31977R2715

9 . 12 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 315/ 1

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2715 / 77 of 5 December 1977 i fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1978 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid COMMUNITIES, defined in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 involves for the 1978 fishing year for some products Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European an increase in prices by comparison with those valid Economic Community, « for the current fishing year ; whereas the guide price Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) T46 for plaice should be increased from 1 April 1978 ; 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ whereas in the absence of complete information tion of the market in fishery products Q ), as amende^ concerning price trends for each fishery product with by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular given commercial specifications consideration should Article 9 (4) thereof, it be given to the relationship between the average weighted market prices recorded when the guide Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,r prices were fixed for the previous fishing year for Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 100/^6 these products, and the average weighted market provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each of prices now current, the products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to that Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : market prices without leading to the information of structural surplus within the Community ; Article 1 Whereas Article 9 (2) of the said Regulation provides The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1978 that the guide price- shall be fixed for a product with given commercial specifications ; whereas develop­ for products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regula­ ments as regards the landmg structure lead to a redefi­ tion (EEC) No 100/ 76 and the products to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto . nition of the commercial specifications for certain of these products ; ' * Article 2 4 Whereas the guide price fey the said products were fixed for the1 1977 fishing year by Regulation (EEC) This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January No 3120/76 (3); 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977 . $ For the Council The President A. HUMBLET

(!) OJ No L 20, 28 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 276, 7. 10 . 1976, p. 5. (3) OJ No L 353, 23 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Commercial specifications ( l ) Guide price Species Freshness Size Presentation (u.a./tonne) category

1 . Herrings Extra, A 1 whole fish 259 2. Sardines 'Clupea pilchardus Walbaum ' : (a) Atlantic Extra 2 whole fish 440 (b) Mediterranean Extra 2 whole fish 300 3 . Redfish (Sebastes marinus) A 2 whole fish 512 4. Cod A 2 gutted fish with head or 606 A 3 gutted fish with head 5 . Saithe A 2 gutted fish with head or 345 A 3 gutted fish with head 6 . Haddock A 2 gutted fish with head or 453 A 3 gutted fish with head 7. Whiting A 2 gutted fish with head or 479 A 3 gutted fish with head 8 . Mackerel Extra 1 whole fish or 221 A 2 whole fish 9 . Anchovies Extra 2 whole fish 441 from 1 . 1 . 1978 10 . Plaice A 2 gutted fish with head 569 to 31 . 3 . 1978 or from 1 . 4 . 1978 A 3 gutted fish with head 603 to 31 . 12 . 1978

1 1 . Hake A 2 gutted fish with head 1 306 12. Shrimps of the genus Crangon sp.p. A 1 simply boiled in water 1 011

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