Commission Regulation (EC) No 2901/2000 of 21 December 2000 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2001 fishing year
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, storage premium, withdrawal from the market

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2901/2000

of 21 December 2000

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the
2001 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 products (1), and in particular Article
23(5) and Article 24(8) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2814/2000
of 21 December 2000 laying down rules for applying Regula-
tion (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of carry-over aid
for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4176/88 of
28 December 1988 laying down detailed rules of application
for the granting of flat-rate aid for certain fisheries products (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3516/93 (4), and in
particular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Articles 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
provide that aid may be granted for quantities of certain
fresh products withdrawn from the market and either
processed to stabilise them and stored or preserved.

The purpose of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid is
to give suitable encouragement
to producers' organ-
isations to carry over products withdrawn from the
market so that their destruction can be avoided.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The aid level should not be such as will disturb the
balance of the market for the products in question or
distort competition.

Articles 23(3) and 24(4) provide that the levels of these
aids must not exceed the technical and financial costs
associated with the operations essential to procesisng
and storage.

On the basis of the information on technical and finan-
cial costs
recorded in the Community during the
previous fishing year, the aid level for the 2001 fishing
year should 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 2001 fishing year, the carry-over aid for the products
listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and the
flat-rate aid for the products listed in Annex IV to that Regula-
tion shall be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 367, 31.12.1988, p. 63.
(4) OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 10.

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ANNEX

1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) and for sole (Solea spp.) listed in

Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods listed in Article 23
of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Amount of aid
(EUR/tonne)

I. Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head or cut-up products

1

— Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus
— Other species

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

III. Salting and/or drying and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up or

filleted products

IV. Marinating and storage

2

300
240

320

280

240

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods listed in
Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

1

Products

2

I. Freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster tails (Nephrops norvegicus)

II. Removing the head, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

III. Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

IV. Pasteurisation and storage

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

V. Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

Amount of aid
(EUR/tonne)

3

300

200

200

330

170

280

200

3. Amount of the flat-rate aid for products listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods

I. Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

240

320