COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3865/91 of 16 December 1991 fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 1992 fishing year

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3571/90 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Articles 21 (6) and 22 (5) thereof,

Whereas Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides, among other things, for reference prices valid for the Community to be fixed each year, by product category, for the products specified in Annexes I, II, III, IV (B) and V to that Regulation;

Whereas Article 22 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 allows, inter alia, the fixing of reference prices for the products referred to in Annex IV (A) (1) before the beginning of each marketing year;

Whereas Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides that the reference price for the products specified in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) thereto must be equal to the withdrawal and selling prices fixed in accordance with Article 12 (1) thereof;

Whereas the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned were fixed for the 1992 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3864/91 (3);

Whereas the reference prices for the products specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 must be derived from their guide prices by reference to the price level at which the intervention measures provided for in Article 16 (1) thereof may be taken, and fixed taking account of the situation on the market in those products; whereas the reference prices for those products should therefore be 85 % of the guide prices fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/91 (4);

Whereas the reference prices for the fishes of the species Thunnus and Euthynnus specified in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, are based on the weighted average of the free-at-frontier prices recorded on the most representative markets in the Member States during the three preceding years;

Whereas the reference prices for the products specified in Annexes I (B) and (C) and IV (B) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 are determined on the basis of the average of the reference prices for the fresh product, account being taken of the processing costs and of the need to ensure a price relationship in keeping with the market situation;

Whereas the reference prices for carp referred to in Annex IV (A) (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 are fixed on the basis of the average of the producer prices recorded during the three years preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed for a product with commercial characteristics as set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1985/74 of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of application for the fixing of reference prices and free-at-frontier prices for carp (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1106/90 (6);

Whereas, for the frozen and salted products specified in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for which no reference price is fixed for the fresh product, the reference prices are determined on the basis of the reference price applied to a commercially similar fresh product;

Whereas, given the quantities of certain frozen and salted products and the conditions governing their importation, it does not appear necessary to fix a reference price for such products in the immediate future;

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

The reference prices for the 1992 fishing year for the products specified in Annexes I, II, III, IV (A) 1 and (B) and V to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1991. For the Commission

Manuel MARÍN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 10. (3) See page 2 of this Official Journal. (4) OJ No L 338, 10. 12. 1991, p. 4. (5) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1974, p. 30. (6) OJ No L 111, 1. 5. 1990, p. 50.

ANNEX

1. Reference prices of products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81

Fresh or chilled Reference price (ECU/tonne) Species Size (1) Gutted fish with

head Whole fish Extra, A (1) B (1) Extra, A (1) B (1) Herring of the species Clupea harengus

ex 0302 40 10 and ex 0302 40 90 - 1 January to 31 July 1992 and 1 October to 31 December 1992 1

2

3 0

0

0 0

0

0 185

174

109 185

174

109 - 1 August to 30 September 1992 1

2

3 0

0

0 0

0

0 157

148

92 157

148

92 Sardines of the species

Sardina pilchardus from the Atlantic

ex 0302 61 10 (a) Member States other

than Spain and Portugal 1

2

3

4 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 223

223

344

223 142

142

142

142 (b) Spain and Portugal 1

2

3

4 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 193

193

298

193 123

123

123

123 Sardines of the species

Sardina pilchardus

from the Mediterranean

ex 0302 61 10 1

2

3

4 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 214

214

331

214 136

136

136

136 Dogfish 1 526 386 498 351 (Squalus acanthias) 2 449 316 421 281 0302 65 20 3 246 175 210 140 Dogfish 1 484 363 454 303 (Scyliorhinus spp.) 2 484 363 424 303 0302 65 50 3 333 242 273 151 Redfish

(Sebastes spp.) 1 0 0 748 748 0302 69 31 and 2 0 0 748 748 0302 69 33 3 0 0 631 631 Cod of the species 1 948 895 684 526 Gadus morhua 2 948 895 684 526 0302 50 10 3 895 737 526 421 4 705 484 400 284 5 495 284 295 190 Coalfish 1 480 480 373 373 (Pollachius virens) 2 480 480 373 373 0302 63 00 3 474 474 368 368 4 384 277 202 149 Haddock 1 696 618 541 464 (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 2 696 618 541 464 0302 62 00 3 595 502 417 286 4 549 448 410 286 Fresh or chilled Reference price (ECU/tonne) Species Size (1) Gutted fish with

head Whole fish Extra, A (1) B (1) Extra, A (1) B (1) Whiting 1 526 493 395 263 (Merlangus merlangus) 2 526 493 395 263 0302 69 41 3 500 401 362 151 4 362 243 263 151 Ling (Molva spp.) 1 649 497 535 382 0302 69 45 2 634 481 520 367 3 573 420 458 306 Mackerel of the species

