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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3125/76 of 16 December 1976 fixing, for the 1977 fishing year, reference prices for fishery products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN purpose, and otherwise the lower of those limits, COMMUNITIES , should be used in determining reference prices ;
Whereas the reference prices for the products listed in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 must be Economic Community, derived from the guide prices therefor and fixed by reference to the price level at which intervention measures in respect of these products become appli Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No cable ; whereas the reference prices for these products 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended should therefore be fixed at 85 % of the guide prices fixed for the 1977 fishing year by Council Regulation by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular (EEC) No 3121 /76 of 16 December 1976 (4) ; the first subparagraph of Article 19 (6) thereof,
Whereas, for the products listed in Annex IV (B) to Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, reference prices are provides inter alia for the fixing each - year of refer determined on the basis of the reference price for the ence prices valid in the Community for the products fresh product ; listed in Annexes I (A) and (C), II and IV (B) to that Regulation ; Whereas the situation on the Community import market for frozen products as specified in Annex IV Whereas Article 19 (2) of the Regulation aforesaid (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 may make it neces sary to take measures to protect Community provides that for the products listed in Annex I (A) producers, particularly as frozen products may be used and (C) thereto such price is to be equal to not less than 60 % and not more than 90 % of the guide in place of fresh products ; whereas the reference price price ; for these products should therefore be higher than those for fresh products ;
Whereas the guide prices for the fishery products Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage 100/76 have been fixed for the 1977 fishing year by ment Committee for Fishery Products, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3120/76 of 16 . December 1 976, (3) ;
Whereas it is essential to fix reference prices if appro HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : priate measures are to be applied to protect Commu nity production ; whereas the implementation of such measures is closely linked with those taken within the Community to stabilize markets, in particular by the Article 1 application of the system of withdrawal prices, that is prices below which producers' organizations will not The references prices applicable until 31 December put up for sale the produce of their members ; 1977 for the products listed in Annexes I (A) and (C) whereas the reference price must be fixed by applying and II and for frozen products as specified in Annex to the guide price a percentage lying within the limits IV (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 shall be as used in applying the withdrawal price '; whereas this shown in the Annex to this Regulation . percentage must be based in particular on the supply and demand situation on the market ;
Article 2 Whereas for these reasons the withdrawal prices, to the extent that these lie within the limits set for this This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1977 . (') 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 . (4) See page 3 of this Official Journal .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 16 December 1976 .
For the Commission
P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
I. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation ( EEC) No 100 / 76
Products Reference price (u.a./ metric ton)
1 . Herrings 178 2 . Sardines : (a) Atlantic 318 (b) Mediterranean 208 3 . Redfish 407 4 . Cod 380 5 . Saithe 235 6 . Haddock 273 7. Whiting 274 8 . Mackerel 160 9 . Anchovies 319 10 . Plaice 373 1 1 . Hake (Merluccius sp.p.) 785 12. Shrimps of the genus Cragnon sp.p. 601
II . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76
Products Reference price (u.a./metric ton)
1 . Sardines 268 2. Sea-bream of the species Dentex dentex and Pagellus 618 3 . Squid (Loligo sp.p. Ommastrephes sagittatus, Todarodes sagittatus, Illex coindetti) 1 227 4. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma, Sepiola rondeleti 813 5. Octopus 636
III . Reference prices for frozen products listed in Annex IV ( B) to Regulation ( EEC) No 100/ 76
Products Presentation Reference price (u.a./metric ton)
1 . Cod Whole 397 Fillets 1 026 2 . Saithe Whole 258 Fillets 564 3 . Haddock Whole 294 Fillets 790 4. Redfish (Sebastes marinus) Whole 430 .Fillets 1 046 5 . Mackerel Whole 196 Fillets 400 6. Hake (Merluccius sp.p .) Whole 361 Fillets 644