CELEX: 31975R3373
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3373/75 of the Commission of 23 December 1975 fixing for the 1976 fishing year reference prices for fishery products

30 . 12 . 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 333/37
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 3373/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 23 December 1975
                         fixing for the 1976 fishing year reference prices for fishery products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           purpose, and otherwise the lower of those limits,
COMMUNITIES,                                                             should be used in determining reference prices ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas the reference prices for the products listed in
 Economic Community ;                                                   Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 must be
                                                                         derived from the guide prices therefor and fixed by
                                                                         reference to the price level at which intervention
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            measures in respect of these products become appli­
 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­                     cable ; whereas the reference prices for these products
 ization of the market in fishery products, as last                      should therefore be fixed at 85 % of the guide prices
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 82/75 (2 ), and in                     fixed for the 1976 fishing year by Council Regulation
 particular the first subparagraph of Article 18 (6)                    (EEC) No 3304/75 (4) of 16 December 1975 ;
 thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas, for the products listed in Annex IV (B) to
Whereas Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                          Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, reference prices are
2142/70 provides inter alia for the fixing each year of                 determined on the basis of the reference price for the
 reference prices valid in the Community for the                         fresh product ;
 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 2142/70 may make it
Whereas Article 18 (2) of the Regulation aforesaid                       necessary 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                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
listed in  Annex I (A) and ( C) to Regulation (EEC) No                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 2142/ 70  have been fixed for the 1976 fishing year by                  ment Committee for Fishery Products,
 Council    Regulation ( EEC) No 3305/75 (-') of 16
 December 1975 ;
Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if appro­                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
priate measures are to be applied to protect Commu­
nity production ; whereas the implementation of such
 measures is closely linked with those taken within the
Community to stabilize markets , in particular by the                                             Article 1
application of the system of withdrawal prices, that is
prices below which producers' organizations will not                    The reference prices applicable until 31 December
put up for sale the produce of their members ;                           1976 for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C)
whereas the reference price must be fixed by applying                   and II and for frozen products as specified in Annex
to the guide price a percentage lying within the limits                  IV ( B) to Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 shall be as
used in applying the withdrawal price ; whereas this                    shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
percentage must be based in particular on the supply
and demand situation on the market ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal prices, to
the extent that these lie within the limits set for this
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                         1 976 .
(') O ) No 1 . 2 ? 6 , 27 . 10 . | 97(), p . y
(-) OJ No I. 118 , N. v 1 975, p . I.
(') OJ No L 328 , 20 . 12 . 1975, p . 5 .                               C ) OJ No L 328 , 20 . 12 . 1975 , 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 1975 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
             I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No
                   2142/ 70
                                                Products                                  Reference prices
                                                                                         (u.a. / metric ton)
               1 . Herrings                                                                       164
               2 . Sardines :
                   (a) Atlantic                                                                  318
                   (b) Mediterranean                                                              198
               3 . Redfish                                                                       387
               4. Cod                                                                            355
               5 . Saithe                                                                         220
               6 . Haddock                                                                        255
               7. Whiting                                                                         256
               8 . Mackerel                                                                       160
               9 . Anchovies                                                                      312
             10 . Plaice                                                                          342
             11 . Hake (Merluccius sp.p.)                                                         714
             12. Shrimps of the genus Crangon sp.p.                                               678
             II. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
                                                Products                                  Reference prices
                                                                                         (u.a. / metric ton)
             1 . Sardines                                                                         268
             2. Sea beam of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus                                588
             3. Squid (Loligo sp.p. Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes sagittatus, Illex
                  coindetti)                                                                     1 169
             4. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola
                  rondeleti                                                                       740
             5 . Octopus                                                                          578
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          III . Reference prices for frozen products listed in Annex IV (B) to Regulation ( EEC) No
                 2142/ 70
                                     Products                          Presentation  Reference prices
                                                                                    (u.a. / metric ton)
           1 . Cod                                                 whole                    385
                                                                   fillets                  996
           2 . Saithe                                              whole                    250
          \                                                        fillets                  548
           3 . Haddock                                             whole                    285
                                                                   fillets                  767
           4 . Redfish                             r               whole                    417
               (Sebastes marinus)                                  fillets                1 016
           5 . Mackerel                                            whole                    190
                                                                   fillets                  388
           6 . Hake                                                whole                    350
               (Merluccius sp.p .)                                 fillets                  625