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 1996 fishing year
Date: 1995-10-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, common organisation of markets, fishery product, guide price, market intervention, marketing standard

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COM(95) 496 final 

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  1996 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  1996 fishing year 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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  1996 fishing  year 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The purpose  of this Regulation  is to fix the guide  prices  for  1996 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 fishety  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 a Tcen 
of the production and demand prospects and other criteria  relating to the stabilization  of market  prices, sup--"rt 
for  producers'  incomes  and  consumers'  interests. 

As in previous years, the procedure  for  fixing  the prices for  1996 has been based on a comparison between the 
average of prices recorded between  1993 and the first  six months of  1995 and that for  the period between  1992 
and  1994,  which  was used  as a basis  for  fixing  the  guide  prices  for  1995. 

The reduction in white fish prices recorded between  1993 and  1995 fluctuated  between  -3%  and  -15% for most 
species  but prices  have  been  generally  higher  in the  first  half  of  1995 than  in the  first  half  of  1994,  with  the 
exception  of  haddock,  whiting  and  hake. 

In view of the long-term trend in prices, the Commission proposes a reduction of  1-4%  in the prices for  various 
species  of  white  fish,  with  the  exception  of  dogfish,  cardinalfish,  monkfish,  sole  and  flounder,  for  which  it 
recommends  no change;  for  redfish,  plaice  and  dab the  Commission  proposes  an  increase  of  1-2%. 

With regard  to pelagic  species,  the price variation  between  1993 and  1995 (by comparison  with  1992-94) was 
between -13%  and  + 1 %, but the difference  is even more marked  when the first half of  1995 is compared  with 
the same period  in  1994: -20% to  -f-2%.  Since the gap between the average market prices and the guide prices 
for  those  species and for  albacore  remains too high,  the price  reduction proposed  is greater than  for  the white 
fish:  between  -6% and -2%. 

The Commission  is proposing  no change  for  the other  species, prawns,  Norway  lobster,  crabs  and  cuttlefish, 
with the exception  of  Norway  lobster  tails,  for  which  a price  in relation  to the  actual  market  price  should  be 
set,  and  boiled  Northern  prawns,  for  which  the  recently fixed price  should  be  adjusted  (-1%). 

It  is proposed  therefore: 

to lower the guide price  for  herring  by  5 %,  for  sardine  by  %,  for  dogfish  by  1 %,  for  cod by  3 %,  for 
saithe by 2%, for haddock by 4%, for whiting by 4%, for  ling by  1 %, for  mackerel by 5%,  for  Spanish 
mackerel by 6%,  for  anchovy  by 2%, for hake by 2%, for megrim by 2%, for  long-finned  tuna by 5% 
and  for  boiled  Northern  prawn by  1 % ; 

to  maintain  in  1996 the  guide  prices  applicable  in  1995 for  dogfish,  cardinalfish,  monkfish,  common 
shrimp,  edible  crab,  whole  Norway  lobster,  flounder,  sole and  fresh  Northern  prawn; 

to raise  the  guide price  for  plaice  and  cuttlefish  by  1%  and  for  redfish  and  dab by  2%; 

to fix the  guide  price  for  Norway  lobster  tails  at ECU  4  347/tonne. 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No 

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

Regulation  (EEC) No 3759/92  for the  1996 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  3318/94  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  1996  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  ; 

^ J N o L S S S,  31.12.1992,  p.  1. 

