CELEX: 51990PC0519(01)
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-29
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 3796/81 FOR THE 1991 FISHING YEAR

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(90) 519 finaL
                                          BrusseLs, 29 October 1990
                              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 3796/81
                        for the 1991 fishing year
                              ProposaL for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products Listed in    Annex II
        to ReguLation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 fishing year
                              ProposaL for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
     fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the
           industriaL manufacture of products faLLing within
                 CN code 1604 for the 1991 fishing year
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices for 1991 for the
products in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 on the cannon
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 Cortmunity 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 1991 has been
based on a comparison between the average of prices recorded between 1988 and
the first six months of 1990 and that for the period beween 1987 and 1989, which
was used as a basis for fixing the guide prices for 1990.
Generally speaking white fish production is appreciably lower and withdrawals
virtually negligible. This drop in production appears to be mainly due to the
fact thdat white fish is becoming rarer and this too is causing a substantial
increase in the average of prices.
In view of these favourable price movements, the Commission proposes an increase
of 1 - 3 % in the prices of various species of white fish with the exception of
plaice (poor market situation) and cat shark (difference between the guide price
and the average price).
An assessment of the market situation and foreseeable developments for pelagic
species is further complicated in particular by production levels that fluctuate
f ran one year to the next :
a) Although herring prices have been falling slightly for the past 3 years, it
    is proposed that the guide price be kept at its current level since the
    drop in prices is slackening along with production prospects in the caning
    year.
b) Although the situation is improving on the mackerel market, it is proposed
    that the guide price for this species should not be increased as the
   withdrawal price is too close to the average market price.
c) Anchovy prices dare slightly lower but withdrawals are negligible and the
    considerable difference between guide prices and average market prices allow
    for an increase of 1 %.
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d) Mediterranean sardines : in view of the artificial nature of the increase in
   accordance with the guide lines 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
   be reduced by 1 % in order not to have a worse effect on the competitiveness
   of the canning industry.
Atlantic sardines : in view of the level of withdrawals (around 5 % of
production) despite lower production and in order not to restrict the
competitiveness of the processing industry, it is proposed to reduce the guide
price by 1 %, out with the price alignment scheme provided for by the Act of
Accession.
Among the new species included in the Community system of storage aid as a
result of the Act of Accession, the (jommission proposes a substantial decrease
in the price for nephrops (tails), a species for which the gap between average
market price and guide price has widened considerably over the last few years.
Consequently, it is proposed that:
-  the guide price for Atlantic sardine and Mediterranean sardine be reduced by
   1 %, and that for nephrops (tails) by 5 %;
-  the 1990 guide prices for herring, plaice, cat shark, monkfish (tails),
   mackerel, edible crabs and whole nephrops be maintained in 1991;
-  to increase the guide price
-  by 1 % for anchovies, hake, monkfish, redfish and saithe,
-  by 2 % for whiting, megrim, dogfish and ling,
-  by 3 % for cod and haddock
-  by 4 % for Rays bream and shrimps
                                                                                 :?
 ---pagebreak---                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N*
                                 o£
                  fixing the guide prices for the fishery products
         listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Régulation (EEC) N° 3796/81
                             for the 1991 fishing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 of 29 Decenber 1981 on the
common organization of the market in fishery products (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) no 2886/89 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Gamnission,
Whereas Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 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 Canmunity ; whereas that level must
also help support producers' income and at the same time take account of
consumers* interest r
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 ;
\7hereas the application of the criteria laid down in Article 10 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3796/81 and referred to above involves for the 1991 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 ;
whereas, in the absence of certain information concerning price trends for each
fishery product with given commercial characteristics, 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 recorded currently ;
(1) O J n ' L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1.
