CELEX: 51992PC0213
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        COM(92) 213 final
                                        Brussels, 22 May 1992
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 on the common organization
      of the market in fishery products and amending Regulation
     (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
                   and on the Common Customs Tariff
                     (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
          Surimi is a protein gel made out of minced meat from fish with a low
          content of fat.         Its main characteristics - a lack of taste, odour and
          colour       - makes   it extremely    suitable    for the production    of   seafood
          analogues       -   with  the   correct   use   of  additional   ingredients    these
         preparations of surimi replaces a large number of                 seafoods   in  short
          supply.
         The demand         for surimi and preparations of        surimi has   in the    recent
         years been steadily increasing in the Community.                The Community's own
         processing        industry   has   not   yet  succeeded   in  producing   a   suitable
          surimi as raw material, but certain companies in the EEC have started
         up production of preparations of surimi.
          Information obtained         from the industry and the traders        indicate that
         the Community now has become a major net-importer of these products.
         However, as neither           surimi nor preparations of       surimi have    separate
         positions        in the Combined     Nomenclature, the Commission      is unable    to
         evaluate the trade and the development in the market prices.                This lack
         of information makes it impossible to make the two products separately
          subject to the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
         The      present     proposal   aims   at  a   separate  inclusion   of   surimi   and
         preparations of surimi in the CFP, by creating specific positions for
         these products in the relevant part of the Combined Nomenclature, which
          is annexed to R 3687/91 on the common organization of the market                   in
          fishery products.
(PH/REQ/surimi/ex.en- fn)
 ---pagebreak---                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No             /92
                                                          of
                   amending Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 on the common organization
                         of the market in fishery products and amending Regulation
                        (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
                                         and on the Common Customs Tariff
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
            Having        regard    to    the   Treaty   establishing     the   European   Economic
            Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof.
            Having regard to the proposal from the Comroission(^),
            Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(^) r
            Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(^),
            Whereas        the Community      demand  for and    imports of    surimi, which    is a
            washed        and    stabilised     protein    gel   made   from    minced   fish,    and
            preparations of surimi, which are destined for direct consumption, have
            been steadily increasing during recent years;
            Whereas the Community production of surimi and preparations of surimi
            has grown in importance concurrently with international trends;
            Whereas experience has shown that although several different species of
            fish       with   a   low   fat  content   may   be  used  as   raw  material   for   the
            production of          surimi, a specific      identification of      the raw material
            used is not easily feasible due to the final specifications of surimi
            and preparations of surimi;
            Whereas        at   present    neither   surimi    nor  preparations    of  surimi    are
            separately        identified as products subject to the rules of the common
            fisheries policy in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 of 28 November
            1991 on the common organization of the market in fishery products^ 4 );
            (1)    OJ    No C
            (2)    OJ    No C
            (3)    OJ    No C
            (4)    OJ    No. L 354, 23.12-1991, p. 1
(PH/REG/sur  i/en- fn)
 ---pagebreak---                                                      - 2 -
         Whereas, for that reason, the Community is not able to monitor trade in
         these products or the trend             in market prices; whereas therefore that
         Regulation should be amended so as to include these products;
         Whereas       the  tariff    nomenclature     resulting    from  the  application    of
         Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 is included in the Common Customs Tariff;
         whereas consequently an amendment should be made to the Common Customs
         Tariff       adopted   by   Council    Regulation    (EEC)  No  2658/87< 5 ), as   last
         amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   (6)#
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                   Article 1
         Annex       VII   to   Regulation     (EEC)   No  3687/91    is   hereby   amended   in
         accordance with the Annex hereto.
                                                   Article 2
         Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended in accordance
         with the Annex hereto.
                                                   Article 3
         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1993.
         This       Regulation     shall   be    binding   in   its   entirety    and  directly
         applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels,                                                  For the Council
         (5)    OJ No L 2 5 6 ,  7.9.1987,   p.
