Council Regulation (EC) No 2746/1999 of 17 December 1999 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I, parts A, D and E of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 2000 fishing year
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: crustacean, fishery product, guide price, sea fish

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2746/1999

of 17 December 1999

fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I, parts A, D and E of Regulation
(EEC) No 3759/92 for the 2000 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

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 market in
fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article
9(3) thereof,

The fishing year begins on 1 January 2000 for the
products covered by this Regulation; given the urgency
of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to
the six-week period mentioned in paragraph I(3) of the
Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the Euro-
pean Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides
that a guide price shall be fixed for each fishing year for
each of the products or groups of products listed in
Annex I, parts A, D and E to that Regulation;

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 increased, maintained or decreased according
to the species for the 2000 fishing year;

Article 1

The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31
December 2000 for the products listed in Annex I, parts 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 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

(1) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p.15).

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ANNEX

Species

Commercial specifications (1)

Freshness
category

Size

Presentation

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

1. Herrings of the species Clupea harengus

Extra, A

2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

Extra

3. Picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Extra, A

4. Catshanks (Scyliorhinus spp.)

Extra, A

5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua

7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

A

A
or
A

A
or
A

A
or
A

A
or
A

1

3

2

1

2

2

3

2

3

2

3

2

3

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

10. Ling (Molva spp.)

Extra, A

1, 2

Gutted fish with head

11. Makreel of the species Scomber scombrus

12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus

13. Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius

Extra
or
A

Extra
or
A

Extra

A
or

A

A

1

2

1

2

2

2

3

1

Whole fish

Whole fish

Whole fish

Whole fish

Whole fish

Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

1.1.2000 —
30.4.2000

1.5.2000 —
31.12.2000

16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)

Extra, A

1, 2

Whole fish

17. Rays' bream (Brama spp.)

Extra, A

1

Whole fish

18. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

Extra, A

Extra, A

2, 3

2, 3

Whole, or gutted with
head
Without head

261

542

1 068

814

1 154

1 529

782

1 036

902

1 173

287

301

1 185

3 732

2 358

1 836

2 771

5 725

1 052

1 448

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Species

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)

24. Albacore or longfinned tuna (Thunnus

alalunga)

Freshness
category

A

—

E, A
E, A

Extra, A

Extra, A

Extra, A

Commercial specifications (1)

Size

1

1

1, 2
2

1

1

1

1

Presentation

Simply boiled in water

Whole fish

Whole fish
Tails

Gutted fish with head

Gutted fish with head

Whole fish

Gutted fish with head

25. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macro-

Extra, A

1, 2

Whole

soma)

26. Sole (Solea spp.)

Extra, A

2, 3

Gutted fish with head

27. Deep-water prawns (Pandalus Borealis)

A
A

1
1

Simply boiled in water
Fresh or chilled

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92.

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

2 405

1 749

5 284
4 345

932

558

2 145

2 452

1 605

6 453

6 387
1 690