31975R1243

16 . 5 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 125/ 19

REGULATION (EEC) No 1243/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 May 1975 fixing the withdrawal price and reference prices for hake listed in Annexes I (A) and IV ( B) to Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 for the 1975 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article makes provision that the reference price for COMMUNITIES, products listed in Annex IV (B) shall be determined on the basis of the reference price for the fresh Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European product ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 2142/70 (') of 20 October 1970 on the common organ­ ment Committee for Fishery Products, ization of the market in fishery products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 82/75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5) and the first paragraph of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 18 (6) thereof ; Article 1 Whereas the first paragraph of Article 10 (4) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2142/70 lays down down that the with­ The withdrawal price for hake (Merluccius spp.) drawal price for each product listed in Annex I (A) referred to in the first paragraph of Article 10 (4) of and (C) shall be fixed by applying the quality conver­ Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70 , valid until 31 sion factor for the category immediately below that December 1975, shall be 638 units of account per selected for fixing the guide price to an amount equal metric ton . to at least 60 % but not more than 90 % of the guide price ; Article 2 Whereas the guide price for hake was fixed by The reference price for hake (Merluccius spp .) listed in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 11 83/75 (3) of 5 May Annex I (A) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70, valid 1 975 ; until 31 December 1975 , shall be 638 units of account Whereas the methods for calculating the withdrawal per metric ton . price, in particular the percentage of the guide price Article 3 used for this purpose, have been fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 3559 /73 (4 ), as last amended by Regulation The reference prices for hake (Merluccius spp.) listed ( EEC) No 1 242/ 75 (5 ) ; in Annex IV (B) to Regulation ( EEC) No 2142/70, Whereas Article 18 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No valid until 31 December 1975 , shall be : 2142/70 makes provision inter alia that reference — for whole frozen hake, 350 units of account per prices valid for the Community shall be fixed each metric ton , year for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and IV — for frozen fillets of hake, 625 units of account per metric ton . ( B) to that Regulation ; Whereas Article 18 (2) of the abovementioned Regula­ Article 4 tion makes provision that the reference price for products listed in Annex I (A) of the same Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its shall be equal to a percentage of at least 60 % but not publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. more than 90 % of the guide price ; whereas the same

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

Done at Brussels , 15 May 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 236, 27 . 10 . 1970 , p. 5 . I2) OJ No L 1 18 , 8 . 5. 1975, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 118 , 8 . 5 . 1975, p. 2. (4 ) OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973 , p . 53 . (5 ) See page 17 of this Official Journal .