CELEX: 31973R3397
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3397/73 of the Council of 11 December 1973 fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1974 fishing year

No L 349 /4                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                               19 . 12 . 73
                                   REGULATION ( EEC) No 3397/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 11 December 1973
              fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the
                                                             1974 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                  Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in
COMMUNITIES,                                                                 Annex I (A) and (C) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                        have been fixed for the 1974 fishing year by Regula­
Economic Community ;                                                         tion ( EEC) No 3395/73 (3) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                 Whereas, given the present state of information on
2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­                          the market situation for the products in question and
ization of the market in fishery products as last                            the absence of any experience in relation to purchase
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3159/73 (2), and in                           on the open market of these products, the interven­
particular Article 8 (4) thereof ;                                           tion prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                          maximum support of the market,
Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
provides that intervention prices should be fixed for
fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies at a level
                                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
designed to ensure the stability of market prices
without leading to the formation                    of   structural
surpluses in the Community ;                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Article 8 (3) of the same Regulation provides
that the intervention price should be fixed at a level                       The intervention prices applicable until 31 December
between 35 % and 45 % of the ' guide price                                    1974 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies and
depending on the production and marketing charac­                            the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as
teristics peculiar to each product ;                                         follows :
                                                                         Commercial specifications (')
                                                                                                                     Intervention
                                   Species                   Category of                                           price (in u.a. /t)
                                                               freshness          Size          Presentation
                     1 . Sardines :
                         ( a ) Atlantic                          Extra              2          whole fish                180
                         ( b ) Mediterranean                     Extra              2          whole fish                102
                     2 . Anchovies                               Extra              2          whole fish                168
              (') The categories of freshness , size and presentation are those defined in application of Article 2 of Regulation
                  ( EEC) No 2142/70 .
                                                                    Article 2
              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 11 December 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Council
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                          lb FREDERIKSEN
(') OJ No L 236 , 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 .
(') OJ No L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p. 4.                                      (3 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .