CELEX: 31977R2715
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2715/77 of 5 December 1977 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1978 fishing year

9. 12. 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 315/ 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2715 /77
                                                    of 5 December 1977
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               fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to
                               Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1978 fishing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     defined in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
                                                                  involves for the 1978 fishing year for some products
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  an increase in prices by comparison with those valid
 Economic Community,
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                                                                  for the current fishing year ; whereas the guide price
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) T46                    for plaice should be increased from 1 April 1978 ;
 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­                whereas in the absence of complete information
 tion of the market in fishery products Q ), as amende^           concerning price trends for each fishery product with
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular            given commercial specifications consideration should
 Article 9 (4) thereof,                                    i
                                                            t     be given to the relationship between the average
                                                                  weighted market prices recorded when the guide
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          r    prices were fixed for the previous fishing year for
 Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/^6            these products, and the average weighted market
 provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each of           prices now current,
 the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to that
 Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 market prices without leading to the information of
 structural surplus within the Community ;
                                                                                         Article 1
 Whereas Article 9 (2) of the said Regulation provides
 that the guide price- shall be fixed for a product with          The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1978
 given commercial specifications ; whereas develop­               for products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regula­
 ments as regards the landmg structure lead to a redefi­          tion (EEC) No 100/76 and the products to which they
                                                                  relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.
 nition of the commercial specifications for certain of
 these products ;
                 ' *                                                                     Article 2
 Whereas the guide price fey the said products were                                                   4
 fixed for the1 1977 fishing year by Regulation (EEC)             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 No 3120/76 (3);                                                  1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977 .
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                                                                              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) OJ No L 353, 23. 12. 1976, p. 1 .
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                                                                               ANNEX
                                                                      Commercial specifications ( l )
                                                                                                                               Guide price
                   Species                           Freshness
                                                                        Size                  Presentation                     (u.a./tonne)
                                                      category
  1 . Herrings                                       Extra, A             1         whole fish                             259
 2. Sardines 'Clupea pilchardus
      Walbaum ' :
      (a) Atlantic                                     Extra             2          whole fish                             440
      (b) Mediterranean                                Extra             2          whole fish                             300
  3 . Redfish (Sebastes marinus)                         A               2          whole fish                             512
 4. Cod                                                   A               2         gutted fish       with head
                                                         or                                                                606
                                                         A                3         gutted fish       with head
  5 . Saithe                                             A                2         gutted fish       with head
                                                         or                                                                345
                                                          A               3         gutted fish       with head
  6 . Haddock                                             A               2         gutted fish       with head
                                                         or                                                                453
                                                          A               3         gutted fish       with head
  7. Whiting                                              A               2         gutted fish       with head
                                                         or                                                                479
                                                          A               3         gutted fish       with head
  8 . Mackerel                                         Extra               1        whole fish
                                                         or                                                                221
                                                          A               2          whole fish
  9 . Anchovies                                        Extra              2          whole fish                            441
                                                                                                                                   from 1 . 1 . 1978
10 . Plaice                                               A               2          gutted fish with head                 569
                                                                                                                                   to 31 . 3 . 1978
                                                          or
                                                                                                                                   from 1 . 4 . 1978
                                                          A                3         gutted fish with head                 603
                                                                                                                                   to 31 . 12 . 1978
1 1 . Hake                                                A                2         gutted fish with head               1 306
12. Shrimps          of        the      genus
       Crangon sp.p.                                      A                 1        simply boiled in water              1 011
(') The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 100 / 76