31976R1888

31 . 7 . 76 No L 206/81 Official Journal of the European Communities •

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1888/76 of 29 July 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year reference prices for carp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the protection of Community production ; whereas, COMMUNITIES, having regard to the information available on produc­ tion prices, reference prices should be fixed at the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European levels indicated below ; Economic Community, Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Products has not delivered an opinion within the time 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ limit set by its Chairman , tion of the market in fishery products ('), and in parti­ cular Article 20 (5) thereof,

Whereas Article 20 ( 1 ) thereof provides that before the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : beginning of each marketing year reference prices may be fixed for carp ; whereas these prices may be A rticle 1 fixed at different levels within each marketing year according to seasonal fluctuations in prices ; The reference price for carp shall be as follows : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 — for the period 1 August to 15 November 1976, 900 of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of applica­ units of account per metric ton, tion for the fixing of reference prices and free-at­ — for the period 16 November 1976 to 31 July 1977, frontier prices for carp (2), provides that reference 749 units of account per metric ton . prices shall be fixed for the period 1 August to 15 November and for the period running from 16 November of one year to 31 July of the following Article 2 year ; Whereas the fixing of reference prices is essential in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1976 . order to enable appropriate measures to be applied for

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(>) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1974, p. 30 .