CELEX: 31976R3120
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3120/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1977 fishing year

23 . 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 353/ 1
                                                               I
                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 3120/76
                                                    of 16 December 1976
              fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to
                               Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76 for the 1977 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       involves, for the 1977 fishing year, for some products,
COMMUNITIES,                                                      an increase in prices by comparison with those valid
                                                                  for the current fishing year ; whereas in the absence of
Having regard to the -Treaty establishing the European            complete information concerning price trends for
Economic Community,                                               each fishery product with given commercial specifica­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      tions, consideration should be given to the relation­
100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­                 ship between the average weighted market prices
tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended            recorded when the guide prices were fixed for the
by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular             previous fishing year for these products, and the
Article 9 (4) thereof,                                            average weighted market prices now current,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each of                                    Article 1
the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to that
Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize                The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1977
market prices without leading to the formation of                 for products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regula­
structural surplus within the Community ;                         tion (EEC) No 100/76 and the products to which they
Whereas the guide prices for the said products were               relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto.
fixed for the 1976 fishing year by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 15/76 (3) ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
defined in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76                1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 16 December 1976 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                            W. F. DUISENBERG
(•) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p. 5.
(>) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 59 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
                                                                         Commercial specifications (')                         Guide
                            Spccies                                                                                             price
                                                          Freshness                                                       ( u. a. /metric
                                                                             Sire                 Presentation                   ton )
                                                           category
                 1.  Herrings                                 A                1        Whole fish                               247
                 2. Sardines (Chipca pi I -
                    chardus Walbaum ):
                    ( a ) Atlantic                         Extra               2        Whole fish                              440
                    ( b ) Mediterranean                    Extra               2        Whole fish                              288
                3.  Redfish ( Sebastes
                    marinus )                                 A               2         Whole fish                              502
                4.  Cod                                       B               2         Gutted fish with head
                                                             or                                                                 572
                                                              A               3         Gutted fish with head
                5.  Saithe                                    B               2         Gutted fish with head
                                                             or                                                                 327
                                                             A                3         Gutted fish with head
                6.  Haddock                                  A                2         Whole fish
                                                             or                                                                 427
                                                             A                          Gutted fish with head
                7.  Whiting                                  A                2         Gutted fish with head                   456
                8.  Mackerel                               Extra              2        Whole fish
                                                             or
                                                                                                                        •       22 1
                                                             A                2         Whole fish in original
                                                                                       boxes
                9.  Anchovies                           ' Extra               2         Whole fish                              441
              10.   Plaice                                   A                3.       Gutted fish with head                   569
              11 .  Hake                                     A                2        Gutted fish with head                I 2M
              12 .  Shrimps of the genus
                    Crangon sp.p.                            A                1        Simply boiled in water               1 001
             (') The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76.