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 1992 fishing year
Date: 1991-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, fishery produce, market support, production aid, storage premium, tariff nomenclature

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 433 final 

Brussels, 4 November  1991 

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  1992  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  1992  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  1992  fishing 

year 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

sw& 

Ml 

s»r 

mm 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

the  common  organization 

of 

the  market 

of 

this 

that 

shall 

The  purpose 
the  products 
on 
10  of 
products 
average 
output 
representative 
years 
three 
fixing 
is 
and  demand  prospects 
prices, 
market 

of  prices 
and 

fishing 

fixed. 

In 

a 

Regulation 

is 

to 

fix 

the  guide 

prices 

in  Annex  1(A), 

(D)  and  (E)  of  Regulation 

for 
(EEC)  No 

Regulation 
be 

states 
for 

that 
each 

fixed 
recorded 

for 

with 
markets 

fishing 
a  significant 
given 
or 

in 

product 
wholesale 

immediately 
the  price, 
and  other 

preceding 
account 

criteria 

in 
a  guide 

fishery 
price 

products. 
for 

each 

year 

on 
proportion 

the 

basis 
of 

commercial 
representative 
the  year 

is  also 
relating 

taken 
to 

characteristics 
ports 
for  which 
the 

of 

during 
the 

the  stabilization 

of 

1992 

of 

for 
3796/81 
Article 
these 
the 
Community 
on 
the 
price 
production 
of 
interests. 

support 

for  producers' 

incomes 

and  consumers' 

in  previous 
based 

As 
been 
between 
beween 
prices 

years, 

the  procedure 

for 

fixing 

the  prices 

on  a  comparison 
the 

first 

1989  and 

between 
six  months 

average 

the 
of  1991  and 

of 
that 

1988  and  1990,  which  was  used  as  a  basis 
for 

1991. 

for 

for  1992  has 
recorded 
period 
guide 

the 

the 

prices 
for 
fixing 

Generally 
withdrawals 
mainly 
causing 

speaking 

white 

fish 

virtually 
the 

fact 

due  to 

a  substantial 

negligible. 

that  white 

increase 

in 

production 
This 

drop 

is  becoming 

fish 
the  average 

appreciably 

is 
in  production 
rarer 
prices. 

of 

lower 

and 
to  be 
is 

too 

appears 

and  this 

In  view  of 
1  -  4  % 
exception 
average 

these 
in 
of 
price 

the 
cat 
;  high 

price  movements, 

the  Commission 

prices 
shark 

of 

various 

(difference 

species 
between 
withdrawals). 

level 

of 

proposes 
of  white 
guide 
the 

an  increase 
fish 
with 
price 

and 

of 
the 
the 

An  assessment 
pelagic 
levels 

that 

species 

of 

fluctuate 

situation 

the  market 
further 
is 
from  one  year 

complicated 
to 

and 

foreseeable 
in 

particular 

the  next 

: 

developments 

by 

for 
production 

a) 

Herring 
increasing 
market  price 

:  the  withdrawal's 
difference 
allow 

increase, 

between 

the 

for  a  reduction 

of 

the  drop 
guide 

in 
price 
the  guide  price 

the  prices 
the 

and 

of  5 %. 

and 

the 
average 

b)  Mackerel 

(Scomber  scombrus) 
in  order 

:  it 
to  bring 

price 

is  proposed 
it 

closer 

to  reduce 
to 

the  average 

slightly 

the 
market 

guide 
price. 

c) 

Anchovy  prices 
considerable 
prices 

allow 

dare 
difference 
for  an  increase 

of  1 %. 

lower  but  withdrawals 

are  negligible 

between 

guide 

prices 

and  average 

and 

the 
market 

sardines 
in  accordance  with 

: 

d)  Mediterranean 
increase 
on  sardines 
the  guide  price 
have  a  worse  effect 

for 

(COM  87  219  final 

this  product 
on  the  compeititveness 

the  guide 

lines 

of  7  August  87) 

set  out 
it 
be  reduced  by  1 %  in  order  not 

is  proposed 

the 

in  view  of 

the  artificial 

of 

the 
report 
that 
to 
industry. 

of 

the  canning 

nature 
in 

sardines 

Atlantic 
guide  price  and  the  average  market  price, 
the  guide  price  by  1  %,  out  with 
provided  for  by  the  Act  of  Accession. 

