31977R2717

9 . 12. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 315/5

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2717/77 of 5 December 1977 fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1978 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 1978 fishing year by Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 2715/77(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 1978 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 specifications (') Intervention Species price Freshness Presentation (u.a./tonne) Size category

1 . Sardines (a) Atlantic Extra 2 whole fish 198 (b) Mediterranean Extra 2 whole fish 135 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 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) See page 1 of this Official Journal .