CELEX: 31973D0119
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 April 1973 authorizing the temporary continuance by the United Kingdom of the two systems of minimum prices for certain fishery products

2 . 6 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 145 /37
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 11 April 1973
                authorizing the temporary continuance by the United Kingdom of the two systems of
                                           minimum prices for certain fishery products
                                                             (73 / 119/EEC)
                                                  ( Only the English text is authentic)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          conditions, it is required to authorize it, as a
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           transitional measure, to maintain during the year
                                                                        1973 its two present minimum prices schemes ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Acces­                   Management Committee for Fishery Products ;
sion of new Member States to the European Econ­
omic Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
and in particular Article 63 of the Act (2 ) annexed
thereto ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (3 ) of
20 October 1970 on the common organization of the
market in fishery products as last amended by                           With effect from 1 February 1973 , the United
Regulation (EEC) No 220/ 73 ( 4), has provided for the                  Kingdom is authorized to maintain, until 31
formation of producers' organizations which impose                      December 1973 , the system of minimum prices
on their members the obligation of conforming to                        formerly applying for herring, cod , haddock, whiting,
certain rules, in particular of promoting the                           plaice and saithe.
stabilization of market prices ; whereas in fact, they
lead to the fixing of prices below which the
producers organizations do not sell the products                                              Article 2
bought by their members ;
Whereas before the application in the United                            This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
Kingdom of the relevant Community regulation , two
minimum prices schemes had been applied in this
Member State with the aim of stabilizing prices in the                  Done at Brussels, 11 April 1973 .
fishery sector ; whereas the Community regime, which
must replace these schemes cannot in the short term
assure the same degree of stabilization ;                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                                            The President
Whereas in order not to endanger the attempts
undertaken       in    this   Member      State   under    these                                      Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
H     OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(2 )  OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(:i ) OJ  No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p . 5,
(4 )  OJ  No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 1 .