Commission Regulation (EC) No 2804/1999 of 22 December 1999 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid for certain fishery products for the 2000 fishing year
Date: 1999-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, fishery product

31. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2804/1999

of 22 December 1999

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid for certain fishery products for the 2000 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3901/92 of
23 December 1992 laying down general rules for the granting
of a carry-over aid for certain fishery products and aquaculture
products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1337/
95 (2) and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the purpose of the carry-over aid is to give suitable
encouragement to producers' organisations co carry over
products withdrawn from the market so that
their
destruction can be avoided;

the amount of the aid must be such as not to disturb the
balance of the market for the products in question;

the amount of the aid must not exceed the technical and
financial costs of processing and storage recorded during
the previous
the highest costs being
disregarded;

fishing year,

(4)

(5)

on the basis of the information on technical and finan-
cial costs associated with the concerned operations,
recorded in the Community, the amount of the aid
should, for the 2000 fishing year, be as indicated in the
Annex;

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for fishery products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000 fishing year, the carry-over aid for the products
listed in Annex I(A), (D) and (E) to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3759/92 (3) shall be as indicated in the Annex thereto.

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, 22 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 392, 31.12.1992, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 129, 14.6.1995, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1.

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ANNEX

1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(A) and (D) and for sole (Solea spp.) listed in
Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

Processing methods listed
in Article 14
of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

1

I. Freezing and storage of whole, gutted and whole head or cutting-up

products

— Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus
— Other species

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

III. Salting and/or drying and storage of whole, gutted and with head,

cutting-up of filleted products

Amount of aid
(EUR/tonne)

2

First month

Per
additional
month

240
130

206

165

15
15

15

15

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

Processing methods
listed in
Article 14 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92

1

Products

2

Amount of aid
(EUR/tonne)

3

I. Freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster tails (Nephrops norve-
gicus)

First month

245

168

II. Removing the head,

freezing and

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

168

storage

III. Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

IV. Storage in suitable fixed tanks or

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

cages

270

146

170

Per
additional
month

25

25

25

25

19