L 340/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 12. 97 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 3759/52 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products(’) 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 spe- cifications 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. (") OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15). For the Council The President J. POOS