CELEX: 31977R2956
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2956/77 of 23 December 1977 fixing, for the 1978 fishing year, withdrawal prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and for certain products landed in areas very distant from the main areas of consumption in the Community

30 . 12. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 348 /35
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2956/77
                                                   of 23 December 1977
              fixing, for the 1978 fishing year, withdrawal prices for the fishery products listed
              in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and for certain products
              landed in areas very distant from the main areas of consumption in the
                                                        Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   3559/73 of 21 December 1973 (4), as last amended by
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 2955/77 (5) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Economic Community,                                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                 ment Committee for Fishery Products,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular
Article 11 (5) thereof,                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 11 (4) of             The withdrawal prices as referred to in the first sub­
Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 provides that the with­               paragraph of Article 1 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
drawal price for each of the products listed in Annex I          100/76 applicable for 1978 , and the products to which
(A) and (C) to that Regulation shall be fixed by                those prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex I
applying to an amount equal to at least 60 % but not             hereto.
more than 90 % of the guide price the conversion
factor for the category immediately below that
                                                                                         Article 2
selected for fixing the guide price ;
Whereas guide prices for all the relevant products              The withdrawal prices as referred to in the second
have been fixed for the 1978 fishing year by Council            subparagraph of Article 1 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
Regulation (EEC) No 2715/77 of 5 December                        100/76 applicable for 1978 in landing areas which are
 1977(3);                                                       very distant from the main centres of consumption in
                                                                the Community, and the products to which those
Whereas rules for calculating withdrawal prices, in             prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex II hereto.
particular the percentage of the guide price to be used,
the coefficients for varying them according to                                           Article 3
commercial characteristics, and the supplementary
coefficients applicable in distant landing areas, were          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 December 1977.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 276, 7. 10. 1976, p. 5.                             (4) OJ No L 361 , 29. 12. 1973, p. 53.
(3) OJ No L 315, 9. 12. 1977, p. 1 .                            (5) See page 29 of this Official Journal .
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                                                        ANNEX I
                         Products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
                                                          Commercial characteristics (')                        Withdrawal
            Species                                                                                                  price
                                    Freshness category            Size                            Presentation   (u.a./tonne)
Herrings                     All categories                        1                     Whole fish                  187
                             All categories                        2                     Whole fish                  176
                              All categories                       3                     Whole fish                  110
Sardines :
(a) from the Atlantic         Extra, A                             2                     Whole fish                  318
                              Extra                                3                     Whole fish                  243
                              Extra
                              A
                                                                 1, 4
                                                                   3
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                         Whole fish            j 206
                              A
                              B
                                                                 1, 4
                                                              All sizes
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                         Whole fish            j 131
(b) from the
    Mediterranean             Extra, A                              2                    Whole fish                  217
                              Extra                                 3                    Whole fish                   179
                              Extra
                              A
                                                                  1, 4
                                                                    3
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                         Whole fish            j 153
                              A
                              B
                                                                  1, 4
                                                              All sizes
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                         Whole fish            j 115
 Redfish (Sebastes marinus)   All categories                  All sizes                  Whole fish                   415
 Cod.                         All categories                   1 , 2, 3                  Gutted fish with head        402
                              Extra, A
                              Extra, A
                                                               1 , 2, 3
                                                                    4
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                         Gutted fish with head j 315
                              B                                1 , 2, 3                  Whole fish                   291
                              Extra, A                              5                    Gutted fish with head
                              B
                              Extra, A
                                                                    4
                                                                    4
                                                                                         Gutted fish with head
                                                                                         Whole fish
                                                                                                               j 267
                              B
                              B
                                                                    5
                                                                    4
                                                                                         Gutted fish with head
                                                                                         Whole fish            j 194
                              All categories                        5                    Whole fish                   145
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                                                 Commercial characteristics (')                           Withdrawal
             Species                                                                                          price
                           Freshness category           Size                              Presentation    (u.a./tonne)
Saithe               All categories                  1 , 2, 3                   Gutted fish with head         248
                     All categories
                     Extra, A
                                                     1 , 2, 3
                                                         4
                                                                                Whole fish
                                                                                Gutted fish with head   j 207
                     B                                   4                      Gutted fish with head         152
                     All categories                      4                      Whole fish                    no
Haddock              Extra, A
                     All categories
                                                        1, 2
                                                     1 , 2, 3
                                                                                Whole fish
                                                                                Gutted fish with head   j 290
                     Extra, A                            4                      Gutted fish with head         254
                                                                                                         j 181
                     B                                   4                      Gutted fish with head
                     Extra, A                           3, 4                    Whole fish
                     B                               1 , 2, 3                   Whole fish
                     B                                    4                     Whole fish                    145
                                                                                                         j 276
Whiting              All categories                     1, 2                    Gutted fish with head
                     Extra, A                             3                     Gutted fish with head
                     Extra, A                           1, 2                    Whole fish
                     B
                     Extra, A
                                                          3
                                                          3
                                                                                Gutted fish with head
                                                                                Whole fish               j 249
                     Extra, A                            4                      Gutted fish with head
                     B
                     Extra, A
                                                     1 , 2, 3
                                                         4
                                                                                Whole fish
                                                                                Whole fish              j 211
                     B                                   4                      Gutted fish with head         153
                     B                                   4                      Whole fish                    115
Mackerel             Extra, A                           1, 2                    Whole fish
                     Extra
                     B
                                                          3
                                                          1
                                                                                Whole fish
                                                                                Whole fish              j 160
                     B
                     A
                                                          2
                                                          3
                                                                                Whole fish
                                                                                Whole fish               j 141
                     B                                    3                     Whole fish                    131
                     All categories                      4                      Whole fish                      75
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                                                                                Commercial characteristics (')                              Withdrawal
               Species                                                                                                                          price
                                                Freshness category                        Size                            Presentation      (u.a./tonne)
