CELEX: 31977R2717
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2717/77 of 5 December 1977 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1978 fishing year

9 . 12. 77                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                                       No L 315/5
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2717/77
                                                                of 5 December 1977
             fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the
                                                                  1978 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                         on the production and marketing characteristics pecu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                                        liar to each product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                               Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in
 Economic Community,                                                                Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                        have been fixed for the 1978 fishing year by Regula­
                                                                                    tion (EEC) No 2715/77(3);
 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended                              Whereas given the present state of information on the
by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular                               market situation for the products in question and the
Article 9 (4) thereof,                                                              absence of any experience in relation to purchase on
                                                                                    the open market of these products, the intervention
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                 prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76                               maximum support of the market,
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                                                                        Article 1
surpluses in the Community ;
                                                                                    The intervention prices applicable until 31 December
Whereas Article 9 (3) of the same Regulation provides                                1978 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies and
that the intervention price should be fixed at a level                              the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as
between 35 and 45 % of the guide price depending                                    follows :
                                                                                  Commercial specifications (')                  Intervention
                                    Species                                                                                           price
                                                                       Freshness                                                  (u.a./tonne)
                                                                                           Size              Presentation
                                                                        category
              1 . Sardines
                  (a) Atlantic                                           Extra               2              whole fish                198
                  (b) Mediterranean                                      Extra               2              whole fish                135
             2 . Anchovies                                               Extra               2              whole fish                198
             (') The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76.
                                                                          Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977.
                                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                                       The President
                                                                                                       A. HUMBLET
(>) OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 276, 7 . 10 . 1976, p. 5 .                                              (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal .