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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2046/85

of 24 July 1985

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 laying down detailed rules of application for the fixing of reference prices and free-at-frontier prices for carp

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3655/84 (2), and in particular Article 22 (5) thereof,

Whereas Article 22 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides that reference prices for carp may be fixed before the beginning of each marketing year; whereas these prices may be fixed at different levels for periods to be specified within each marketing year according to seasonal fluctuations in prices;

Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1701/78 (4), provides that one of the periods for which a reference price should be fixed shall be that running from 1 December to 31 July of the following year;

Whereas experience has indicated the need to subdivide this period into two parts; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 should therefore be amended;

Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 is replaced by the following:

'A reference price shall be fixed for carp for the periods running:

- from 1 August to 30 November,

- from 1 December to 31 December,

- from 1 January to 31 July.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

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

(2) OJ No L 340, 28. 12. 1984, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1974, p. 30.

(4) OJ No L 195, 20. 7. 1978, p. 14.