CELEX: 31974R3326
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3326/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 fixing for the 1975 fishing year reference prices for fishery products

31 . 12 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 357/ 11
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3326/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 20 December 1974
                     fixing for the 1975 fishing year reference prices for fishery products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the reference prices for the products listed in
COMMUNITIES,                                                      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 the Treaty establishing the European             measures in respect of these products become appli­
Economic Community ;
                                                                  cable ; whereas the reference prices for these products
                                                                  should therefore be fixed at 85 % of the guide prices
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      fixed for the 1975 fishing year by Council Regulation
2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­               (EEC) No 3142/74 (4) of 9 December 1974 ;
ization of the market in fishery products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/74 (2 ), and in
                                                                  Whereas, for the products listed in Annex IV ( B) to
particular the first subparagraph of Article 1 8 (6)
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 , reference prices are
thereof ;
                                                                  determined on the basis of the reference price for the
                                                                  fresh product ;
Whereas Article 18(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No
2142/70 provides inter alia for the fixing each year of
                                                                  Whereas the situation on the Community import
reference prices valid in the Community for the                   market for frozen mackerel as specified in Annex IV
products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C), II and IV ( B)
                                                                  (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, and in particular
to that Regulation ;
                                                                  the fact that frozen mackerel may be used in place of
                                                                  fresh mackerel , may make it necessary to take
Whereas Article 18(2) of the Regulation aforesaid                 measures to protect Community producers ; whereas
provides that for the products listed in Annex I (A) or           the reference price for that product should therefore
(C) thereto such price is to be equal to not less than            be higher than that for fresh mackerel ;
60 % and not more than 90 % of the guide price ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas      the guide prices for the fishery products            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
listed in  Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation ( EEC) No            ment Committee for Fishery Products,
2142/70    have been fixed for the 1975 fishing year by
Council      Regulation (EEC) No 3141 /74 (3) of 9
December 1 974 ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if appro­
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 ;                     1975 for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C)
whereas the reference price must be fixed by applying
                                                                  and II to Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 , and for
to the guide price a percentage lying within the limits           frozen mackerel as specified in Annex IV ( B) to that
used in applying the withdrawal price ; whereas this              Regulation , shall be as shown in the Annex to this
 percentage must be based in particular on the supply             Regulation .
and demand situation on the market ;
Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal prices, to
the extent that these lie within the limits set for this                                  Article 2
 purpose, and otherwise the lower of those limits,
should be used in determining reference prices ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                   1975 .
(') OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 .
(2 ) OJ No L 288 , 25 . 10 . 1974, p. 3 .
(3 ) OJ No L 334,14 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 334, 14. 12 . 1974, p. 3 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                              ANNEX
              I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) *nd (C) to Regulation (EEC)
                                                             No 2142/70
                                                    Products
                                                                                        Reference prices
                                                                                         u. a. /metric ton
                1 . Herrings                                                                       145
                2 . Sardines
                     ( à) Atlantic                                                                318
                          Mediterranean                                                            180
                3 . Redfish                                                                       346
                4 . Cod                                                                           309
                5 . Saithe                                                                        197
                6 . Haddock                                                                       208
                7. Whiting                                                                        228
                8 . Mackerel                                                                      152
                9 . Anchovies                                                                     297
              10. Plaice                                                                          285
              11 . Shrimps of the genus Crangon sp. p.                                            538
             II. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
                                                                                        Reference prices
                                                   Products                              u. a. /metric ton
             1 . Sardines                                                                         207
             2. Sea bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus                               588
             3. Squid (Loligo sp. p., Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes
                   sagittatus, Illex coindetti)                                                 1 062
             4. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma,
                   Sepiola rondeleti                                                              615
             5 . Octopus                                                                          445
             III . Reference price for frozen mackerel as specified in Annex IV (B) to Regulation (EEC)
                                                             No 2142/70
                                                                                        Reference prices
                                                   Products                             u. a. / metric ton
             Mackerel                                                                             167