COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 446 final 
Brussels, 29 October 1992 
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MR'* 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 3687/91 
for the 1993 fishing year 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to 
Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 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 1993 fishing year 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices for 1993 for 
the products in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 
on the common 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 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. 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 1993 has 
been based on a comparison between the average of prices recorded 
between 1990 and the first six months of 1992 and that for the period 
beween 1989 and 1991, which was used as a basis for fixing the guide 
prices for 1992. 
Generally speaking white fish production is continually decreasing 
while, especially during the first 6 months of 1992 there has been some 
slackening in the increase in prices, if not a fall. While withdrawals 
have on the whole been negligible, there has been a significant increase 
for some species. 
In view of these price movements, the Commission proposes a general 
increase of 1 - 3 % in the prices of various species of white fish with 
the exception of cat shark, headless monkfish and ray's bream 
(difference between the guide price and the average price ; high level 
of withdrawals or gradual reduction in prices). 
An assessment of the market situation and foreseeable developments for 
pelagic species is further complicated in particular by production 
levels that fluctuate from one year to the next : 
a) Herring : the increase in production, the drop in the prices and 
the increasing difference between the guide price and the average 
market price allow for a reduction of the guide price of 5 % or 16% 
depending on the time of the year; 
b) Spanish Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) : it is proposed to reduce 
slightly the guide price in order to bring it closer to the average 
market price; since there has been little change in price of 
mackerel (Scomber scombrus) the price may remain the same. 
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c) Anchovy prices dare lower but withdrawals are negligible and the 
considerable difference between guide prices and average market 
prices allow for an increase of 1 %. 
d) Mediterranean sardines : in view of movements in market prices and 
in accordance with the guidelines 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 reduced by 3 % in order not to have a 
worse effect on the compeititveness of the canning industry. 
Atlantic sardines : in view of the too important gap between the 
guide price and the average market price, it is proposed to reduce 
the guide price by 3 %, out with the price alignment scheme 
provided for by the Act of Accession. 
Among the new species included in the Community system of storage 
premium as a result of the Act of Accession, the Commission proposes a 
substantial decrease in the price for nephrops (tails) species for which 
the gap between average market price and guide price has widened 
considerably over the last few years - and the same prices for 
crustaceans. 
Consequently, it is proposed: 
to reduce the guide prices by 1 % for Spanish mackerel and Ray's 
bream, by 2 % for cat shark, by 4 % for Atlantic sardines and for 
Mediterranean sardines, by 10% for headless monkfish and for 
nephrops tails and by 5 % or 16 % for herring depending on the time 
of the year. 
to maintain the 1992 guide prices for mackerel, whiting, whole 
nephrops, edible crab and shrimps in 1993; 
- to increase the guide prices : 
- by 1 % for anchovies, haddock, cod and dogfish 
- by 2 % for saithe, redfish, whole monkfish and plaice (for part of 
the year) 
- by 3 % for megrim, hake, ling and plaice (for part of the year) 
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H COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
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!*), 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 ; 
(1) OJ N° L 354, 23.12.1991, p. 1 
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Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the Act of Accession, a 
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 fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 1993 
for the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3687/91 and the commercial categories to which they relate are fixed in 
the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, For the Council 
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ANNEX 
Species 
1. Herrings of the species 
Clupea harengus 
2. Sardines of the species 
Sardina piIchardus 
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 
norhua 
7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 
8. Haddock (Melanogramnus 
aeglefinus) 
9. Whiting (Herlangius nerlangus) 
10. Ling (Molva spp.) 
11. Mackerel of the species 
Scomber sconbrus 
12. Mackerel of the species 
Scomber japonicus Commercial specifications (') 
Freshness 
category 
Extra, A 
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 Size 
1 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
1, 2 
1 
2 
1 
2 Presentation 
Whole fish 
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 Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 
From 1 January to ) 
31 July 1993 ) 
and from 1 October ) 243 
to 31 December 1993 ) 
From 1 August to ) 
30 September 1993 ) 182 
456 
415 
444 
886 
742 
941 
1 329 
679 
976 
822 
984 
261 
319 
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Species 
13. Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) 
14. Plaice 
(Pleuronectes platessa) 
15. Hake of the species 
Merluccius nerluccius 
16. Megrim (Lepidorhoobus spp.) 
17. Ray's bream (Brana spp.) 
18. Monkfish (Lophius spp.) 
19. Shrimps of the species 
Crangon crangon 
20. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) 
21. Norway lobster 
(Nephrops norvegicus) Commercial specifications (1) 
Freshness 
category 
Extra 
A 
or 
A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
Extra, A 
E, A 
E, A Size 
2 
2 
3 
1 
1, 2 
1 
2, 3 
2. 3 
1 
1 
1, 2 
2 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 
Tai Is 960 
From 1 January ) g^ 
to 30 April 1993 ) 
From 1 May )j 118 
to 31 December 1993) 
3 165 
1 980 
1 541 
2 202 
4 573 
1 685 
1 482 
4 392 
6 962 
(1) The freshness categories, sizes 
No 3687/91 and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No. 3687/91 on the common organization 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 commercial characteristics 
on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a significant proportion of 
Community 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 and guide price levels for frozen products 
suggests that the guide prices should be kept at their current level in the 
1993 fishing year for sardines, octopus and for Illex. 
For the species Loligo patagonica, prices continued to be lew in 1991 despite 
the drop in catches. 
Prices were also low for cuttlefish and sea bream. 
In these circumstances, for the 1993 fishing year, the Commission proposes for 
the latter three species to adjust the guide prices to the long-term market 
trends and thus reduce the guide price significantly for Loligo patagonica, and 
slightly reduce it for sea bream and cuttlefish. 
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No / 
of 
fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to 
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 17 (4), 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 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 (2),of 
that Regulation, these prices should be increased, maintained and 
decreased according to the species for the 1993 fishing year, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1993 for 
the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 and the 
commercial categories to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. 
to 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, For the Council 
on ANNEX 
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Group of products 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. Sardines of the species 
Sardina pilchardus 
Sea-bream (Dentex dentex 
and Pagellus spp.) 
Squid of the species Loligo 
patagonica 
Squid 
(Ommastrephes sagittatus) 
I Ilex argentinus 
Cuttlefish of the species 
Sepia officinalis, Rossia 
nacrosona and Sepiola 
rondeletti 
Octopus (Octopus spp.) Commercial specifications 
Frozen, in 
Frozen, in 
Frozen, not 
products 
Frozen, not 
products 
Frozen, not 
products 
Frozen, in 
Frozen, in lots or 
lots or 
cleaned 
cleaned 
cleaned 
original 
original in original packages containing the same products 
in original packages containing the same products 
, in original packages containing the same 
, in original packages containing the same 
, in original packages containing the same 
packages containing the same products 
packages containing the same products Guide price 
388 
1 348 
844 
806 
808 
1 606 
1 427 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 on the common organization of the market in 
fishery products states that, for tuna intended for use by the canning 
industry, a Commmunity 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 Community 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 a far less appreciable reduction in the average Community 
production price over the past 3 years; indeed, production increased in 
the first 6 months of 1992. Nevertheless albacore is in plentiful 
supply on the international market and prices are very low. 
In these circumstances, the Commission proposes that the Community tuna 
production price be reduced by 3 % for the 1993 fishing year. 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
of 
fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for 
the industrial manufacture of products falling within 
CN code 1604 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!*), and 
in particular Article 19 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 19 (* ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 provides that a 
Community producer price shall be fixed for tunas (of the genus 
Thunnus ), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) 
pelamisJ 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 19 (2) of the 
abovementioned Regulation, the price for the 1993 fishing year should be 
decreased, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 
Article 1 
The Community producer price for the fishing year 1 January to 31 
December 1993 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 commercial category to which it relates are 
hereby fixed as follows : 13 
*H 
(ECU/tonne) 
Product Commercial specifications Guide price 
Yellowfin tunas 
(Thunnus albacares) Whole, weighing more than 10 kg 
each 1 038 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, For the Council 
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2. J.C710* j Three proposals for Council Regulations fixing the guide prices for 
fishery products (Annex I (A) and (D) and (E); Annex II to Regulation (CEE) No 
3687/91 and the producer price for tuna. 
3. usu. Bizis-t Articles 10, 17 and 19of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 
4. cmjrcnvrx i 
Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector (1993) 
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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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