CELEX: 51977PC0565
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-14
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 1978 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 1978 fishing year Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies for the 1978 fishing year Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the Community producer price for tunny intended for the canning industry for the 1978 fishing year (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(77 ) 565 final .
                                                   Brussels , 14 November 1977
                              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
                             1978 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
                             1978 fishing year
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
     fixing the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines
                          and anchovies for the
                             1978 fishing year
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
         fixing the Community producer price for tunny intended
                    for the canning industry for the
                             1978 fishing year
              ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 565 final
 ---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 I A and C of the Regulation . This
 price is fixed for each fishing season on the basis of the average pri­
 ces on the wholesale markets , or representative ports , during the three
 fishing years preceding the fixing of the price for a significant pro­
 portion of the Community output , for a product of defined market cha­
 racteristics .
          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 1975/77 ( 1977 : six months ) and that of the period 1975/76 ,
 the latter having been the base for the fixing of the guide price for
 1977 .
          The mathematical method is not the only starting base . The
 results of this calculation have been further modified , taking into
 account the following points s
 - the nature of the fish type : destined for the processing industry ,
    or for direct human consumption ,
 - 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 ;
 - the level of prices quoted in the different representative ports du­
    ring the last three years ,
 - the probably evolution of prices during the coming year .
          A synthesis between these effects has been sought after and
 this has been resulted in proposals for price increases according to
 the species of 0 - 2 - 5 - 6 and 7 % •
                 «
          The price proposals at the same time serve equally well the
  fishermen , the consumers and the tax payers .
         For the consumers , it is important to emphasize that the price
increases do not have an inflactionary effect , since market prices are
in general higher than the withdrawal and are expected to remain so .
         The present regulation is intended to fix the guide price for
the products of Annex I A and C of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/76 for 1978 .
 ---pagebreak---                                         - Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                                       Λ        ■·  '       7
            fixing the guide prices for the fishery products Listed in Annex I
                      ( A ) and ( C ) to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 for the 1978
                                           'fishing year
    ••    "                          •        .             < •
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,\
 Having regard t6 the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
'Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 of 19 January 1976                    j
 on the common organization of the market in fishery products ( 1 ), as amended "by
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 2429/ 76 ( 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 Article 9 (2 ) thereof provides that the guide price shall he fixed
 for a product with given commercial specifications ; whereas development s__as_L.
 regards the landing structure lead to a re-definition of_the_comme re ial
 specifications for certain of these products;                                   _         ^
  whereas the guide prices for4 the said products were fixed for the 1977 .
  fishing year by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3120/ 76 ( 3 );
  Whereas the application of the criteria aforesaid defined in Article 9 of                 ■
  Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/ 76 involves , for the 1978 fishing year , for some
  products , an increase in prices by comparison with those valid for the
   current fishing year ; whereas in the absence of complete, 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 :                     \                    /
                   *' •.                    . Article 1 ' • - '       'l           • -
  The guide prices applicable bntil 31 December 1978 for the products listed
  in Annex I ( A ) and ( C ) to Regulation ( EEC )- No 100/ 76 and the products to
  which they relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto .
   ( 1 ) O.J. No L 20 , 28.1.1976, p . 1 .                      1 ;
   ( 2 ) O.J. No L 276, 7.10.1976, p -, 5. .          .             •
   ( 3 ) O.J.-No L 353 , 23.12.1976 , p. 1 .                                           : '
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 2
This Regulation »hall ent«r i^a force on 1 January 197*8.
