Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/1999 of 18 June 1999 providing for the granting of compensation to producers' organisations in respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry from 1 October to 31 December 1998
Date: 1999-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, monetary compensatory amount, producer organisation, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/1999

of 18 June 1999

providing for the granting of compensation to producers’ organisations in
respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry from 1 October to 31
December 1998

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 organisation of the
in fishery and aquaculture products (1), as last
market
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (2), and in
particular Article 18(6) thereof,

(1) Whereas the compensatory allowance provided for
in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 is to
be granted under certain conditions to Community
tuna producers’ organisations in respect of quant-
ities of tuna delivered to the processing industry
during the calendar quarter for which prices have
been recorded, where both the average quarterly
selling price recorded on the Community market
and the free-at-frontier price plus any applicable
countervailing charge are lower than 91 % of the
Community producer price
the product
concerned;

for

(2) Whereas an examination of the situation on the
Community market has shown that in the period 1
October to 31 December 1998, both the average
quarterly selling price and the free-at-frontier price
as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No
3759/92 for albacore and skipjack tuna were lower
than 91 % of the Community producer price in
force laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No
2447/97 of 8 December 1997 fixing, for the 1998
fixing year, the Community producer price for tuna
intended for the industrial manufacture of products
falling within CN code 1604 (3);

(3) Whereas the quantities on which compensation
provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3759/92 is payable may under no circum-
stances exceed the limits laid down in paragraph 3
of that Article for the quarter concerned;

(4) Whereas the quantities of skipjack tuna sold and
delivered to the processing industry established in
the Community were
the customs territory of

(1) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 340, 11.12.1997, p. 8.

higher during the quarter concerned than the
quantities sold and delivered during the same
quarter of the three previous fishing years; whereas,
since those quantities exceed the limit set
in
Article 18(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the
total quantities
on which
compensation is payable should therefore be
limited;

that product

of

(5) Whereas, in accordance with the ceilings laid down
in Article 18(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
for the purpose of calculating the allowance to be
granted to each producers’ organisation, the quant-
ities on which the allowance is payable should be
allocated among
the producers’ organisations
concerned in proportion to the quantities produced
by them in the same quarter of the 1995, 1996 and
1997 fishing years;

(6) Whereas a decision should therefore be taken to
grant the allowance on the products in question for
the period 1 October to 31 December 1998;

(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The compensatory allowance provided for in Article 18 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 shall be granted for the
period 1 October to 31 December 1998 in respect of the
following products.

Product

Maximum allowance in accordance
with first and second indents of Article 18(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

(EUR/t)

Albacore

Skipjack

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Article 2

Article 3

The total quantities on which the allowance for

1.
these species is payable are:

 Albacore:
 Skipjack:

403,388 t

10 462,604 t.

Entitlement
to the compensatory allowance shall be
determined on the basis of sales covered by invoices the
date of which falls within the quarter concerned and used
to calculate the average monthly selling price referred to
in Article 7(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2210/93 (1).

Article 4

2.
The allocation of those total quantities among the
producer’s organisations concerned shall be as set out in
the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 1999.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 197, 6.8.1993, p. 8.

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ANNEX

Allocation among producers’ organisations of quantities of tuna on which the compensatory
allowance is payable for the period 1 October to 31 December 1998 in accordance with Article 18(4)
of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, broken down by compensation percentage band

Albacore

Quantities 100 %
of which is eligible for
compensation
(first indent of Article
18(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3759/92)

Quantities 50 %
of which is eligible for
compensation
(second indent of Article
18(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3759/92)

(tonnes)

Total quantities on
which compensation is
payable
(first and second indents
of Article 18(4) of
Regulation (EEC)
No 3759/92)

OPAGAC

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

ORTHONGEL

APASA

MADEIRA

42,700

31,353

0,000

95,062

0,000

0,000

39,540

29,667

71,926

93,140

0,000

0,000

82,240

61,020

71,926

188,202

0,000

0,000

EU - Total

169,115

234,273

403,388

(tonnes)

Quantities 100 %
of which is
eligible for compensation
(first indent of Article
18(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3759/92)

Quantities 50 %
of which is eligible for
compensation
(second indent of
Article 18(4) of
Regulation (EEC)
No 3759/92)

Total quantities on
which compensation is
payable
(first and second indents of
Article 18(4) of
Regulation (EEC)
No 3759/92)

4 623,156

4 835,298

213,318

20,747

102,383

0,000

315,822

330,314

14,572

0,000

6,994

0,000

4 938,978

5 165,612

227,890

20,747

109,377

0,000

Skipjack

OPAGAC

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

ORTHONGEL

APASA

MADEIRA

EU - Total

9 794,902

667,702

10 462,604