CELEX: 31974R3323
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3323/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3559/73 as regards the landing areas very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion factors to be applied in those areas

31 . 12 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 357/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3323/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 20 December 1974
               amending Regulation ( EEC) No 3559/73 as regards the landing areas very distant
               from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion
                                                factors to be applied in those areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas for the same reason the area defined for
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          mackerel should be extended to include the wescern ,
                                                                       northern and north-eastern coastal areas of Scotland as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  far as Aberdeen and the islands to the west and north
Economic Community ;                                                   of these areas ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 10(4) of
2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­                    Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 provides that, in order
ization of the market in fishery products, as last                     to ensure that producers in landing areas very distant
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/74 (2), and in                     from the main centres of consumption in the Commu­
particular Article 10(5) thereof ;                                     nity have access to markets under satisfactory condi­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 135/73 (3 ) of                     tions, the Community withdrawal prices may be multi­
 15 January 1973 laid down general rules for deter­                    plied by conversion factors for these areas ; whereas
mining the landing areas which are very distant from                   these conversion factors are to be determined in such
the main centres of consumption in the Community ;                     a way that the differences between the prices thus
                                                                       adjusted correspond to the price differences to be
Whereas the landing areas very distant from the main                   expected in the event of normal production in natural
centres of consumption in the Community and the                        conditions of price formation on the market ;
relevant conversion factors were specified in Commis­
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 3559/73 (4 ) of 21 December                  Whereas, in view of the way herring and sardine
 1973 laying down detailed rules for granting financial                prices in these areas have developed and may be
compensation and indemnities, fixing the withdrawal                    expected to develop, the corresponding conversion
price and determining the buying-in price for certain                  factors should be adjusted ;
fishery products ;
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the areas and conversion factors as specified                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 in the abovementioned Regulation no longer alto­                      ment Committee for Fishery Products,
gether correspond to the situation as it has developed
over the past fishing year ; whereas the structural situa­
 tion of the area between Berwick-upon-Tweed and the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 port of Hartlepool on the east coast of the United
 Kingdom is such that normal disposal of the herring                                          Article 1
 catch is likely to be impeded ; whereas area No 1 for
 herring as defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 3559/ 73                   Annex III to Regulation ( EEC) No 3559/73 is
 should therefore be extended ;                                        replaced by the following :
 (')  OJ No  L 236 , 27 . 10 . 1970 ,  p. 5 .
 (:)  OJ No  L 288 , 25 . 10 . 1974,   p. 3 .
 (-') OJ No  L 18 , 23 . 1 . 1973 , p.  1.
 (4 ) OJ No  L 361 , 29 . 12 . 1973 ,  p . 53.
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                                                      ANNEX III
                                                                                            Conversion
               Species                                Landing areas                           factors
           Herring          1 . All coastal areas of and islands off Ireland, Northern
                                 Ireland and Great Britain north of a line from Loop
                                 Head (west coast of Ireland) through Wicklow Head
                                 (east coast of Ireland) and Fleetwood (west coast of
                                 England) to Hartlepool (east coast of England) ; with
                                 the exception of the Isle of Man.                            0-800
                            2. Coastal areas and islands south of a line from Loop
                                 Head to Wicklow Head in Ireland .                             0-930
           Mackerel         3. Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland, Northern
                                 Ireland and the counties of Cornwall and Devon in
                                 England ; western, northern and north-eastern coastal
                                 areas of Scotland to Aberdeen and the islands to the
                                  west and north of these areas .                              0-760
           Whiting           4. Coastal areas of Ireland and Nothern Ireland, the
                                 coastal area of Great Britain from Whitehaven in
                                  England to Wick in north-eastern Scotland and the
                                 islands to the west and north of these areas ; with
                                 the exception of the Isle of Man.                             0-936
           Sardines          5 . Coastal areas of and islands off the counties of Corn­
           (Atlantic)             wall and Devon in England.                                   0-440'
                                                        Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter in/to force on 1 January 1975 .
           This Regulation shailll be 'bunding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Pone at Brussels, 20 December 1974.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI