CELEX: 31974R3144
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3144/74 of the Council of 9 December 1974 fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1975 fishing year

No L 334/6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                               14. 12. 74
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3144/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                           of 9 December 1974
               fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the
                                                             1975 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                    depending on the production and marketing characte­
COMMUNITIES,                                                                   ristics peculiar to each product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in
Economic Community ;                                                           Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142 /70
                                                                               have been fixed for the 1975 fishing year by Regula­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                   tion (EEC) No 3141 /740 ;
2142/70 ( J ) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­
ization of the market in fishery products, as last                             Whereas, given the present state of information on
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/74 (2), and in                             the market situation for the products in question and
particular Article 8 (4) thereof ;                                             the absence of any experience in relation to purchase
                                                                               on the open market of these products, the interven­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                            tion prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure
Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70                         maximum support of the market,
provides that intervention prices should be fixed for
fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies at a level                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
designed to ensure the stability of market prices
without leading to the formation of structural                                                              Article 1
surpluses in the Community ;                                                   The intervention prices applicable until 31 December
Whereas Article 8 (3) of the same Regulation provides                           1975 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies and
that the intervention price should be fixed at a level                         the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as
between 35 % and 45 % of the guide price                                       follows :
                                                                             Commercial specifications (')            Intervention
                                     Species                                                                              price
                                                                   Category of                                      (in u. a. /metric
                                                                     fresnness          Size          Presentation
                                                                                                                          ton)
                1 . Sardines :
                     (a) Atlantic                                     Extra              2           Whole fish           198
                     (b) Mediterranean                                Extra              2           Whole fish           112
                2. Anchovies                                          Extra              2           Whole fish           185
                (') The categories of freshness, size and presentation are those defined in application of Article 2 of Regulation
                    (EEC) No 2142/70.
                                                                    Article 2
               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 9 December 1974 .
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                               The President
                                                                                               Ch . BONNET
(') OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970 , p. 5 .
h OJ No L 288, 25. 10. 1974, p. 3.                                             (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal .