COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
,af, COM(93) 547 final 
Brussels, 5 November 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) 
to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishing year 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II 
to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishing year 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial 
manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 
for the 1994 fishing year 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix for 1994 the guide prices for the 
products listed in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on 
the common organization of the market in fishery products. Article 9 of that 
Regulation lays down that for each of these products a Community production 
price is to be fixed based on the average of prices recorded for a 
significant proportion of Community output and a product with given 
commercial characteristics on representative wholesale markets or in 
representative ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding 
the year for which the price is fixed. Account is also to be taken when 
fixing these prices of the trend in production and demand and of other 
criteria relating to price stabilization, income support for producers and 
consumer interest. 
As in previous years the point of departure for the 1994 price fixing 
procedure has been a comparison between the average prices recorded during 
the period 1991 to 1993 (1993: first six months) and that for the period 
1990 to 1992, the latter having served as the basis for fixing the guide 
prices for 1993. 
It can be said that the crisis in the fisheries sector is affecting 
virtually all the markets in fishery products. 
As far as white fish species are concerned, production is steadily 
declining, accompanied by a very substantial short-term and long-term fall 
in prices and a significant increase in withdrawals. 
In the light of this price trend, the Commission proposes that the prices 
for the various species of white fish be reduced by between 2 and 9%, apart 
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from redfifeh, picked dogfish, megrim, hake and plaice, for which the 
Commission recommends that the status quo be maintained. 
As par as pelagic species are concerned, the trends seen for white fish are 
even more marked in terms of declining production (with the exception of 
anchovies), prices and above all withdrawals. 
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Apart from the marketing problems, in the case of sardines, mackerel and 
herring an excessive gap has developed between the average market prices and 
guide prices, which prompts the Commission to recommend price cuts of 4 to 
7%. 
Among the species included by the Act of Accession in the Community storage 
aid scheme, the Commission proposes a substantial cut in the price for 
Norway lobster without head (species for which the gap between the average 
market price and the guide price has widened substantially in recent years). 
For the new species, given the recent price fixing (July 1993) and the 
absence of significant developments since then, the Commission proposes that 
the 1993 guide prices be maintained. 
It is therefore proposed that: 
- the guide price be reduced for herring, cod, saithe and whiting by 4%; 
Atlantic and Mediterranean sardine and mackerel by 7%; large spotted 
dogfish by 6%; haddock by 9%; Spanish mackerel by 5%; ling, ray's bream 
and whole Norway lobster by 2%; Norway lobster without head by 10%. 
- the guide prices applicable in 1993 be maintained in 1994 for picked 
dogfish, redfish, anchovies, plaice, hake, shrimps, megrim, angler 
fish, edible crab, dab, flounder, longfinned tuna, cuttlefish and sole. 
Proposal for a 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I, A> m\ »„H ,pi 
to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishlg^ ' *" <E) 
THE COUNCIL 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 and aquaculture 
products^), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93(2), and in 
particular Article 9 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 9 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 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 9 (2) of that Regulation and on an assessment of production and 
demand prospects ; 
Whereas the application of these criteria involves for the 1994 fishing 
year an decrease for certain products and the stabilization of prices for 
others compared with prices applicable during the current fishing year ; 
(1) OJ N° L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 172, 15.07.1993, p. 1. 
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Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the Act of Accession, ' 
ninth approximation of guide prices must take place on 1 January 1994 for 
Atlantic aardines of the apeciea Sardine pilcbardus , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The guide pricea for the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 1994 
for the producta Hated in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3759/92 and the commercial categoriea to which they relate are fixed in 
the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
Thia Regulation ahall enter into force on the aeventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It ahall apply from 1 January 1994. 
Thia Regulation ahall be binding in ita entirety and directly applicable 
in all Member Statea. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
ANNEX 
Species Commercial specifications (1) 
Freshness 
category Size Presentation Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 
1. Herrings of the species 
Clupea harengus Extra, A Whole fish 
2. Sardines of the species 
Sardina pflchardus 
a) Atlantic : 
- Member States other than 
Spain and Portugal 
• Spain, Portugal 
b) Mediterranean 
3. Picked dogfish 
(Squalus acanthias) 
4. Catshanks (Scyliorhinus spp.) 
5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.) 
6. Cod of the species Gadus 
morhua 
7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 
8. Haddock (Nelanogn 
aeglefinus) 
9. Whiting (Nerlangius aerlangus) 
10. Ling (Molva spp.) 
11. Mackerel of the species 
Scomber scombrus 
12. Mackerel of the species 
Scomber japonicus Extra 
Extra 
Extra 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
A 
or 
A 
A 
ou 
A 
A 
or 
A 
A 
or 
A 
Extra, A 
Extra 
or 
A 
Extra 
or 
A 2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
1. 2 
1 
2 
1 
2 Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish From 1 January to ) 
31 July 1994 ) 
and from 1 October ) 243 
to 31 December 1994 ) 
From 1 August to ) 
30 September 1994 ) 173 
422 
404 
417 
877 
690 
931 
1 262 
645 
879 
780 
955 
240 
300 
£CU 
Species 
13. Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) 
14. Plaice 
(Pleuronectes platcssa) 
15. Hake of the species 
Merluccius mcrluccius 
16. Megrim (Lapidorhombus spp.) 
17. Ray*s bream (Brama spp.) 
18. Monkfish (Lophius spp.) 
19. Shrimps of the species 
Crangon crangon 
20. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) 
21. Norway lobster 
(Nephrops norvegicus) 
22. Dab 
(Limanda Iimanda) 
23. Flounder 
(Platichthys flesus) 
24. Albacore or longfinned tuna 
(Thunnus alalunga) 
25. Cuttlefish 
(Sepia officinalis and 
Rossia macrosoma) 
26. Sole 
(Solea spp.) Commercial specifications (1) 
Freshness 
category 
Extra 
A 
or 
A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
E, A 
E, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A Size 
2 
2 
3 
1 
1. 2 
1 
2, 3 
2, 3 
1 
1 
1. 2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1. 2 
2, 3 Presentation Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish with head 
Whole fish,or gutted fish 
with head 
Whole fish 
Whole, or gutted with head 
Without head 
Simply boiled in water 
Whole 
Whole 
Tails 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with head 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 959 
From 1 January ) 
to 30 April 1994 ) 
From 1 May )-j 
to 31 December 1994) 
3 132 
1 959 
1 495 
2 179 
4 525 
1 667 
1 467 
4 259 
6 200 
760 
450 
1800 
2100 
1300 804 
106 
5000 
(1) The freshness categories, sizes 
No 3759/92 and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in 
fishery products lays down that for each of the products listed in Annex II 
thereto a guide price is to be fixed, based on the average of prices 
recorded for a significant proportion of Community output and a product with 
given commercial characteristics on representative wholesale markets or in 
representative ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding 
the year for which the price is fixed. 
It can be seen from the trend in market prices, on the one hand, and the 
level of guide prices for frozen products, on the other, that it is 
advisable to maintain the guide prices at their current level during the 
1994 fishing year for octopus, lesser or Greenland halibut, hake and Loligo 
patagonica. 
Prices for Illex, on the other hand, fell markedly during the first six 
months of 1993. Prices also fell for cuttlefish and sea bream, and also for 
prawns of the species Parapenaeus longirostris. 
In the light of the foregoing, the Commission recommends that for the 1994 
fishing year the Community guide prices be adjusted to the long-term market 
trends, i.e. reduced for Illex (-6%), cuttlefish and sea bream (-3%) and 
prawns of the species Parapenaeus longirostris (-2%). 
Proposal for a 
ÇQLINCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 11 
to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 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 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 
on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture 
products(1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93(2), and in 
particular Article 9 (3), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that a guide 
price shall be fixed annually for each of the products or groups of 
products listed in Annex II to that Regulation ; 
Whereas, according to the data available at present concerning prices for 
the products in question and the criteria laid down in Article 9 (2),of 
that Regulation, these prices should be maintained and decreased according 
to the apeciea for the 1994 fishing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1994 for 
the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the 
commercial categories to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. 
(1) OJ No L 388, 31.12.1992, p 1 
(2) OJ No L 172, 15.0"1.1993, p, 1 
••i Ac riArticle 2 
Thia Regulation ahall enter into force on the aeventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It ahall apply from 1 January 1994 
\ Thia Regulation ahall be bxndxng in ita entirety and directly applicable 
in all Member Statea. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
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Group of products ANNEX 
Commercial specifications (SCU/tonn*) 
Guide price 
1. Sea-bream (Dentex dentex 
and Pagellus spp.) 
2. Squid of the species Loiigo 
patagonica 
3. Squid 
(Omawstrephes sagittatus) 
4. Illex argentinus 
5. Cuttlefish of the species 
Sepia officinalis, lossia 
mscrosoma and Sepiola 
rondeletti 
6. Octopus (Octopus spp.) 
7. Lesser or Greenland halibut 
(Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) 
8. Whole hake of the genus 
Merluccius spp. 
9. Fillets of hake of the genus 
Merluccius spp. 
10. - Prawns of the species 
Parapenaeus longirostris 
- Other species of the family 
Penaeidae Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same 
products 
Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same, 
products 
Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same 
products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 1 294 
872 
798 
752 
1 541 
1 412 
1 500 
1 150 
1 450 
4 900 
6 500 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in 
fishery products lays down that for tuna for canning a Community producer 
price is to be fixed on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a 
significant proportion of Community output and a product with well-defined 
commercial characteristics on representative wholesale markets or in 
representative ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding 
the year for which the price is fixed. 
The trend in the average Community producer price recorded during the last 
three years shows a very significant drop in prices, confirmed during the 
first six months of 1993. 
The Commission therefore proposes that for the 1994 fishing year the 
Community producer price for tuna be reduced by 9%. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial 
manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 
for the 1994 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 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 
on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture 
products(*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93(2), and in 
particular Article 17 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 17 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that a 
Community producer price shall be fixed for tunas (of the genus 
Thunnua ), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katauwonus) 
pelamia] and other species of the genus Euthynnus intended for the 
industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 ; 
Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 17 (2) of the 
abovementioned Regulation, the price for the 1994 fishing year should be 
decreaaed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The Community producer price for the fishing year 1 January to 31 
December 1994 for tunas (of the genua Thunnua), skipjack or stripe-
bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katauwonus) pelamia] and other species of 
the genus Euthynnus for the industrial manufacture of products falling 
within CN code 1604 and the commercial category to which it relates are 
hereby fixed as follows : 
(1) OJ No L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1 
(2) OJ No L 172, 15.07.1993, p. 1 
(ECU/tonne) 
Product Commercial specifications Guide price 
Yellowfin tunas Whole, weighing more than 10 kg 
(Thunnua albacarea) each 964 
Article 2 
Thia Regulation ahall enter into force on the aeventh day following ita 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communitiea. 
It ahall apply from 1 January 1994. 
Thia Regulation ahall be binding In Ita entirety and directly applicable 
in all Member States, 
Done at Bruaaela, For the Council 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
DATE : 20.10-93 
1. BUDGET HEADING : Art. B1 - 261 APPROPRIATIONS 
2. TITLE : Three proposals for Council Regulations fixing the guide prices for fishery products (Annex ! (A) end ((;) 
and (E) ; Annexe II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the producer price for tuna 
3. LEGAL BASIS : Articles 9 and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 
4. AIMS OF PROJECT : Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector 1994 
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
5.0. EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 
(REfUNPG/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL APMIN1STRATION 
• OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(ICVIC0/GU0TOH DUT ICC) 
- NATIONAL 
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS 
199 
YEAR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 
199 FOLLOWING FINANCIAL 
YEAR 1994 
32 mio Ecus 
YEAR YEAR YEAR 
Measure restricted to the 1994 fishing year (16.10.93 - 15.10.94) 
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION : Withdrawals, premiums : 11,0 mio Ecus 
Allowances tuna : 15 mio Ecus 
Storage aid : 0,50 mio Ecus 
Allowances sardines : 5,50 mio Ecus 
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? YES/*e-
YEC/NO 
6.2. IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY ? 
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ? •YES/NO 
YES/*» 
OBSERVATIONS : Since it is a matter of fixing prices, the impact on expenditure will be indirect. The expenditure 
in question is heavily dependent on developments in the market and the quantities landed. 
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