:  in  view  of  the  too  important  gap  between  the 
is  proposed  to  reduce 
it 
the  price  alignment  scheme 

included 

Among the  new  species 
the  Commission  proposes  a 
premium as  a  result  of  the  Act  of  Accession, 
substantial  decrease  in  the  price  for  nephrops  (tails) 
species  for  which 
the  gap  between  average  market  price  and  guide  price  has  widened 
few  years  -  and  a  slight  decrease  for  edible 
considerably  over  the  last 
crab. 

the  Community system  of 

storage 

in 

Consequently,  it 

is  proposed 

that: 

the  guide  prices 
Mediterranean  sardine  and  edible  crab  be  reduced  by  1 %,  that 
herring  by  5  % and  that  for  nephrops  (tails)  by  10 % / 

shark,  mackerel,  Atlantic 

cat 

for 

sardine, 
for 

the  1991  guide  prices 
nephrops  be  maintained  in  1992  ; 

for  Spanish  mackerel,  raysbream  and  whole 

-  the  guide  prices  be  increased  : 

-  by  1 % for  anchovies,  monkfish,  megrim,  dogfish  and  whiting 
-  by  2 % for  ling,  saithe, 
-  by  3 % for  cod 
-  by  4 % for  haddock 
-  by  5 % for  shrimps 

redfish,  plaice  and hake 

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 

3796/81 

for 

the  1992 

fishing 

year 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  Treaty 

establishing 

the  European 

Economic 

Community, 

Haying 

regard 

to  Council 

Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

of  29  December 

1981 

on 

the 

common  organization 

amended 

by  Regulation 

(3) 

thereof, 

of 

the  market 
(EEC)  No  3571/90(2), 

in 

fishery 

products(l), 

as 

last 

and 

in  particular 

Article 

10 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

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 

stabilize 

market 

prices 

and 

avoid 

the 

formation 

of 

surpluses 

in 

to 

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 

the 

criteria 

laid 

down 

in  Article 

10 

of 

Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

and  referred 

to  above 

involves 

for 

the 

1992 

fishing 

year 

an 

increase 

for 

certain 

products 

and 

the 

stabilization 

decrease 

of  prices 

for 

others 

compared  with 

prices 

applicable 

during 

or 

the 

current 

fishing 

year 

; 

(1)  OJ  N°  L  379, 
(2)  OJ  N°  L  353, 

31.12.1981, 
17.12.1990, 

p.  1. 
p.  10. 

. 
Q 

Whereas 

in  accordance 

with  Articles 

169  and  356  of 

the  Act  of  Accession, 

a 

seventh 

approximation 

of  guide 

prices 

must 

take 

place 

on  1  January 

1992 

for  Atlantic 

sardines 

of 

the 

species 

Sardina 

pilchardus 

, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  S 

Article 

1 

The  guide 

prices 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

from  1  January 

to  31  December 

1992 

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 

1992. 

This  Regulation 

shall 

be  binding 

in 

its 

entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member 

States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For 

the 

Council 

ANNEX 

Commercial  specifications (1) 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 

1. Herrings of the species 

Extra, A 

Whole fish 

251 

Clupea harengus 

2. Sardines of the species 

Sardine pilchardus 
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 

aorhua 

7.  Coalfish  (Pollachius virens) 

8. Haddock  (Melanogrammus 

aeglefinus) 

9. Whiting (Nerlangius aerlangus) 

10. Ling  (Molva spp.) 

Extra, A 

1, 2 

11. Mackerel  of the species 

Scomber  scombrus 

12. Mackerel  of the species 

Scomber japonicus 

Extra 
or 
A 

Extra 
or 
A 

13. Anchovies  (Engraulis spp.) 

Extra 

14. Plaice 

(Pleuronectes platessa) 

A 
or 
A 

1 

2 

1 

2 

2 

2 

3 

Extra 
Extra 
Extra 

Extra, A 

Extra, A 

Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 

Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 

1 

Whole fish 

A 
or 
A 

A 
ou 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

2 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

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 

Whole fish 

466 
405 
453 

877 

757 

923 

1 303 

666 

957 

822 

955 

261 

322 

940 

Gutted fish, with head 

Gutted fish, with head 

From 1 January 
to 30 April  1992 
From  1 May 
to 31 December  1992) 

)  ^gg 
) 
)1  0 74 

r. 

Commercial  specifications (1) 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 

15. Hake of the species 

Merluccius merluceius 

A 

1 

Gutted  fish with head 

3 073 

16. Megrim  (Lepidorhombus spp.) 

Extra, A 

1, 2 

Whole fish,or gutted  fish 
with head 

17. Ray's bream  (Brama spp.) 

Extra, A 

1 

Whole  fish 

1  9 22 

1 557 

18. Monkfish  (Lophius spp.) 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Whole, or gutted  with  head 

2 159 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Without  head 

5 081 

19. Shrimps of the species 

Crangon crangon 

A 

20. Edible crab  (Cancer pagurus) 

1 

1 

Whole 

21. Norway  lobster 

(Nephrops norvegicus) 

E. A 

E, A 

1. 2 

Whole 

2 

Tails 

Simply boiled  in water 

1 718 

1 482 

4 392 

7 736 

(1) The freshness categories, sizes 

and presentation  are defined  pursuant  to Article 2 of Regulation  (EEC) 

No 3796/81 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

products 

(EEC)  No. 

3796/81 
that, 

states 
be  fixed 

Regulation 
fishery 
guide  price 
on  the  basis 
Community  output  on  representative 
during 
years 
price 

three 
fixed. 

shall 
of 

fishing 

the 

is 

the  average  of  prices 

common  organization 

of 

the 
on 
for  each  of 

listed 
for  a  product  with  given  commercial 
for  a  significant 

the  products 

recorded 

wholesale  markets  or  in  representative 

immediately 

preceding 

the  year 

the  market 
in  Annex  II, 

in 
a 
characteristics 
of 
ports 
the 

for  which 

proportion 

Examination 
prices 
sardines, 

of 

the  price 

should  be  kept 

at 

trends 
their 

frozen 

for 
current 

products 
in 

suggests 
the  1992 

that 
fishing 

the 
year 

guide 
for 

sea  bream,  cuttlefish 

and  for 

level 
Illex. 

For  the  species 
the  continued  weakness 
this  market 

two 

for 

Loligo  patagonica, 
in  prices 

years. 

although 

the  drop 

reflect 

the  crisis 

in  catches 
which  has  been 

and  in 

stocks, 
affecting 

Concerning  octopus, 

prices 

are 

increasing 

and  the  market  situation 

is 

steady. 

these 

In 
these 
trends 
patagonica, 

two 

and 

circumstances, 

last 

species 

reduce 

thus 
and  to 

for 
to  adjust 
significantly 

the  1992  fishing 

year, 

the  Commission  proposes 

the  guide  prices 

to 

Community  guide 

the 
price 

long-term 

for 

the 

for 
market 
Loligo 

increase 

it 

for 

octopus. 

r\ 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)  No 

/ 

Of 

fixing 

the  guide  prices 

for 

the 

fishery 

products 

listed 

in  Annex  II 

to 

Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

for 

the  1992 

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  3796/81 

of  29  December 

1981 

on 

the 

common  organization 

of 

the  market 

in 

fishery 

productsf*), 

as 

last 

amended  by  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3571/90(2), 

and 

in  particular 

Article 

15 

(5), 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

Whereas  Article 

15 

(1) 

of  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

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 

decreased 

according 

to 

the 

species 

for 

the  1992 

fishing 

year, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 

1 

The  guide 

prices 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

1  January 

to  31  December 

1992 

the 

products 

listed 

in  Annex 

II 

to  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

and 

for 

the 

categories 

to  which 

they 

relate 

are 

fixed 

in 

the  Annex 

hereto. 

