CELEX: 31973R0645
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 645/73 of the Commission of 2 March 1973 determining landing areas for fishery products which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and fixing the withdrawal prices, referred to in Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, which are to be applied in those areas

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 645/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 2 March 1973
             determining landing areas for fishery products which are very distant from the main
             centres of consumption in the Community and fixing the withdrawal prices, referred to
             in Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, which are to be applied in those
                                                               areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       special structural situation of certain areas which
COMMUNITIES,                                                         may affect adversely the normal market for pro­
                                                                     duction, the structure of supply and demand and,
                                                                     in particular, the conditions in which a balanced
                                                                     supply to Community markets may be ensured ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas the quality conversion factors abovemen­
                                                                     tioned should be determined in such a manner that
                                                                     differences between the prices converted correspond
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         with price variations estimated, under normal
2142/70 (*) of 20 October 1970 on the common
                                                                     conditions of production, on the basis of the natural
organization of the market in fishery products as                    development of market prices ; whereas to this end
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 220/73 (2),                      the following quality conversion factors should be
and in particular Article 10 (5 ) thereof ;
                                                                     used, their numerical order corresponding to that
                                                                      of the areas listed in the Annex to this Regulation :
Whereas, in order to ensure that producers in
landing areas which are very distant from the main                                            1.     0-41
centres of consumption in the Community have                                                  2.     0-63
access to markets under satisfactory conditions, the
withdrawal price referred to in the first subparagraph                                        3.     0-63
of Article 10 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70
                                                                                              4.     0-68
may be multiplied by quality conversion factors for
these areas ; whereas, the information available to                                           5.     0-45
the Commission on the outlets for fishery products
leads to the conclusion that this system of adjusted
withdrawal prices should be adopted for some
products and for some areas in the Community ;                       Whereas the quality conversion factors should be
whereas having regard to the lack of experience in                    applied without prejudice to factors differentiating
these matters it is appropriate to limit the duration                withdrawal prices according to commercial specifi­
of validity of the present Regulation to the year                     cations ;
 1973 ;
                                                                      Whereas the landing areas which are very distant
                                                                      from the main centres of consumption in the Com­
                                                                      munity should be determined and the withdrawal
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 135 /73 (3)                      prices to be applied in each area should be fixed ;
 of 15 January 1973 laying down general rules for
 determining landing areas for fishery products                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation/
 which are very distant from the main centres of                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
 consumption in the Community provides that these                     agement Committee for Fishery Products ;
 landing areas shall be determined taking account
 of distances between landing areas and the main
 centres of consumption in the Community, specific
 conditions affecting transport which may hinder                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 access to markets under satisfactory conditions, the
                                                                                                Article 1
  (*) OJ No L 236, 27 . 10. 1970 , p. 5 .                             The landing areas which are very distant from the
  (2) Of No L 27, 1.2 . 1973 , p. I.
 (3) OJ No L 18 , 23 . 1 . 1973 , p. I.                               main centres of consumption within the meaning
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•of the second subparagraph of Article 10 (4) of                                                       Article 2
 Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, the withdrawal prices
 to be applied in these areas, and the products to                        This Regulation shall enter into force on rhe day
 which they refer are listed in the Annex to this                         of its publication in the Official Journal of the
 Regulation .                                                             European Communities.
                                                                          This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 1973
                                                                          until 31 December 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direcdy applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 March 1973 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                    ANNEX
                              Commercial characteristics (')
                                                                                                                         Withdrawal
     Species        Freshness                                                                 Landing areas                 Price
                                         Size                Presentation                                                  u.a. / t
                    category
 Herring        All  categories           1           Whole                 ( 1 ) All coastal areas of and islands off         58
                                                      Whole                       Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great
                All  categories           2
                                                                                  Britain north of a line from Loop­
                                                                                                                               55
                All  categories           3           Whole                       head (west coast of Ireland) through         48
                                                      Other
                                                                                  Wicklow Head (east coast of Ireland )
                All  categories     All sizes
                                                                                  and Fleetwood ( west coast of Eng­
                All  categories           1           Whole                       land) to Berwick-on-Tweed (east               89
                                                      Whole
                                                                                  coast of England) ; with the excep­
                All  categories           2
                                                                                  tion of the Isle of Man .                    84
                All  categories           3           Whole
                                                                            ( 2 ) Coastal areas and islands south of
                All  categories     All sizes         Other                       a line from Loophead to Wicklow              74
                                                                                  Head in Ireland and the coastal areas
                                                                                  of Wales .
 Mackerel            Extra           1 , 2, 3         Whole                 ( 3 ) Coastal areas of and islands off
                        A                             Whole in                    Ireland, Northern Ireland and the
                                     1, 2, 3                                      counties of Devon and Cornwall in
                                                      original boxes              Great Britain .
                                                                                                                               91
                        A               1, 2          Whole
                        B                 1           Whole
                        B                 2           Whole
                                                                                                                               81
                        A                 3           Whole
                        B                 3           Whole
                     Extra                4           Whole                                                                    75
                        A                 4           Whole in
                                                      original boxes
                       A, B               4           Whole
                                                                                                                               59
                All categories      All sizes         Other
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                                  Commercial characteristics. ¡ ! )
                                                                                                                              "Withdrawal
     Species           Freshness                                                                    Landing areas                Price
                                             Size                   Presentation                                                 u.a. /t
                       category
Whiting            Extra , A, B             1, 2          Gutted                 ( 4 ) Coastal areas of Ireland, Northern
                                                          with head                    Ireland , the coastal area from White­
                                                                                       haven to Wick in North Eastern
                                                                                       Scotland and the islands to the north
                      Extra , A               3           Gutted
                                                          with head                    and west of these areas ; with the          112
                                                                                       exception of the Isle of Man.
                     Extra, A               1, 2          Whole
                          B                   3           Gutted
                                                          with head
                                                                                                                                   101
                     Extra, A                 3           Whole
                     Extra , A                4           Gutted
                                                          with head
                          B                               Whole                                                                      86
                                         1 , 2, 3
                     Extra, A                 4           Whole
                          B                   4           Gutted
                                                          with head
                                                                                                                                     63
                          B                   4           Whole
                  All categories        Al ! sizes        Other
Sardines              Extra, A                2            Whole                 (5 ) Coastal areas of and islands off the         128
( Atlantic)                                                                            counties of Devon and Cornwall in
                                                                                       Great Britain .
                        Extra                 3           Whole                                                                      98
                        Extra               1, 4           Whole
                                                                                                                                     83
                          A                   3           Whole
                           A                1, 4          Whole
                           B            All sizes          Whole                                                                    52
                  All categories        All sizes          Other
f1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70.