CELEX: 51974PC1844
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Date: 1974-11-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL fixing for the 1975 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 1 (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION-OP THE EUS.OEEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(74)1844 final
                                                         Brussels , 11 November 1974
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                              PROPOSAL FOR A
                        REGULATION (EEC) OP TEE COUNCIL
           fixing for the 1975 fishing year the guide prices for the
             fishery products listed in Annex 1 (A) and (c) to
                         Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70
                 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(74) 1844 final
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY I-EMORAIOTM
              Under Reflation ( EEC ) No 2142/ 70 on the common organisation of
the market in fishery products , a guide price is to "be fixed for each of the
products listed in Annex I A and C of the Regulation .    This price is fixed
for each fishing season on the "basis of the average prices on the wholesale
markets , or representative ports , during the three fishing years proceeding
the fixing of the price for a significant proportion of the Community output ,
for a product of defined market characteristics .
              The starting point in the price fixing procedure has been the
comparison of the mean of the prices set out "below established during the
period 1972/74 ( 1974 '• six months ) and that of the period 1 97 1/1 97 3 f the
latter having been the base for the fixing of the guide price for 1974 «         It
follows from this comparison that there are price increases which , for most
species qualified as being high or very high .    This proposition is equally
true even if – as has been done - the linear increase (5 c7°) on the level of
prices in the fisheries sector from 7 October 1974 is taken into consideration .
              The mathematical method is not the only starting base . • The
results of this calculation have been further modified , talcing into account
the following points ;
- the nature of the fish type : is it intended for the processing industry ,
  or for direct human consumption     ?                                      .
- the general development of costs ( in a "hunting" situation , such as that
  practised by the fisheries sector , it is not possible to evaluate point
  by point the exact increase in costs )
- the effect of the guide price on the level of the price of withdrawal and
  the relationship desired between these two prices in relation to the lowest
  market prices .
              A synthesis between these last two effects has been sought after
and this has resulted in proposals for price increases according to species
of 5 - 10 - 15 - 20 and 25 $>.
                                                               • •/ * • •
 ---pagebreak---                   For two products - herring and mackerel - in which the type is
determined above all on the "basis of the first point cited ( necessary for the
processing industry) and it is proposed to pursue a prudent policy in order
to "be able maintain admeasure of concurrence with the industries of the third
countries and in consequence to keep the prices applicable from the 7th October
1974 .    These price proposals at the same time serve equally well the fishermen ,
the consumers and the tax payers .
                  For the fishermen the withdrawal price - derived from the guide
price - will have , during           a      specific temporary situation , a real
and not only a theoretical significance .
                  For the consumers , it is important to emphasise that the price
inoreases do not have an inflationary effect , since market prices are in
general higher than the withdrawal price ( for the greater part of the products ,
from 20 to 25 cp ) and are expected to remain so .
                  For the EAGGF , expenses will in the main be below those for
previous years .
                  The present regulation is intended to fix the guide price for
the products of Annex I A and C of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2142/70 for 1975 *
Financial effects
1.               Financially the effects of fixing guide prices are felt primarily
when products are withdrawn from the market thus giving entitlement to financial
compensation .
                  In present circumstances it can. be expected that the quantities
withdrawn from the market in the Community as originally constituted will chan­
ge little and will certainly not increase . Consequently any change in expen­
diture will generally result only from the change in the price for each product .
From figures at present available expenditure for 1974 is estimated at some
6 00 000 u.a . For the 1975 fishing year it is estimated that the new with­
drawal prices , derived from the guide prices , will involve expenditure , in
the from of financial compensation as provided for in Article 10 of Regulation
           A • 1
 ( EEC ) No 2142/7O , of some 75° 000 u.a ., although the quasi-mathematical mode
 of calculating financial compensations means that they will vary in the same
way as the guide prices .
 ---pagebreak---            In a&di-tion to the increase of 150 000 u.a . over the 1974 figure ,
amounts will have to be paid to the new Member States , In these States , where
there are three recognized producers 1 associations at .the moment , it can "be
expected that others will be set up in 1975 » which also , when the Community
withdrawal price system is applied , will qualify for financial compensation .
The additional amount payable to such associations to stabilize their markets
is estimated at approximately 350 000 u.a .
2. .       As regards implementation from the financial point of view, it
should be remembered that until November 1974 expenditure , both actual and
forecast , comes to approx. 30% of available funds for interventions . The
relatively low percentages for intervention are largely the result of the
fact that market prices are still high .
