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COMMISSION OETHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)1880 Final
Brussels,9November1973
PROPOSAL FORA
•REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
layingdownintervention pricesforfreshorchilled
sardinesandanchoviesforthe1974fishingyear.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C01.(73)18G0final

VI/3603/73-S
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70onthecommonorganisationofthemarketin
fisheryproductsprovidesforanintervention pricetobefixedforfreshor
frozensardinesandanchovies,atalevellyingsomewhere "between35$and45$
oftheguideprices,dependingontheproductionandmarketingcharacteristics
peculiartoeachproduct.
ThepurposeofthisRegulationistofixtheseintervention pricesin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)Ho2142/70.
Thisproposaltakesaccountofthefollowingdeclaration "bytheCouncil
concerningtheleveloftheseprices:"TheCouncilinvitestheCommission,
whenpresentingitsproposalonterventionprices,to"bearinmindthatitis
importantthatthesepricesshouldlieneartheupperlimitoftherange
indicatedinArticle8(3)"«
(Cf.R/2129/70(AGRI691)of20October1970).
Financialeffects
Sincetheimplementation ofthesystemofintervention pricesforfreshor
frozensardinesandanchovies,therehasneverbeenoccasiontobuyinatthe
intervention price.Assumingafigureof2.500metrictonsforthequantity
liabletobewithdrawnfromthemarket,(thefiguretakenasabasisfor
financialinterventions inpreviousyears)andbearinginmindtheincrease
ininterventionpricesfortheproductsinquestion,theincreaseinthecost
ofbuying-intheproductstowhichArticle11ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70
appliesnaybeestimatedatfortheyear1974about30.000u.a.
(Cf.Chapter71*Article711»oftheBudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities).

PKOPOSAL OP
-HBOU&UMf ■(EEG)™ö5HEHE "COiü :?CxL
laying down intervention prices forfresh ,orchilled sardines and
anchovies for tlie1974 fishing year
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community !
Having regard toRegulation (EEC)No2142/70^"oftheCouncil ®f20October
1170 cntilecommon organisation ofthemarket infishery products aslast
r\ . . » ••-
amended byRegulation (EEC)No220/73 »andinparticular Article 8(4)there­
of!
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission !
Whereas Article 8(l)efRegulation (EEC)No2142/70provides that intervention
prices should befixed forfresh orchilled sardines andanchovies atalevel
designed to'ensure thestability ofmarket prices without leading tothe
formation ofstructural surpluses intheCommunity !
Whereas Article 8(3)ofthesame Regulation provides that theintervention
price should befixed atalevel between 35$and45 oftheguide price
depending ontheproduction andmarketing characteristics peculiar toeach .
product !
Khereas Council Regulation (EEC)No ./ ®f 1973 "^fixed :
theguide prices ferfishery products listed inAnnex I,Aand CefRegulation
(EEC)No2142/70forthe1974 fishing year !
Whereas ,given thepresent state ofinformation onthemarket situation for
theproducts inquestion andtheabsence ofanyexperience inrelation topur­
chase ontheopen market ofthese products ,theintervention prices applicable
tothese products should befixed atalevel such astoensure maximum support
ofthemarket ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
:OJioL236 ,27.10.1970 ,p.5.
0JNoL27,1.2.1973 ,p.1.

Article 1 ,
Theintervention prioes applicable until 31December 1974 offresh or
chilled sardines andanchovies andtheproducts towhich they relate are
asfollows : r
Commercial spécificationsIntervention
Species j
«
ICategory
of
fresnnessSize!
Présen­
tationpnce
(inu.a./t)
!
1.Sardines :i
li
I
(a)Atlantic jI
IExtra 2 whole fish j180
(b)Mediterrane - jExtra I 2 whole fish 105
anI !
I I
2.Anchovies Extra ' 2 !whole fish 172
Thecategories offreshness ,size andpresentation arethose defined in
application ofArtiole 2ofRegulation (EEC)Wo2142/70.
..Article 2 ' ■:
This Regulation shall enter into force en1January 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable m
all Member States * ''.•
Done atBrussels .
For the Council
The President