2OJ No  L 350,  31.12.1994,  p.  15. 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 1 

The  guide  prices  for  the  fishing  year  from  1 January  to  31  December  1996  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  1 January  1996. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

ANNEX 

Commercial  specifications  (') 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 

1. Herrings of the species 
Clupea harangua 

2. Sardines of the species 
Sardina pilchardus 

Extra, A 

Whole fish 

Extra 

Whole fish 

278 

488 

3. Picked dogfish 
(Squalus acanthias) 

Extra, A 

4. Catshanks  (Scyliorhinus 

Extra, A 

spp•) 

Whole fish 
Gutted  fish with head 

Whole fish 
Gutted fish with head 

1046 

790 

5. Redfish  (Sebaates spp.) 

Whole fish 

121 

6. Cod of the species Gadus 
morhua 

7. Coalfish  (Pollachius 
virens) 

8. Haddock  (Melanogrammus 
aeglefinus) 

9. Whiting  (Merlangius 
merlangus) 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

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 

1491 

762 

1041 

883 

10. Ling  (Molva spp.) 

Extra, A 

1. 2 

Gutted  fish with head 

1117 

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 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Gutted  fi3h with head 

Gutted  fish with head 

272 

322 

1145 

} 

1.1.1996 
-30.4.1996  } 978 
1.5.1996 
- 31.12.1996{ 1345 

{ 

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15.  Hake  of  the  species 

A 

l 

Gutted  fish  with  head 

3697 

Merlucciua  merlucclus 

16.  Megrim 

(Lepidorhombus 

Extia,  A 

J , 2 

Whole  fish,  gutted  fish 

2312 

epp.) 

with  head 

17.  Ray's  bream  (Brama  spp.) 

Extra,  A 

1 

Whole  fish 

1764 

18.  Monkfish  (Lophius  spp.) 

Extra,  A 

2,  3 

Whole,  or  gutted  with 

2677 

Extra, A 

2,  3 

Without  head 

5449 

head 

Simply  boiled  in  water 

2110 

19.  Shrimps  of  the  species 

Crangon  crangon 

20.  Edible  crab  (Cancer 

pagurus) 

21.  Norway  lobster 

(Nephrops  norvegicus) 

22.  Dab 

(Limanda  limanda) 

23.  Flounder 

(Platichthys  flesus) 

A 

-

1 

1 

E,  A 

Extra,  A 

2 

1 

Whole 

Tails 

E,  A 

1,  2 

Whole 

Gutted  fish  with  head 

915 

Extra,  A 

1 

Gutted  fish  with  head 

542 

1767 

5129 

4347 

24.  Albacore  or  longfinned  tuna 

Extra,  A 

(Thunnus  alalunga) 

1 

1 

Whole  fish 

Gutted  fish  with  head 

25.  Cuttlefish 

Extra,  A 

1,  2 

Whole 

2039 

2379 

1598 

(Sepia  officinalis  and 

Rossia  macrosoma) 

26.  Sole 

(Solea  spp.) 

Extra,  A 

Gutted  fish  with  head 

6022 

27.  Deep-water  prawns  (Pandalus 

A 

Borealis) 

A 

1 

1 

Simply  boiled  in  water 

6138 

Fresh  or  chilled 

1690 

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

NO 3759/92 

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 applicable in 1995 to sea bream, hake, Illex and Loligo squid 
and deepwater rose  shrimps (Parapenaeus  longirostris)  should be reduced. 

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 3%, for sea bream by 3%, for 
Illex squid by  1 %, for Loligo squid by 2% and for shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) by 4% 
for the  1996 fishing year. 

On  the  other  hand,  since  prices  for  octopus,  cuttlefish,  shrimps  (other  Penaeidae)  and 
Greenland halibut have risen substantially mainly in the first half of  1995, their guide prices 
should be  increased by 3%, 2%, 2% and 2%  respectively. 

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of 

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

Regulation  (EEC) No  3759/92  for  the  1996 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  3318/942, 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  1996 fishing  year, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION  : 

'OJNoLSSS,  31.12.1992,  p.  1. 

2OJ No  L 350,  31.12.1994,  p.  15. 

