Commission Regulation (EC) No 902/98 of 28 April 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2573/97 fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 1998 fishing year (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, fixing of prices, reference price

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29. 4. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 902/98

of 28 April 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2573/97 fixing the reference prices for fishery
products for the 1998 fishing year

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
of 17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the
in fishery and aquaculture products (1), as last
market
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (2), and in par-
ticular the first subparagraph of Article 22(6) and Article
23(5) thereof,

Whereas Article 22(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
provides, inter alia, for the annual fixing of reference
prices by category of products, to be valid throughout the
Community in respect of products listed in Annexes I, II,
III, IV(B) and V to that Regulation, subject to the consul-
tation procedures for certain products within the frame-
work of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT); whereas the said prices have been adopted by the
Commission in Regulation (EC) No 2573/97 (3);

Whereas the adjustment factors for frozen squid of the
genus Loligo spp. which apply under the reference price
system were amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 901/98 (4) to take account of market and guide price
movements; whereas these amendments mean an adjust-
ment of the prices concerned;

to meet

the needs of

the market, separate
Whereas,
reference prices should be set for salted cod of the species
Gadus macrocephalus; whereas the relevant presentations
of salted cod should also be amended to take account of
market conditions for these products;

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

Regulation (EC) No 2573/97 is amended as follows:

The reference prices for the 1998 marketing year for
various products appearing in Annexes II, IV(B) and V
to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 are fixed as indicated
in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 May 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 46.
(4) See page 4 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

2. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

CN code

Description

Reference prices
(ECU/tonne)

C. Frozen products falling within CN code 0307:

0307 49 35

— Loligo patagonica:

Squid of the genus Loligo spp.

0307 49 31

— Loligo vulgaris:

0307 49 33

— Loligo pealei:

ex 0307 49 38

— Loligo opalescens:

ex 0307 49 38

— Other species:

whole, not cleaned
cleaned

whole, not cleaned
cleaned

whole, not cleaned
cleaned

whole, not cleaned
cleaned

whole, not cleaned
cleaned

898
1 078

2 246
2 605

1 572
1 797

898
1 078

1 168
1 348

5. Reference prices for the products listed in Annexes IV(B) and V to Regulation (EEC) No

3759/92

Frozen and salted products falling within CN code 0303 and 0304:

Species

Presentation

Reference prices
(ECU/tonne)

8. Cod (Gadus morhua and
Gadus ogac) and fish of the
species Boreogadus saida
ex 0305 62 00, 0305 69 10

(Gadus macroceph-

Cod
alus)
ex 0305 62 00

Salted fish, not dried nor smoked, and fish in brine

: 1,1 kg
= 1,1 kg : 2,1 kg
= 2,1 kg
: 1,33 kg
= 1,33 kg : 2,7 kg
= 2,7 kg

2 612
2 869
3 313

1 785
2 107
2 633