CELEX: 31972R2709
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2709/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the fishing year 1973

Official Journal of the European Communities                              7
28.12.72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                   No L 291/7
                        REGULATION (EEC) No 2709/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 19 December 1972
            fixing :he guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and ( C) of
                             Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the fishing year 1973
THE COUNCIL 05 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                          20 July 1972 amended them for the same
TIES,                                                         fishing year;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid
European Economic Community;                                  defined in Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard tD Council Regulation (EEC)                     No 2142/70 involves an increase in prices by
No 2142/701 of 2C October 1970 on the common                  comparison with those valid for the current
organisation of the market in fishery products,               fishing year; whereas in the absence of certain
as last amended by the Act2 annexed to the                    information concerning price trends for each
Treaty concerning the Accession of New Mem­                   fishery product with given commercial charac­
ber States to the European Economic Community                 teristics consideration should be given, in the
and the European Atomic Energy Community,                     case of most products, to the relationship
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                 between the average weighted market prices
particular Article 8 (4) of that Regulation.                  which were taken into account when the guide
Having regard to the proposal from the                        prices were fixed for the first time for these
Commission;                                                   products, and the average weighted market
                                                              prices now current.
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2142/70 provides that a guide price shall
be fixed each year for each of the products                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
listed in Annex I ( A) and (C) to that Regulation
at a level which will help to stabilise market                                     Article 1
prices without leading to the formation of
structural surpluses within the Community;                    The guide prices for the products listed in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 167/713                   Annex I (A) and ( C) of Regulation (EEC)
of 26 January 1971 fixed for the first time the               No 2142/70 and the products to which they
guide prices for ihe fishery products listed in               relate shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .
Annex I (A) and ( C) of Regulation (EEC)                      Those prices shall apply until 31 December 1973 .
No 2142/70 for the fishing year 1971 ; whereas
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2655/714 of                                            Article 2
15 December 19/ 1 fixed the guide prices at
the same level for the fishing year 1972, and                 This Regulation shall enter into force on
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1563/725 of                       1 January 1973 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
            Member States .
            Done a-; Brussels , 19 December 1972 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                               P. LARDINOIS
1   OJ No L 236, 27.13.1970, p. 5 .
2   OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p. 14 .
3   OJ No L 23 , 29.1.1971 , p . 6.
4   OJ No L 276, 17.12.1971 , p. 1 .
5   OJ No L 167, 25.7 1972, p . 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
                                                                   Products 1
                                                                                                              Guide
                 Species                                                                                       price
                                          Freshness                                                        ( in u.a. /t)
                                                            Size                Presentation
                                          category
    1.   Herrings                             A               1        whole fish                               196
    2.  Sardines (clupus
        pilchardus Walbaum):
         (a) Atlantic                      Extra              2        whole fish                               391
         (b) Mediterranean                 Extra              2        whole fish                               217
    3.  Redfish (Sebastes
        marinus)                             A                2        whole fish                               330
    4 . Cod                                                            gutted fish with head
                                                                                                          j 350
                                             B                2
                                             or
                                             A                3        gutted fish with head
    5.  Coalfish                             B                2        gutted fish with head
                                             or
                                             A                3        gutted fish with head              j 201
    6 . Haddock                              A                         whole fish
                                                                                                          j 250
                                                              2
                                             or
                                             A                3        gutted fish with head
    7.  Whiting                              A                2        gutted fish with head                    286
    8 . Mackerel                           Extra              2        whole fish in original
                                             or
                                             A                2
                                                                       boxes
                                                                       whole fish
                                                                                                          j 200
    9 . Anchovies                          Extra              2        whole fish                              355
   10 . Plaice                               A                3        gutted fish with head                   300
   11 . Shrimps of the genus
        (Crangon sp.p.)                      A                1        simply boiled in water                  708
  1  The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70.