CELEX: 51992PC0446(01)
Language: en
Date: 1992-10-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fixing year

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                 C0M(92) 446 final
                                                                 Brussels, 29 October 1992
                                                 Proposal for a
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                            fixing   the guide prices    for the fishery         products
               listed     in Annex I (A),     (D) and (E) of Regulation        (EEC) No 3687/91
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                                         for   the 1993 fishing     year
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           fixing     the guide prices      for the fishery    products    listed    in Annex II to
                        Regulation     (EEC) No 3687/91 for the 1993 fishing           year
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                                                Proposal for a
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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                     fixing     the Community producer price      for tuna intended         for
                         the industrial    manufacture    of products    falling      within
                                   CN code 1604 for the 1993 fishing          year
                                       (presented by the Commission)
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                                                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
             The purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices for 1993 for
             the products in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) of Regulation                                   (EEC) No 3687/91
             on the common organization                        of the market in fishery           products.         Article
             10 of that Regulation                        states    that a guide price for each of                    these
             products                 shall be fixed for each fishing                  year on the basis of the
             average of prices                     recorded for a significant              proportion     of Community
             output                 and a product            with    given     commercial       characteristics          on
             representative                   wholesale markets or in representative                ports during the
             three fishing years immediately preceding the year for which the price
             is fixed.                  In fixing the price,         account is also taken of the              production
             and demand prospects                    and other criteria        relating     to the stabilization         of
             market prices,                   support for producers' incomes and consumers'                     interests.
             As in previous years, the procedure for fixing the prices for 1993 has
             been based on a comparison between the average of prices                                             recorded
             between 1990 and the first                        six months of 1992 and that for the period
             beween 1989 and 1991, which was used as a basis for fixing                                       the guide
             prices for 1992.
             Generally                  speaking     white fish production             is continually          decreasing
             while, especially                    during the first       6 months of 1992 there has been some
             slackening in the increase in prices,                          if not a fall.          While    withdrawals
             have on the whole been negligible,                         there has been a significant              increase
             for some                   species.
             In view of these price movements, the Commission proposes                                       a general
             increase of 1 - 3 % in the prices of various species of white fish                                        with
             the exception                      of cat      shark,     headless      monkfish      and ray's         bream
              (difference                between the guide price and the average price ; high                         level
             of withdrawals or gradual reduction in                              prices).
             An assessment of the market situation                            and foreseeable        developments       for
             pelagic                 species     is further       complicated      in particular        by     production
             levels that fluctuate                    from one year to the next :
             a)         Herring : the increase in production,                         the drop in the prices and
                        the increasing              difference      between the guide price and the average
                        market price allow for a reduction of the guide price of 5 % or 16%
                        depending on the time of the year;
             b)         Spanish Mackerel (Scomber japonicus)                         : it is proposed to reduce
                        slightly            the guide price in order to bring it closer to the average
                       market price;                since there has been little                change in price           of
                        mackerel (Scomber scombrus) the price may remain the same.
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           c)       Anchovy prices         dare lower but withdrawals         are negligible      and the
                    considerable        difference      between guide prices      and average       market
                    prices allow for an increase of 1 %.
           d)       Mediterranean sardines : in view of movements in market prices and
                    in accordance with the guidelines             set out in the report on sardines
                    (COM 87 219 final of 7 August 87) it is proposed that the guide
                    price for this product be reduced by 3 % in order not to have a
                    worse effect on the compeititveness              of the canning      industry.
                    Atlantic      sardines     : in view     of the too important gap between the
                    guide price and the average             market price, it is proposed to reduce
                    the guide price           by 3 %,       out with the price       alignment      scheme
                    provided for by the Act of              Accession.
           Among the new species                 included    in the Community system of             storage
           premium as a result             of the Act of Accession,        the Commission proposes a
           substantial        decrease in the price for nephrops (tails)             species for which
           the gap between average market price                       and guide price       has widened
           considerably          over the last           few years     - and the same prices            for
           crustaceans.
