CELEX: 31972R2850
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2850/72 of the Commission of 29 December 1972 fixing the withdrawal prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1973 fishing year

Official Journal of the European Communities                               89
 31.12.72                         Official Journal of the European Communities                    No L 299/9
                      REGULATION (EEC) No 2850/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                               of 29 December 1972
             fixing the withdrawal prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A)
                     and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1973 fishing year
 THE   COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                 COM­      Whereas the withdrawal arrangements are
 MUNITIES ,                                                 designed to help stabilise market prices without
                                                            leading to the formation of structural surpluses
                                                            within the Community; whereas proper support
 Having regard zo the Treaty establishing the               should therefore be given to all markets,
 European Economic Community;                               allowance being made for the fact that the
                                                            products handled vary, as far as commercial
                                                            specifications are concerned, from market to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                  market; whereas the withdrawal prices must
 No 2142/701 of 20 October 1970 of the common               also be fixed at levels which will ensure that the
 organization of the market in fishery products,            results so far achieved in the matter of price
 as last amended by the Act2 annexed to the                 stabilisation through the efforts of producers
 Treaty concerning the Accession of new Member              organisations in the Member States are not
 States to the European Economic Community                  placed in jeopardy, particularly since they
 and the European Atomic Energy Community,                  contribute to the realisation of Community
 and in particular Article 10 (5) thereof;                  objectives ;
 Whereas the granting of the financial compensa­            Whereas, in view of the above, provision
 tion provided fcr in Article 10 of Regulation              should be made for differentiating withdrawal
 (EEC) No 2142, 70 is subject inter alia to the             prices by commercial specifications ; whereas
 application by producers of a withdrawal price             this should be done with the help of conversion
 fixed for this purpose; whereas, pursuant to               factors reflecting, on a standard basis, the
 paragraph 4 of that Article, a withdrawal                  average price difference recorded for products
 price is fixed for each of the products listed in          with different commercial specifications, the
 Annex I (A) and (C) to that Regulation by                  same percentage of the guide price, however,
 applying the quality conversion factor for the             being used for all products of the same species,
 category immediately below that selected for               namely:
fixing the guide price to an amount equal to at                                                             %
least 60 % but net more than 90% of the guide               — for herrings                                  85
price;
                                                            — for sardines :
                                                                (a) from the Atlantic                       85
Whereas the guide prices for the 1973 fishing                   (b) from the Mediterranean                  85
year were fixed for all the products concerned
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2709/72 of                   — for redfish (Sebastes Marinus)                90
19 December 19723;                                          — for cod                                       80
                                                            — for coalfish                                  80
                                                            — for haddock                                   75
                                                            — for whiting                                   80
                                                            — for mackerel                                  85
                                                            — for anchovies                                 85
1   OJ No L 236, 27.10.1970, p . 5 .                        — for plaice                                    82
2   OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 14.
3   OJ No L 291 , 28.12.1972, p . 7.                        — for shrimps of the genus ' Crangon' sp.p. 90
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Whereas differentation by commercial specifica­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tions can also be effected by applying the
criteria used for this purpose when the common                                   Article 1
marketing standards were being laid down;                  Without prejudice to provisions applicable in
                                                           specific landing areas, the withdrawal prices
Whereas the conversion factors used to dif­                provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC)
ferentiate products by commercial specifications           No 2142/70 and the products to which they
are those listed in Annex II to Commission                 relate shall be as indicated in the Annex to this
Regulation (EEC) No 1623/72 of 28 July 19721;              Regulation. They shall be valid until 31 Decem­
                                                           ber 1973 .
Whereas the measures provided for in this                                        Article 2
Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
of the Management Committee for Fishery                    This Regulation shall enter into force on
Products :                                                 1 January 1973 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
            Member States .
            Done at Brussels , 29 December 1972.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                          S. L. MANSHOLT