This Regulation Shall T»e binding in ita entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States#      ■ •                      '
       . _                                                 For "the Council
Pone at Brussels ,  :                                                 /
 ---pagebreak---                                                            •• ANNEX
  r
                                      éi             .            n
                                                            Comnf(srcial        spécifications ( 1 )
  »                                                                                                                    Guide price
             oyet lcs
                                     *1                          IL
                                                                                                                ( U. a . /.tonne )
                                          Freshness
                                                                            Size           Présentation
                                          category
                                   _*d             '
 1 . Herrings                    I       Extra/ A ' ' |                       r           whole fish
                                                                                                  i
                                                                                                            j              ■  •     ,
                                                                                                                                      259     I
 2.       Sardines Clupea
          pi Lchardus
          Walbaum" :                                                                  . ,                /
        ( a ) Atlantic                   Extra                                2           whole fish                                  440
        ( b ) Mediterranean              Extra                                2           whole fish                                  294
 3.       Redfish ( Sebastes
 . -      rnarmus )                        Α           '
                                                                      t
                                                                              2    [      whole fish            ;
                                                                                                                                      512
 4.       Cod             '                A                  ■             . 2      ; gutted fish            -     - 1  i
                                           or                                             with head
                                     .     A     ,!                           3           gutted fish                    j            OV I
                                                                                                                         i
                                                                                          with head                      i   ' ■
  5.      Saithe                   I - A                                      2           gutted fish                  1»i
                                                                                                                       i
                                          or             <                                with . head                  4
                                                                                                                       4t                 r
                                           A                        ι        -3           gutted fish                  4 ! '
                                                                                                                       àt
                                                                                          with head
 6 . < Haddock                             A                           ■ ':   2           gutted fish
                                                                                                                       «
                                                                                                                       4
                                                                                                                       t
                                          or                                              with head                    i       ,      457
                                                                                                                       ■
                                                                                          gutted fish
                                                                                          with head
  7.      Whiting      :     • ■       ,   A                                  2           gutted fish
                                                                                                                  '  *
                                                                                                                       4
                                                                                                                       4
                                                                                                                         î
                                          or                                              with head                    4
                                                                                                                                '     488
                                                                                                                       i
                                           A   '                              3           gutted fish                  4
                                                                                                                       *
                                                                                          with head                    4
  o.      Mackerel                       Extra                                1           whole fish                   i
                                                                                                                       4              221
                                          or                                                                           4
                                                                              2           whole fish
  9.      Anchovies                      Extra '                               2          whole f i sh                                441   N
10 .       Plaice                          A                                   2          gutted fish                    I        '
                                          or                                              with head     , "            i
                                                                                                                                      597
                                           A  *- '' :                         3           gutted fish
                                                                                                                         r
                                                                                          with head
                                                                         <       »
11 .       Hake                            A                            v,     2          gutted fish                                   t
                                                                                          with head                               1.318
12 .       Shrimps of the
           genus Crangon                                                       1
                                           A                                              simply boiled, .
           &μ.μ .
                                                                                          in water                               1.051 .
   ( 1 ) The freshness categories/ sizes and presentation are defined pursuant toArtiole 2
           of Regulation (EEC ) No IOO/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 prece­
ding the fixing of the price for a significant proportion of the Communi­
ty output •
        Examination of the development of prices for the products in
question shows that an increase in prices for 1978 is justified only
for cuttlefish , octopus and sea-bream *
 ---pagebreak---                                 PROPOSAL FOR A ,
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC.)
         fixing the guide prices for fishery products listed in Annex II to
             Regulation ( EEC ) No IOO/76 for tho 1978 fishing year
TIE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,               .
                                                 /
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 100/76 pf 19 January 197^ on__
the common organization of the market in fishery products ( l ), as amended "by Regulation
( lTEC ) No 2429/76 ( 2), and in particular Article 14(5) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,         ,
Whereas Article 14(l) of Regulation ( ESC ) No IOO /76 provides that a guide
price shall he fixed annually for each of the products or groups of products
listed in Annex II to that Regulation }
Whereas the guide prices for thrt said products were fixed for the 1977 fishina
year by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3121/76 ( 3);                      v
                                    ■ I •
                  /
Whereas present information . on prices__leads . to an increase in the guide prices for
the products . concerned , except for sardines and cuttlefish , for the IQ78 fishing
year over tho se for the previous fishing year ,
                                                                   ■/••«
 ( 1 ) OJ No L   20 ,  28.1.1976, p. '1 .
 ( 2 ) OJ No L  276 ,   7.10.1976 , p. 5 .
 ( 3 ) OJ No L  353 ,  23.12.1976 , p. 3 .
 ---pagebreak--- I LAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
The /juide prices applicable ufttil 31 December 1978' for products listed
in Ann<>x II to Regulation ( EEC ) NO IOO /76 and the products to which they
relate are hereby fixed in the Annex hereto .
