Commission Regulation (EC) No 585/2001 of 26 March 2001 providing for compensation to producer organisations for tuna delivered to the processing industry between 1 January and 31 March 2000
Date: 2001-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, market intervention, processing industry, producer organisation, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 585/2001

of 26 March 2001

providing for compensation to producer organisations for tuna delivered to the processing
industry between 1 January and 31 March 2000

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 organ-
isation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 27(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Until 31 December 2000, Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992
on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (2), which was
repealed by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, provided for a compensatory allowance to be granted
under certain conditions to Community tuna producer organisations for quantities of tuna delivered
to the processing industry during the calendar quarter for which prices had been recorded, where
both the average quarterly selling price recorded on the Community market and the free-at-frontier
price plus any applicable countervailing charge were lower than 91 % of the Community producer
price for the product concerned.

An examination of the situation on the Community market in the year 2000 has shown that
between 1 January and 31 March of that year 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) weighing not
more than 10 kg each, bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus
(Katsuwonus) pelamis) were lower than 91 % of the Community producer price in force, as laid down
in Council Regulation (EC) No 2748/1999 (3).

The conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 should be retained in order to take a
decision on granting the compensatory allowance on the products in question for the period from 1
January to 31 March 2000.

Entitlement to the compensatory allowance should be determined on the basis of sales covered by
invoices bearing a date falling within the quarter concerned and which have been used to calculate
the average monthly selling price referred to in Article 7(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2210/93 (4), which was repealed with effect from 1 January 2001 by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 80/2001 (5).

The level of the compensation 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.

The quantities of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) weighing more than 10 kg each, yellowfin tuna
(Thunnus albacares) weighing not more than 10 kg each, bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) 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 delivered during the same quarter of the three previous 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 compensation is payable should therefore be limited.

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 197, 6.8.1993, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 13, 17.1.2001, p. 3.

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(8)

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 producer organisation, the quantities on
which the allowance is payable should be allocated among the producer organisations concerned in
proportion to the quantities produced by them in the same quarter of the 1997, 1998 and 1999
fishing years.

(9)

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 to producer organisations for tuna delivered to the processing industry shall
be granted for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2000 in respect of the following products:

Product

Maximum allowance

(EUR/tonne)

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

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

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

8

104

13

83

Article 2

1.

The total quantities on which the allowance for these species is payable shall be:

— yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) weighing more than 10 kg each:

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

— bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus):

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

11 739,039 tonnes

6 148,861 tonnes

684,420 tonnes

10 040,996 tonnes.

The allocation of the total quantity among the producer organisations concerned shall be as set out in

2.
the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Allocation among producer organisations of quantities of tuna on which the compensatory allowance is payable
for the period 1 January to 31 March 2000, broken down by compensation percentage band

ANNEX

1.

2.

3.

4.

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

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable

(tonnes)

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (Can.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

3 091,113

4 697,777

0

3 950,149

0

0

EU — Total

11 739,039

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3 091,113

4 697,777

0

3 950,149

0

0

11 739,039

(tonnes)

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

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (Can.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

3 067,739

3 004,708

0

76,414

0

0

EU — Total

6 148,861

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3 067,739

3 004,708

0

76,414

0

0

6 148,861

(tonnes)

Bigeye tuna
(Thunnus obesus)

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (Can.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

326,997

293,932

0

60,859

0

0

EU — Total

681,788

1,262

1,135

0

0,235

0

0

2,632

328,259

295,067

0

61,094

0

0

684,420

(tonnes)

Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito
(Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

Quantities 100 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Quantities 50 % of which is
eligible for compensation

Total quantities on which
compensation is payable

Opagac

OPTUC

OP 42 (Can.)

Orthongel

APASA

Madeira

5 432,346

4 204,620

0

5,279

0

0

398,364

0

0

0,387

0

0

5 830,710

4 204,620

0

5,666

0

0

EU — Total

9 642,245

398,751

10 040,996