Anchovies                                Extra, A                                           2                  Whole fish                       319
                                         Extra
                                         A
                                                                                          1, 3
                                                                                            1
                                                                                                               Whole fish
                                                                                                               Whole fish               j 262
                                         B
                                         A
                                                                                            1
                                                                                            3
                                                                                                               Whole fish
                                                                                                               Whole fish              j 225
                                         B                                                2, 3                 Whole fish                        169
                                                                                                                                        1.1 . to 31.3.1978
Plaice                                   All categories                                1 , 2, 3                Gutted fish with head            373
                                                                                                                                       1.4 . to 31.12.1978
                                                                                                                                                396
                                                                                                                                        1.1 . to 31.3.1978
                                         Extra, A                                           4                  Gutted fish with head            322
                                                                                                                                       1.4 . to 31.12.1978
                                                                                                                                                341
                                                                                                                                        1.1 . to 31.3.1978
                                         B                                                  4                  Gutted fish with head             275
                                         All categories                              All sizes                 Whole fish              1.4 . to 31.12.1978
                                                                                                                                                 292
Hake                                     All categories                                   1, 2                 Gutted fish with head             833
                                         All categories                                     3                  Gutted fish with head             744
                                         All categories                                     4                  Gutted fish with head             588
Shrimps of the genus
Crangon spp                              A, B                                                1                 Simply boiled in water            591
                                         A, B                                               2                  Simply boiled in water            182
P ) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/ 76 .
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                                                          ANNEX II
                                                                                  Commercial specifications (*)               Withdrawal
    Species                       Landing areas                                                                                   price
                                                                 Freshness category      Size                Presentation     (u.a./tonne)
                                                                                                     j Whole fish
Mackerel     1 . Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland            Extra, A            1, 2
                                                                       Extra               3                                        98
                                                                         B                 1
                                                                         B
                                                                         A
                                                                                           2
                                                                                           3         j Whole fish                   86
                                                                         B                 3               Whole fish               80
                                                                 All categories            4               Whole fish               46
            2. Coastal
                  Ireland
                           areas of and islands off Northern
                           and the counties of Cornwall and
                                                                     Extra, A
                                                                         B
                                                                                      1 , 2, 3
                                                                                           1         j Whole fish                 128
                  Devon in the United Kingdom
                                                                         B
                                                                         A
                                                                                           2
                                                                                           3          j Whole fish                113
                                                                         B
                                                                         A
                                                                                        n 3
                                                                                        N 4           j Whole fish                105
                                                                 All categories            4               Whole fish               60
            3 . Coastal areas of the west, north and north-east,
                 as far as Aberdeen in Scotland, and the islands
                                                                     Extra, A
                                                                         B
                                                                                      1 , 2, 3
                                                                                           1          J Whole fish                106
                 to the west and north of these areas
                                                                         B
                                                                         A
                                                                                           2
                                                                                           3          j Whole fish                  93
                                                                         B
                                                                         A
                                                                                           3
                                                                                           4          j Whole fish                  86
                                                                 All categories            4               Whole fish               50
Sardines    4. Coastal areas of and islands off the, counties of     Extra, A              2               Whole fish             140
from the         Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom
Atlantic                                                               Extra               3               Whole fish             107
                                                                      Extra
                                                                         A
                                                                                         1, 4
                                                                                           3          j Whole fish                  91
                                                                        A
                                                                         B
                                                                                         1, 4
                                                                                     All sizes        j Whole fish                  58
Whiting     5 . Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland         All categories          1, 2              Gutted fish
                                                                     Extra, A
                                                                     Extra, A
                                                                                          3
                                                                                         1, 2
                                                                                                           with head
                                                                                                          Gutted fish
                                                                                                            with head
                                                                                                           Whole fish
                                                                                                                              j235
                                                                         B
                                                                    Extra, A
                                                                                           3
                                                                                           3
                                                                                                          Gutted fish
                                                                                                           with head
                                                                                                          Whole fish          j 212
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                                                                                                            Commercial specifications (')             Withdrawal
     Species                                  Landing areas                                                                                               price
                                                                                           Freshness category       Size               Presentation   (u.a./tonne)
                                                                                                                                                      j 179
Whiting                                                                                        Extra, A              4               Gutted fish
(cont'd)                                                                                                                              with head
                                                                                                   B             1 , 2, 3            Whole fish
                                                                                               Extra, A              4               Whole fish
                                                                                                   B                 4               Gutted fish
                                                                                                                                                          130
                                                                                                                                      with head
                                                                                                   B                 4               Whole fish             98
(') The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76.