           Consequently,         it  is     proposed:
                    to reduce the guide prices by 1 % for Spanish mackerel and Ray's
                    bream, by 2 % for cat shark, by 4 % for Atlantic                  sardines and for
                    Mediterranean         sardines,      by 10% for headless       monkfish and for
                    nephrops tails and by 5 % or 16 % for herring depending on the time
                    of the year.
                    to maintain the 1992 guide prices                  for mackerel,    whiting,     whole
                    nephrops, edible crab and shrimps in 1993;
           - to increase         the guide prices         :
                - by 1     % for anchovies, haddock, cod and dogfish
                - by 2     % for saithe,        redfish,    whole monkfish and plaice       (for part    of
                    the    year)
                - by 3      % for megrim, hake, ling and plaice               (for part    of the     year)
EXPOSEmot i f/CONS93/en/bj
 ---pagebreak---                                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                                                             H
                                                                     of
                                         fixing        the    guide       prices      for     the     fishery           products
                       listed        in Annex          I   (A),     (D) and (E) of Regulation                       (EEC) No         3687/91
                                                              for     the    1993 fishing               year
          THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
          Having       regard        to the        Treaty       establishing            the    European        Economic            Community,
          Having       regard         to    Council         Regulation           (EEC) No 3687/91                of    28 November          1991
          on the        common organization                     of     the    market        in    fishery        products!*),          and     in
          particular           Article         10 (3)           thereof,
          Having       regard        to the        proposal        from      the        Commission,
          Whereas         Article          10     (1)     and     (2)     of   Regulation             (EEC)     No 3687/91             provides
          that      a guide       price        shall       be fixed        for     each     of    the    products        listed     in     Annex
          I     (A),       (D)    and       (E)      of     the    Regulation            at     a    level      which       will     help       to
          stabilize            market         prices         and     avoid        the     formation           of     surpluses        in      the
          Community           ; whereas            that      level       must     also      help       support       producers'          income
          and at the           same time           take      account       of consumers'              interest        ;
          Whereas         the    guide       price       shall     be based         on the        average       of prices        as      defined
          in     Article        10 (2)         of     that     Regulation           and on an assessment                    of       production
          and demand prospects                     ;
          Whereas          the    application             of    these       criteria         involves         for     the     1993        fishing
          year      an increase            for     certain       products          and the        stabilization            or decrease         of
          prices         for     others         compared           with      prices         applicable           during        the       current
          fishing        year      ;
          (1) OJ N° L 354,                 23.12.1991,           p.     1
PKci./cor.'Spo/en/bj
 ---pagebreak---        Whereas         in accordance          with    Articles       169 and 356 of            the    Act    of Accession,         a
       eighth         approximation          of   guide    prices     must      take    place     on 1 January         1993     for
       Atlantic          sardines       of   the   species       Sardina        pilchardus         ,
       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                    Article       1
       The guide           prices     for     the   fishing      year      from     1 January        to   31 December         1993
       for       the    products       listed      in   Annex     I   (A),      (D) and       (E)    to Regulation           (EEC)
       No 3687/91           and the       commercial        categories        to which       they     relate     are   fixed      in
        the Annex             hereto.
                                                                    Article       2
       This         Regulation       shall      enter     into    force      on the       seventh       day    following         its
       publication            in  the    Official       Journal      of the      European            Communities.
       It     shall      apply    from     1 January         1993.
       This         Regulation      shall       be binding       in    its     entirety       and directly               applicable
        in all        Member        States.
       Done at Brussels,                                                                   For the         Council
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                                                     Commercial specifications (')
                                                                                                 Guide price
                    Species                Freshness      Size           Presentation            (ECU/tonne)
                                           category
1. Herrings of the species               Extra, A                  Whole fish             From 1 January to   )
   Clupea harengus                                                                        31 July 1993        )
                                                                                          and from 1 October  ) 243
                                                                                          to 31 December 1993 )
                                                                                          From 1 August to )
                                                                                          30 September 1993 ) 182
2. Sardines of the species
   Sardina piIchardus
   a) Atlantic :
       - Member States other than
           Spain and Portugal            Extra                     Whole fish                       456
        - Spain, Portugal                Extra                     Whole fish                       415
   b) Mediterranean                      Extra                     Whole fish                       444
3. Picked dogfish                                                  Whole fish                       886
                                         Extra, A
   (Squalus acanthias)                                             Gutted fish with head
4. Catshanks         (Scyliorhinus spp.)                   1       Whole fish                       742
                                         Extra, A
                                                                   Gutted fish with head
5. Redfish       (Sebastes spp.)                           2                                        941
                                                                   Whole fish
6. Cod of the species Gadus              A                 2
   norhua                                or                        Gutted fish with head
                                         A                 3                                      1 329
                                                                   Gutted fish with head
7. Coalfish        (Pollachius virens)   A                 2
                                         ou                        Gutted fish with head
                                         A                 3                                        679
                                                                   Gutted fish with head
8. Haddock (Melanogramnus                A                 2
   aeglefinus)                           or                        Gutted fish, with head
                                         A                 3                                        976
                                                                   Gutted fish, with head
9. Whiting (Herlangius nerlangus)        A                 2
                                         or                        Gutted fish, with head
                                         A                 3                                        822
                                                                   Gutted fish, with head
10. Ling      (Molva spp.)               Extra, A          1, 2                                     984
                                                                   Gutted fish, with head
11. Mackerel of the species              Extra             1
    Scomber sconbrus                       or                      Whole fish                       261
                                            A              2
                                                                   Whole fish
12. Mackerel of the species              Extra             1
    Scomber japonicus                                              Whole fish
                                           or                                                       319
                                            A              2
                                                                   Whole fish
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                                                    Commercial specifications (1)
                                                                                                 Guide price
                   Species                Freshness      Size           Presentation             (ECU/tonne)
                                          category
 13. Anchovies       (Engraulis spp.)   Extra             2      Whole fish                         960
 14. Plaice                             A                 2      Gutted fish, with head     From 1 January     ) g^
      (Pleuronectes platessa)           or                                                  to 30 April 1993   )
                                        A                 3      Gutted fish, with head     From 1 May         )j 1 1 8
                                                                                            to 31 December 1993)
 15. Hake of the species
      Merluccius nerluccius                               1      Gutted fish with head            3 165
 16. Megrim      (Lepidorhoobus spp.)   Extra, A          1, 2   Whole fish,or gutted fish        1 980
                                                                 with head
 17. Ray's bream (Brana spp.)           Extra, A          1      Whole fish                       1 541
 18. Monkfish      (Lophius spp.)       Extra, A          2, 3   Whole, or gutted with head        2 202
                                        Extra, A          2. 3   Without head                     4 573
 19. Shrimps of the species
      Crangon crangon                                     1      Simply boiled in water           1 685
 20. Edible crab       (Cancer pagurus)                   1      Whole                            1 482
 21. Norway lobster                     E, A              1, 2   Whole                            4 392
      (Nephrops norvegicus)
                                        E, A              2      Tai Is                           6 962
(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
     No 3687/91
    REOL/CONSpo/en/b)
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                                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation           (EEC)       No.     3687/91         on the         common        organization             of     the     market        in
fishery      products           states       that,      for     each of the products                   listed        in Annex        II,     a
guide    price        shall      be fixed         for    a product         with      given      commercial                     characteristics
on the basis            of the average              of prices        recorded         for    a significant              proportion          of
Community        output        on representative               wholesale         markets        or in representative                     ports
during      the     three        fishing        years       immediately           preceding          the     year      for     which       the
price    is        fixed.
Examination            of the        price       trends       and     guide       price      levels        for     frozen            products
suggests        that       the     guide      prices       should       be kept         at their         current         level     in      the
 1993 fishing           year for sardines,                octopus        and for           Illex.
For the species               Loligo       patagonica,           prices       continued          to   be    lew     in    1991         despite
 the drop in               catches.
Prices     were also           low for cuttlefish                and     sea       bream.
In these       circumstances,               for     the 1993 fishing               year,      the Commission              proposes         for
 the latter         three        species        to adjust          the     guide      prices        to the        long-term            market
trends     and thus          reduce       the guide         price      significantly            for Loligo          patagonica,           and
slightly      reduce         i t for sea bream and                          cuttlefish.
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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)                         No             /
                                                                           of
   fixing       the   guide       prices          for     the    fishery        products            listed       in    Annex    II      to
                  Regulation             (EEC) No 3687/91                 for     the     1993       fishing          year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having      regard       to    the     Treaty         establishing             the    European            Economic           Community,
Having      regard        to    Council          Regulation            (EEC)       No 3687/91              of   28    November          1991
on    the    common        organization               of     the    market         in    fishery           products!1),           and       in
particular         Article         17        (4),
Having      regard       to    the     proposal          from      the          Commission,
Whereas       Article          17     (1)      of     Regulation             (EEC)       No      3687/91         provides         that       a
guide     price      shall       be     fixed        annually         for     each      of      the    products         or   groups         of
products       listed        in   Annex        II     to    that     Regulation             ;
Whereas,       according           to      the     data      available          at    present           concerning         prices         for
the    products        in     question           and     the     criteria          laid        down      in    Article       10        (2),of
that      Regulation,              these          prices          should         be       increased,              maintained             and
decreased        according          to      the     species        for     the     1993       fishing           year,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   Article         1
The     guide     prices        for       the     fishing         year      1 January             to     31    December       1993         for
the     products        listed         in     Annex        II    to    Regulation               (EEC)       No 3687/91          and       the
commercial         categories             to   which        they     relate        are     fixed        in    the    Annex         hereto.
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                                            Article    2
This Regulation      shall  enter  into    force    on the seventh    day following      its
publication    in the Official    Journal    of the European       Communities.
It shall    apply from 1 January     1993.
This Regulation      shall  be binding    in its     entirety   and directly     applicable
in all Member       States.
Done at Brussels,                                             For the   Council
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                                                                                                on
                                                                                                    (ECU/to
         Group of products                          Commercial specifications                       Guide price
1. Sardines of the species     Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products
   Sardina pilchardus                                                                                    388
2. Sea-bream   (Dentex dentex  Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products
   and Pagellus spp.)                                                                                  1 348
3. Squid of the species Loligo Frozen, not cleaned , in original packages containing the same
   patagonica                  products                                                                  844
4. Squid                       Frozen, not cleaned , in original packages containing the same
    (Ommastrephes sagittatus)  products                                                                  806
5. I Ilex argentinus           Frozen, not cleaned , in original packages containing the same
                               products                                                                  808
6. Cuttlefish of the species   Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
   Sepia officinalis, Rossia
   nacrosona and Sepiola
   rondeletti                                                                                          1 606
7. Octopus (Octopus spp.)      Frozen, in original packages containing the same products               1 427
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                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation         (EEC) No 3687/91 on the common organization                        of the market           in
fishery      products       states     that,    for tuna intended            for use by the            canning
industry,        a Commmunity production               price      shall     be fixed      for a        product
with given          commercial       characteristics          on the basis         of the average             of
prices      recorded       for     a significant        proportion          of Community         output       on
representative          wholesale        markets     or in representative             ports     during       the
three fishing          years     immediately       preceding       the year for which the                 price
is      fixed.
There has been a far less appreciable                      reduction       in the average          Community
production        price    over the past 3 years;               indeed,      production      increased        in
the first          6 months        of 1992.       Nevertheless          albacore      is in           plentiful
supply on the international                  market and prices          are very       low.
In these       circumstances,          the Commission         proposes      that the Community             tuna
production        price be reduced by 3 % for                the 1993 fishing            year.
 ---pagebreak---                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)                      No                                         13
                                                                       of
            fixing       the    Community         producer          price      for    tuna intended              for
                the    industrial          manufacture            of products           falling          within
                              CN code       1604 for         the     1993 fishing             year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                        COMMUNITIES,
Having        regard         to     the       Treaty          establishing              the      European            Economic
Community,
Having     regard       to Council          Regulation           (EEC) No 3687/91               of 28 November              1991
on the       common organization                   of     the    market         in   fishery       products!*),              and
in particular           Article        19 (3)           thereof,
Having     regard       to the       proposal         from     the        Commission,
Whereas       Article        19    (* ) of        Regulation            (EEC) No 3687/91               provides          that     a
Community         producer         price        shall        be     fixed        for     tunas       (of     the       genus
Thunnus      ) , skipjack           or    stripe-bellied                bonito          [Euthynnus              (Katsuwonus)
pelamisJ         and     other       species         of     the     genus        Euthynnus        intended          for       the
industrial        manufacture           of products            falling        within      CN code        1604     ;
Whereas,       on the       basis     of    the    criteria          laid     down in Article              19 (2)     of      the
abovementioned           Regulation,            the     price     for      the    1993 fishing          year      should       be
decreased,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                               Article        1
The    Community          producer          price        for     the      fishing        year      1 January            to     31
December        1993      for     tunas       (of      the     genus        Thunnus),         skipjack         or         stripe-
bellied       bonito        [Euthynnus           (Katsuwonus)             pelamis]         and     other       species         of
the   genus      Euthynnus          for     the     industrial           manufacture           of   products              falling
within     CN code         1604 and the           commercial            category        to which        it    relates         are
hereby     fixed      as follows          :
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                                                                                           (ECU/tonne)
           Product                         Commercial           specifications              Guide    price
Yellowfin          tunas               Whole,   weighing     more than 10 kg
 (Thunnus             albacares)       each                                                        1 038
                                                                  Article     2
               This     Regulation     shall   enter    into   force     on the    seventh   day following        its
               publication       in the Official       Journal     of the European          Communities.
               It    shall   apply   from    1 January      1993.
               This Regulation         shall   be binding     in its      entirety    and directly        applicable
               in all      Member      States.
               Done at         Brussels,                                              For the     Council
    kBGl./CONSt h/en/b)
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