31972R2825

Official Journal of the European Communities 37

No L 298/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 2825/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 28 December 1972 fixing the guide price to be applied in Ireland for plaice in the 1973 fishing season

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COA4MUNI­ Whereas, in the great majority of cases, the TIES , result of applying the provisions mentioned above is the fixing for new Member States of Having regard to the Treaty concerning the guide prices as fixed by Council Regulation accession of r.ew Member States to the (EEC) No 2709/723 fixing the guide prices for European Economic Community and to the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and ( C) of European Atomic Energy Community,1 signed Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 for the fishing at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in year 1973 ; whereas , in fact, only one guide price particular Artic.e 153 of the Act2 annexed must be fixed at a level different from that of thereto, hereinafter called 'the Act'; the common prices ; that applicable in Ireland for plaice; whereas the abovementioned Regula­ Having regard to the proposal from the Com­ tion should be amended accordingly; mission ; Whereas , pursuant to Articles 51 and 98 of the Act, guide prices for fishery products to be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : applied in each new Member State shall be fixed in accordance with the rules laid down in the common organisation of the market in Article 1 this sector and respecting given criteria; whereas, for Denmark and Ireland, these criteria provide The following Article 1 (a) is inserted in Regula­ that guide prices shall be fixed at a level which tion (EEC) No 2709/72: allows producers in this sector to obtain returns equivalent to those obtained under the previous 'Article 1 (a) national system and, for the United Kingdom, that those prices shall be fixed at a level such With effect from 1 February 1973 , and by that the application of Community rules results way of derogation from Article 1 , the guide in a level of marxet prices comparable with the price for plaice in Ireland, valid until 31 December 1973 , is fixed as follows : level recorded ir. that Member State during a representative pe.:iod preceding the implementa­ tion of the Community rules; Product1 Guide Whereas , under Article 151 of the Act, the Spicies price application to new Member States of Commu­ Freshness Size Presenta­ (u.a. /t) category tion nity rules for fishery products is to be deferred until 1 February 1973 ; whereas this date coincides with that laid down in Article 98 of the Act for the first move towards alignment of Plaice A 3 fish 400 guide prices for new Member States to common gutted with prices; whereas the particular guide prices for head those Member States valid from 1 February 1973 should therefore be fixed taking account of the first move towards alignment to be carried out 1 Freshness category, size, and presentation shall be defined in pursuant to Article 52 of the Act; accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70.'

1 OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1972, p . 5 . 2 OJ No L 73 , 27.3.1972, p. 14. 3 OJ No L 291 , 28.12.1972, p . 7.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 28 December 1972 . For the Council The President

P. LARDINOIS