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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3907/90

of 19 December 1990

fixing the guaranteed minimum price for Atlantic sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

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 ), as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3940/87 ( 2 ), 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 of the species Sardina pilchardus in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 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 1991 fishing year were fixed for the products in question by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3549/90 ( 3 ) and reduced following the monetary realignment of 5 January 1990 in accordance with Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3896/90 ( 4 );

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 1991 fishing year :

( in ECU/tonne )

1,3Whole fish

1.2.3Size

Extra, A

B // // //

1

251

160

2

251

160

3

387

160

4

251

160 // // //

The freshness, size and presentation categories shall be those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 ( 5 ).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1990 .

For the Commission

Manuel MARIN

Vice-President

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

( 2 ) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12 . 1987, p . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ No L 346, 11 . 12 . 1990, p . 1 .

( 4 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .

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