Article 1
This Regulation shall apply to live carp weighing not less than 800 grammes.
Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 of the Commission of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of application for the fixing of reference prices and free-at-frontier prices for carp
Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 of the Commission of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of application for the fixing of reference prices and free-at-frontier prices for carp
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Article 2
1. Member States shall notify the Commission annually before 1 June of the average monthly production prices recorded in the representative production zones and of the quantities of carp marketed. These notifications shall be in respect of the three years preceding the date on which the reference prices are fixed. "Production price" means the price at which the producer sells the goods to the wholesaler. 2. The representative production zones shall be the following: Germany : Oberpfalz the entire Oberfranken/Mittelfranken zone (1)OJ No L 236, 27.10.1970, p. 5. (2)OJ No L 167, 22.6.1974, p. 1. France : Dombes the entire Brenne/Sologne zone
Article 3
A reference price shall be fixed for carp: - for the period 1 August to 15 November, - for the period running from 16 November of one year to 31 July of the following year.
Article 4
1. Free-at-frontier prices shall be determined for each place of origin on the basis of all available information and particularly of the notifications from Member States. The latter shall for this purpose use primarily the information contained in customs documents accompanying imported products and in invoices and other trade documents. They shall notify the Commission daily of the prices recorded for each normal commercial quantity and for each place of origin when the goods cross the Community frontier. 2. Account shall also be taken when determining free-at-frontier prices of any other information concerning prices applied by third countries, and namely the following: (a) export prices of third countries, (b) prices recorded on importation into the Community, (c) prices noted on the markets of exporting third countries. 3. The following sources shall be used when seeking information: (a) official information published by the competent authorities of exporting third countries, (b) information published by the specialist trade press in the Member States and in third countries, (c) information supplied by professional and trade organizations and by producers' and traders' representatives in the Member States and in third countries.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1974. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 July 1974. For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI
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