31973R3397

No L 349 /4 19 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3397 / 73 OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 1973 fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1974 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in COMMUNITIES , Annex I (A) and (C) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 have been fixed for the 1974 fishing year by Regula­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion ( EEC) No 3395/73 (3) ; Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, given the present state of information on 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ the market situation for the products in question and ization of the market in fishery products as last the absence of any experience in relation to purchase amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3159/73 (2), and in on the open market of these products, the interven­ particular Article 8 (4) thereof ; tion prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; maximum support of the market, Whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 provides that intervention prices should be fixed for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies at a level HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : designed to ensure the stability of market prices without leading to the formation of structural surpluses in the Community ; Article 1 Whereas Article 8 (3) of the same Regulation provides that the intervention price should be fixed at a level The intervention prices applicable until 31 December between 35 % and 45 % of the ' guide price 1974 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies and depending on the production and marketing charac­ the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as teristics peculiar to each product ; follows :

Commercial specifications (') Intervention Species Category of price (in u.a. /t) freshness Size Presentation

1 . Sardines : ( a ) Atlantic Extra 2 whole fish 180 ( b ) Mediterranean Extra 2 whole fish 102

2 . Anchovies Extra 2 whole fish 168

(') The categories of freshness , size and presentation are those defined in application of Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 .

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1974.

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 . (') OJ No L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p. 4. (3 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .