COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(89) 98 final 
Brussels, 11 May 1989 
Draft 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
on the submission of data on the landings of fishery 
products in Member States 
(presented by the Commission) 
JUSTIFICATION &>r> JV f 
Article 31 of Council Regulation L 3796/81 (1) concerning the 
organisation of the market for fishery products establishes the 
principal of the flow of information between the Commission and 
the Member States for the management of the market. Regulations 
3140/82 (2), 3598/83 (3) and 3599/83 (4) contain details of the 
data required: they are essentially short-term indicators of the 
market situation for specific products. However, for longer-term 
planning of the market, global data on the quantity and value of 
total landings in the Member States are required. Although such 
data are collected by the national authorities they are poorly 
harmonised at the Community level and there is no established 
procedure for their transmission to the Commission. 
The present proposal establishes standards for the statistics and 
provides for the data to be transmitted to the Commission. 
1) OJ No 
2) OJ No 
3) OJ No 
4) OJ No L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1. 
L 331, 26.11.1982, p. 7. 
L 357, 21.12.1983, p. 17. 
L 357, 21.12.1981, p. 22. 
Draft 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
on the submission of data on the landings of fishery 
products in Member States. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof, 
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas the management of the market in fishery products, 
as provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (1), 
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3468/88 (2), would be enhanced 
by the existence of harmonized Community statistics on total landings 
of fishery products, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data on 
the quantity and value of fishery products landed in each calendar 
month in that Member State. 
Article 2 
The data to be submitted by each Member State shall be of 
two types: 
provisional monthly data on quantities and 
values covering at least 90% of total landings of 
each species, to be submitted within two months of the end 
of the month covered, 
final monthly data on the quantities and values 
of total landings of each species, to be submitted within 
six months of the end of the month covered. 
Article ? 
1 . The fishery products for which data submissions are 
required under Articles 1 and 2 are given in Annex 1. However, 
Member States may also submit data for additional individually-identified 
fishery products. 
2. Definitions to be used for the units of weight and 
value, the destination and presentation of the products and the nationality 
of the landings are given in Annex 2. 
(1) OJ No I 379, 29.12.1981, p. 1. 
(2> OJ No L 305, 10.11.1988, p. 1. 
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3. The list of products in Annex 1 and the definitions in 
Annex 2 may be amended in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 5. 
Article 4 
1 . Member States shall submit the data to the Commission 
under the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 in the form shown 
in Annex 3. 
2. The data may be submitted on magnetic medium, the 
format of such submissions being agreed between the Member 
State and the Commission. 
Article 5. 
1. Uhere the procedure laid down in this Article ir to be 
followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the 
Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, hereinafter 
referred to as the 'Committee*, either on his own 
initiative or at the request of the representative of a 
Member State. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall give its opinion on the draft within a 
time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to 
the urgency of the mattpr, if necessary by taking a vote. 
3. The opinion Khr.11 ho recorded in the minutes. In 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to 
have Its position recorded in the minutes. 
A The CO'iifflL'i.'iion shall take the utmost account of the 
opinion del Ivered by the Committee. It shall inform the 
Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been 
taken into account. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly appli 
cable in all Member States. 
Done at For the Council 
ANNEX 1. 
List of fishery products for which data submissions are 
required. 
Species 
CDZ Cods Gadus morhua, Boreogadus 
soi da, Gadus ogac 
HAD Haddock ftel anogrammus 
aeglef inus 
POK Saithe (Coalfish) Pollachius 
virens 
HKE Hake fterluccius spp. 
UHG Whiting tterlangius merlangus 
LNZ Lings ftolva spp. 
POL Pollack Pollachius pollochius 
BIB Pouting Trisopterus luscus 
NOP Norway pout Trisopterus 
esmarkii 
UHB Blue whiting Micromesistius 
poutassou 
PLE Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Presentation 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh 
Fresh 
Fresh 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Species 
SOL Sole Solea vulgaris Presentation 
MEG Megrim Lepidorhombus 
whiffiagonis 
DAB Dab Limonda limonda 
LEH Lemon sole nicrostomus kitt 
RED Redfishes Sebostes spp. 
HNZ Monkfishes Lophius spp. 
BOZ Bogue Boops spp. 
PIC Picarel Splcara l=ttaena) spp 
CGZ Conger eels Conger spp. 
GUX Gurnards Triglidae 
NUL Mullets ftugilidae 
HER Herring Clupea harengus 
PIL Sardine Sordino pilchardus 
ANE Anchovy Engraulis spp. 
