31977R1760

30 . 7 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 191 / 89

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1760/77 of 29 July 1977 fixing, for the 1977/78 marketing year, reference prices for carp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the fixing of reference prices is essential in COMMUNITIES, order to enable appropriate measures to be applied for the protection of Community production ; whereas, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European having regard to the information available on produc­ Economic Community, tion prices, reference prices should be fixed at the levels indicated below ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended Products has not delivered an opinion within the time by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular limits Chairman , 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 Article 1 fixed at different levels within each marketing year The reference price for carp shall be as follows : according to seasonal fluctuations in prices ; — for the period 1 August to 15 November 1977, 961 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 units of account per tonne, of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of applica­ — for the period 16 November 1977 to 31 July 1978, tion for the fixing of reference prices and free-at­ 826 units of account per tonne. frontier prices for carp (3) provides that reference prices shall be fixed for the period 1 August to 15 Article 2 November and for the period running from 16 November of one year to 31 July of the following This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August year ; 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 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 . (i ) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1974, p . 30.