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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 279/81

OF 30 JANUARY 1981

FIXING REFERENCE PRICES FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981

THE COMMISSION 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 THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 19 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 19 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 PROVIDES INTER ALIA FOR THE FIXING EACH YEAR OF REFERENCE PRICES VALID IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEXES I ( A ) AND ( C ) , II AND IV ( B ) TO THAT REGULATION ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 19 ( 2 ) OF THE AFORESAID REGULATION PROVIDES THAT FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) THERETO SUCH PRICE IS TO BE EQUAL TO NOT LESS THAN 60 % AND NOT MORE THAN 90 % OF THE GUIDE PRICE ;

WHEREAS THE GUIDE PRICES , APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 , FOR THE FISHERY PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 HAVE BEEN FIXED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 235/81 OF 20 JANUARY 1981 ;

WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO FIX REFERENCE PRICES IF APPROPRIATE MEASURES ARE TO BE APPLIED TO PROTECT COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ; WHEREAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH MEASURES IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THOSE TAKEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO STABILIZE MARKETS , IN PARTICULAR BY THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF WITHDRAWAL PRICES , THAT IS PRICES BELOW WHICH PRODUCERS' ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOT PUT FOR SALE THE PRODUCE OF THEIR MEMBERS ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICE MUST BE FIXED BY APPLYING TO THE GUIDE PRICE A PERCENTAGE LYING WITHIN THE LIMITS USED IN APPLYING THE WITHDRAWAL PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS PERCENTAGE MUST BE BASED IN PARTICULAR ON THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND SITUATION ON THE MARKET ;

WHEREAS FOR THESE REASONS THE WITHDRAWAL PRICES , TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE LIE WITHIN THE LIMITS SET FOR THIS PURPOSE , AND OTHERWISE THE LOWER OF THOSE LIMITS , SHOULD BE USED IN DETERMINING REFERENCE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 MUST BE DERIVED FROM THE GUIDE PRICES THEREFORE AND FIXED BY REFERENCE TO THE PRICE LEVEL AT WHICH INTERVENTION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF THESE PRODUCTS BECOME APPLICABLE ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED AT 85 % OF THE GUIDE PRICES FIXED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 235/81 OF 20 JANUARY 1981 ;

WHEREAS , FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 , REFERENCE PRICES ARE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR THE FRESH PRODUCT ;

WHEREAS THE SITUATION ON THE COMMUNITY IMPORT MARKET FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS AS SPECIFIED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 MAY MAKE IT NECESSARY TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , PARTICULARLY AS FROZEN PRODUCTS MAY BE USED IN PLACE OF FRESH PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO FIX A REFERENCE PRICE FOR THESE PRODUCTS WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE NORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FRESH AND FROZEN PRODUCT IN THEIR DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROCESSING ;

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 APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEXES I ( A ) AND ( C ) , II AND IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 SHALL BE AS SHOWN IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 2 FEBRUARY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

GEORGES CONTOGEORGIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 13 .

ANNEX

I . REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

PRODUCTS*REFERENCE PRICE ( ECU/TONNE ) *

1 . HERRINGS*238*

2 . SARDINES : **

( A ) ATLANTIC*369*

( B ) MEDITERRANEAN*272*

3 . REDFISH*535*

4 . COD*599*

5 . SAITHE*360*

6 . HADDOCK*477*

7 . WHITING*389*

8 . MACKEREL*193*

9 . ANCHOVIES*343*

10 . PLAICE*523 FROM 2 . 2 . 1981 TO 30 . 4 . 1981*

*628 FROM 1 . 5 . 1981 TO 31 . 12 . 1981*

11 . HAKE ( MERLUCCIUS SPP ) *1 421*

12 . SHRIMPS OF THE GENUS CRANGON SPP*748*

II . REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

PRODUCTS*REFERENCE PRICE ( ECU/TONNE ) *

1 . SARDINES*324*

2 . SEA-BREAM , OF THE SPECIES DENTEX DENTEX AND PAGELLUS*819*

3 . SQUID ( LOLIGO SPP ) *1 731*

4 . SQUID ( OMMASTREPHES SAGITTATUS , TODARODES SAGITTATUS , ILLEX SPP ) *845*

5 . CUTTLEFISH OF THE SPECIES SEPIA OFFICINALIS , ROSSIA MACROSOMA , SEPIOLA RONDELETI*1 104*

6 . OCTOPUS*839*

III . REFERENCE PRICES FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

PRODUCTS*PRESENTATION*REFERENCE PRICE ( ECU/TONNE ) *

1 . COD*WHOLE*719*

*FILLETS*1 659*

2 . SAITHE*WHOLE*474*

*FILLETS*976*

3 . HADDOCK*WHOLE*591*

*FILLETS*1 486*

4 . REDFISH ( SEBASTES MARINUS ) *WHOLE*655*

*FILLETS*1 280*

5 . MACKEREL*WHOLE*301*

*FILLETS*585*

6 . HAKE ( MERLUCCIUS SPP ) *WHOLE*565*

*FILLETS*919