25. 7. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 193/15 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 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3655/84 (3, 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 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1701/78 (*), 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 Regula- tion (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. () OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 340, 28. 12. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1974, p. 30. () OJ No L 195, 20. 7. 1978, p. 14, For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President