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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4125/87

of 21 December 1987

fixing the guaranteed minimum price for Atlantic sardines

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 of 4 November 1985 laying down general rules on the granting of compensatory indemnities in respect of sardines (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 provides for the granting of a compensatory indemnity for producers of Atlantic sardines in the Community as constituted before 1 January 1986 who sell their products at a price below a guaranteed minimum price;

Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 lays down that the guaranteed minimum price is to be the same as the withdrawal price in force in the year preceding accession, corrected in accordance with any adjustment applicable to the guide price for the following fishing year;

Whereas the guide prices for the 1988 fishing year were fixed for the products in question by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/87 (2);

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 guaranteed minimum provided for in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 shall be as follows for the 1988 fishing year:

(in Ecu/tonne)

1,3 // // Whole fish 1.2.3 // // // // Size // Extra, A // B // // // // 1 // 248 // 158 // 2 // 248 // 158 // 3 // 384 // 158 // 4 // 248 // 158 // // //

The freshness, size and presentation categories shall be those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (3).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987.

For the Commission

António CARDOSO E CUNHA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 297, 9. 11. 1985, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 355, 17. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.

Amendments and corrections
December 31, 1988	See Art. 1
January 1, 1988	Entry into force - See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4125/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing the guaranteed minimum price for Atlantic sardines