31974R3144

No L 334/6 14 . 12. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3144/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 9 December 1974 fixing intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1975 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN depending on the production and marketing characte­ COMMUNITIES, ristics peculiar to each product ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in Economic Community ; Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 have been fixed for the 1975 fishing year by Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 3141 /740 ; 2142/70 ( J ) of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ ization of the market in fishery products, as last Whereas, given the present state of information on amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/74 (2), and in the market situation for the products in question and particular Article 8 (4) thereof ; the absence of any experience in relation to purchase on the open market of these products, the interven­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; tion prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure 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 Article 1 surpluses in the Community ; The intervention prices applicable until 31 December Whereas Article 8 (3) of the same Regulation provides 1975 for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies and that the intervention price should be fixed at a level the products to which they relate are hereby fixed as between 35 % and 45 % of the guide price follows :

Commercial specifications (') Intervention Species price Category of (in u. a. /metric fresnness Size Presentation ton)

1 . Sardines : (a) Atlantic Extra 2 Whole fish 198 (b) Mediterranean Extra 2 Whole fish 112

2 . Anchovies Extra 2 Whole fish 185

(') 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 1975.

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

Done at Brussels , 9 December 1974 . For the Council The President Ch . BONNET

(') OJ No L 236, 27. 10 . 1970 , p. 5 . h OJ No L 288, 25. 10. 1974, p. 3. (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal .