31977R2956

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2956/77 of 23 December 1977 fixing, for the 1978 fishing year, withdrawal prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 and for certain products landed in areas very distant from the main areas of consumption in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 3559/73 of 21 December 1973 (4), as last amended by COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 2955/77 (5) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Economic Community, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fishery Products, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fishery products ('), as amended HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : by Regulation (EEC) No 2429/76 (2), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof, Article 1 Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 11 (4) of The withdrawal prices as referred to in the first sub­ Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 provides that the with­ paragraph of Article 1 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No drawal price for each of the products listed in Annex I 100/76 applicable for 1978 , and the products to which (A) and (C) to that Regulation shall be fixed by those prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex I applying to an amount equal to at least 60 % but not hereto . more than 90 % of the guide price the conversion factor for the category immediately below that Article 2 selected for fixing the guide price ; The withdrawal prices as referred to in the second Whereas guide prices for all the relevant products subparagraph of Article 1 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No have been fixed for the 1978 fishing year by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2715/77 of 5 December 100/76 applicable for 1978 in landing areas which are 1977(3); very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community, and the products to which those Whereas rules for calculating withdrawal prices, in prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex II hereto. particular the percentage of the guide price to be used, the coefficients for varying them according to Article 3 commercial characteristics, and the supplementary coefficients applicable in distant landing areas, were This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 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. (4) OJ No L 361 , 29 . 12. 1973, p. 53 . (3) OJ No L 315, 9. 12. 1977, p. 1 . (5) See page 29 of this Official Journal .

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ANNEX I

Products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76

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

Herrings All categories 1 Whole fish 187

All categories 2 Whole fish 176

All categories 3 Whole fish 110

Sardines : (a) from the Atlantic Extra, A 2 Whole fish 318

Extra 3 Whole fish 243

Extra 1 , 4 Whole fish A 3 Whole fish j 206

A 1 , 4 Whole fish B All sizes Whole fish j 131

(b) from the Mediterranean Extra, A 2 Whole fish 217

Extra 3 Whole fish 179

Extra 1 , 4 Whole fish A 3 Whole fish j 153

A 1 , 4 Whole fish B All sizes Whole fish j 115

Redfish (Sebastes marinus) All categories All sizes Whole fish 415

Cod. All categories 1 , 2, 3 Gutted fish with head 402

Extra, A 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish Extra, A 4 Gutted fish with head j 315

B 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish 291

Extra, A 5 Gutted fish with head B 4 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 4 Whole fish j 267

B 5 Gutted fish with head B 4 Whole fish j 194

All categories 5 Whole fish 145

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

Saithe All categories 1 , 2, 3 Gutted fish with head 248

All categories 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish Extra, A 4 Gutted fish with head j 207

B 4 Gutted fish with head 152

All categories 4 Whole fish no

Haddock Extra, A 1 , 2 Whole fish All categories 1 , 2, 3 Gutted fish with head j 290

Extra, A 4 Gutted fish with head 254

B 4 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 3 , 4 Whole fish B 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish j 181

B 4 Whole fish 145

Whiting All categories 1 , 2 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 3 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 1 , 2 Whole fish j 276

B 3 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 3 Whole fish j 249

Extra, A 4 Gutted fish with head B 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish Extra, A 4 Whole fish j 211

B 4 Gutted fish with head 153

B 4 Whole fish 115

Mackerel Extra, A 1 , 2 Whole fish Extra 3 Whole fish B 1 Whole fish j 160

B 2 Whole fish A 3 Whole fish j 141

B 3 Whole fish 131

All categories 4 Whole fish 75

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

Anchovies Extra, A 2 Whole fish 319

Extra 1 , 3 Whole fish A 1 Whole fish j 262

B 1 Whole fish A 3 Whole fish j 225

B 2, 3 Whole fish 169

1.1 . to 31.3.1978 Plaice All categories 1 , 2, 3 Gutted fish with head 373 1.4 . to 31.12.1978 396

1.1 . to 31.3.1978 Extra, A 4 Gutted fish with head 322 1.4 . to 31.12.1978 341

1.1 . to 31.3.1978 B 4 Gutted fish with head 275 All categories All sizes Whole fish 1.4 . to 31.12.1978 292

Hake All categories 1 , 2 Gutted fish with head 833

All categories 3 Gutted fish with head 744

All categories 4 Gutted fish with head 588

Shrimps of the genus Crangon spp A, B 1 Simply boiled in water 591

A, B 2 Simply boiled in water 182

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

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ANNEX II

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

Mackerel 1 . Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland Extra, A 1 , 2 Extra 3 98 B 1 j Whole fish

B 2 86 A 3 j Whole fish

B 3 Whole fish 80

All categories 4 Whole fish 46

2. Coastal areas of and islands off Northern Extra, A 1 , 2, 3 128 Ireland and the counties of Cornwall and B 1 j Whole fish

Devon in the United Kingdom B 2 113 A 3 j Whole fish

B n 3 105 A N 4 j Whole fish

All categories 4 Whole fish 60

3 . Coastal areas of the west, north and north-east, Extra, A 1 , 2, 3 106 as far as Aberdeen in Scotland, and the islands B 1 J Whole fish

to the west and north of these areas B 2 93 A 3 j Whole fish

B 3 86 A 4 j Whole fish

All categories 4 Whole fish 50

Sardines 4. Coastal areas of and islands off the, counties of Extra, A 2 Whole fish 140 from the Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom Atlantic Extra 3 Whole fish 107

Extra 1 , 4 91 A 3 j Whole fish

A 1 , 4 58 B All sizes j Whole fish

Whiting 5 . Coastal areas of and islands off Ireland All categories 1 , 2 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 3 Gutted fish with head Whole fish j235

Extra, A 1 , 2

B 3 Gutted fish with head Extra, A 3 Whole fish j 212

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

Whiting Extra, A 4 Gutted fish (cont'd) with head B 1 , 2, 3 Whole fish Extra, A 4 Whole fish j 179

B 4 Gutted fish 130 with head

B 4 Whole fish 98

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