CELEX: 31976R3123
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3123/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1977 fishing year

No L 353/6                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                                         23 . 12. 76
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3123/76
                                                                 of 16 December 1976
                fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the
                                                                    1977 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 1977 fishing year by Regula­
 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­                                    tion (EEC) No 3 1 20/76 (3) ;
 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
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                  the open market of these, products, the intervention
                                                                                      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                                 1977 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 s  jecifications (')                       Inter­
                                                                                                                                      vention
                                  Species                          Freshness
                                                                                      Size                 Presentation                price
                                                                    category                                                    (u.a./ metric ton)
               1 . Sardines :
                   (a) Atlantic                                      Extra              2         Whole fish                            198
                   (b) Mediterranean                                 Extra             2          Whole fish                            130
              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 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 December 1976 .
                                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                                          The President
                                                                                                    W. F. DUISENBERG
(') 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 .