Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1995 fishing year
Date: 1994-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, frozen product, guide price, marketing standard, preparation for market, sea fish

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(94)  470  final 
Brussels,  04.11.1994 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
fixing  the  guide  prices  for  the  fishery  products  listed  in  Annex  II  to 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92  for  the  1995  fishing  year 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
fixing  the  guide  prices  for  the  fishery  products  listed  in  Annex  I  (A),  (D)  and  (E)  of 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92  for  the  1995  fishing  year 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
fixing  the  Community  producer  price  for  tuna  intended  for  the  industrial 
manufacture  of  products  falling  within  CN  code  1604 
for  the  1995 fishing  year 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
fixing  the guide prices for the fishery  products listed in Annex II to 
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the  1995 fishing year 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market  in fishery  products 
provides that,  for  each  of the  products  listed  in Annex  II, a  guide price  is to 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 market  price trends and the level of the guide prices  for frozen products 
suggests that  the  guide prices  should  be kept  at their current  level  in the  1995 fishing year 
for  octopus, squid  (IHex) and  shrimps (Penaeidae). 

Prices for sea bream and especially  hake have been falling,  as have those for deepwater rose 
shrimps (Parapenaeus  longirostris). 

In these circumstances the Commission proposes to adjust the Community guide prices to the 
long-term market trends and thus reduce the price for hake by 6%,  for sea bream by 3% and 
for  shrimp (Parapenaeus  longirostris) by  1% for the  1995 fishing  year. 

On the other hand, since the prices  for squid (Loligo) and cuttlefish  have risen substantially 
mainly in the first half of  1994, the guide price should be increased by  3%. 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) No 

/ 

of 

fixing the guide prices  for the fishery products listed  in Annex II to 

Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the  1995 fishing year 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  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  1891/932, 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 species for the  1995 fishing year, 

Whereas  the  prices  or  amounts  fixed  in  ecus  by  this  Regulation  are  determined  in  accordance  with  the 

agrimonetary  system  applicable  in  1994  as  provided  for  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 3813/92?,  as 

»(» No L 388, 31.12.1992,  p.  1. 

201 No L  172,  15.07.1993, p.  1. 

3 

OJNoL387,  28.12.1992, p. 1. 

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No 

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particular Article  13(2) thereof; whereas, as a result, they should enter into force  in that year; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION  : 

Article 1 

The guide prices for the fishing year  1 January to 31 December  1995 for the products listed in Annex II 

Regulation  (EEC) No  3759/92  and the  commercial  categories to which they  relate are  fixed  in the Ann 

hereto. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 December  1994. 

It shall apply from 1 January 1995. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

4  Œ  No L 320,22.12.1993, p. 32. 

ANNEX 

(ECU/tonne) 

GROUP OF PRODUCTS 

COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS 

GUIDE PRICE 

1. Sea-bream  (Dentex dentex  and Pagellus spp.) 

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

1252 

2. Squid of the species Loligo  patagonica 

Frozen, not cleaned,  in original packages containing the same 
products 

3.  Squid 

(Ommastrephes sagittatus) 

4. Elex argentinus 

Frozen, not cleaned,  in original  packages containing the same 
products 

Frozen, not cleaned,  in original packages containing the same 
products 

914 

796 

7S0 

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

Frozen, in original  packages containing the same products 

1583 

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.) 

Frozen,  in original  packages containing the same products 

7. Lesser or Greenland halibut 
hippoglossoides) 

(Reinhardtius 

Frozen,  in original  packages containing the same products 

8. Whole hake of the genus  Merluccius spp. 

Frozen, in original  packages containing the same products 

9. Fillets of hake of the genus  Merluccius spp. 

Frozen, in original  packages containing the same products 

10. - Prawns of the species  Parapenaeus 
longirostris 
-Other species of the family  Penaeidae 

Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 

Frozen,  in original  packages containing the same products 

6483 

1408 

1511 

1078 

1359 

4838 

Proposa] for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
fixing  the guide prices for the fishery  products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the  1995 fishing year 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Ihe purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices  for  1995  for the products in Annex 
1(A), (D) and (E) to Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of 
the market in fishery and aquaculture products. Article 9 of that Regulation states that a guide 
price  for  each  of  these  products  is  to  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.  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  1995  has  been  based  on  a 
comparison between the average of prices recorded between  1992 and the first six months of 
1994 and that for the period between  1991 and  1993, which was used as a basis for  fixing 
the  guide  prices  for  1994.  Information  concerning  Finland,  Norway  and Sweden  has been 
included where it is available. 

Generally speaking the crisis  in the fishing industry  is continuing to affect  the majority  of 
species. 

White fish production, which has been rising, especially in the first half of 1994, has not been 
accompanied by a significant  recovery of prices, even though prices for flat fish have  risen 
in the short term. 