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Article  I 

The  guide prices  for  the fishing year  1 January  to  31  December  1996 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. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  I  January  1996. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the  Council 

ANNI-X 

(l-X'll/lonnc) 

GROUP  OF  PRODUCTS 

COMMERCIAL  SPECIFICATIONS 

GUIDE  PRICK 

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

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

2.  Squid  of  the  species  Loligo 

patagonica 

Frozen,  nol  cleaned,  in original  packages  containing  the  same 
products 

3.  Squid 

(Ommastrephes  sagittatus) 

4.  Illex  argentinus 

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

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

Frozen,  nol  cleaned,  in original  packages  containing  the  same 
products 

Frozen,  in original  packages  containing  the  same  products 

6. Octopus  (Octopus  spp.) 

Frozen,  in original  packages  containing  the  same  products 

7. Lesser  or  Greenland  halibut 
hippoglossoidcs) 

(Rcinhardtius 

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  Pcnacidac 

Frozen,  in original  packages  containing  the  same  products 

F'rozcn,  in original  packages  containing  the  same  products 

1481 

1091 

961 

906 

1949 

1769 

1880 

1289 

1626 

5608 

7985 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation (EEC) 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  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. 

The trend in the average Community producer price has shown a recovery  in prices  recorded 
over  the  last  three  years,  confirmed  during  the  first  six  months  of  1995 

However,  given that the increase has simply brought the average market price up to the level 
of  Community  producer  prices,  the  Commission  proposes  for  the  1996  fishing  year  to 
maintain  the  Community  producer  price  for  tuna  at the  same  level  as  for  1995. 

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of 

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

falling  within  CN code  1604 for the  1996 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  products1,  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  3318/942,  and  in 

particular Article  17(1)  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 should be 

fixed for tuna (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 the first and second  indents of  Article  9(2)  and in Article 

17(1) of the abovementioned  Regulation, the price  for the  1996 fishing  year should be maintained, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

OJNoL388,  31.12.1992, p. 1. 
OJ No  L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 15. 

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Article 1 

The  Community  producer  price  for  the  fishing  year  1 January  to  31  December  1996  for  tuna  (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  is hereby fixed as follows  : 

(ECU/tonne) 

Species 

Commercial  specifications 

Community  producer 

Yellowfin  tuna  (Thunmos  Whok, weighing  more 
albacares) 

than  10 kg each 

; 

price 

1217 

This Regulation shall enter into force on  I January  1996. 

Article  2 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET  HEADING:  B  1-261 

DATE: 

APPROPRIATIONS: 

TITLE: Three  proposals  for  Council  Regulations  fixing  the  guide  prices  for  fishery  products  (Annex  I, A,  D and  E, 
Annex  II  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92)  and  the  Community  producer  price  for  tuna  (Annex  III) 

LEGAL  BASIS: Articles  9 and  17 of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92 

AIMS OF  PROJECT:  Annual fixing of  prices  in the  fisheries  sector  (1996  fishing  year) 

5.0. 

5.1. 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

5.2. 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

5. 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL  ADMINISTRATION 
-  OTHER 

REVENUE 
- OWN  RESOURCES  OF THE  EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

PERIOD OF  12 
MONTHS 

million  ecu 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(95) 
million  ecu 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(96) 
million  ecu 

35 

1997 

1998 

1999 

2000 

measure  restricted  to the  1996  fishing  year  (16.10.95-15.10.96) 

METHOD  OF CALCULATING  ASSISTANCE  FROM  THE CMO  BUDGET: 
-  Community  and  autonomous  withdrawals  and  carry-forwards: 
-  Compensatory  allowance  for  tuna: 
-  Private  storage  aid: 
-  Balance  from  liquidation  of compensatory  allowance  for  sardines: 

Ei^CU 23  million 
ECU  7 million 
ECU  2 million 
E:CU  3 million 

CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  FROM  APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN  THE  RELEVANT 
CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 

CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY  TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

IS A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

NO 

YES 

OBSERVATIONS: 

Since this  is a price  fixing  meaure the  impact  on  expenditure  is  indirect.  The  expenditure  in question  will 
largely  depend  on  developments  in the  market  situation  and  on  quantities  landed. 

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