                                   Art icle 2      ,
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 «
This Regulation shall be binding In its . entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States#
Done at Brussels ,
                                                     For the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                              ANNEX
       ν
                                                                       Cuide price
          Groupe of produots           Commercial spécifications         ( in
                                                                     u«a, /tonne   . -
Sardines                        j FVozen , in lots or in original             315
                                i packages containing the same
                                [ products
Sea-breara of the species         Frozen , in lots or in original              692
Dentex dentex and                 packages containing the same
Fogellus                          products
Squid ( Loligo sp.p »,            Frozen , in lots or in original          1 . Λ44
Cmmastrophes sagittatus ,         packages containing the same
Todarodea sagittatus ,            products
IlDcx coindetti )                            I                     :
Cuttlefish of the species         Froaftn , in lots or in original          1.053
Sepia officinalis , Rossia        packiiges containing the same
macrosoma and Sepiola             products
rondeleti
Octopua                       !   Proz'ai , in lots or in original             785
                                  packiiges containing the same
                                  products
                                                                      \
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY KKMORAHDUK
       Under Regulation (EEC) Ko IOO/76 on the common organization
in fishery products , tho intervention price for fresh or chilled Bardinas
and anchovies is fixed and thio intervention price can be fixed at a level
of betweon 35 and 45 of the guide price according to the production
characteristics and the character of the paritcular market for each produot
       The present regulation io 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 Counoil invites the Commission to
take ir.to consideration, at the submission of tho proposal relating to
intervention prices , the iraportance which in attachod to the need for
these prices to be near the uppor limit of tho bracket shown in A rticle
9 , paragraph 3" ( of R/2129/70 / (AGRI 6$l ) of 20 October 1970).
 ---pagebreak---                PROPOSAL FOR A CCCTTCIL RECTLATIOTT { EEC )
          fixing -the intervention prices for fresh or chilled sardines and
                            anchovies for the 1978 fishing year
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COJU'HNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Conraruxdty ,
                                                                      I
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 amended
"by Regulation (EEC ) No 2429/76 , and in particular Article 9 ( 4 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/7 6 provides that intervention
prices should be fixed for fresh or chilled sardines and anchovies at a level "
denized to ensure the stability of market prices without leading to the
 formation of structural surpluses in the Community ;
Whereas Article 9 ( 3 ) of the same Regulation provides that the intervention
price should be fixed at a level between 35 % and 45 % of "the guide price
depending on the production and marketing characteristics peculiar to each
product ;
Whereas the guide priceB for fishery products listed in Annex I ( A ) end ( C )
to Regulation ( EEC ) No 100/76 have been fixed for the 197® fishing year by
Regulation ( EEC ) No       n < ( 3 ):
                                    Λ
Wru-.eas given the present state of information on the market situation for the
products in question and the absence of any experience in relation to purchase
on the open market of thesa products , the intervention prices should be fixed
at a level such as to ensure maximum support of the market .
                                                                            •/ • • •
( 1 ) OJ No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 276 , 7.10.1976 * p. 5 .
 ( 3 ) OJ No L
                        l
 ---pagebreak---                                                                t f
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION l
                                     Arxicle 1
                                                                              )
The intervention prices applicable until 31 December 1978 for fresh
and chilled sardines and anchovies and the products to which they
relate are hereby fixed as follows :
                i
                                     Commercial spécifications ( 1 )                      Intervention
                                                .            '                        u
  Species
                            freshness
                                                        Size           Présentation       (u. a. /tonne )
                             category                                               i
11 . Sardinos
       a ) Atlantic         Extra                         2            whole fish             198
                                                  \
       b ) M^literra- "                               ■ »
           nc.in            Ext ra^                 :     2           whole fish              132
  2.   Anchovies            Exrtrsi                       2           whole fish              198
                                          II ι.
( 1 ) The freshness categories f sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to
      Article 2 of flr-f^ilati^n ( EEC ) No 100/76, r                       ,                    V       -
                                   .                      1                       1
                                 .■ Article 2                        .
Thin Regulation shall entrti* into force on 1 January 1978.                                    '
This Regulation shall "be binding in ita entirety                        6nd directly applicable in all
Kember States ,
Done at Brussels y                   "t -                          .              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 .
                                                            ;
    >     Examination of the market situation has established that a
slight reduction took place in the mean price . Nevertheless taking into
account the price evolution established for the first half of 1977 , it
is proposed that the price valid for the 1977 campaign be maintained
for the 1978 fishing campaign .
