31976R3123

No L 353/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12 . 76

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 3123/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1977 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN on the production and marketing characteristics pecu­ COMMUNITIES, liar 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 100/76 have been fixed for the 1977 fishing year by Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 3 1 20/76 (3) ; 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended Whereas given the present state of information on the by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular market situation for the products in question and the Article 9 (4) thereof, absence of any experience in relation to purchase on the open market of these, products, the intervention Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , prices should be fixed at a level such as to ensure Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 maximum support of the market, 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 9 (3) of the same Regulation provides 1977 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 depending follows :

Commercial s jecifications (') Inter­ vention Species Freshness Size Presentation price category (u.a./ metric ton)

1 . Sardines : (a) Atlantic Extra 2 Whole fish 198 (b) Mediterranean Extra 2 Whole fish 130

2 . Anchovies Extra 2 Whole fish 198

(') The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1976 . For the Council The President W. F. DUISENBERG

(') OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p . 5 . (3 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .