31973R3395

19 . 12 . 73 No L 349 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3395 / 73 OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 1973 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and ( C) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1974 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN price trends for each fishery product with given COMMUNITIES , commercial specifications consideration should be given, in the case of most products, to the relationship Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European between the average weighted market prices recorded Economic Community ; when the guide prices were fixed for the previous Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No fishing year for these products , and the average 2 1 42/70 ( 1 ) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ weighted market prices now current ; ization of the market in fishery products, as last Whereas for Ireland a higher guide price had been amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3159 /73 (2) and in fixed than the price operative in the other Member particular Article 8 (4) thereof ; States by Regulation (EEC) No 2825/ 72 ; whereas the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; increase of the Community guide price and the obliga­ tion to align the price operative in the said .Member Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/ 70 State on the latter price make it possible to fix a provides that a guide price shall be fixed each year for single price throughout the Community, each of the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to that Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize market prices without leading to the formation of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : structural surpluses within the Community ; Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 2709 /72 (3 ), amended Article 1 by Regulation ( EEC) No 2825 / 72 (4 ), fixed the guide The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1974 prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regu­ and (C) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/ 70 for the 1973 lation ( EEC) No 2142/ 70 and the products to which fishing year ; they relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto . Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid defined in Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No Article 2 2142/70 involves an increase in prices by comparison with those valid for the current fishing year ; whereas This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January in the absence of complete information concerning 1 974 .

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

Done at Brussels , 11 December 1973 . For the Council The President lb FREDERIKSEN

(') OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 . I1) OJ No L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973, p. 4. (3 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 7 . (4) OJ No L 298 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10.

No L 349/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

Commercial specifications (') Guide price Species Freshness (in u.a. /t) Size Presentation category

A 1 whole fish 196 1 . Herrings 2 . Sardines ( clupea pilchardus Wal­ baum) : Extra 2 whole fish 399 (a) Atlantic (b ) Mediterranean Extra 2 whole fish 226 3 . Redfish (Sebastes marinus) A 2 whole fish 363 4 . Cod B 2 gutted fish with head or 385 A 3 gutted fish with head 5 . Saithe B 2 gutted fish with head or 217 A 3 gutted fish with head 6. Haddock A 2 whole fish or 275 A 3 gutted fish with head A 2 gutted fish with head 315 7. Whiting 8 . Mackerel Extra 2 whole fish or 200 A 2 whole fish in original boxes 9 . Anchovies Extra 2 whole fish 373 10. Plaice A 3 gutted fish with head 345 11 . Shrimps of the genus Crangon sp.p . A 1 simply boiled in water 8/14

(') The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 .