CELEX: 31977R2954
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2954/77 of 23 December 1977 fixing reference prices for fishery products for the 1978 fishing year

No L 348 /26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 12. 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2954/77
                                                    of 23 December 1977
                     fixing reference prices for fishery products for the 1978 fishing year
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the reference prices for the products listed in
  COMMUNITIES,                                                    Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 must be
                                                                  derived from the guide prices therefor and fixed by
                                                                  reference to the price level at which intervention
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                             measures in respect of these products become appli­
                                                                  cable ; wheres the reference prices for these products
                                                                  should therefore be fixed at 85 % of the guide prices
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    fixed for the 1978 fishing year by Council Regulation
  100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­               (EEC) No 2716/77 of 5 December 1977 (4) ;
  tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular
  the first subparagraph of Article 19 (6) thereof,               Whereas, for the products listed in Annex IV (B) to
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, reference prices are
                                                                  determined on the basis of the reference price for the
 Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76           fresh product ;
  provides inter alia for the fixing each year of refer­
 ence prices valid in the Community for the products
  listed in Annexes I (A) and (C), II and IV (B) to that
 Regulation ;                                                     Whereas the situation on the Community import
                                                                  market for frozen products as specified in Annex IV
                                                                  (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 may make it neces­
 Whereas Article 19 (2) of the Regulation aforesaid               sary to take measures to protect Community
 provides that for the products listed in Annex I (A)             producers, particularly as frozen products may be used
 and (C) thereto such price is to be equal to not less            in place of fresh products ; whereas the reference price
 than 60 % and not more than 90 % of the guide                    for these products should therefore be higher than
 price ;                                                          those for fresh products ;
 Whereas the guide prices for the fishery products
 listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  100/76 have been fixed for the 1978 fishing year by             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2715/77 of 5 December                ment Committee for Fishery Products,
  1977 (3);
 Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if appro­
 priate measures are to be applied to protect Commu­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 nity production ; whereas the implementation of such
 measures is closely linked with those taken within the
 Community to stabilize markets, in particular by the
 application of the system of withdrawal prices, that is
 prices below which producers' organizations will not                                      Article 1
 put for sale the produce of their members ; whereas
 the reference price must be fixed by applying to the
 guide price a percentage lying within the limits used           The reference prices applicable until 31 December
 in applying the withdrawal price ; whereas this percen­          1978 for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C)
 tage must be based in particular on the supply and              and II and for frozen products specified in Annex IV
 demand situation on the market ;                                (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 shall be as shown
                                                                 in the Annex to this Regulation .
 Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal prices, to
 the extent that these lie within the limits set for this
                                                                                           Article 2
 purpose, and otherwise the lower of those limits,
should be used in determining reference prices ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                  1978 .
(>) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p. 5 .
(3) OJ No L 315, 9 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                            (4) OJ No L 315, 9 . 12 . 1977, p. 3 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 23 December 1977.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
               I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) and ( C) to Regulation ( EEC) No
                   100/ 76
                                              Products                                      Reference price
                                                                                                (u.a ./tonne)
              1.  Herrings                                                            187
              2. Sardines :
                  (a) Atlantic                                                        318
                  (b) Mediterranean                                                   217
              3 . Redfish                                                             415
              4 . Cod                                                                 402
              5 . Saithe                                                              248
              6 . Haddock                                                             290
              7.  Whiting                                                             287
              8 . Mackerel                                                            160
              9 . Anchovies                                                           319
            10 . Plaice                                                               373
                                                                                          \ from 1 . 1 . 1978
                                                                                          j\ tofrom31 . 1 3.. 4.1978
                                                                                                                  1978
                                                                                      396
                                                                                           j to 31 . 12. 1978
            11 .  Hake (Merluccius spp)                                               833
            12 .  Shrimps of the genus Crangon spp                                    607
            II . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76
                                                 Products                                            Reference price
                                                                                                        (u.a ./tonne)
           1 . Sardines                                                                                      268
           2. Sea-bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus                                            667
           3 . Squid (Loligo spp Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes sagittatus, Illex
                 coindetti)                                                                              1 227
           4. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola
                 rondeleti                                                                                   895
           5 . Octopus                                                                                       667
           III. Reference prices for frozen products listed in Annex IV (B) to Regulation (EEC) No
                  100 /76
                                    Products                             Presentation                Reference price
                                                                                                        (u.a./tonne)
           1 . Cod                                               Whole                                        421
                                                                 Fillets                                   1 088
           2. Saithe                                             Whole                                        272
                                                                 Fillets                                      605
           3 . Haddock                                           Whole                                        312
                                                                 Fillets                                      845
           4. Redfish (Sebastes marinus)                         Whole                                        439
                                                                 Fillets                                      915
           5 . Mackerel                                          Whole                                         196
                                                                 Fillets                                      400
           6. Hake (Merluccius spp)                              Whole                                        383
                                                                 Fillets                                      663