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( 1 ) OJ NO L 20 , 28 . 1 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 347 , 12 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 347 , 12 . 12 . 1978 , P . 2 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 347 , 12 . 12 . 1978 , P . 4 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3002/78

OF 18 DECEMBER 1978

FIXING REFERENCE PRICES FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS FOR THE 1979 FISHING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 OF 19 JANUARY 1976 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FISHERY PRODUCTS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2903/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 19 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 19 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 PROVIDES INTER ALIA FOR THE FIXING EACH YEAR OF REFERENCE PRICES VALID IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEXES I ( A ) AND ( C ), II AND IV ( B ) THERETO ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 19 ( 2 ) OF THE AFORESAID REGULATION PROVIDES THAT FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) THERETO SUCH PRICE IS TO BE EQUAL TO NOT LESS THAN 60 % AND NOT MORE THAN 90 % OF THE GUIDE PRICE ;

WHEREAS THE GUIDE PRICES FOR THE FISHERY PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR THE 1979 FISHING YEAR BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2904/78 ( 3 );

WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO FIX REFERENCE PRICES IF APPROPRIATE MEASURES ARE TO BE APPLIED TO PROTECT COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ; WHEREAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH MEASURES IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THOSE TAKEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO STABILIZE MARKETS , IN PARTICULAR BY THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF WITHDRAWAL PRICES , THAT IS PRICES BELOW WHICH PRODUCERS ' ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOT PUT FOR SALE THE PRODUCE OF THEIR MEMBERS ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICE MUST BE FIXED BY APPLYING TO THE GUIDE PRICE A PERCENTAGE LYING WITHIN THE LIMITS USED IN APPLYING THE WITHDRAWAL PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS PERCENTAGE MUST BE BASED IN PARTICULAR ON THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND SITUATION ON THE MARKET ;

WHEREAS FOR THESE REASONS THE WITHDRAWAL PRICES , TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE LIE WITHIN THE LIMITS SET FOR THIS PURPOSE , AND OTHERWISE THE LOWER OF THOSE LIMITS , SHOULD BE USED IN DETERMINING REFERENCE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 MUST BE DERIVED FROM THE GUIDE PRICES THEREFOR AND FIXED BY REFERENCE TO THE PRICE LEVEL AT WHICH INTERVENTION MEASURES IN RESPECT OF THESE PRODUCTS BECOME APPLICABLE ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICES FOR THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD THEREFORE BE FIXED AT 85 % OF THE GUIDE PRICES FIXED FOR THE 1979 FISHING YEAR BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2905/78 OF 5 DECEMBER 1978 ( 4 );

WHEREAS , FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 , REFERENCE PRICES ARE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR THE FRESH PRODUCT ;

WHEREAS THE SITUATION ON THE COMMUNITY IMPORT MARKET FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS AS SPECIFIED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 MAY MAKE IT NECESSARY TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , PARTICULARLY AS FROZEN PRODUCTS MAY BE USED IN PLACE OF FRESH PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD THEREFORE BE HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR FRESH PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE REFERENCE PRICES APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEXES I ( A ) AND ( C ) AND II AND FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 SHALL BE AS SHOWN IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ANNEX

I . REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX I ( A ) AND ( C ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

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PRODUCTS // REFERENCE PRICE ( U.A./TONNE ) //

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1 . HERRINGS // 187 //

2 . SARDINES : //

( A ) ATLANTIC // 318 //

( B ) MEDITERRANEAN // 221 //

3 . REDFISH // 413 //

4 . COD // 407 //

5 . SAITHE // 257 //

6 . HADDOCK // 296 //

7 . WHITING // 287 //

8 . MACKEREL // 160 //

9 . ANCHOVIES // 307 //

10 . PLAICE // 380 FROM 1 . 1 . 1979

TO 31 . 3 . 1979 //

// 407 FROM 1 . 4 . 1979

TO 31 . 12 . 1979 //

11 . HAKE ( MERLUCCIUS SPP ) // 873 //

12 . SHRIMPS OF THE GENUS CRANGON SPP // 607 //

II . REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX II TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

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PRODUCTS // REFERENCE PRICE ( U.A./TONNE ) //

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1 . SARDINES // 268 //

2 . SEA-BREAM OF THE SPECIES DENTEX DENTEX AND PAGELLUS // 667 //

3 . SQUID ( LOLIGO SPP ) // 1 227 //

4 . SQUID ( OMMASTREPHES SAGITTATUS , TODARODES SAGITTATUS , ILLEX SPP ) // 614 //

5 . CUTTLEFISH OF THE SPECIES SEPIA OFFICINALIS , ROSSIA MACROSOMA , SEPIOLA RONDELETI // 895 //

6 . OCTOPUS // 667 //

III . REFERENCE PRICES FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV ( B ) TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76

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PRODUCTS // PRESENTATION // REFERENCE PRICE ( U.A./TONNE ) //

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1 . COD // WHOLE // 421 //

// FILLETS // 1 088 //

2 . SAITHE // WHOLE // 272 //

// FILLETS // 605 //

3 . HADDOCK // WHOLE // 312 //

// FILLETS // 845 //

4 . REDFISH ( SEBASTES MARINUS ) // WHOLE // 439 //

// FILLETS // 915 //

5 . MACKEREL // WHOLE // 196 //

// FILLETS // 400 //

6 . HAKE ( MERLUCCIUS SPP ) // WHOLE // 383 //

// FILLETS // 663 //