CELEX: 31976R0116
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 116/76 of 19 January 1976 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1976 fishing year

28 . 1 . 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 20/61
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 116/76
                                                               of 19 January 1976
                 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1976
                                                                     fishing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                       Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed
                                                                                  in Annex I (A) and ( C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                     76 have been fixed for the 1976 fishing year by
 European Economic Community,                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 115/76 (2);
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/
 76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization                                 Whereas, given the present state of information on
 of the market in fishery products ( x ), and in                                 the market situation for the products in question and
particular Article 9 (4) thereof,                                                the absence of any experience in relation to purchase
                                                                                 on the open market of these products, the
 Having      regard       to    the      proposal        from       the          intervention prices should be fixed at a level such as
 Commission,                                                                     to ensure maximum support of the market,
 Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/
 76 provides that intervention prices should be fixed                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies at a level
 designed to ensure the stability of market prices
without leading to the formation of structural
surpluses in the Community;                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas Article 9 (3 ) of the same Regulation
provides that the intervention price should be fixed                             The intervention prices applicable until 31 December
at a level between 35 and 45 °/o of the guide price                               1976 for fresh and chilled sardines and anchovies and
depending on the production and marketing                                        the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as
characteristics peculiar to each product;                                        follows :
                                                                          Commercial specifications (')                     Inter­
                                                                                                                           vention
                             Species                                                                                         price
                                                          Freshness                                                      (u.a./metric
                                                                             Size                 Presentation
                                                           category                                                          ton )
                1 . Sardines :
                    (a) Atlantic                            Extra              2       Whole fish                             198
                    (b ) Mediterranean                      Extra             2        Whole fish                            123
               2. Anchovies                                 Extra              2       Whole fish                            194
               (>) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76.
                                                                      Article 2
               1.        Council Regulation (EEC) No 3306/75 of 16 December 1975 fixing intervention
               prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1976 fishing year (3) is hereby
               repealed.
0 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                                        (2) See page 59 of this Official Journal.
                                                                                (3) OJ No L 328 , 20. 12. 1975, p . 7.
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           2.       References to the Regulation repealed by virtue of paragraph 1 shall be construed
           as references to this Regulation .
                                                    Article 3
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 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