CELEX: 51979PC0626
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Date: 1979-11-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (C) to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1980 fishing year#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 for the 1980 fishing year#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1980 fishing year#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the Community, producer price for tunny intended the canning industry for the 1980 fishing year (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(79 ) 626 final
                                                     Brussels , 9 November 1979
                                 Proposal for a
                           , COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
         Annex I ( A ) and ( C ) to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 for the
                                1980 fishing year
                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed in
         Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 for the 1980 fishing
                                       year
                                 Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                                \ :■
         fixing the intervention prices for fre?fror chilled sardines
                     and anchovies for the 1980 /Ashing                   .
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                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
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         fixing the Community, producer price for "tunny ; intended    intended   for
               the canning industry for the 1980 fishing^^* .
                     ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The present regulation is intended to fix guidance prices for products
listed in annex I , A and C of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 on the common
organi zation- of « t.he market in the fishery products sector for 1980 .
Article 9 of this regulation allows for the fixing of a guide price for
each of the products which is established for each fishing season on the
basis of the average price on the wholesale market or representative port
during the three fishing seasons preceeding 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 f.ixing procedure for 1980 has been the
comparison of the mean of the prices set out below established during the
period 1977/ 1979 ( 1979 : six months ) and that of the period 1976/ 1978 , the
latter having been the base for fixing the guide price for 1979 .
The guide price proposed -for 1980 takes into account the very volatile and
sensitive market situation for fishery products . While landing prices stayed
generally at a relatively high level at the beginning of the year , there
has been a marked tendency for a lowering of prices in recent months , a
tendency which exceeded the normal seasonal fall . The effects of the guide
prices for 1980 on the level of withdrawal prices and the desired relation­
ship of these prices with regard to the lowest prices on the Community market
have been correspondingly taken into account with regard to this tendency .
                                        «
Given this situation , it is proposed that the guide prices for herring ,
Mediterranean sardines and mackerel for 1979 be retained for . 1980 and to .
allow for a certain small increase in guide price from 1 - 6% , according
to species , for most of the other products .
At the same time , taking account of the development of the market for the      '
Atlantic sardine , a reduction of 4% in the guide price is proposed . With
regard to the anchovy , it is necessary to allow for a reduction of the
guide price of 7.5% following a further diminution of 1979 market prices
accompanied by substantial withdrawals .
In order to avoid certain anomalies which occurred on the 1979 market , it
is necessary to take measures to adjust certain marketing norms , in parti­
cular those for redfish and anchovy . The Commission will shortly submit a
proposal modifying its November 1976 proposals by virtue of Article 149 of
the Treaty . These modified norms should enter , into force at the same time
as the guide prices !                 v
 ---pagebreak---                    REGULATION ( EEC )                 OF THE COUNCIL .
                           OT                                ;
          fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
          Annex I ( A ),. and ( C ) to Regulation ( EEC)No 100 / 76 .for the
                                   198C fi shing year
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard " to the "Treaty establishing~~the European Economic Community ,
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ), No 100/ 76 ( 1 ) of 19 January 1976
                                    '                                     "]
  on the common organization of the market in fishery products , as last amended
  by Regulation ( EEC ) No' 2903/ 78 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 9 ( 4 ) thereof ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
  Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 provides that a guide
  price shall be fixed each year for each of the products listed in Annex I
  ( 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 the guide prices for the said products were fixed for the 1979
  fishing year by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2904/ 79 ( 3 );
  Whereas the application of the criteria 'defined in Article , 9 of Regulation (E
  No 100 / 76 and set out above involves , for the 1980 fishing year , for some
, products      an increase , and for other products a decrease in prices by
  comparison with those valid for the current fishing year ;             whereas in the .
  absence of . certain information , concerning price trends for each fishery
  product with given commercial specifications , consideration should be given
  to the relationship between the average weighted market prices recorded when
  the guide prices were fixed for the previous fishing year for these products , _
  and the average weighted market prices now current ;                           . ~
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   ( 1 ) O.J. No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 1 .
