No L 308/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 11. 96 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2273/96 of 22 November 1996 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1997 fishing year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common or- ganization 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 maintained and decreased according to the species for the 1997 fishing year, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The guide prices for the fishing year .1 January to 31 December 1997 for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the commercial cat- egories to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 November 1996. (") OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (O] No L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15). For the Council The President S. BARRETT