Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/2000 of 11 September 2000 providing for the granting of compensation to producers' organisations in respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry from 1 October to 31 December 1999
Date: 2000-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, free-at-frontier price, monetary compensatory amount, producer organisation, sea fish, selling price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1926/2000

of 11 September 2000

providing for the granting of compensation to producers' organisations in respect of tuna delivered
to the processing industry from 1 October to 31 December 1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

question on the Community market or a flat-rate
amount equivalent to 12 % of that threshold.

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)

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
average
recorded on the
selling price
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 October to 31
December 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).

(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

(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.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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.

The quantities of 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 (Katsu-
wonus) pelamis) sold and delivered to the processing
the
industry established in the customs territory of
Community were higher during the quarter concerned
than the quantities sold and delivered during the same
quarter of the three previous fishing years. Since those
quantities exceed the limit set in Article 18(3) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3759/92, the total quantities of those
products on which compensation 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
producers' organisation,
the quantities 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
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
October to 31 December 1999.

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

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 1999 in respect of the following
product:

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Product

(EUR/tonne)

— yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

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

not weighing more than 10 kg each:

6 667,370 t

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

12 563,115 t.

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
(Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

136

106

84

Article 2

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:

8 581,582 t

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

2.
organisations concerned shall be as set out
hereto.

Article 3

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

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 11 September 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 October to 31 December 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 alba-
cares) 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))

(tonnes)

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

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

2 990,747

2 714,870

108,256

1 777,962

0

0

0

880,155

0

109,592

0

0

2 990,747

3 595,025

108,256

1 887,554

0

0

EU — Total

7 591,835

989,747

8 581,582

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus alba-
cares) 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))

(tonnes)

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

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

3 917,997

2 627,098

0

0

0

0

73,196

49,079

0

0

0

0

3 991,193

2 676,177

0

0

0

0

EU — Total

6 545,095

122,275

6 667,370

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))

(tonnes)

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

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (CAN.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

5 487,417

5 997,765

159,639

1,190

0

0

438,176

478,928

0

0

0

0

5 925,593

6 476,693

159,639

1,190

0

0

EU — Total

11 646,011

917,104

12 563,115