31973R1200

9 . 5 . 73 No L 122/ 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC No 1200/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 7 May 1973 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1623/72 with provisions relating to the calculation of the financial compensations for fishery products withdrawn from the market in very distant landing areas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the same throughout the Community ; whereas this COMMUNITIES, can be done by multiplying the guide price by the conversion factor used for the geographic differen­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tiation of withdrawal prices, when the financial Economic Community ; compensation is calculated for withdrawals from these Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No areas ; 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ization of the market in fishery products, as last are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 220 /73 (2 ), and in ment Committee for Fishery Products, particular Article 10 (5) thereof ;

Whereas, Regulation ( EEC) No 645/73 (3) determined HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption of the community and Article 1 fixed the withdrawal prices referred to in Article 10 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 to be applied in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No those areas in 1973 ; 1623/72 (4) of 28 July 1972 which fixes in particular the conversion factors used for the calculation of the Whereas the withdrawal of the products from the financial compensation for fishery products with­ market gives rise in these areas, as elsewhere in the drawn from the market, is replaced by the following : Community, to the granting, under certain conditions, of financial compensation to producers' organiza­ ' For the calculation of the financial compensation tions ; for products withdrawn from the market in landing areas which are very distant from the Whereas Article 10 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No main centres of consumption of the Community, 2142/70 , governing the calculation of this financial the guide price shall be multiplied by the compensation , was adopted before it was possible to following conversion factor : differentiate withdrawal prices according to geo­ Area 1 0-41 graphical criteria, and therefore may not be applied in Area 2 0-63 its present form in respect of products withdrawn Area 3 0-63 from the areas concerned without giving rise to Area 4 0-68 economically unjustifiable results ; whereas it is Area 5 0-45 consequently necessary to specify the calculation rules to be followed in these cases ; The areas referred to in the previous paragraph are Whereas financial arrangements comparable in all defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 645/73 .' respects to those applicable to other organizations must be created for the producers' organizations Article 2 which are likely to apply the arrangements for with­ drawal in these areas ; whereas it is advisable for this This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day purpose to ensure that the relationship between the following its publication in the Official Journal of withdrawal price and the financial compensation is the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 7 May 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

( 1 ) OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 . (2) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 1 . b) OJ No L 61 , 7. 3. 1973, p. 14. (4 ) OJ No L 171 , 29 . 7. 1972, p . 20 .