No L 48/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 2. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 420/93 of 25 February 1993 making imports of certain fishery products subject to observance of the reference price THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery products ('), and in particular Article 22 (6) thereof, ' Whereas Article 22 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 envisages, inter alia, that where the free-at-frontier price of a specified product, imported from a third country, stays below the reference price and where considerable quantities of that product are imported, imports of products listed, inter alia, in Annex I (Section A), Annex IV (Section B) and Annex V may be made subject to the condition that the free-at-frontier price is at least equal to the reference price ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3191/82 () laid down detailed rules for the reference price system in the fishery products sector and in particular for the deter- mination of the free-at-frontier price referred to in Article 22 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92; Whereas the reference prices for fishery products for the 1993 fishing year were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3893/92 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 351/93 (%); Whereas for the last months it has been established that on the Community market the free-at-frontier price of significant quantities of certain fishery products remained below the reference price for these products ; whereas, in view of this, there is a danger that the stabilization measures on the Community market could be threa- tened ; whereas, in order to avoid disturbances due to offers at abnormally low prices, it is necessary to require imports for the products in question to observe the reference price ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The placing into free circulation in the Community of the fishery products listed in the Annex shall be subject to the condition that the free-at-frontier price is at least equal to the reference. price given in the Annex. 2. This Regulation does not apply to the frozen products listed in the Annex provided it can be proved, to the satisfaction of the competent customs authorities, that they were in transit towards the Community on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, and provided they are put into free circulation by 15 March 1993 at the latest. ' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities. It shall apply until 30 June 1993. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member " States. Done at Brussels, 25 February 1993. ' () OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. ) OJ No L 338, 30. 11. 1982, p. 13. () OJ No L 392, 31. 12. 1992, p. 9. () OJ No L 41, 18. 2. 1993, p. 12. For the Commission Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member of the Commission