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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 287 /77 of 10 February 1977 amending the list of landing areas situated at a considerable distance from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion factors and withdrawal prices applicable in those areas to mackerel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN alia to ensure balanced supplies to the Community COMMUNITIES, market ; whereas the exceptional situation which has arisen in the case of mackerel render it necessary to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European redetermine the landing areas and to refix the conver­ Economic Community, sion factors and the withdrawal prices applicable in those areas ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular ment Committee for Fishery Products, Article 1 1 (5) thereof,

Whereas the landing areas which are very distant from HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the main centres of consumption in the Community and the conversion factors used to fix the withdrawal prices applicable in those areas were determined by Article 1 Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3559/73 of 21 The landing areas for mackerel and the conversion December 1973 (3), as last amended by Regulation factors set out in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No ( EEC) No 3127/76 (4) ; whereas the said withdrawal 3559/73 are hereby replaced by those set out in prices were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) Annex I hereto . No 3128 /76 of 16 December 1976 (5) ;

Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 1 1 (4) of Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 is designed to ensure that producers in landing areas which are very distant The withdrawal prices applicable to the landing areas from the main centres of consumption in the Commu­ for mackerel, as laid down in Annex II to Regulation nity have access to markets under satisfactory condi­ (EEC) No 3128 /76, are hereby replaced by those set tions ; whereas the fourth indent of Article 1 of out in Annex II hereto . Council Regulation (EEC) No 108 /76 of 19 January 1976 laying down general rules for determining, in Article 3 the fishery sector, the landing areas situated at a considerable distance from the main centres of This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February consumption in the Community (6) is designed inter 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 1977 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 276, 7 . 10 . 1976, p. 5 . I3) OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973, p. 53 . h) OJ No L 353, 23. 12. 1976, p. 15. (5) OJ No L 353, 23 . 12. 1976, p . 20 . (6) OJ No L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 45 .

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ANNEX I

Conversion Species Landing areas factors

Mackerel 3 . Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland 0-65

3a . Coastal areas of and islands off Northern Ireland and the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom 0-80

4 . Coastal areas of the west, north and north-east , as far as Aber­ deen in Scotland , and the islands to the west and north of these areas 0-55

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ANNEX II

Commercial specifications (') Withdrawal Species Landing area price Freshness u.a . / tonne Size Presentation category

Mackerel 3 . Coastal areas and islands of Ireland Extra 1,2,3 Whole fish A 1,2,3 Whole fish in original boxes 104 A 1,2 Whole fish B 1 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish 92 A 3 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish A 4 Whole fish 85 in original boxes

All categories 4 Whole fish 49

3a . Coastal areas of and islands of Extra 1,2,3 Whole fish Northern Ireland and the counties A 1,2,3 Whole fish of Cornwall and Devon in the in original boxes 128 United Kingdom A 1,2 Whole fish B 1 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish 113 A 3 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish A 4 Whole fish 105 in original boxes

All categories 4 Whole fish 60

4 . Coastal areas of the west , north Extra 1,2,3 Whole fish and north-east , as far as Aberdeen A 1,2,3 Whole fish in Scotland , and the islands to the in original boxes 88 west and north of these areas A 1,2 Whole fish B 1 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish 78 A 3 Whole fish

B 2 Whole fish A 4 Whole fish 72 in original boxes

All categories 4 Whole fish 41

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