   ( 2 ) O.J. No L 347 , 12.12.1978 , p. 1 .
   ( 3 ) O.J. No L 347 , 12.12.1978 , p. 2 .
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 1
The guide prices applicable until 31 December 1980 for the products listed
in Annex I ( A ) and v(,p to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 and the products to'
which they relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto .
                               Arti ele 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 19S0 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels /                                        For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX
                                              Commercial spécifications ( 1 )
                                                                                   Guide prlce
              Specles                                                           < ECU / Metric ton )
                                     Freshness
                                                     Size      Présentation
                                     category
   1.      Herrings               Extra . A                  whole fish               313
                                   •     Ν
   2.      Sardines Clupea
           pilchardus
           WaLbaum" :
        ( a ) Atlantic             Extra                2    whole fish                511
        ( b ) Mediterranean        Extra                2    whole f 1sh               370
   3.      Redfish ( Sebastes
           marinus )                                    2    whole fish                629
   4.      Cod                         A                2    gutted fish
                                      .or                     with head
                                       A                      gutted fish
                                                              with head
                                                                                    | 756
   5*      Salthe                      A                2     gutted fish
                                     or                       with head
                                                                                       445
                                       A                3     gutted fish
                                                              with head    -
   6.      Haddock                     A                2     gutted fish
                                      or                      with head
                                                                                       593
                                       A                3     gutted fish
                                                              with head
   7.      Uhltlng                     A                2     gutted fish
                                      or                      with head                585
                                       A                3     gutted fish
                                                              with head
   8.      Mackerel                 Extra                1    whole fish
                                                                                       26 1
         _        )                   or
                                       A                 2    whole fish
)
   9.      Anchovies                 Extra               2    whole fish               475
 10 .      Plaice      ^               A                 2    gutted fish     715 • from 1 .1 . 1980
                                      or                      with head
                                                                                     'to 31.3.1980
                                       A .               3    gutted fish     766     from 1.4.1Ç;:Q
                                                              with head               to 31.12.19S0
  11 .     Hake                                          2    gutted fish          1.689
                                                              with head
  12 .     Shrimps of the
       ! genus Crangon
                                                              simply bo1 led       1.246
           sp.p .
                                                              1n water
   < 1 ) The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined to Article 2 of
            Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
          Under Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 on the common organization
of the market in fishery products , a guide price is to be fixed for
each of the products Listed in Annex II to the Regulation . It is to '
be fixed for a product with given commercial characteristics and
based on the average of prices recorded on representative wholesale
markets or in representative ports during the three fishing years
immediately preceding the fixing of the price for a significant
proportion of the Community output .
           Examination of the development of prices for the products
in question shows that for certain products the guide price should
be increase and for the others it should be maintained for the 1980
 fishing year .
                                                           *
 ---pagebreak---                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) "
                • •       '                               '      » !
          fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed
           in Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 for the
                 ,          1980 fishing year    -
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community        0
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 . of 19 January 1976 on
the common organization of the market in fishery products "( 1 ), as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2903 / 78 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 1A(5 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 14(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 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 the guide prices for the said products were fixed for the 1979
fishing year by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2905 / 78 ( 3 );
Whereas given the data available at present concerning prices for the products
in question, it is necessary to increase these prices for certain products
  and to. faintai " them for others for ithe 1980 fishing year -
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 1 ,
 ( 2 ) 0J No L 347 , 12.12,1978 , p. i .
 ( 3 ) 0J No L 347 , 12.12.1978 , p. 4 .
 ---pagebreak---                               Article 1
The guide prices applicable until 31 December 198(5 Tor products listed
in Annex II to Regulation
                     * Ν
                          ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 and the products to which they
relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto .
                              Arti ele 2
                                                          \
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .                                   ^
Done at Brussels /                                     For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                           /
                                                                   ANNEX
  "■         I
                             Croup of product*                        Commercial iprcifirttiont               Gutd« prxr
                                     •    *     \                                                             ECU/tonne
                   Sardines                              Frozen, in lots or in original         packages
                                                         containing the same products                           381
                   Sea-bream of the species              Frozen, in lots or in original packages'                                   P
                   Dcntcx dentex and Pagellus            containing the same products                           949            /
                   Squid (Loligo spp)                    Frozen , in original packages containing the
                                                         same products                                       1.851
                   Squid (Ommastrephes sagit-            Frozen, in original packages containing ihtf
     ».
                   talus, Todarodes sagittatus, illex    same products                                          875
                   *PP>                                                                                                ) -     1
                                                                                                                    I      •   1
                 * Cuttlefish of the species Sepia       Frozen, in original packages containing the                I           ,
                   officinalis,   Kossia     macrosoma   same products                                       1.286              ;
                   and Sepiola rqndeletti
                   Oaopus                                Frozen, in original packages containing the
                      ■ ■       '  '       '■ ■     '  I same product*                                          949
«                                                      I
                           »                      r         •                              V -           1 .                 •    ,
        • ■/■■■■                                 : V ;    '   ''      \                               '
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY    MEMORANDUM
Under Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 on the common organization in fishery
products , the . intervention price for fresh or chilled sardines and
anchovies is fixed arid this intervention price can be fixed at a level
of between 35 and 45% of the guide price according to the production
characteristics and the character of t'he particular market for each
product .
The present regulation is intended to fix the intervention price in
conformity with the dispositions of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 .
The present proposal reflects the Council declaration relating to the
level of these prices . The Council invites the Commission to take into
consideration , at the submission of the proposal relating to intervention
prices , the importance which is attached to the need for these prices to
be near the upper' limit of the bracket shown in Article 9 , paragraph 3" '
( of R / 2129/ 70 ( AGRI 691 ) of 20 October 1970 )..
 ---pagebreak---                   PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  ■         fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and
                                                   o     » .
                      anchovies for the 1980 fishing year
          .         •  • •   v K , •-                n                     • .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                      •
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 of 19 January 1976
on the common organisation of the market in fishery products ( 1 ), as
last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2903/ 78 ( 2 ), and in particular Article
9 ( 4 ) thereof ,          ,                                 \
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                            1
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 provides that
 intervention prices should be fixed for fresh or chilled sardines and
 anchovies at a level , . which - wi 'll . help to stabilize market prices
 without leading to the formation of structural surpluses in the Community ;
 Whereas Article 9 ( 3 ) of the same Regulation provides that the inter­
 vention price should be fixed at a level between 35% and 45% of the guide
 pri ce depending on the production and marketing characteristics peculiar
 to each product ;
                                                       ■     ,           •       \
 Whereas the guide prices for fishery products listed in Annex I ( A ) and
   ( C ) to Regulation ( £EC ) No 100/ 76 have been fixed for the 1980 fishing
  year by Regulation ( EEC ) No            / 79 ( 3 );
    ( 1 ) 0J No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 1 .
    ( 2 ) 0J No L 347 , 12 . 12 . 197S , p. 1 .
    ( 3 ) "0J No L                           '
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -
Whereas given the present state of information on the market situation
for the products in question and the absence of any experience in
relation to purchases on the open market of these products , the inter­
vention prices stiouJ.d^ be. f ixed at a level such as to ensure maximum
support of the market ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                Article 1
The intervention pri ces applicable until 31 December 1980 for fresh
                                                  «
 or     chilled sardines and anchovies and the products to which they
 relate are hereby fixed as follows :
                                 Commercial spécifications ( 1 )   ι   »
                                                                     Intervention
        Species               Freshness
                                          ι                              pri ce
                                            Si ze     Présentation   ( ECU / tonne )
                              category                             ι
    1.   Sardines
         a ) Atlantic           Extra          2      whole fish         230
         b ) Mediterra-
I            nean               Extra          2      whole fish         167
    2.   Anchovies              Extra          2      whole fish         214
  ( 1 ) The freshness categories , sizes and presentation are defined pursuant
        to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 .