          The present Regulation is intended to fix the Community produc­
tion price for 1978 in conformity with the disposition of Regulation
( EEC ) N6 100/76 .
 ---pagebreak---       τ
      0
                                    Proposal for a
                  f'
                   T
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
               fixing the Commuhity producer price for tunny intended for the
             '    canning industry for the 1978 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 100 / 76 v i of 19 January 1976 on the
   .common organization of the market in fishery products , as amended by fteolation
    ( EEC ) No 2429/ 76 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 16 ( 5) thereof ,
' Having regard to the proposal . from the Commission ,
   Whereas Article 16 ( A) of Regulation ( EEC) No 100 / 76 provides that a Community
    producer price shall be fixed for             tunny intended for the canning industry ;
                       1                                           ' .                 \
   Whereas the Community producer price for tunny intended for the canning industry
    was fixed for the 1977 fishing year "by Regulation (E$C ) ffo 3122/76 (3 );
                                                               three fishing years in
                                                                Of- Rfip-ul a+. i nn
   for the 1978 fishing year should remain the„same as that for 19?7, _                    977' th®
    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGOLATION :                         ' •'
                                        Article 1
    Tne Community producer price applicable until 31 December 1978 for tunny intended
    ■for the canning industry and the product to which it relates are hereby fixed as
    follows : '                              ,                         1        . .
           – ––                  f-*-                           r                              –       –~
            Product              • .        Commercial                      Community
                                 >       ' spécifications                  producer price        u
                                                                1     –
                                                                         ( in u. a . / tonne)      . –
         Yellow-finned tunny | Whole, not weighing more
                                 | than 10 kg each                                   700
     ( 1 ) 0J No L 20, 28.1.1976, p. 1 » ,         <3> 0J No L 353, 23. 12. 1976, p . 5.
     O 0J No L 276, 7.10.1976, p. 5 .
                               t
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           2
                          ôrtjç le 2
This Regulation shall enter into Torcf on 1 January 1973-
Th'is Regulation shall be binding in Itc entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.
Done at Brussels -         „                     For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                  FINANCIAL               STATEMENT
                                                                               DATE I      24 . 10 . 1976
 1 . BUDGET LINS CONCEUNED I           Art . 711 Interventions , fishery products
 2. ACTION i Four proposals for Council Regulations fixing the guide price for fishery
                 products ( Annex I (A and C ); Annex II ), production price ( tunny ) and
                 intervention prices for sardines and anchovies for the fishing season 1975
 3. LECAL BASIS i      Articles 9 , 14 and 26 of Reg . ( EEC ) No 100 / 76 of the Council
 4 . OBJECTIVES t
                          Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector .
 5 . FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE                   FOR THE MARKETING YEAR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR  FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
5.0 EXPEI.'DITUHE                                                         llD                        ( 78 )
  y     C'WRCFD ?o TTO çe BUDcer
        (£»UWiS/lHTEft.i^-fIO»f) I
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      -CHARGED TOjemn NATIONAL CROUPS                    1)                                             1)
5.1 RECEIPT?^
      -O'/^fKJOUnClB OP T1!E EC
             ES/CU5T0KS DUTIES )
                                            YEAR                    YEAR                    YEAR
5.0.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF EXPENDITURE
5.1.1
                                                               Measure limited to 1978 season
                                                                      1.1 . - 31.12.1978
5.2 KETiiOD OF CALCULATION
6.0 FINANCING POSSIBLE WITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET ?                   YE3$$X
6.1 WX«K»KJ<rc&Xî6jgX»X>ïXJIÎ*KaRXKXX3£MXÛiaW>EK9<»KXra(®Xa»Xae»XXXX                                    YES/NO
6.2 NECISSITY FOH A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET ?
                                                                                                        *WN0
                                                                                                               No
CO;C.£NTS « 1 ) concerning the fixing of prices , the incidence of expenses is indirect ,
The expenses concerned -withdrawal or purchasing measures and compensation – are
strongly dependant on the development of the market situation and consequently, the
quantities ^ landed . These expenses rose to about 10,5 M.u.a . in 1976 and to about
10 M.u.a . in 1977 . The 1977 credits allowed for in Article 710; 711 of the Budget
proposal of 18 M.u.a . are therefore of a sufficient order .