CELEX: 31976R3125
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3125/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing, for the 1977 fishing year, reference prices for fishery products

23 . 12 . 76                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 353/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3125/76
                                                    of 16 December 1976
                      fixing, for the 1977 fishing year, reference prices for fishery products
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  purpose, and otherwise the lower of those limits,
  COMMUNITIES,                                                    should be used in determining reference prices ;
                                                                 Whereas the reference prices for the products listed in
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 must be
  Economic Community,
                                                                  derived from the guide prices therefor and fixed by
                                                                  reference to the price level at which intervention
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    measures in respect of these products become appli­
  100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­               cable ; whereas the reference prices for these products
  tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended         should therefore be fixed at 85 % of the guide prices
  by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular           fixed for the 1977 fishing year by Council Regulation
  the first subparagraph of Article 19 (6) thereof,              (EEC) No 3121 /76 of 16 December 1976 (4) ;
                                                                 Whereas, for the products listed in Annex IV (B) to
 Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76           Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, reference prices are
  provides inter alia for the fixing each - year of refer­        determined on the basis of the reference price for the
  ence prices valid in the Community for the products             fresh product ;
  listed in Annexes I (A) and (C), II and IV (B) to that
  Regulation ;
                                                                 Whereas the situation on the Community import
                                                                  market for frozen products as specified in Annex IV
 Whereas Article 19 (2) of the Regulation aforesaid              (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 may make it neces­
  provides that for the products listed in Annex I (A)            sary to take measures to protect Community
 and (C) thereto such price is to be equal to not less            producers, particularly as frozen products may be used
  than 60 % and not more than 90 % of the guide                   in place of fresh products ; whereas the reference price
  price ;                                                         for these products should therefore be higher than
                                                                  those for fresh products ;
 Whereas the guide prices for the fishery products               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No           are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
  100/76 have been fixed for the 1977 fishing year by             ment Committee for Fishery Products,
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 3120/76 of 16
. December 1 976, (3) ;
 Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if appro­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  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 references prices applicable until 31 December
  put up for sale the produce of their members ;                  1977 for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C)
 whereas the reference price must be fixed by applying           and II and for frozen products as specified in Annex
  to the guide price a percentage lying within the limits         IV (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 shall be as
  used in applying the withdrawal price '; whereas this          shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
  percentage must be based in particular on the supply
 and demand situation on the market ;
                                                                                          Article 2
 Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal prices, to
  the extent that these lie within the limits set for this
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                  1977 .
 (') OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p . 5.
 (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal .                       (4) See page 3 of this Official Journal .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 December 1976 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
              I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No
                   100 / 76
                                                 Products                                Reference price
                                                                                         (u.a./ metric ton)
               1 . Herrings                                                                      178
              2 . Sardines :
                   (a) Atlantic                                                                  318
                   (b) Mediterranean                                                             208
              3.   Redfish                                                                       407
              4.   Cod                                                                           380
              5.   Saithe                                                                        235
              6.   Haddock                                                                       273
              7. Whiting                                                                         274
              8 . Mackerel                                                                       160
              9 . Anchovies                                                                      319
            10 . Plaice                                                                          373
            1 1 . Hake (Merluccius sp.p.)                                                        785
            12. Shrimps of the genus Cragnon sp.p.                                               601
             II . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76
                                                 Products                                 Reference price
                                                                                         (u.a./metric ton)
            1 . Sardines                                                                          268
            2. Sea-bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus                                618
            3. Squid (Loligo sp.p. Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes sagittatus, Illex
                  coindetti)                                                                    1 227
            4. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola
                  rondeleti                                                                       813
            5. Octopus                                                                            636
            III . Reference prices for frozen products listed in Annex IV (B) to Regulation (EEC) No
                    100/ 76
                                 Products                           Presentation         Reference price
                                                                                         (u.a./metric ton)
            1 . Cod                                         Whole                                 397
                                                            Fillets                             1 026
            2 . Saithe                                      Whole                                 258
                                                            Fillets                               564
            3 . Haddock                                     Whole                                 294
                                                            Fillets                               790
            4. Redfish (Sebastes marinus)                   Whole                                 430
                                                           .Fillets                             1 046
            5 . Mackerel                                    Whole                                 196
                                                            Fillets                               400
            6. Hake (Merluccius sp.p .)                     Whole                                 361
                                                            Fillets                               644