         (6)    OJ No L
(PH/REG/stri/en-fn)
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               ANNEX
    Subheadings 0304 90 and 1604 20 are replaced by the following
                                                                                                                                       Raccof ouvy
        CNoxfc                                                 Description                                                        (%)                       Suppleraentary
                                                                                                                                              eoaweDrioaal         unir
                                                                                                                                   or
                                                                                                                                  levy
                                                                                                                                (AGR)
    0304 90            -   Otherr
030»» 90 05                       surini                                                                                        15               15
                                  other       :
    0304 9010                   - Of frwnwarer fish
                                - Other:
                                       Of hniiog (Ctupea barengus. Chtpaa               palLsë):
    0304 90 21                  - — — R o m 15 Fcbnxary to 15 Jutie                                                              Frce            Frec
    0304 90 25                  -          From 16 Jane to 14 Fcbruaiy                                                          20 <>)        15 (») (•)
    0304 90 31                  - — Of rcdfish (Setxnrn         spp.)                                                             15               8
                                    — Of oad (Gàdusmorbue. Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephclus) and of fish
                     i                 o f the species Boreogadus solda:
                     i
    0304 90 35       ï—            — — Of cod of the species Gadus              macrocep.iatus                                    15              15
                     i.        — — — O f c o d o f t h c spedes Gadus morbua                                                      15            12   «
    0304 90 38       }—•
                     i         — — — Other                                                                                        1S            15 (*)
    0304 90 39       jH-
                               — — Of rpalfKh (PoUachius virera)                                                                  15              15
    0304 90 41
                               — — Of haddock (Mclanogramœus                 aegUfimes)                                           15              15
    0304 90 45
                               — — Of hake (Mahtcàus            spp., Uropbycis spp.)-.
    0304 90 47       i         — — — Of hakc of the genuî ÏAeriucdus                                                              15            15 («)
    0304 90 49                 — — — Of hakc of the genus Uropbycis                                                               15              15
    0304 90 51                         Of megrim (Lepidorbombus           spp.)                                                   15              15
    0304 90 SS                 — — Of Ray*s bream (Brama spp.)                                                                    15              15
    0304 90 57                 — — Of monkfiîh (Laphius spp.)                                                                     15              15
    0304 90 $9                         Of blue whiâag (Microrr^sistius          pouîassou Or Gcdur          poutassou)            15              15
    0304 90 61                         Of Alaska pollack (TheTTcgn: chclcogra.nma)                                                15              15
    0304 90 65                 — — Of swordfish (Xîphias           gladîus)                                                       15              15
    0304 90 9 ù                        Other
                                                                                                                                  15              15
   (') Sabjccr to coœplwna: with^be refetxnee pric=. A counceraHing w is pzov deà for fa tac c^c of non-coapluir.ee w*u> the n^otnec p n o .
   ( }
    * ^ ï ï f ^ ^ T ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ffii* w f e h m s t A ^ d i n s s 0302 40 9 0 . 0 3 0 3 50 90. 03(K J 0 9 3 , 0504 10 98 « d 03<K 90 25 wr*m the Umte of a global a c n o J
       c m » qooea oT 3A 000 tonnes to be Bnmocd by tbc compercat CommonJcy -ntkonries i t d subjectTOc o m p l i c e wiA àx rcfcrencr price.
   {*) SobjeCE to lîrntn iad conditions to be dctexzaincd by tbc coaipctcot »odjorii jet.
       axmual eanff qnoca of 2 0 0 0 tonnes to be sramed by dvc cnnipetccr Convaioicy «utLoaries.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                        Race o f doty
                                                                                            • auconotnous
       C N oodir                                    Description                                   (%)                          SupplemcntAry
                                                                                                                cue vcorio naJ      unit
                                                                                                  levy
                                                                                                                     (%)
                                                                                                (AGRJ
           1                                             2                                          3                 4              5
    1604 20      — Other prepared or preserved fish:
160«t  20     05 _       Preparations           of      surimi                                   25                  20
                  — —    Other       :                                                                                               —
    1604 20 10    — — — Of salmon                                                                  20                SJ              —
    1604 20 30   '— — —. Of Salmboidae, other d u n salmon                                         20                 7              —
    1604 20 40    — : — — Of anchovies                                                             25                 —              —
    1604 20 50    — — — Of sardines, boniro. markrrH of the Spirit?. Scomber icombrus and
                           Scotttber japOTuats. .fish of the species Crrcyncr.ysis urdcolor        25                 25             —
    1604 20 70    —   — — Of tunas, skipjack or other fish of the genus L'uthynnus                 25                 24             —
    1604 20 SO    _        Of other fish                                                           25                 20             —
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