(2) OJ n° L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1.                                              /
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Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the Act of Accession, a
sixth approximation of guide prices must take place on 1 January 1991 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 1991 for
the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81
and the categories to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
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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                                           Camernial specifications 0-)
                                                                                     Guide çriœ
                 ftrprnqp         Freshness   Size           Presentation            (EOJ/tcme)
                                  category
1. Herrings of the species       Extra, A              Wrote fish             Eranl January to )
   Qupea haraxps                                                              31 July 1991        ) 267
                                                                              and franl October )
                                                                              t o 31 Damrtjer 1991)
                                                                              Eton 1 August to    ) 243
                                                                              30 Septarber 1991 )
2. Sardines of the spacies
   Sardina pilchaEdus
   a) Atlantic :
      - M3tter States other than
         Spain and Portugal      Extra         3       Wnole fish                      472
      - Spain, Portugal          Extra         3       Wrole fish                      390
   b) tfaiitflrranean            Extra         3       Wnole fish                      454
3. Picked dngfiffri                            2     ( Wnole fish                      OCR?
                                 Extra, A
   (Stfjalus acanthias)                              ( Gutted fish with head
4. Catshanks (Scylialûnus spp.)                1     ( Wnole fish                      766
                                 Extra, A
                                                     (
                                                       Gutted fish with head
5. Efedfish (SebastBS sop.)                                                            907
                                                       Wnole fish
6. Cod of the sperries Gaous     A
                                                       Gutted fish with head         1267
   nctiua                        or
                                 A
                                                       Gutted fish with heart
7. Qbalfish (PollachiiB virens)  A                     Gutted fish with head
                                 ou                                                    654
                                 A                     Gutted fish with head
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                                           Gbnomercial specifications (1)
                                                                                      Guide price
               * J £ * ^ -fl*^^   Freshness    Size            Presentation            (BOJ/tane)
                                  GRtegxy
8. ffeddxk (MsLanoçpaanus        A                       Gutted fish, with head
   aeglefînus)                   or                                                      922
                                 A                       Gutted fish, with head
9. Wniting (Msrlancps iœrlangjs) A                       Gutted fish, with head
                                 or                                                      815
                                 A                      Gutted fish, with head
10. ling (MDIVQ spp.)            Extra, A       1, 2    Gutted fish, with head           938
11. Macterel cf the species      Extra                  Wnole fish
                                  or                                                     264
                                   A                    Whole fish
12. Mackerel of the species      Extra                  Wnole fish
    Scoter japcxricus             or                                                     323
                                   A                    Wnole fish
13. Anchovies (BryanliB spp.)    Extra                  Wnole fish                       924
14. Plaice                       A                      Gutted fish, with head  Fran 1 January      ) 774
     (Pleumiectes                or                                             t o 30 April 1991   )
                                 A                      Gutted fish, with head  Fran 1 May          )i 055
                                                                                t o 31 DBaaiber 1991)
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    '                        • • 1 • 1 •
                                                     Q
                                                                                          Guide price
                                         i Freshness    Size         Presentaticn         (Fnj/tane)
                                           category
 15. tfeike of the ypRrrtes
      Mfarlirrim nprlirrnm                A              1     Gutted fish with head       3 018
 16. Msgrim (TfrfAl IIUUJUB spp.)         Extra, A       1, 2  Wnole fish, gutted fish     1906
                                                               with head
 17. Ifey's bream (Bzna sjp.)             Extra, A       1     Wnole fish                  1 560
 18. rtnkfish (Lorhius scp.)              Extra, A       2, 3  thole, gutted, with head    2 142
                                          Extra, "A     2, 3   Without head                5040
 19. Snrinrs of the species
      Cratp) crangji                      A             1      Simply boiled in water      1639
 20. Edible crab (Cancer pacerus)         ~             1      Wnole                       1 500
 21. Norway k t e t e r                   E, A          1. 2   Wnole                      4400
      (ftglKLfis icruacucus)
                                          E, A          2      Tails                      8 610
(1) The freshness aategxies, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant t o Article 2 of
      Itegulaticn                                 (EEC)                          No                   3796/81
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC) No. 3796/81 on the ccninon organisation 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 comnercial characteristics on the basis
of the average of prices recorded for a significant proportion of Conmunity
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 for frozen products suggests that the guide
prices should be kept at their current level in the 1991 fishing year for
sardines, cuttlefish and octopus and increased for sea bream.