                                 Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980.
   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
   in all .!Jie-.ber St3tes .
                                                    I
   Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council
                                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under Regulation ( EEC ) ,No 100 / 76 on the common organization of the market
                           \  *
in fishery products / a community production price for tunny intended for :
canning is ,fixed , and this price can be fixed for a product defined by
its market characteristics on the base of the mean of the wholesale market ,
prices or in the representative ports during the three fishing seasons
preceding the fixing of this price and for a significant part of the
Community production . .
It is proposed to make a slight increase m price for the 1980 fishing year .
 ---pagebreak---                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ?
          fixing the Community producer price for tunny intended
        ' for the canning industry for the 1980 fishing year *
                                                i
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community­
                                                                           *
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 of 19 January 1976
on the common organization of the market in fishery products ( 1 ), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2903/ 78 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 16 ( 5 )
thereof .,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 16 ( 4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 provides that a
Community producer price shall be fixed for tunny intended for the
canning industry ;                        '                        ^    ,
Whereas the Community producer price for tunny intended for the canning
industry was fixed for the 1 979 fishing ye^r by Regulation ( EEC )
No 2907/ 78 ( 3 ).
Whereas, on the basis of the criteria defined in Article 16(4 ) of
Regulation ( EEC ) No . 100/ 76, > the price for the 1980 fishing year
should be increased slightly .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) 0J No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 1 .
 ( 2 ) 0J No L 347 , 12.12.1978 , p. 1 .
 ( 3 ) 0J No L 347 , 12.12.1978 , p. 7.
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2 -
                              Article 1
The Community producer price applicable until 31 December 1980 for
tunny /        , for the canning industry and the product to which
it relates are Hereby fixed as follows :
 -    _
 j                        !        Commercial              Community      j
 I       Product          I      specifications         producer pri ce   ;
A                 !  . .  I  '                      I
                                                        < in ECU/ tonne ) i
 ι                        ι
 , Yellow-finned tunny    | Whole , not weighing             915
 !                        ! more than 10 kg each
 »                        i                         i
J                         1                         1i–
                               Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1980 .          .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                              For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                  FINANCIAL              STATEMBNT
                                                                             Date :   30.10.1979
1 . BUDGET HEADING :          Art . 881                                      APPROBIATIONS :
2 TITLE • Four P r°P°sal- s ' or Council Regulations fixing the guide price for fishery
              products ( Annex I (A and C ); Annex II ), production price ( tunny ) and inter­
              vention prices for sardines and anchovies for the fishing season 1980 .
3 . LEGAL BASIS : Articles 9 , 14 and 16 of Reg . ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 of the Council
4 . AIMS OF PROJECT :
                       Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector .
                                                                CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
S. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                  PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS
                                                                       i        2
                                                                                        FOLLOW I ^ FINANCIAL YEAR
 S.O EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         Mirynas / INTERVENTIONS )
       - HATiQIlAb flClMmmQfTT
                                                  1)                                               1)
 5.1 RECEIPTS
       - OWN RESptfffCES OF THE EC
         UE>i£s / CUST0MS DUTIES )
 S . 0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                      Measure limited to 1980 season
 S.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS                                      1.1 - 31.1 . 1980
 5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
  6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROBATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                             YES / NM
  6.1
                                                                                                             £@3831
  6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                             SEH/ N0
  6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                             YES / FIE
  OBSERVATIONS : 1 ) Concerning the fixing of prices , the incidence of expenses is indirect
   The expenses concerned - withdrawal or purchasing measures and compensation- are                                      i
   strongly dependant on the development of the market situation and consequently , th(
   quantities landed . The credits were of a level of 20 Meua in 1979 . The 1980 credit !
   allowed for in Article 881 of the Budget proposal of 22 Meua are therefore of a                                      i
   sufficient order .                                                                                           ■      I