SPR Sprat Sprottus sprattus 
ALB Albacore Thunnus alalunga Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh 
Frozen unfilleted 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh whole 
Fresh tails 
Frozen tails 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Fresh 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Species Presentation 
YFT Yellowfin tuna Thunnua 
albocares Fresh 
Frozen 
SKJ Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus 
pelami s Fresh 
Frozen 
BET Big-eye tuna Thunnus obesus Fresh 
Frozen 
TUN Other Tunas Thunnini Fresh 
Frozen 
MAC Atlantic mackerel Scomber Fresh 
scombrus Frozen 
MAZ Other mackerels 
Scomber Japonlcus, 
S. oustralasicus Fresh 
Frozen 
JAX Horse mackerels Trachurus spp Fresh 
Frozen 
SRX Skates & rays Raj iformes Fresh 
Frozen 
DGZ Dogfishes Sgualus acanthias, 
Scyliorhinus spp. Fresh 
Frozen 
NEP Norway lobster Nephrops 
norvegicus Fresh whole 
Fresh tails 
Frozen tails 
CNZ Shrimps Crangon spp Fresh 
Frozen 
PDZ Prawns Pandalidae Fresh 
Frozen 
CRE Edible crab Cancer pagurus Fresh 
Frozen 
SQC Common squids Loligo spp Fresh 
Frozen, cleaned 
Frozen, not cleaned 
Spec i es. Presentation 
SQX Shortfin & flying squids 
Todarodes sagittus, 
Illex spp. Fresh 
Frozen, cleaned 
Frozen, not cleaned 
OMZ Squids (Other) Omnastrephidae Fresh 
Frozen, cleaned 
Frozen, not cleaned 
OCZ Octopuses Octopus spp. Fresh 
Frozen 
CTL Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis* 
Rossla macrosoma, 
Sepiolo rondeleti Fresh 
Frozen 
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ANNEX 2. 
Definitions to be used in the submission of data on 
landings of fishery products. 
Units 
Height: The weight recorded should be the weight of the 
product as landed. The data should include all 
quantities sold either by auction or by other means of 
commercialisation. 
The weight should be recorded in tonnes with one place 
of decimals. 
Value: The value should be recorded in national 
currency and should be the value at first sale excluding 
value-added tax. For products not submitted for formal 
auction an estimate of the value should be made (from, 
where possible, the value of a similar product on the 
auction at that time.) 
Destination 
Human consumption: Included here are all products which 
are sold at first sales for human consumption or which 
are landed under contract or other agreement for human 
consumption. Excluded are quantities originally 
destined for human consumption but which, at the moment 
of first sale, due to market conditions, hygiene 
regulations or similar causes, are withdrawn from the 
market for human consumption. 
Industrial uses: Included here are all products 
specifically landed for reduction to meal and oil or for 
consumption by animals plus quantities which, although 
originally destined for human consumption, are not sold 
for this purpose at first sale. 
Presentation 
Fillets are strips of flesh cut parallel to the 
central bone of the fish and from which fins, main bones 
and sometimes belly flap have been removed, presented 
without or with skin (then scaled). 
Whole fish refers to ungutted fish. 
CIeaned refers to squids where the arms, head and 
internal organs have been removed from the body. 
Frozen fish are fish that have been subjected to 
freezing in a manner to preserve the inherent qualitty of 
the fish by reducing the average temperature to -18°C or 
lower and which are then kept at a temperature of -18°C or 
lower. 
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Fresh. fish, are fish that have not been preserved, 
cured, frozen or otherwise treated other than chilled. 
They are generally presented whole or gutted. 
Nationality : 
The data are to include all products landed in national 
ports regardless of the nationality of the vessels making 
the landings. The reporting Member State is not required, 
under the provisions of this Regulation, to report the 
landings of its vessels in ports other than the national 
ports. 
National vessels are vessels flying the flag of or 
registered in the reporting Member State. 
Other EC vessels are vessels flying the flag of or 
registered in EC Member States other than the reporting 
Member State. 
Foreign vessels are vessels flying the flag of or 
registered in a non-EC country. 
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ANNEX 3. 
Format for the submission of data under the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 
LANDING STATISTICS Provisional / Final data 
Landings for the month of 19.* ".".?•• Country ........... 
Species 
FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTH 
Cods (CDZ) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Haddock (HAD) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Saithe (POK) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Hake (HKE) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Whiting (WHG) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Lings (LNZ) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Pollack (POL) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen unfilleted 
Frozen fillets 
Plaice (PLE) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen whole 
Frozen fillets National vessels 
Quantity 
)N: Value Other && vessel* 
Quaatityj Value 1 — • '• •., Foreign vessels 
Quantity 
-
: Value 
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Annex 3 (continued) -13 
Species 
Sole (SOL) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh gutted 
Frozen whole 
Frozen fillets 
Megrim (MEG) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Dab (DAB) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Lemon sole (LEM) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Redfishes (RED) 
Fresh 
Frozen whole 
Frozen fillets 
Monkfishes (MNZ) 
Fresh whole 
Fresh tails 
Frozen tails 
Bogues (BOZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Picarels (PIC) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Conger eels (CGZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Gurnards (GUX) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Mullets (MUD 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Herring (HER) 
Fresh. 
