CELEX: 31973R3395
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3395/73 of the Council of 11 December 1973 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1974 fishing year

19 . 12 . 73                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 349 / 1
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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3395 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 11 December 1973
                 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and ( C) of
                               Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1974 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      price trends for each fishery product with given
COMMUNITIES,                                                     commercial specifications consideration should be
                                                                 given, in the case of most products, to the relationship
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 between the average weighted market prices recorded
Economic Community ;
                                                                 when the guide prices were fixed for the previous
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     fishing year for these products, and the average
2 1 42/70 ( 1 ) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­          weighted market prices now current ;
ization of the market in fishery products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3159 /73 (2) and in               Whereas for Ireland a higher guide price had been
particular Article 8 (4) thereof ;                               fixed than the price operative in the other Member
                                                                 States by Regulation (EEC) No 2825/72 ; whereas the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              increase of the Community guide price and the obliga­
Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70          tion to align the price operative in the said .Member
provides that a guide price shall be fixed each year for         State on the latter price make it possible to fix a
each of the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to            single price throughout the Community,
that Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize
market prices without leading to the formation of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
structural surpluses within the Community ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 2709/72 (3 ), amended                                       Article 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 2825/72 (4), fixed the guide
prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A)            The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1974
and (C) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/ 70 for the 1973            for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regu­
fishing year ;                                                   lation (EEC) No 2142/70 and the products to which
                                                                 they relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto .
Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid
defined in Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No                                       Article 2
2142/70 involves an increase in prices by comparison
with those valid for the current fishing year ; whereas          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
in the absence of complete information concerning                 1 974 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels , 11 December 1973 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                             lb FREDERIKSEN
(') OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 .
 I1) OJ No L 322, 23. 11 . 1973, p. 4.
 (3 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 7 .
 (4) OJ No L 298 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10.
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                                                                    ANNEX
                                                                              Commercial specifications (')
                                                                                                                          Guide price
                      Species                           Freshness                                                          (in u.a. /t)
                                                                          Size                         Presentation
                                                        category
  1 . Herrings                                              A               1           whole fish                            196
 2. Sardines      (clupea pilchardus Wal­
      baum) :
       (a) Atlantic                                      Extra              2           whole fish                            399
       (b ) Mediterranean                                Extra              2           whole fish                            226
3 . Redfish
      (Sebastes marinus)                                    A               2           whole fish                            363
  4 . Cod                                                   B               2          gutted fish with head
                                                           or                                                                 385
                                                            A               3          gutted fish with head
  5 . Saithe                                                B               2          gutted fish with head
                                                           or                                                                  217
                                                            A               3          gutted fish with head
  6. Haddock                                                A               2           whole fish
                                                           or                                                                  275
                                                            A               3           gutted fish with head
  7. Whiting                                                A               2           gutted fish with head                  315
  8 . Mackerel                                           Extra              2           whole fish
                                                            or                                                                 200
                                                            A               2           whole fish in original boxes
  9 . Anchovies                                          Extra              2           whole fish                             373
10. Plaice                                                  A               3           gutted fish with head                  345
11 . Shrimps of the genus Crangon sp.p .                    A               1           simply boiled in water                 8/14
(') The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 .