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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 278/81

OF 30 JANUARY 1981

FIXING REFERENCE PRICES FOR TUNNY INTENDED FOR THE CANNING INDUSTRY APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981

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 3443/80 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 19 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 19 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 PROVIDES FOR THE FIXING EACH YEAR OF REFERENCE PRICES VALID IN THE COMMUNITY INTER ALIA FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX III ( A ) TO THAT REGULATION ;

WHEREAS REFERENCE PRICES FOR TUNNY INTENDED FOR USE BY THE CANNING INDUSTRY WERE FIXED FOR THE 1980 FISHING YEAR BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3053/79 ( 3 ) ;

WHEREAS THE FOURTH AND FIFTH SUBPARAGRAPHS OF ARTICLE 19 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 LAY DOWN CRITERIA TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN FIXING REFERENCE PRICES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX III ( A ) ;

WHEREAS IT FOLLOWS FROM APPLYING THESE CRITERIA LEADS THAT THE REFERENCE PRICES IN QUESTION SHOULD BE AS SET OUT IN THIS REGULATION ;

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 FOR TUNNY , FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN , FOR INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 16.04 ( SUBHEADING 03.01 B I C ) 1 ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 1981 SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

PRODUCT*REFERENCE PRICES ( IN ECU/TONNE ) *

*WHOLE*GILLED AND GUTTED*OTHER*

YELLOW-FINNED TUNNY WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 10 KILOGRAMS EACH*609*694*756*

YELLOW-FINNED TUNNY WEIGHING OVER 10 KILOGRAMS EACH*670*764*831*

LONG-FINNED TUNNY WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 10 KILOGRAMS EACH*974*1 112*1 210*

LONG-FINNED TUNNY WEIGHING OVER 10 KILOGRAMS EACH*763*869*945*

OTHER SPECIES OF TUNNY*427*486*530*

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 2 FEBRUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

GEORGES CONTOGEORGIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 13 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 343 , 31 . 12 . 1979 , P . 37 .