
•184
A 3wholefish J
A
B1,4
allsizeswholefish
wholefish ■116
allcategories allsizesother J
(b)fromtheMediterranean Extra,A 2wholefish 157
Extra 3wholefish 129
Extra 1,4wholefish
•111A 3wholefish J
A 1,4wholefish■
B allsizeswholefish 83
allcategories allsizesother
Redfish(SebastesMarinus)Extra,A,B allsizeswholefish
■267allcategories allsizesother J
Cod Extra,A,B 1,2,3guttedfishwithheadΟ'λΐ
Extra,A 1,2,3 wholefish J
Extra,A 4guttedfishwithhead
•168
B 1,2,3 wholefish
Extra,A 5guttedfishwithhead
B 4guttedfishwithhead •154
Extra,*A 4wholefish
.
B 5guttedfishwithhead*
Extra,A 5wholefish
•112
B 4,5wholefish
allcategories allsizesother

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Commercialspecifications 1
Withdrawal
Spccics
Freshness
CategorySize Presentationprice
(u.a./t)
Coalfish Extra,A,B 1,2,3guttedfishwithhead
-145Extra,A 1,2,3wholefish
Extra,A 4guttedfishwithhead
■121
B 1,2,3wholefish J
B 4guttedfishwithhead 1
Extra,A,B 4wholefish \88
allcategories allsizesother J
Haddock Extra,A 1,2wholefish 1
•150Extra,A 1,2,3guttedfishwithhead
Extra,A 4guttedfishwithhead 131
B 4guttedfishwithhead 94
Extra,A 3,4wholefish1
B 1,2,3,4wholefish \94
allcategories allsizesother J
Whiting Extra,A,B 1,2guttedfishwithheadi
Extra,A 3guttedfishwithhead y165
Extra,A 1,2wholefish J
B 3guttedfishwithhead ]
•149Extra,A 3wholefish J
Extra,A 4guttedfishwithhead]
B 1,2,3wholefish \126
Extra,A 4wholefish J
B 4guttedfishwithheadi
B 4wholefish \92
allcategories allsizesother J
Mackerel Extra 1,2,3wholefish
A 1,2,3wholefishinoriginal
boxes•145
A 1,2wholefish
B 1wholefish
B 2wholefish
■128A 3wholefish J
B 3wholefish•
Extra 4wholefish
•119
A 4wholefishinoriginal
boxes
A,B
allcategories4
allsizeswholefish
other j94

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Commercialspecifications 1
Withdrawal
Species
Freshness
Category ­Size Presentationprice
(u.a./t)
Anchovies Extra,A 2wholefish 257
Extra 1,3wholefishJ212 A 1wholefish
B 1wholefishj182 A 3wholefish
B 2,3wholefishj136allcategories allsizesother
Plaice Extra,A,B 1,2,3guttedfishwithhead 197
Extra,A 4guttedfishwithhead 170
B 4guttedfishwithhead 1
Extra,A,B 1,2,3,4wholefish }145
allcategories allsizesother J
Shrimpsofthegeni.sExtra,A,B 1simplyboiledinwaterj382'Crangon'sp.p allcategories 1other
cThefreshnesscategories,sizesandpresentations arethosedefinedinapplicationofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70.