COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3724/92 of 3 December 1992 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 of 28 November 1991 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of the Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize market prices and avoid the formation of surpluses in the Community; whereas that level must also help support producers' income and at the same time take account of consumers' interest;

Whereas the guide price shall be based on the average of prices as defined in Article 10 (2) of that Regulation and on an assessment of production and demand prospects;

Whereas the application of these criteria involves for the 1993 fishing year an increase for certain products and the stabilization or decrease of prices for others compared with prices applicable during the current fishing year;

Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the 1985 Act of Accession, an eighth approximation of guide prices must take place on 1 January 1993 for Atlantic sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The guide prices for the fising year from 1 Janaury to 31 December 1993 for the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 and the commercial specifications to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1993. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1992. For the Council

The President

G. SHEPHARD

(1) OJ No L 354, 23. 12. 1991, p. 1.

ANNEX

Species Commercial specifications (1) Guide price (ECU/tonne) Freshness

category Size Presentation 1. Herrings of the species Clupea harengus Extra, A 1 Whole fish From 1 January to

31 July 1993

and from 1 October

to 31 December 1993 256 From 1 August to

30 September 1993 182 2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus (a) Atlantic - Member States other than Spain and Portugal Extra 3 Whole fish 465 - Spain, Portugal Extra 3 Whole fish 424 (b) Mediterranean Extra 3 Whole fish 453 3. Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Extra, A 2 Whole fish

Gutted fish with head 886 4. Catshanks (Scyliorhinus spp.) Extra, A 1 Whole fish

Gutted fish with head 742 5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.) A 2 Whole fish 941 6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head 1 329 7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens) A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head 679 8. Haddock (Melanogrammus

aeglefinus) A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head 976 9. Whiting (Merlangus merlangus) A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head 822 10. Ling (Molva spp.) Extra, A 1, 2 Gutted fish with head 984

11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus Extra

or

A 1

2 Whole fish

Whole fish 261 12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus Extra

or

A 1

2 Whole fish

Whole fish 319 13. Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) Extra 2 Whole fish 969 14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) A

or

A 2

3 Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head From 1 January

to 30 April 1993

From 1 May

to 31 December 1993 812

1 118 15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius A 1 Gutted fish with head 3 165 16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) Extra, A 1, 2 Whole fish, gutted fish with head 1 980 17. Ray's bream (Brama spp.) Extra, A 1 Whole fish 1 541 18. Monkfish (Lophius spp.) Extra, A 2, 3 Whole, gutted, with head 2 202 Extra, A 2, 3 Without head 4 573 19. Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon A 1 Simply boiled in water 1 685 20. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) - 1 Whole 1 482 21. Norway lobster

(Nephrops norvegicus) E, A 1, 2 Whole 4 392 E, A 2 Tails 6 962

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91.