           The proposed appropriations for 1975 amount to two million for all
measures in this field . Bearing in mind that the amount of expenditure incurred
in the new Member States in 1975 depends to a large extent on whether new
producers' associations are set up and that it is difficult to forecast
quantities in this sector, the abovementioned financial effects of the proposed
regulation are not such as to necessitate changes in the 1975 budget nor in
the figures in the multiannual forecasts .
                               Budget                       Expenses
      1973                                                614.619 UA
      1974                    2.000.000                   571.000 UA (Jan-Uov .
                                                                         74)
      1975             |
                       I
                              2.000.000                                         I
                                                                                1
           It should be noted that the 1975 fishing year runs from 1 January
to 31 December 1975 * The financial effects of this proposal Tail therefore
be felt entirely in the 1975 financial year (Budget of the European Communities ,
Chapter 7l )«
 ---pagebreak---                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                          REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
               fixing for the 1975 fishing year the guide prices for
               the fishery products listed in Annex i (A) and (C) to •
               Régulation (BEC) NO 2142/ 70 .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMIiUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community |
Having regard to' Council Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 (l) of 20 Ootober 1970 on
the common organization of the market in fishery products , as last amended "by
Regulation (EEC ) No             (2) , and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission |
Whereas Article 8 (l) of Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 provides that a guide price
shall "be fixed each year for eaoh of the products listed in Annex 1 (A) and (c)
to that Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize market prices without
leading to the formation of structural surpluses, within the Community |.
Whereas guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 1 (A) and (c)
to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 were fixed "by Regulation (EEC) NO 3395/73 (3) for the 1974
fishing year and varied by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2518/74 (4) of ^ October 1974
on the measures to "be taken , foil owing the all–round increase with effect from
7 October 1974 of agricultural prices ?
(1)  OJNo L 236 , 27.10,1970 p. 5
( 2) OJ L
(3)  OJ No L 349 , 19.12.1973 , p.l
(4)  OJ No L 270 , 5.12.1974 , P.l
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas application of the criterion defined in Article 8 (l ) of
Regulation (EEC ) Fo 2142/70 as aforesaid requires an increase in prices by
comparison with those valid for the( current fishing yearj whereas in the
absence of complete information concerning price trends for each fishery
product with given commercial specifications account should be taken in tho
case of most products to the relationship between the average weighted
market prices recorded when the guide prioes for these products were last
fixed and the average weighted market prices now current :
HAS AEOPTED THIS REGULATI01T s
                                Article 1
The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1975 ?OT the products listed
in Annex 1 (A) and (c ) to Regulation (EEC ) ITo 2142/70 and the products to
which they related shall be as shown in the Annex ;hereto .
                               Article 2
This' Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Donc at Brussels ,                             For tho Council
                                               The Présidant
 ---pagebreak---                                               M1IEX
                                        Commercial :^pacification          (1 )       |
r                                                                                         Guide
                                                                                          price
                                    Freehness
            Species                               Size           Présentation             ( in
                                    category
                                  r
    1 , Hernngs                   I     A          1        whole fish                       205.80
    2. Sardines ( clupea
        pi1 chardun Walbaum ) :
        ( aj Atlantic                Extra         2      \ whole fish                       439.90
        (b) Mediterranean            Extra         £.     f whole fish                       249.17
    3 . Redfish
        ( Sebastes marinus )            A          2        whole fish                       419,27
    4. Coa                              3          2        gutted fish with head j
                                       or
                                        A          3        gutted fish with headJ 1         464.89
                                        B     1                                         I
    5 , Saithe
                                       or
                                        A     I
                                               .
                                                   2
                                                   3
                                                            gutted fish with head j i
                                                            gutted fish wi th head )
                                                                                             284.81
                                J                                                       I
    6 . Haddock                         A          2    !   whole fish             ;
                                       or                                                    345,50
                                        A          3        gutted fish with headj
    7 . Whiting                 I       A          2        gutted fish with head            396,90
    8 , Mackerel                     Extra         2        whole fish              }
                                       or
                                                                                             210,00
                                        A          2        whole fish in arigiiEl ^
                                                            boxes
    9 » Anchovies                    E^tra         2        whole fish                      411.23
 10 » Plaice                            A          3        gutted fisn with head           452.81
 11 ► Shrimps of the genua
        Crangon sp.p .           I      A     j    1        simply boiled in water          897,44
                                                i     -            ■–    1
  ( l ) The freshness categories , sizes          and presentation ghall bo as definod '
        Dursuasit to Arfciole 5 g? Rc^cua'l£on            (Wl) Ho 214^/70