31973R3400

No L 349 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 12 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3400 / 73 OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 1973 amending Council Regulation ( EEC) No 166/ 71 laying down common marketing standards for shrimps of the genus ' Crangon ' sp.p .

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES , Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; The following shall be substituted for Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 166/71 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ ' 1 . The shrimps referred to in Article 1 which ization of the market in fishery products, as last form part of Community catches may be marketed amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3159/73 (2), and in for human consumption within the Community particular Article 2 (3) thereof ; only if they comply with this Regulation . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 2. The provisions of this Regulation shall not, however, apply to small quantities of shrimps Whereas in Regulation No 166/ 71 (3) as last amended disposed of by inshore fishermen direct to retailers by the Act (4 ) concerning the Conditions of Accession and consumers . and the Adjustments to the Treaties , the Council laid down common marketing standards for shrimps of 3 . Detailed rules for the application of para­ the genus 'Crangon' sp.p . ; graph 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of Regulation Whereas these standards were adopted at a time when EEC) No 2142/70 .' the supply of large shrimps was normal and when small shrimps were landed on a very large scale ; whereas this situation had led to a ban , with certain Article 2 exceptions, on the marketing of Size Category 2 The second subparagraph of Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regula­ shrimps for human consumption ; tion ( EEC) No 166/71 is hereby deleted . Whereas landings of Size Category 1 shrimps are no longer sufficient to meet demand ; whereas it does not A rticle 3 appear that this situation will change in the near future ; whereas, consequently, this ban should be This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January lifted, 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 1 1 December 1 973 .

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 ) OJ No L 23 , 29 . 1 . 1971 , p. 3 . (4 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .