COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(90) 519 finaL 
BrusseLs, 29 October 1990 
ProposaL for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products 
Listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of ReguLation (EEC) No 3796/81 
for the 1991 fishing year 
ProposaL for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products Listed in Annex II 
to ReguLation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 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 1991 fishing year 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices for 1991 for the 
products in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 on the cannon 
organization of the market in fishery products. Article 10 of that Regulation 
states that a guide price for each of these products shall be fixed for each 
fishing year on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a significant 
proportion of Cortmunity 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. In fixing the price, account is also taken of the production 
and demand prospects and other criteria relating to the stabilization of market 
prices, support for producers' incomes and consumers' interests. 
As in previous years, the procedure for fixing the prices for 1991 has been 
based on a comparison between the average of prices recorded between 1988 and 
the first six months of 1990 and that for the period beween 1987 and 1989, which 
was used as a basis for fixing the guide prices for 1990. 
Generally speaking white fish production is appreciably lower and withdrawals 
virtually negligible. This drop in production appears to be mainly due to the 
fact thdat white fish is becoming rarer and this too is causing a substantial 
increase in the average of prices. 
In view of these favourable price movements, the Commission proposes an increase 
of 1 - 3 % in the prices of various species of white fish with the exception of 
plaice (poor market situation) and cat shark (difference between the guide price 
and the average price). 
An assessment of the market situation and foreseeable developments for pelagic 
species is further complicated in particular by production levels that fluctuate 
f ran one year to the next : 
a) Although herring prices have been falling slightly for the past 3 years, it 
is proposed that the guide price be kept at its current level since the 
drop in prices is slackening along with production prospects in the caning 
year. 
b) Although the situation is improving on the mackerel market, it is proposed 
that the guide price for this species should not be increased as the 
withdrawal price is too close to the average market price. 
c) Anchovy prices dare slightly lower but withdrawals are negligible and the 
considerable difference between guide prices and average market prices allow 
for an increase of 1 %. 
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d) Mediterranean sardines : in view of the artificial nature of the increase in 
accordance with the guide lines set out in the report on sardines (COM 87 219 
final of 7 August 87) it is proposed that the guide price for this product be 
be reduced by 1 % in order not to have a worse effect on the competitiveness 
of the canning industry. 
Atlantic sardines : in view of the level of withdrawals (around 5 % of 
production) despite lower production and in order not to restrict the 
competitiveness of the processing industry, it is proposed to reduce the guide 
price by 1 %, out with the price alignment scheme provided for by the Act of 
Accession. 
Among the new species included in the Community system of storage aid as a 
result of the Act of Accession, the (jommission proposes a substantial decrease 
in the price for nephrops (tails), a species for which the gap between average 
market price and guide price has widened considerably over the last few years. 
Consequently, it is proposed that: 
- the guide price for Atlantic sardine and Mediterranean sardine be reduced by 
1 %, and that for nephrops (tails) by 5 %; 
- the 1990 guide prices for herring, plaice, cat shark, monkfish (tails), 
mackerel, edible crabs and whole nephrops be maintained in 1991; 
- to increase the guide price 
- by 1 % for anchovies, hake, monkfish, redfish and saithe, 
- by 2 % for whiting, megrim, dogfish and ling, 
- by 3 % for cod and haddock 
- by 4 % for Rays bream and shrimps 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N* 
o£ 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products 
listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Régulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 
for the 1991 fishing year 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 of 29 Decenber 1981 on the 
common organization of the market in fishery products (*), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) no 2886/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Gamnission, 
Whereas Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 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 Canmunity ; whereas that level must 
also help support producers' income and at the same time take account of 
consumers* interest r 
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 ; 
\7hereas the application of the criteria laid down in Article 10 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 3796/81 and referred to above involves for the 1991 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 the absence of certain information concerning price trends for each 
fishery product with given commercial characteristics, consideration should be 
given to the relationship between the average weighted market prices recorded 
when the guide prices were fixed for the previous fishing year for these 
products, and the average weighted market prices recorded currently ; 
(1) OJn'L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1. 
(2) OJ n° L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1. / 
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Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the Act of Accession, a 
sixth approximation of guide prices must take place on 1 January 1991 for 
Atlantic sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus , 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 1991 for 
the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 
and the categories to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
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ftrprnqp Camernial specifications 0-) 
Freshness 
category 
1. Herrings of the species 
Qupea haraxps 
2. Sardines of the spacies 
Sardina pilchaEdus 
a) Atlantic : 
- M3tter States other than 
Spain and Portugal 
- Spain, Portugal 
b) tfaiitflrranean 
3. Picked dngfiffri 
(Stfjalus acanthias) 
4. Catshanks (Scylialûnus spp.) 
5. Efedfish (SebastBS sop.) 
6. Cod of the sperries Gaous 
nctiua 
7. Qbalfish (PollachiiB virens) Extra, A 
Extra 
Extra 
Extra 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
A 
or 
A 
A 
ou 
A Size Presentation 
3 
3 
3 
2 ( 
( 
1 ( 
( Wrote fish 
Wnole fish 
Wrole fish 
Wnole fish 
Wnole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Wnole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Wnole fish 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with heart 
Gutted fish with head 
Gutted fish with head Guide çriœ 
(EOJ/tcme) 
Eranl January to ) 
31 July 1991 ) 267 
and franl October ) 
to 31 Damrtjer 1991) 
Eton 1 August to ) 243 
30 Septarber 1991 ) 
472 
390 
454 
OCR? 
766 
907 
1267 
654 
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*J£*^ -fl*^^ Gbnomercial specifications (1) 
Freshness 
GRtegxy Size Presentation Guide price 
(BOJ/tane) 
8. ffeddxk (MsLanoçpaanus 
aeglefînus) 
9. Wniting (Msrlancps iœrlangjs) 
10. ling (MDIVQ spp.) 
11. Macterel cf the species 
12. Mackerel of the species 
Scoter japcxricus 
13. Anchovies (BryanliB spp.) 
14. Plaice 
(Pleumiectes A 
or 
A 
A 
or 
A 
Extra, A 
Extra 
or 
A 
Extra 
or 
A 
Extra 
A 
or 
A 1, 2 Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 
Wnole fish 
Whole fish 
Wnole fish 
Wnole fish 
Wnole fish 
Gutted fish, with head 
Gutted fish, with head 922 
815 
938 
264 
323 
924 
Fran 1 January ) 774 
to 30 April 1991 ) 
Fran 1 May )i 055 
to 31 DBaaiber 1991) 
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15. tfeike of the ypRrrtes 
Mfarlirrim nprlirrnm 
16. Msgrim (TfrfAl IIUUJUB spp.) 
17. Ifey's bream (Bzna sjp.) 
18. rtnkfish (Lorhius scp.) 
19. Snrinrs of the species 
Cratp) crangji 
20. Edible crab (Cancer pacerus) 
21. Norway kteter 
(ftglKLfis icruacucus) Q 
i Freshness 
category 
A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, "A 
A 
~ 
E, A 
E, A Size 
1 
1, 2 
1 
2, 3 
2, 3 
1 
1 
1. 2 
2 Presentaticn 
Gutted fish with head 
Wnole fish, gutted fish 
with head 
Wnole fish 
thole, gutted, with head 
Without head 
Simply boiled in water 
Wnole 
Wnole 
Tails Guide price 
(Fnj/tane) 
3 018 
1906 
1 560 
2 142 
5040 
1639 
1 500 
4400 
8 610 
(1) The freshness aategxies, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of 
Itegulaticn (EEC) No 3796/81 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No. 3796/81 on the ccninon organisation of the market in fishery 
products states that, for each of the products listed in Annex II, a guide price 
shall be fixed for a product with given comnercial characteristics on the basis 
of the average of prices recorded for a significant proportion of Conmunity 
output on representative wholesale markets or in representative ports during the 
three fishing years immediately preceding the year for which the price is fixed. 
Examination of the price trends for frozen products suggests that the guide 
prices should be kept at their current level in the 1991 fishing year for 
sardines, cuttlefish and octopus and increased for sea bream. 
The large volume of stocks of squid of the species Loligo patagonica and the 
continued weakness in prices reflect the crisis which has been affecting this 
market for several months. 
For I Ilex too, the high level of ccmnunity production in '89 combined with the 
impact of imports has led to a continual drop in prices over the past 3 years. 
In these circumstances, the Commission proposes to adjust the guide prices to 
the long-term market trends and thus reduce significantly Ctammunity guide prices 
for the 1991 fishing year. 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No / 
of 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex H to 
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 fishing year 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Conmunity, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 37%/8l of 29 December 1981 on the 
common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 2886/89 (2), and in particular Article 15 (5), 
Having regard to the proposal frcm the Conmission, 
Whereas Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 37%/81 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 10 of that 
Regulation, these prices should be increased, maintained and increased 
according to the species for the 1991 fishing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1991 for the 
products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 37%/81 and the categories 
to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. 
(1) OJ N° L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1. 
(2) OJ N° L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1. 
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
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ANSEX 
(BU/tnre) 
Grcup of psxbcts Comercial spflrnfications Guide price 
1. Sardines of the spades 
2. Sea-bream (Dantex danbex 
andRgellLB app.) 
3. âjjid of the species Icliçp 
4. Sqjrid 
(QmBstrephes sagittatus) 
5. Hlfix argentiruB 
6. Cuttlefish of the speci.es 
Séria officinalis, Rassàa 
nBoroscHB and SEfiola 
mxteletti 
7. Octopus (Octopus epp.) Frozen, in lots or in original padcees ooitaining the sate products 
Frozen, in lots or in original pectegss containing the sane proflrls 
Frozen, not cleaned, in origirBl pactegas containing the sane 
prodrts 
Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages curtrtining the sane 
pcoArts 
Frozen, not cleaned, in original prteggs containing the sane 
pxdrts 
Frozen, in original pacteges contai ning the sane pcoirjts 
Frozen, in original packages caitaining the sane rrocbcts 389 
1 364 
975 
773 
773 
1642 
1 323 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the cannon organization of the market in fishery 
products states that, for tuna intended for use by the canning industry, a 
Ccnmnunity production price shall be fixed for a product with given commercial 
characteristics on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a significant 
proportion of Ccmnunity output on representative wholesale markets or in 
representative ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding the 
year for which the price is fixed. 
There has been an appreciable reduction in the average Ccmnunity production 
price over the past 3 years. The same is true for the first 6 months of 1990 ; 
the price of Albacore weighing more than 10 kg has gradually fallen on the 
cannunity market, reflecting the situation on the international market on which 
Albacore is in plentiful supply and prices are dropping. 
In these circumstances, the Conmission proposes that the Ccmnunity tuna 
production price be reduced by 10% for the 1991 fishing year. 
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COUNCIL REGUIATION (EEC) No 
of 
fixing the Ccmnunity producer price for tuna intended for the industrial 
manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 for the 1991 fishing year 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Ccmnunity, 
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 2886/89 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Conrnission, 
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides that a Ccmnunity 
producer price shall be fixed for tunas (of the genus Thunnus ), skipjack or 
stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelands) 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 1991 fishing year should be 
decreased, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The Ccmnunity producer price for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1991 
for tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus 
(Katsuwonus) pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus for the 
industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 and the category 
to which it relates are hereby fixed as follows : 
(!) OJ No L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1. 
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(ECU/tonne) 
Product Ccmnercial specifications Guide price 
Yellowfin tunas Whole, weighing more than 10 kg 
(Thunnus albacares) each 1 115 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
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