Commission Regulation (EC) No 1103/2000 of 25 May 2000 providing for the granting of compensation to producers' organisations in respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry from 1 July to 30 September 1999
Date: 2000-05-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, monetary compensatory amount, processing industry, producer organisation, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1103/2000

of 25 May 2000

providing for the granting of compensation to producers' organisations in respect of tuna delivered
to the processing industry from 1 July to 30 September 1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 3318/94 (2), and in particular Article 18(6)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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' organ-
isations in respect of quantities of tuna delivered to the
processing industry during the calendar quarter
for
which prices have been recorded, where both the
recorded on the
selling price
average
Community market and the free-at-frontier price plus
any applicable countervailing charge are lower than
91 % of the Community producer price for the product
concerned.

quarterly

An examination of the situation on the Community
market has shown that
in the period 1 July to 30
September 1999 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 yellowfin tuna
(Thunnus albacares) weighing more than 10 kg each,
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) not weighing more
than 10 kg each and skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito
(Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) were lower than 91 % of
the Community producer price in force laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 2763/98 of 17 December
1998 fixing, for the 1999 fishing year, the Community
producer price for tuna intended for the industrial
manufacture of products
falling within CN code
1604 (3).

The amount of the allowance provided for in Article
18(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 may not in any
case exceed either the difference between the triggering
threshold and the average selling price of the product in
question on the Community market or a flat-rate
amount equivalent to 12 % of that threshold.

The quantities on which compensation as provided for
in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 is
payable may under no circumstances exceed the limits
laid down in paragraph 3 of that Article for the quarter
concerned.

(1) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 5.

The quantities of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) not
weighing more than 10 kg each and skipjack or stripe-
bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) sold and
delivered to the processing industry established in the
customs territory of the Community were higher during
the quarter concerned than the quantities sold and deliv-
the three previous
ered during the same quarter of
fishing years. Since those quantities exceed the limit set
in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the
total quantities of those products on which compensa-
tion is payable should therefore be limited.

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
the quantities on which the
producers' organisation,
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
1996, 1997 and 1998 fishing years.

A decision should therefore be taken to grant the allow-
ance on the products in question for the period 1 July to
30 September 1999.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fishery Products,

(6)

(7)

(8)

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
July to 30 September 1999 in respect of the following product:

Product

(EUR/tonne)

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

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
weighing more than 10 kg each

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
not weighing more than 10 kg each

Skipjack or
(Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

stripe-bellied bonito

25

90

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Article 2

Article 3

The total quantities on which the allowance for these

1.
species is payable shall be:

— yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
weighing more than 10 kg each:
— yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
not weighing more than 10 kg
each:

— skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito
(Katsuwonus) pelamis):

(Euthynnus

5 054,618 tonnes

2 385,499 tonnes

14 959,684 tonnes.

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 Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2210/93 (1).

Article 4

The allocation of the total quantity among the producers'
in the Annex

2.
organisations concerned shall be as set out
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, 25 May 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

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Allocation among producers' organisations of quantities of tuna on which the compensatory allowance is
payable for the period 1 July to 30 September 1999 in accordance with Article 18(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
3759/92, broken down by compensation percentage band

ANNEX

1.

2.

3.

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus
albacares) weighing more than
10 kg each

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(first indent of Article 18(4))

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(second indent of Article 18(4))

OPAGAC

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

ORTHONGEL

APASA

MADEIRA

1 835,411

1 212,810

196,277

1 604,884

0

0

0

0

0

205,236

0

0

(tonnes)

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable
(first and second indents of
Article 18(4))

1 835,411

1 212,810

196,277

1 810,120

0

0

EU — Total

4 849,382

205,236

5 054,618

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus
albacares) not weighing more
than 10 kg each

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(first indent of Article 18(4))

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(second indent of Article 18(4))

OPAGAC

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

ORTHONGEL

APASA

MADEIRA

1 369,732

940,720

0

2,467

0

0

42,983

29,520

0

0,077

0

0

(tonnes)

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable
(first and second indents of
Article 18(4))

1 412,715

970,240

0

2,544

0

0

EU — Total

2 312,919

72,580

2 385,499

Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito
(Euthynnus Katsuwonus pelamis)

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(first indent of Article 18(4))

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation
(second indent of Article 18(4))

OPAGAC

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

ORTHONGEL

APASA

MADEIRA

5 448,462

5 577,676

282,770

25,619

921,880

107,270

1 279,819

1 310,170

0

6,018

0

0

(tonnes)

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable
(first and second indents of
Article 18(4))

6 728,281

6 887,846

282,770

31,637

921,880

107,270

EU — Total

12 363,677

2 596,007

14 959,684