In view of the long-term trend of prices, the Commission proposes a reduction of  1-6% in the 
prices for various species of white fish, with the exception of dogfish, megrim, monkfish, sole 
and flounder,  for which it recommends no change or a slight rise (whole monkfish). 

Production of pelagic species (six months in 1994) seems to be stabilizing at the level for last 
year  but  withdrawals  are rising (herring)  or  continue  to  be  at  very  high  levels  (Spanish 
mackerel, Atlantic sardine). 

In addition to marketing problems,  for these species, as well  as for albacore, the  difference 
between the average market price and the guide market price has become excessive and the 
Commission  is therefore recommending price cuts of 4% to 5%. 

Among the species included by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal in the Community 
storage  aid scheme,  the Commission  is  recommending  a substantial  price cut  for Norway 
lobster tails (for which the difference  between the average market price and the guide price 
has widened appreciably  in recent years). 

It  is proposed  therefore: 

to  lower the guide price  for  large spotted dogfish  by 6%,  for  redfish  by 2%,  for cod 
by 3%, for saithe, haddock and whiting by 4%, for ling by 2%, for herring and sardine 
by 5%,  for mackerel by  1%, for Spanish mackerel by 5%, for Ray's bream by 2%, for 
Norway  lobster tails by  10% and  for albacore tuna by 4%; 

to maintain  in  1995 the guide prices applicable  in  1994 for picked dogfish,  anchovy, 
plaice, hake, megrim, monkfish tails, edible crab, whole Norway lobster, flounder and 
sole; 

to raise by  1% the guide price applicable in  1994 for whole monkfish and cuttlefish. 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EQ  No 

of 

fixing  the guide prices for the fishery  products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of 

Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1995 fishing year 

*  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  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  l,  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  1995  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 ; 

' 0 1 ^ 1 . 3 8 8,  31.12.1992, p.  1. 

K^  No L  172,  15.07.1993, p.  1. 

B 

Whereas  in  accordance  with  Articles  169 and  356  of  the  Act  of  Accession,  a tenth  approximation  of 

guide prices must take place on  1  January  1995 for Atlantic sardines of the species  Sanfina pilchardus , 

Whereas  the prices or amounts fixed in ecus by this  Regulation  are determined  in accordance with  the 
agrimonetary system  applicable  in  1994 as provided  for  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 3813/923, as 
amended by Regulation  (EC) No 3528Z934, and  in particular Article  13(2) thereof; whereas, as a result, 

they  should  enter  into force  in that year; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

The  guide  prices  for  the fishing year  from  1 January  to  31  December  1995 for  the  products  listed  in 

Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the commercial categories to which they 

relate are fixed in the Annex hereto. 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into force  on the 31 December  1994. 

It shall  apply  from  1 January  1995. 

This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety  and directly  applicable  in all  Member States. 

Done at  Brussels, 

For the Council 

OJNoL387,  28.12.1992, p.  1. 

OJNoL320,  22.12.1993, p. 32. 

PWEX 

Commercial specifications (') 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 

1. Herrings of the species 
Clupea harengus 

2. Sardines of the species 
Sardina pilchardus 

Extra, A 

1 

Whole fish 

Extra 

3 

Whole fish 

235 

408 

3. Picked dogfish 
(Squalus acanthias) 

Extra, A 

Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 

*) 875 

4. Catshanks  (Scyliorhlnus 
spp.) 

Extra, A 

1 

Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 

) 647 

5. Redfish  (Sebastes spp.) 

6. Cod of the species Gadus 
morhua 

7. Coalfish  (Pollachius 
virens) 

8. Haddock  (Melanogranmus 
aeglefinus) 

9. Wh 11. I ng  (Merlangius 
merlangu8) 

A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A. 
or 
A 

2 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

Whole fish 

910 

Gutted fish with head 

) 1247 

Gutted fish with head 

Gutted fish with head 

) 631 

Gutted fish with head 

Gutted fish with head 

) 879 

Gutted fish with head 

Gutted fish with head 

) 747 

Gutted fish with head 

10. Ling  (Molva spp.) 

Extra, A 

1, 2 

Gutted fish with head . 

934 

11. Mackerel of the species 
Scomber scotribrus 

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 

Whole fish 

) 237 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Gutted fish with head 

Gutted fish with head 

)284 

957 

} 

1.1.1995 
- 30.4.1995 }802 
1.5.1995 
- 31.12:i995{ 1103 

{ 

15. Hake of the species 
Merluccius merluccius 

A 

1 

Gutted fish with head 

3124 

K>. Mofjrim  (Lepidorhonbus 

Extra, A 

1, 2 

spp.) 

Whole fish, gutted fish 
with head 

1954 

17. Ray's bream  (Brama spp.) 

Extra, A 

1 

Whole fish 

18. Monkfish  (Lophius spp.} 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

19. Shrimps of the species 
Crangon crangon 

20. Edible crab  (Cancer 
pagurus) 

A 

-

1 

1 

Whole, or gutted with 
head 
Without head 

Simply boiled in water 

1730 

Whole 

Tails 

E, A 

1, 2 

Whole 

E, A 

Extra, A 

2 

1 

Gutted fish with head 

743 

Extra, A 

1 

Gutted fish with head 

449 

21. Norway lobster 
(Nephrops norvegicus) 

22. Dab 
(Limanda limanda) 

23. Flounder 
(Platichthys flesus) 

1461 

2217 

4513 

1463 

4248 

5566 

24. Albacore or longfinned tuna 
(Thunnus alalunga) 

Extra, A 

1 
1 

Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 

25. Cuttlefish 
(Sepia officinalis and 
Rossia macrosoma) 

Extra, A 

1, 2 

Whole fish 

1723 
2011 

1310 

26. Sole 
(Solea spp.) 

1 

Extra, A 

Gutted fish with head 

4987 

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation  (EEC) 

No 3759/92 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 
fixing  the  Community  producer  price  for  tuna intended for  the  industrial 
manufacture  of  products  falling  within  CN  code  1604 
for  the  1995  fishing  year 

Mou 

LXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation (KI^C) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in fishery  products 
provides that, for tuna intended  for use by the canning industry, a Community producer price 
is to be fixed  for a product with given commercial characteristics on the basis of the average 
of  prices  recorded  lor  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. 

The trend of the average Community producer price has shown a recover}' of prices recorded 
over the  last three years, confirmed  during the first  six months of  1994. 

In  view  of  the  difference  between  the  Community  producer  price  and  the  average  market 
price, the Commission  is proposing, however, to lower the producer price for tuna by 3% for 
the  1995 fishing  year. 

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EQ  No 

of 

fixing the Community  producer price for tuna intended for the industrial manufacture of products falling 

within CN code  1604 for the 1995 fishing year 

>  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing the European  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  1891/932, and in 

particular Article  17 (3) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas Article  17 (') of  Regulation  (EEC) No 3759/92 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  1995 fishing  year should  be decreased, 

Whereas  the  prices  or  amounts  fixed  in  ecus  by  this  Regulation  are  determined  in  accordance  with  the 

agrimonetary  system  applicable  in  1994  as  provided  for  in  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 3813/9?,  as 

'QJ  No L388,  31.12.1992, p.  1. 

201 No L  172,  15.07.1993, p.  1. 

3 

OJ No L 387, 28.12.1992, p.  1. 

•13 

amended by Regulation (EC) No 352S/934, and in particular Article  13(2) thereof; whereas, as a result, they 

should enter into force in that year, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

llie Community producer price for the fishing year 1  January to 31 December 1995 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 : 

(ECU/tonne) 

Product 

Commercial  specifications 

Guide price 

Yellowfin  tunas (Thunnus 

Whole, weighing more than  10 

978 

albacares) 

kg each 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31  December 1994. 

It shall  apply from  1 January 1995. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

OJ No L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 32. 

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FINANCIAL STA'PEMENT 

I.BUlXiEl  IlllADING:  H  I  -261 

APPROPRIATIONS: 

2. TITLE  :  Ihrcc proposals  for Council  Regulations  llxing the guide  prices  for fishery prcxlucLs (Annexe  1(A), (D) and (D'and Annex  II to  Regulation  (EEC) 

DA 

No 3759/92 and the Community  producer price  for tuna (Annex  III) 

3.  LEGAL  BASIS : Articles 9 and  17 of Regulation  (EI3Q No  3759/92 

4.  AIMS 

5.  FINANCIAL  CONSEQUENCE 

1994 

1995 

5.0.  EXPliNDITURE 

- CI IARCIIED  IT) F£  BUDGIT 

* NATIONAL  AimiORini-S 

SIRECEIPFS 

33 Mio Ecus 

5.0.1.  ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 

Measure applicable  for the  1995 fishing year (16.10.94  -  15.10.95) only. 

5.1.1.  ISTIMATED REVENUE 

5.2.  METHOD OF CAI£ULATION  : 

- Community  and autonomous withdrawals and carry-overs: 

l-XZU 17 million 

- Compensation for tuna: 

- Private  storage aid: 

- Compensatory  allowance  for  sardines: 

ECU  9  million 

IXTJ  2  million 

IXJU  5 million 

6.0.  FINANCING  POSSIBLE WITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN  RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET 

6.1.  FINANCING  K)SSIBLE BY TRANSFER  BI-TWEICN CHAPTERS OF CURRI-NT BUDGEf 

6.2.  NECIÙSSIIY FOR A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET 

6.3.  CREDITS  10  BE WRITTEN  INTO FURTURE BUDGETS 

NO 

YES 

COMMENT  :  Since this measure  involves the  fixing  of prices,  its impact on expenditure  is indirect, the expenditure  in qestion being heavily  dependent 

on  market developments and  landings. 

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