Scomber scombrus

ex 0302 64 10 and ex 0302 64 90 1

2

3 0

0

0 0

0

0 189

189

189 189

166

155 Spanish mackerel of the species 1 0 0 246 217 Scomber japonicus 2 0 0 246 203 ex 0302 64 10 and 3 0 0 203 165 ex 0302 64 90 4 0 0 159 116 Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

0302 69 55 1

2

3

4 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 646

686

565

234 363

363

363

234 Plaice

(Pleuronectes platessa)

0302 22 00 - 1 January to

30 April 1992 1

2

3

4 595

595

562

429 562

562

529

396 324

324

324

304 324

324

324

304 1 810 765 441 441 - 1 May to 2 810 765 441 441 31 December 1992 3 765 720 441 441 4 585 540 414 414 Hake of the species 1 2 766 2 600 2 185 2 019 Merluccius merluccius 2 2 102 1 964 1 632 1 493 ex 0302 69 65 3 2 074 1 936 1 604 1 466 4 1 770 1 632 1 383 1 134 5 1 659 1 521 1 300 1 051 Megrim 1 1 307 999 1 230 923 (Lepidorhombus spp.) 2 1 153 846 1 076 769 0302 29 10 3 1 076 769 999 692 4 692 384 615 308 Ray's bream (Brama spp.) 1 1 059 810 996 747 0302 69 75 2 747 498 685 436 Whole or gutted

fish with head Without head Extra, A (1) B (1) Extra, A (1) B (1) Monkfish (Lophius spp.) 1 1 321 954 3 887 3 023 0302 69 81 2 1 688 1 321 3 671 2 807 3 1 688 1 321 3 455 2 591 4 1 413 1 046 3 023 2 159 5 807 440 2 159 1 296 Fresh or chilled Reference price (ECU/tonne) Species Size (1) Whole or gutted fish,

with head Without head A (1) B (1) Shrimps of the genus

Crangon crangon 1 986 834 ex 0306 23 31 2 455 455 Whole (1) Edible crabs

(Cancer pagurus) 1 1 067 ex 0306 24 30 2 800 Whole Tails E (1) Extra, A (1) B (1) Extra, A (1) B (1) Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) ex 0306 29 30 1 3 755 3 755 2 688 5 918 3 969 2 3 755 2 530 1 502 4 247 2 646 3 2 490 1 779 712 2 506 1 323 4 909 909 356 2 089 627

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81

2. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81

CN code Description Reference prices

(ECU/tonne) A. Frozen products falling within CN code 0303: 0303 71 10 Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus 330 0303 79 71 Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.) 1 158 B. Frozen products falling within CN code 0307: Squid of the genus Loligo: 0307 49 35 - Loligo patagonica: whole, not cleaned

cleaned 788

946 0307 49 31 - Loligo vulgaris: whole, not cleaned

cleaned 1 576

1 891 0307 49 33 - Loligo pealei: whole, not cleaned

cleaned 946

1 103 ex 0307 49 38 - Loligo opalescens: whole, not cleaned

cleaned 630

749 0307 49 38 - Other species: whole, not cleaned

cleaned 867

1 024 0307 49 51 Squid

(Ommastrephes sagittatus): whole, not cleaned

tube

cylinder 685

1 302

1 952 Illex spp. ex 0307 99 11 - Illex argentinus: whole, not cleaned

tube

cylinder 687

1 305

1 958 ex 0307 99 11 - Illex illecebrosus: whole, not cleaned

tube

cylinder 687

1 305

1 958 ex 0307 99 11 - Other species: whole, not cleaned

tube

cylinder 687

1 305

1 958 0307 49 19 Cuttle-fish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma) and sépioles (Sepiola rondeleti) 1 393 0307 59 10 Octopus (Octopus spp.) 1 123

3. Reference prices for the products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81

Tuna (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus, fresh, chilled or frozen, for the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604:

