COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2446/97 of 8 December 1997 fixing, for the 1998 fishing year, the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1) and in particular Article 9 (3),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that a guide price shall be fixed annually for each of the products or groups of products listed in Annex II to that Regulation;

Whereas, according to the data available at present concerning prices for the products in question and the criteria laid down in Article 9 (2) of that Regulation, these prices should be increased, maintained or decreased according to the species for the 1998 fishing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1998 for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the commercial specifications to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1997.

For the Council

The President

J. POOS

(1) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15).

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