No L 207/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 29.7.74 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 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (*) of 20 October 1970 on the common orga- nization of the market in fishery products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1555/74 (2), and in particular Article 18a (5) thereof; Whereas Article 18a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 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 18a (2) provides that reference prices shall be fixed on the basis of the average of the production prices recorded in representative Community production zones, during the three years preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a product defined by its commercial charac- teristics; whereas the terms ‘carp’, ‘representative production zone’ and ‘production price’ should be defined for the purposes of this Regulation; Whereas only live carp weighing not less than 800 grammes are of commercial significance; whereas Article 18a as aforesaid should therefore be limited to such products; Whereas carp breeding in the Community is very dispersed; whereas on this account an area represent- ing 15% of Community production should be regard- ed as a representative production zone; Whereas production prices in representative produc- tion zones differ within each marketing vear; (1) OJ No L 236, 27. 10. 1970, p. 5. () OJ No L 167, 22. 6. 1974, p. 1. whereas from 16 November these prices tend to fall, and whereas the marketing year should therefore be subdivided accordingly; Whereas paragraph 3 of the aforesaid provides for the fixing of a compensatory tax if the free-at-fron- tier price of a normal commercial quantity of carp coming from a specified place is lower than the reference price; whereas a quantity of at least 1 000 kg of carp may beconsidered a normal commercial quantity; Whereas, in order that free-at-frontier prices may be determined as accurately as possible, the information to be taken into consideration must be specified; whereas this means, apart from the prices shown in customs and trade documents, any information con- cerning prices applied by third countries; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Fishery Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 This Regulation shall apply to live carp weighing not less than 800 grammes. Article 2 1. Member States shall notify the Commission annually before 1 June of the average monthly pro- duction prices recorded in the representative produc- tion 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 pro- ducer sells the goods to the wholesaler. 2. The representative production zones shall be the following: Germany: Oberpfalz the entire Oberfranken/Mittelfranken zone