1  OJ No L 171 , 29.7.1970, p . 20.
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                                                  ANNEX
                                                 Commercial specifications 1
                                                                                                         Withdrawal
            Species                                                                                         price
                                     Freshness              Size                     Presentation         ( u.a. /t)
                                     Category
Herrings                   all categories                    1               whole fish                      142
                           all categories                    2               whole fish                     133
                           all categories                    3               whole fish
                                                                                                       •    117
                           all categories              all sizes             other
Sardines :
(a) from the Atlantic      Extra, A                          2               whole fish                     284
                           Extra                             3               whole fish                     217
                           Extra                           1,4               whole fish
                                                                                                       •    184
                           A                                 3               whole fish              J
                           A                               1,4               whole fish
                           B                           all sizes             whole fish                ■    116
                           all categories              all sizes             other                   J
(b) from the Mediterranean Extra, A                          2               whole fish                     157
                           Extra                             3               whole fish                     129
                           Extra                           1,4               whole fish
                                                                                                       •    111
                           A                                 3               whole fish              J
                                                                             whole fish
                                                                                                     ■
                           A                               1,4
                           B                           all sizes             whole fish                       83
                           all categories              all sizes             other
Redfish (Sebastes Marinus) Extra, A, B                 all sizes             whole fish
                                                                                                       ■    267
                           all categories              all sizes             other                   J
Cod                        Extra, A, B                   1 , 2,3             gutted fish with head          Ο'λΐ
                           Extra, A                      1,2,3               whole fish              J
                           Extra, A                          4               gutted fish with head
                                                                                                       •     168
                           B                             1,2,3               whole fish
                           Extra, A                          5               gutted fish with head
                           B                                 4               gutted fish with head     •     154
                           Extra,* A                         4               whole fish            .
                                                                                                     *
                           B                                 5               gutted fish with head
                           Extra, A                          5               whole fish
                                                                                                       •     112
                           B                               4,5               whole fish
                           all categories              all sizes             other
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                                       Commercial specifications1
                                                                                             Withdrawal
         Spccics                                                                                price
                           Freshness              Size                   Presentation         ( u.a. /t)
                            Category
Coalfish         Extra , A , B                 1 , 2,3           gutted fish with head
                                                                                           -    145
                 Extra , A                     1 , 2,3           whole fish
                 Extra, A                          4             gutted fish with head
                                                                                           ■    121
                 B                             1 , 2,3            whole fish            J
                 B                                 4             gutted fish with head  1
                 Extra, A, B                       4             whole fish               \       88
                 all categories               all sizes          other                  J
Haddock          Extra , A                        1,2            whole fish             1
                                                                                           •    150
                 Extra, A                      1 , 2,3           gutted fish with head
                 Extra , A                         4             gutted fish with head          131
                 B                                 4             gutted fish with head            94
                 Extra, A                        3,4             whole fish             1
                 B                           1 , 2, 3 , 4        whole fish               \       94
                 all categories               all sizes          other                  J
Whiting          Extra, A, B                     1,2             gutted fish with head  i
                 Extra , A                         3             gutted fish with head    y     1 65
                 Extra, A                         1,2            whole fish             J
                 B                                 3             gutted fish with head  ]
                                                                                           •    149
                 Extra , A                         3             whole fish             J
                 Extra, A                          4             gutted fish with head  ]
                 B                             1, 2, 3            whole fish              \ 126
                 Extra , A                         4             whole fish             J
                 B                                 4             gutted fish with head  i
                 B                                 4             whole fish               \       92
                 all categories               all sizes          other                  J
Mackerel         Extra                         1, 2, 3           whole fish
                 A                             1 , 2,3           whole fish in original
                                                                   boxes                   •    145
                 A                                1, 2           whole fish
                 B                                 1             whole fish
                 B                                 2             whole fish
                                                                                           ■    128
                 A                                 3             whole fish             J
                 B                                 3             whole fish             •
                 Extra                             4             whole fish
                                                                                           •    119
                 A                                 4             whole fish in original
                                                                   boxes
                                                                 whole fish
                 A, B
                 all categories
                                                   4
                                              all sizes          other                  j 94
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                                                                      Commercial specifications1
                                                                                                                                      Withdrawal
             Species                                                                                                                     price
                                                 Freshness                        Size                    Presentation                 ( u.a. /t)
                                                 Category­
Anchovies                             Extra , A                                    2             whole fish                              257
                                                                                                 whole fish
                                      Extra
                                      A
                                                                                  1,3
                                                                                   1             whole fish                        J 212
                                      B                                                          whole fish
                                      A
                                                                                   1
                                                                                   3             whole fish                        j 182
                                                                                                 whole fish
                                      B
                                      all categories
                                                                                 2, 3
                                                                              all sizes          other                             j 136
Plaice                                Extra, A, B                              1 , 2,3           gutted fish with head                   197
                                      Extra , A                                    4             gutted fish with head                   170
                                      B                                            4             gutted fish with head             1
                                      Extra , A, B                           1 , 2, 3 , 4        whole fish                         }    145
                                      all categories                          all sizes          other                             J
Shrimps of the geni. s                                                                           simply boiled in water
  ' Crangon' sp.p
                                      Extra , A, B
                                      all categories
                                                                                   1
                                                                                   1             other                             j 382
c The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined in application of Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70.