Product Reference prices (ECU/tonne) Whole Gilled and

gutted Other

(for example

'heads off') A. Albacore or longfinned tuna (Thunnus alalunga): excluding fresh or chilled tuna:

0303 41 11, 0303 41 13, 0303 41 19 978 1 114 1 212 B. Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares): 1. weighing more than 10 kg each (1) 0302 32 10, 0303 42 12, 0303 42 32, 0303 42 52 850 969 1 054 2. weighing not more than 10 kg each (1) ex 0302 32 10, 0303 42 18, 0303 42 38, 0303 42 58 680 775 843 C. Lisatos or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis): 0302 33 10, 0303 43 11, 0303 43 13, 0303 43 19 527 601 653 D. Fish of the genus Thunnus and Euthynnus, excluding bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), fresh or chilled and bigeye tuna (Parathunnus obesus or Thunnus obesus), fresh or chilled: ex 0302 39 10, 0302 69 21, 0303 49 11, 0303 49 13,

0303 49 19, 0303 79 21, 0303 79 23, 0303 79 29 502 572 622

(1) Reference to weight applies to whole products.

4. Reference prices for certain products listed in Annex IV (A) (1) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81:

Product Form Periods from Reference prices

(ECU/tonne) Carp falling within CN code ex 0301 93 00 Live, weighing at least 800 grams 1. 1. 1992 to 31. 7. 1992

1. 8. 1992 to 30. 11. 1992

1. 12. 1992 to 31. 12. 1992 1 265

1 580

1 387

5. Reference prices for the products listed in Annexes IV (B) and V to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81

Frozen products falling within CN codes 0303 and 0304:

Species Presentation Reference prices

(ECU/tonne) 1. Redfish (Sebastes spp.) Whole fish: ex 0303 79 35 ex 0303 79 37 - With or without head 783 Fillets: ex 0304 20 35

ex 0304 20 37 - With bones (standard)

- Boneless

- Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg 1 575

1 834

1 940 ex 0304 90 31 Minced blocks 979 ex 0303 79 35

ex 0303 79 37

ex 0304 90 31 Pieces and other meat 1 100 2. Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida Whole fish: ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19,

ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41 - With or without head 928 Fillets: - Industrial blocks, with bones (standard) 2 019 - Industrial blocks, boneless 2 332 ex 0304 20 21 - Individual fillets, with skin 2 210 ex 0304 20 29 - Individual fillets, skinless 2 550 - Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg 2 488 ex 0304 90 35

ex 0304 90 38

ex 0304 90 39 Minced blocks 1 022 ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19, ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41, ex 0304 90 35, ex 0304 90 38, ex 0304 90 39 Pieces and other meat 1 192 3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens) Whole fish: ex 0303 73 00 - With or without head 624 Fillets: - Industrial blocks, with bones (standard) 1 236 - Industrial blocks, boneless 1 334 ex 0304 20 31 - Individual fillets, with skin 1 250 - Individual fillets, skinless 1 371 - Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg 1 427 ex 0304 90 41 Minced blocks 675 ex 0303 73 00, ex 0304 90 41 Pieces and other meat 820 4. Haddock (Melanogrammus

aeglefinus) Whole fish: ex 0303 72 00 - With or without head 810 Fillets: - Industrial blocks, with bones (standard) 1 844 - Industrial blocks, boneless 2 398 ex 0304 20 33 - Individual fillets, with skin 2 173 - Individual fillets, skinless 2 494 - Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg 2 459 ex 0304 90 45 Minced blocks 816 ex 0303 72 00, ex 0304 90 45 Pieces and other meat 964 5. Mackerel of the species Whole fish: Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor 0303 74 11

0303 74 19

0303 79 61

0303 79 63 - With head

- Without head 345

366 ex 0304 20 53 Fillets 596 ex 0304 90 98 Sides 482 6. Hake (Merluccius spp.) Whole fish: ex 0303 78 10 - With or without head 781 Fillets: - Industrial blocks, with bones (standard) 1 040 - Industrial blocks, boneless 1 224 ex 0304 20 57 - Individual fillets, with skin 1 069 - Individual fillets, skinless 1 147 - Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg 1 237 ex 0304 90 47 Minced blocks 787 ex 0303 78 10

ex 0304 90 47 Pieces and other meat 1 047 7. Alaska pollack Fillets: (Theragra chalcogramma) ex 0304 20 85 - Industrial blocks, with bones (standard) 936 - Industrial blocks, boneless 1 079