CELEX: 31976R0115
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-19
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 115/76 of 19 January 1976 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1976 fishing year

28 . 1 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 20/59
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 115 /76
                                                     of 19 January 1976
                fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to
                                    Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1976 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/
76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization                 The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1976
of the market in fishery products (1 ), and in                    for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to
particular Article 9 (4) thereof,                                 Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and the products to
                                                                  which they relate are hereby fixed in the Annex
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                hereto .
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/
76 provides that a guide price shall be fixed each
 year for each of the products listed in Annex I (A)                                      Article 2
and ( C) to that Regulation at a level which will help
to stabilize market prices without leading to the                 1.     Council Regulation (EEC) No 3305/75 of 16
formation of structural surpluses within the                      December 1975 fixing the guide prices for the fishery
Community;                                                        products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1976 fishing year (2) is
Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid                 hereby repealed .
 defined in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
involves an increase in prices by comparison with                 2.     References to the Regulation repealed by virtue
those valid for the preceding fishing year ; whereas in           of paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to
the absence of complete information concerning                    this Regulation .
price trends for each fishery product with given
commercial specifications consideration should be
given, in the case of most products, to the
relationship between the average weighted market                                          Article 3
prices recorded when the guide prices were fixed for
the previous fishing year for these products, and the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
average weighted market prices now current,                       1976 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 19 January 1976.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                    J. HAMILIUS
 ( l ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .                       (2) OJ No L 328 , 20. 12. 1975 , p . 5 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                                      Commercial specifications (')                        Guide
                         Species                                                                                            price
                                                       Freshness                                                       (u. a. /metric
                                                                          Size                 Presentation
                                                        category                                                             ton)
              1. Herrings                                  A                1        Whole fish                             227
              2. Sardines (Clupus pil­
                 chardus Walbaum ):
                 ( a) Atlantic                          Extra              2         Whole fish                             440
                 (b ) Mediterranean                     Extra              2         Whole fish                             274
              3. Redfish (Sebastes
                 marinus)                                 A                2         Whole fish                             478
                                                                                                                     j 535
              4. Cod                                      B                2         Gutted fish with head
                                                          or
                                                          A                3         Gutted fish with head
              5. Sai the                                  B                2         Gutted fish with head
                                                          or                                                                306
                                                          A                3         Gutted fish with head
              6. Haddock                                  A                2         Whole fish
                                                          or                                                                399
                                                          A                2         Gutted fish with head
              7. Whiting                                  A                2         Gutted fish with head                  426
              8. Mackerel                               Extra              2        Whole fish
                                                          or
                                                                                                                     •      221
                                                          A                2         Whole fish in original
                                                                                    boxes
             9.  Anchovies                              Extra              2        Whole fish                             432
           10.   Plaice                                   A                3         Gutted fish with head                 522
           11 .  Hake                                     A                2        Gutted fish with head               1 120
           12.   Shrimps of the genus
                 Crangon sp.p.                            A                1        Simply boiled in water              1076
           (*) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76.