CELEX: 31972R2851
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2851/72 of the Commission of 29 December 1972 fixing the reference prices for fishery products operative for 1973

94                               Official Journal of the European Communities
31.12.72                         Official Journal of the European Communities                 No L 299/13
                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2851/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                              of 29 December 1972
                    fixing the reference prices for fishery products operative for 1973
THE   COMMISSION       OF    THE EUROPEAN       COM­       put up for sale the produce of their members;
MUNITIES ,                                                  whereas the reference price must be fixed by
                                                            applying to the guide price a percentage lying
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the               within the limits used in fixing the withdrawal
European Economic Community;                               price; whereas in this last case the percentage
                                                           must be based in particular on the supply and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                  demand situation on the market;
No 2142/701 of 20           October     1970 on the
common organisation of the market in fishery               Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal
products, as last amended by the Act2 annexed              prices, to the extent that they lie within the
to the Treaty concerning the accession of new              limits set for this purpose, and otherwise the
Member States to the European Economic                     lowest acceptable level, should be used for the
Community and the European Atomic Energy                   reference price;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 Jan­                   Whereas the reference prices for the products
uary 1972, and in particular the first sub­                listed in Annex II to         Regulation   (EEC)
paragraph of Article 18 (6) thereof;                       No 2142/70 must be derived from the guide
Whereas Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC)                 prices therefor and fixed by reference to the
No 2142/70 provides inter alia for the fixing              price level at which intervention measures in
each year of reference prices valid in the Com­            respect of these products become applicable;
munity for the products listed in Annexes I (A)            whereas the reference prices for these products
and (C) and II to that Regulation;                         should therefore be fixed at 85% of the guide
                                                           prices ;
Whereas Article 18 (2) of the Regulation afore­
said provides that for the products listed in              Whereas the measures provided for in this
Annex I (A) and ( C) thereto such price is equal           Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
to not less than 60% and not more than 90%                 of the Management Committee for Fishery
of the guide price;                                        Products ;
Whereas the guide prices for the fishery prod­
ucts listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation
                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 2142/70 were fixed for the 1973
fishing year by Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2709/723 of 19 December 1972;
                                                                               Article 1
Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if
appropriate measures are to be applied to                  The reference prices for the products in
protect Community production; whereas the                  Annex I (A) and C and Annex II to Regulation
implementation of such measures is closely                 (EEC) No 2142/70 shall be as shown in the
linked with those taken within the Community               Annex to this Regulation.
to stabilise markets , in particularly by the
application of the system of withdrawal prices             These prices relate to products of the quality
below which producers organisations do not                 class next below that used in fixing the guide
                                                           price and correspond to the price of the product
                                                           on first wholesale sale after unloading in
1  OJ No L 236, 27.10.1970, p . 5.                         Community ports .
2  OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1972, p . 14.
3  OJ No L 291, 28.12.1972, p. 7.                          They shall apply until 31 December 1973 .
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                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1973 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels, 29 December 1972.
                                                     For the Commission
                                                          The President
                                                        S. L MANSHOLT
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                                                 ANNEX
  I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
                                      Products
                                                                                      Reference prices
                                                                                        (u. a. /100 kg)
    1 . Herrings                                                                              142
    2 . Sardines
         (a) Atlantic                                                                         284
         ( b) Mediterranean                                                                   157
    3 . Redfish                                                                               267
    4 . Cod                                                                                   232
    5 . Coalfish                                                                              145
    6 . Haddock                                                                               150
    7 . Whiting                                                                               172
    8 . Mackerel                                                                              145
    9 . Anchovies                                                                             257
  10 . Plaice                                                                                 197
  11 . Shrimps of the genus C rangen sp.p.                                                    425
  II. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
                                        Products
                                                                                     Reference prices
                                                                                       (u.a. /100 kg)
  1 . Sardines                                                                                187
  2 . Sea bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus                                    519
  3 . Squid (Loligo sp.p., Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes sagittatus,
       Illex coindetti)                                                                       935
  4 . Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola
       rendeteti                                                                             553
  5 . Octopus                                                                                 400