Article 

2 

This  Regulation 

shall 

enter 

into 

force 

on  1  January 

1992. 

This  Regulation 

shall 

be  binding 

in 

its 

entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member 

States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 
(1)  OJ  No  L  379,  31.12.1981, 
17.12.1990, 
(2)  OJ  No  L  353, 

p. 
p. 

1. 
10. 

For 

the 

Council 

Group of products 

Commercial  specifications 

(ECU/tonne) 

Guide price 

ANNEX 

1. Sardines of the species 

Frozen, in lots or in original  packages containing  the same products 

Sardina pilchardus 

2. Sea-bream  (Dentex dentex 

Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing  the same products 

and Paget lus spp.) 

3. Squid of the species Loligo 

patagonica 

4. Squid 

(Ommastraphes sagittatus) 

5. IIlex argentinus 

6. Cuttlefish of the species 
Sepia officinalis, Rossia 
macrosoma and Sepiola 
rondeletti 

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 

7. Octopus (Octopus spp.) 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

388 

1 362 

825 

806 

808 

1 639 

1 374 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation 
fishery 
industry, 
with  given 
prices 
representative 
three 
is 

fixed. 

fishing 

products 

(EEC)  No  3796/81  On  the  common  organization 
for 
a  Commmunity  production 

intended 
shall 

tuna 
price 

states 

that, 

be 

commercial 

characteristics 

recorded 

for 

a  significant 
wholesale  markets 
years 

immediately 

the  basis 

on 
proportion 
in  representative 
the  year 

or 

preceding 

of 

the  market 

for  use  by 
fixed 
of 

the 
for  a 
the  average 
of  Community  output 
during 
ports 
the 
for  which 

in 
canning 
product 
of 
on 
the 
price 

There  has  been 
production 
price 
6  months  of  1991  ; 
gradually 
year, 
Albacore 

fallen 
reflecting 
is 

the 
in  plentiful 

an  appreciable 
over 

the  past  3  years. 

reduction 

average 
true 
of  Albacore  weighing  more 

the 
in 
The  same  is 

the  price 

on  the  community  market, 
the 

situation 

on 

especially 
international 

supply  and  prices 

are 

dropping. 

for 

Community 
first 
the 
than  10  kg  has 
last 
on  which 

of 

from  april 
market 

these 

In 
production 

circumstances, 

the  Commission  proposes 

that 

price  be  reduced  by  16  % for 

the  1992  fishing 

the  Community 
year. 

tuna 

•'  I 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (BBC)  No 

of 

fixing 

the  Community 

producer 

price 

for 

tuna 

intended 

for 

the 

industrial 

manufacture 

of  products 

falling 

within 

CN  code  1604 

for 

the  1992 

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  3796/81 

of  29  December 

1981 

on 

the 

common  organization 

last 

amended 

by  Regulation 

Article 

17  (3) 

thereof, 

the  market 

of 
(EEC)  No  3571/90(2), 

in 

fishery 

products(^) 

as 

and 

in 

particular 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

Whereas  Article 

17  (1 )  of  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3796/81 

provides 

that 

a 

Community 

producer 

price 

shall 

be 

fixed 

for 

tunas 

(of 

the 

genus 

Thunnus 

),  skipjack 

or 

stripe-bellied 

bonito 

[Euthynnus 

(Katsuwonus) 

pelamis] 

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  1992 

fishing 

year 

should 

be 

decreased, 

HAS  ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 

1 

The  Community 

producer 

price 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

1  January 

to 

31 

December 

1992 

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 

: 

(1)  OJ  No  L  379, 
(2)  OJ  No  L  353, 

31.12.1981, 
17.12.1990, 

p. 
p. 

1. 
10. 

Product 

Commercial 

specifications 

Guide  price 

Yellowfin 

tunas 

(Thunnus  albacares) 

Whole,  weighing  more  than  10  kg 
each 

966 

(ECU/tonne) 

This  Regulation 

shall  enter 

into 

force  on  1  January  1992. 

Article 

2 

This  Regulation 

shall  be  binding 

in  its  entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member  States. 

Done  at 

Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

1 

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