CELEX: 31977R0287
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 287/77 of 10 February 1977 amending the list of landing areas situated at a considerable distance from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion factors and withdrawal prices applicable in those areas to mackerel

No L 40/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           11 . 2 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 287/77
                                                      of 10 February 1977
              amending the list of landing areas situated at a considerable distance from the
              main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion factors and
                              withdrawal prices applicable in those areas to mackerel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     alia to ensure balanced supplies to the Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                      market ; whereas the exceptional situation which has
                                                                  arisen in the case of mackerel render it necessary to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             redetermine the landing areas and to refix the conver­
Economic Community,                                               sion factors and the withdrawal prices applicable in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      those areas ;
100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular             ment Committee for Fishery Products,
Article 1 1 (5) thereof,
Whereas the landing areas which are very distant from
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the main centres of consumption in the Community
and the conversion factors used to fix the withdrawal
prices applicable in those areas were determined by                                       Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3559/73 of 21
December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regulation                  The landing areas for mackerel and the conversion
(EEC) No 3127/76 (4) ; whereas the said withdrawal                factors set out in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No
prices were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC)                  3559/73 are hereby replaced by those set out in
                                                                  Annex I hereto.
No 3128 /76 of 16 December 1976 (5) ;
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 1 (4) of                                     Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 is designed to ensure
that producers in landing areas which are very distant            The withdrawal prices applicable to the landing areas
from the main centres of consumption in the Commu­                for mackerel, as laid down in Annex II to Regulation
nity have access to markets under satisfactory condi­             (EEC) No 3128 /76, are hereby replaced by those set
tions ; whereas the fourth indent of Article 1 of                 out in Annex II hereto .
Council Regulation (EEC) No 108 /76 of 19 January
1976 laying down general rules for determining, in                                        Article 3
the fishery sector, the landing areas situated at a
considerable    distance    from     the   main    centres of     This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February
consumption in the Community (6) is designed inter                 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 10 February 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 276, 7 . 10 . 1976, p. 5 .
I3) OJ No L 361 , 29. 12. 1973, p. 53.
h) OJ No L 353, 23. 12. 1976, p. 15.
(5) OJ No L 353, 23 . 12. 1976, p . 20 .
(6) OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 45 .
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                                                   ANNEX I
                                                                                             Conversion
               Species                              Landing areas                              factors
            Mackerel   3.   Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland                           0-65
                       3a . Coastal areas of and islands off Northern Ireland and the
                            counties of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom               0-80
                       4.   Coastal areas of the west, north and north-east, as far as Aber­
                            deen in Scotland, and the islands to the west and north of
                            these areas                                                        0-55
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                                                                              ANNEX II
                                                                                                   Commercial specifications (')                   Withdrawal
     Species                              Landing area                                                                                                  price
                                                                                      Freshness                                                    u.a . / tonne
                                                                                                                 Size               Presentation
                                                                                      category
Mackerel             3.    Coastal areas and islands of Ireland                        Extra                    1,2,3              Whole fish
                                                                                          A                     1,2,3              Whole fish
                                                                                                                              in original boxes          104
                                                                                          A                      1,2               Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        1               Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        2                Whole fish
                                                                                                                                                           92
                                                                                          A                        3                Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        2                Whole fish
                                                                                          A                       4                 Whole fish             85
                                                                                                                              in original boxes
                                                                                  All categories                   4                Whole fish             49
                     3a . Coastal areas of and islands of                              Extra                    1,2,3               Whole fish
                           Northern Ireland and the counties                              A                     1,2,3               Whole fish
                           of     Cornwall     and     Devon      in   the                                                    in original boxes          128
                           United Kingdom                                                 A                       1,2               Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        1                Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        2                Whole fish
                                                                                                                                                         113
                                                                                          A                        3                Whole fish
                                                                                          B                        2                Whole fish
                                                                                          A                        4                Whole fish           105
                                                                                                                               in original boxes
                                                                                  All categories                   4                Whole fish             60
                      4.   Coastal areas of the west, north                             Extra                   1,2,3               Whole fish
                           and north-east, as far as Aberdeen                             A                     1,2,3               Whole fish
                            in Scotland , and the islands to the                                                               in original boxes            88
                           west and north of these areas                                  A                       1,2               Whole fish
                                                                                           B                        1               Whole fish
                                                                                           B                        2               Whole fish
                                                                                                                                                            78
                                                                                           A                       3                Whole fish
                                                                                           B                        2               Whole fish
                                                                                           A                       4                Whole fish              72
                                                                                                                                 in original boxes
                                                                                  All categories                    4               Whole fish             41
(') The freshness categories , sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 100/ 76 .