Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 2001 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2000-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, fishery product, guide price, producer price

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 26.10.2000
COM(2000) 681 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

fixing for the 2001 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in
fishery and aquaculture products requires a guide price to be fixed for each of the products
listed in Annex I and each of the products and groups of products listed in Annex II thereto,
on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a significant proportion of Community
output on wholesale markets or in ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding
the year for which the price is fixed.

When fixing those prices, account is also taken of trends in production and demand and other
factors such as the need to ensure stable market prices and support producers' incomes and the
interests of consumers.

Compared with the period 1997-99, averages prices for white fish significantly strengthened
between 6% and 20% over the period 1998-2000, with the exception of prices for hake,
redfish and plaice (-1%), dab (-8%) and flounder (-11%). During the first half of 2000, prices
for white fish other than those species were higher than during the same period the previous
year. In the light of this favourable market situation, the Commission proposes an increase in
the guide prices of between 1% and 2% for most species of white fish, with the exception of
plaice, dab and flounder, for which it proposes a small reduction. It is proposed to maintain
current prices for dogfish, redfish and coalfish.

Average prices for pelagic species over the period 1998-2000 were between 11% lower and
20% higher than over the period 1997-99. While prices for sardines and Spanish mackerel
increased, prices for herring, mackerel, anchovy and albacore tuna deteriorated, although to a
lesser extent over the shorter term. The Commission is therefore proposing to reduce the
guide price for those species, except for sardines (no change is proposed).

As regards the other species in Annex I, the Commission is proposing to increase the guide
price for edible crabs, whole Norway lobsters and deep-water prawns, keep the existing guide
price for shrimps and reduce the prices for Norway lobsters without heads and cuttlefish.

Prices for frozen products listed in Annex II have fallen over the short and medium term as a
result of developments on world markets. Consequently, the Commission proposes to reduce
the guide price for squid (Illex) by 5% and those for cuttlefish, octopus and hake fillets by 1%
for the 2001 fishing year.

It is proposed to maintain the current prices for squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus), lesser or
Greenland halibut, whole hake and sea bream.

In the light of long-term increases in prices, the guide prices for squid (Loligo patagonica),
shrimps (Penaeidae) and prawns (Parapenaeus) should be increased by 1%.

Swordfish has been added to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and a guide price
should therefore be fixed for the species.

In addition, Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a Community
producer price to be fixed for tuna intended for the canning industry, relating to a product
with given commercial characteristics on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a
significant proportion of Community output on wholesale markets or in ports during the three
fishing years immediately preceding the year for which the price is fixed.

The average Community price fell considerably between 1998 and the first half of 2000.

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Since the Community producer price is also close to the average market price,
the
Commission is proposing that the Community producer price for the 2001 fishing year be
reduced by 5%.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

fixing for the 2001 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the
common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products1, and in particular
Articles 18(3) and 26(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a guide price to be fixed for
each fishing year for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I
and II to that Regulation.

On the basis of the data currently available on the prices for the products concerned
and the criteria referred to in Article 18(2) of the above Regulation, those prices
should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2001 fishing year depending on the
species.

Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a Community producer price
to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation.

Since Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/822 lays down the conversion factors
applicable to different species of tuna, Community producer prices need not be fixed
for all species of tuna listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, but only for
yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares).

On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 18(2)
and in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer price
for the 2001 fishing year should be reduced,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2001 for the products listed
in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and for the presentations and commercial
categories to which they relate shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

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2

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
OJ L 368, 28.12.1982, p. 27. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3899/92 (OJ L 392,
31.12.1992, p. 24).

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Article 2

The Community producer price for yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) for the fishing year
from 1 January to 31 December 2001 is hereby fixed as follows:

(EUR/tonne)

Species

Commercial specifications

Community producer price

Yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus
albacares)

Whole, weighing more than
10 kg each

1 160

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

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ANNEX

Annexes

Species
Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC)
No 104/2000

I

1. Herring of the species Clupea harengus
2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus
3. Dogfish of the species Squalus acanthias

4. Dogfish of the species Scyliorhinus spp.

5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua
7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
10. Ling (Molva spp.)
11. Mackerel 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
16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)
17. Dab (Limanda limanda)
18. Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)

20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)
21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

22. Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon
23. Deep-water prawns (Pandalus borealis)

24. Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)
25. Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

II

26. Sole (Solea spp.)
1. Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius
hippoglossoides)
2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)

4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

5. Cuttlefish of the species Sepia officinalis, Rossia
macrosoma and Sepiola rondeletti
6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)

7. Squid (Loligo spp.)

8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)

9. Illex argentinus.

10. Shrimps of the family Penaeidae
- Prawns of the species Parapenaeus longirostris

- Other species of the family Penaeidae

Commercial presentation

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

Whole fish
Whole fish
Whole fish or
Gutted fish with head
Whole fish or
Gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish
Whole fish
Whole fish
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
from 1.1.2001 to 30.4.2001
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
from 1.5.2001 to 31.12.2001
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Whole fish
Gutted fish with head
Whole
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Without head
Simply boiled in water
Simply boiled in water
Fresh or chilled
Whole
Whole
Tails
Whole fish or gutted fish with head
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, whole, in original packages containing
the same products
Frozen, filleted, in original packages
containing the same products
Frozen, in lots or in original packages
containing the same products
Frozen, whole, in original packages containing
the same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products
Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

251
542
1 079

814

1 154
1 552
782
1 052
911
1 196
284
304
1 197
1 041

1 434

3 695
2 382
923
552
2 124
2 427
1 589
2 826
5 840
2 405
6 515
1 707
1 784
5 337
4 302
6 518
1 937

1 277

1 530

1 556

4 000

1 928

1 987

1 122

961

835

4 078

7 903

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2.

3.

4.

5.

5.0

5.1

6.0

6.1

Financial statement

FISHA4
DATE: 13.10.2000
APPROPRIATIONS:

BUDGET HEADING:
B1-261
TITLE OF MEASURE:
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 2001 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery
products listed in Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
LEGAL BASIS:
Articles 18 and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
PURPOSE OF MEASURE:
Annual fixing of prices and certain aids in the fisheries sector (2001 fishing year)
FINANCIAL IMPACT

12 MONTH PERIOD
(EUR million)

FINANCIAL YEAR
2001
(EUR million)
16.7

CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET

EXPENDITURE
-
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
-
-
REVENUE
-
EC(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
-

NATIONAL

OWN RESOURCES OF THE

NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
OTHER

5.0.1 EXPENDITURE FORECASTS
5.1.1 REVENUE FORECASTS
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:

[n+2]

[n+3]

[n+5]
Measures restricted to the 2001 fishing year
(16.10.2000– 15.10.2001)

[n+4]

- Community withdrawals : EUR 2.5 million
- Compensatory allowance for tuna: EUR 3 million
- Autonomous withdrawals and carry-overs: EUR 4.35 million
- Community carry-overs: EUR 3 million
- Private storage aid: EUR 1 million
- Operational programmes: EUR 2.65 million
- Technical assistance: EUR 0.2 million
CAN BE FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDED IN RELEVANT
CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET
CAN BE FUNDED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF CURRENT
BUDGET
ADDITIONAL BUDGET NEEDED
APPROPRIATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE BUDGETS

6.2
6.3
OBSERVATIONS:
Since this is a price-fixing measure, the impact on expenditure is indirect. The expenditure in question will
largely depend on developments in the market situation and on quantities landed.

NO
YES

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