The large volume of stocks of squid of the species Loligo patagonica and the
continued weakness in prices reflect the crisis which has been affecting this
market for several months.
For I Ilex too, the high level of ccmnunity production in '89 combined with the
impact of imports has led to a continual drop in prices over the past 3 years.
In these circumstances, the Commission proposes to adjust the guide prices to
the long-term market trends and thus reduce significantly Ctammunity guide prices
for the 1991 fishing year.
                                                                                  u
 ---pagebreak---                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No     /
                                        of
      fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex H to
              Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Conmunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 37%/8l of 29 December 1981 on the
common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2886/89 (2), and in particular Article 15 (5),
Having regard to the proposal frcm the Conmission,
Whereas Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 37%/81 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 of that
Regulation,   these  prices  should  be   increased, maintained   and  increased
according to the species for the 1991 fishing year,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1991 for the
products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 37%/81 and the categories
to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.
(1) OJ N° L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1.
(2) OJ N° L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1.
                                                                                 /»
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                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                For the Council
                                                                              /M
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANSEX
                                                                                                    (BU/tnre)
         Grcup of psxbcts                          Comercial spflrnfications                        Guide price
1. Sardines of the spades      Frozen, in lots or in original padcees ooitaining the sate products
                                                                                                        389
2. Sea-bream (Dantex danbex    Frozen, in lots or in original pectegss containing the sane proflrls
   andRgellLB app.)                                                                                  1 364
3. âjjid of the species Icliçp Frozen, not cleaned, in origirBl pactegas containing the sane
                               prodrts                                                                  975
4. Sqjrid                      Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages curtrtining the sane
    (QmBstrephes sagittatus)   pcoArts                                                                  773
5. Hlfix argentiruB            Frozen, not cleaned, in original prteggs containing the sane
                               pxdrts                                                                  773
6. Cuttlefish of the speci.es  Frozen, in original pacteges contai ning the sane pcoirjts
   Séria officinalis, Rassàa
   nBoroscHB and SEfiola
   mxteletti                                                                                         1642
7. Octopus (Octopus epp.)      Frozen, in original packages caitaining the sane rrocbcts             1 323
                                                                                                      /I
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the cannon organization of the market in fishery
products states that, for tuna intended for use by the canning industry, a
Ccnmnunity 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 Ccmnunity 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 an appreciable reduction in the average Ccmnunity production
price over the past 3 years. The same is true for the first 6 months of 1990 ;
the price of Albacore weighing more than 10 kg has gradually fallen on the
cannunity market, reflecting the situation on the international market on which
Albacore is in plentiful supply and prices are dropping.
In these circumstances, the Conmission proposes that the Ccmnunity tuna
production price be reduced by 10% for the 1991 fishing year.
                                                                               /n
 ---pagebreak---                        COUNCIL REGUIATION (EEC) No
                                         of
     fixing the Ccmnunity producer price for tuna intended for the industrial
  manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 for the 1991 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Ccmnunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the
common organization of the market in fishery products (1) as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2886/89 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 17 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Conrnission,
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides that a Ccmnunity
producer price shall be fixed for tunas (of the genus Thunnus ), skipjack or
stripe-bellied bonito    (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelands) 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 17 (2) of the
abovementioned Regulation, the price for the 1991 fishing year should be
decreased,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
The Ccmnunity producer price for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1991
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 category
to which it relates are hereby fixed as follows :
(!) OJ No L 379, 31.12.1981, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 282, 02.10.1989, p. 1.
                                                                                /fc
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                                                               (ECU/tonne)
       Product              Ccmnercial specifications          Guide price
Yellowfin tunas          Whole, weighing more than 10 kg
 (Thunnus albacares)     each                                     1 115
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
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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