Frozen whole 
Frozen fillets 
Sardine (PIL) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Anchovy (ANE) 
Fresh 
Frozen National vessels 
Quantity Value Other EC vessels 
Quantity Value Foreign vessels 
Quantity 
::.*:::: :::::::: Value 
Annex 3 (continued) 
Species 
Albacore (ALB) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Yellowfin tuna (YFT 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Skipjack tuna (SKJ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Bigeye tuna (BET) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Other tunas (TUN) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Atlantic mackerel (1 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Other mackerels (MAi 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Horse mackerels (JA! 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Skates & rays (SRX) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Dogfishes (DGZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Norway lobster (NEP 
Fresh whole 
Fresh tails 
Frozen tails 
Shrimps (CNZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Prawns (PDZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen National vessels 
Quantity 
4AC) 
:) 
o Value 
* Other EC vessels 
Quantity Value Foreign vessels 
Quantity Value 
Annex 3 (continued) AS 
Species 
Edible crab (CRE) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Common squids (SQC) 
Fresh 
Frozen clean 
Frozen not clean 
Shortfin & Flying s< 
Fresh 
Frozen clean 
Frozen not clean 
Squids (otherHOMZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen clean 
Frozen not clean 
Octopuses (OCZ) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
Cuttlefishes (CTL) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
*Other fish (FIN) 
Fresh 
Frozen 
*Other molluscs (MOL 
Fresh 
Frozen 
*Other crustaceans ( 
Fresh 
Frozen National vessels 
Quantity 
uids (SQ: 
1 
CRU) 
1 
1 Value 
:) Other EC vessels 
Quantity! Value 
" i Foreign vessels 
Quantity Value 
* Facultative items in the submission of provisional data. 
1i 
Annex 3 (continued) 
Species 
FOR INDUSTRIAL USES 
Cods (CDZ) 
Haddock (HAD) 
Saithe (POK) 
Whiting (WHG) 
Pouting (BIB) 
Norway pout (NOP) 
Blue whiting (WHB) 
Herring (HER) 
Sprat (SPR) 
*Oth«r species National vessels 
Quantity 
• Value 
• 
:••' • Other EC vessels 
Quantity 
-
• 
• Value 
: j Foreign vessels 
Quantity Value 
-
• ".. 
Facultative items in the submission of arovisiaaal data, 
1* 
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FICHE FINANCIERS concernant: 
Le règlement du Conseil relatif à l'envoi de statistique sur 
les débarquements de produits de la pèche dans les Etats 
Membres. 
1. Ligne budgétaire: 76 poste: 761 intitulé: Actions 
relatives aux programmes statistiques sectoriels (ou 
l'accompagnant des politiques communautaires 
2. Base juridique: 
Article 213 du Traité Règlement du Conseil L3796/81 et 
3. Classification: Dépense non obligatoire 
4: Objectifs de la mesure et description de l'action: 
Créer l'information statistique pour aider la gestion du 
marché des produits de la pèche. Etablissement de l'envoi 
des données (déjà existant dans les Etats membres) a 
l'Eurostat et le traitement de ces données. 
5. Mode de calcul 
5.1 Nature de 1 a dépense: Financement des 
l'Eurostat pour la gestion des„,s.taitistique 
développement du système informatisé. 
*>.2 Part du financement communautaire: 100* 
5i3> Mtolcul : 
Contribution aux Etats membres: 
Personnel - Gestion 
Assistance informatique i 
Etuifes et analyses actions 
et le 
100.000 
100.000 
50.000 de 
Total 259r999 
6. 
6.1 Incidence financière sur les crédits opérationnels 
Echéancier des crédits d'engagement et de paiement 
CHio ECU) 
Exercice 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994(1) 
exercices ultérieurs 
Total •y t E t 
a. 250 
0 , 250 
0,250 
0,250 
1,999 c.p. 
0,175 
0,250 
0,250 
0,250 
0,075 
6.2 1.999 
Financement pendant l'exercice en cours: 50.000 ECU 
(Etude préalable 
B. Observations: 
les exercices ultérieurs sont a confirmer. 
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Effect on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Employaient. 
Réf. : Proposal for a Council Regulation on the submission of 
data on the landings in fishery products in Member 
States. 
Statistics on the quantities and values of total landings are 
already collected by the authorities in all Hember states. The 
aim of this regulation is to harmonise the data at Community 
level and to establish the procedure for the transmission of 
these statistics to the Commission's services. As a result, this 
proposed regulation will have no effect whatsoever on small and 
medium sized enterprises or on e«ploy«emt. 
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