CELEX: 52001PC0640
Language: en
Date: 2001-11-07
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 2002 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 07.11.2001
                                                   COM(2001) 640 final
                                      Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION
  fixing for the 2002 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
                      Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
                             (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in
fishery and aquaculture products requires a guide price to be fixed for each of the products
listed in Annex I and each of the products and groups of products listed in Annex II thereto,
on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a significant proportion of Community
output on wholesale markets or in ports during the three fishing years immediately preceding
the year for which the price is fixed.
When fixing those prices, account is also taken of trends in production and demand and other
factors such as the need to ensure stable market prices and support producers’ incomes and
the interests of consumers.
Compared with the period 1998-2000, average prices for white fish continued to rise steadily
over the period 1999-2001, with increases between +1% and +26%, with the exception of
prices for hake, saithe, plaice and spotted dogfish. During the first half of 2001, prices for
white fish other than hake, spotted dogfish, megrim, and whole monkfish were higher than
during the same period the previous year. In the light of this favourable market situation, the
Commission is proposing an increase in the guide prices of between 1% and 2.5% for most
species of white fish, with the exception of spotted dogfish. It is proposed to maintain current
prices for hake, megrim and flounder.
The market situation for pelagic species has improved considerably, with price increases in
the period 1999-2001 between 4% and 64% higher than over the period 1998-2000. Most of
these increases were confirmed and even amplified in the first six months of 2001.
The Commission is therefore proposing to increase the guide price for these species, by
between + 1% (anchovy) and + 3% (herring, mackerel).
As regards the other species in Annex I, in particular crustaceans, the recent market situation
has been less favourable, with the exception of shrimps. The Commission is therefore
proposing to maintain current guide prices for most of these species.
Prices for frozen products listed in Annex II have tended to increase on the international
markets, with the exception of hake, cuttlefish and octopus for which the Commission is
proposing either to maintain the current price (hake) or to reduce the guide price (cuttlefish,
octopus).
In addition, Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a Community
producer price to be fixed for tuna intended for the canning industry, relating to a product
with given commercial characteristics on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a
significant proportion of Community output on wholesale markets or in ports during the three
fishing years immediately preceding the year for which the price is fixed.
The average Community price fell in 1999-2001 compared with 1998-2000, although there
was an improvement in the situation in the first six months of 2001.
The Commission is proposing a 1% reduction in the Community producer price for the 2002
fishing year.
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 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION
    fixing for the 2002 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery products listed in
  Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
                           Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common
organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products1, and in particular Articles 18(3)
and 26(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)    Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a guide price to be fixed for
       each fishing year for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I
       and II to that Regulation.
(2)    On the basis of the data currently available on the prices for the products concerned
       and the criteria referred to in Article 18(2) of the above Regulation, those prices
       should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2002 fishing year depending on the
       species.
(3)    Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires a Community producer price
       to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation.
(4)    Since Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/822 fixes the conversion factors
       applicable to different species of tuna, Community producer prices need not be fixed
       for all species of tuna listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, but only for
       yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
(5)    On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 18(2) and
       in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2002, the Community producer price for the
       2002 fishing year should be reduced,
1
       OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
2
       OJ L 368, 28.12.1982, p. 27. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3899/92 (OJ L 392,
       31.12.1992, p. 24).
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 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                              Article 1
The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2002 for the products listed
in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and for the presentations and commercial
categories to which they relate shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                              Article 2
The Community producer price for yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) for the fishing year
from 1 January to 31 December 2002 is hereby fixed as follows:
                                                                                   (EUR/tonne)
            Species               Commercial specifications      Community producer price
  Yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus       Whole, weighing          more             1 160
  albacares)                     than 10 kg each
                                              Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                For the Council
                                                The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                                              ANNEX
Annexes                            Species                                Commercial presentation                    Guide price
        Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC)                                                      (EUR/tonne)
                                No 104/2000
   I    1. Herring of the species Clupea harengus               Whole fish                                      260
        2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus           Whole fish                                      558
        3. Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)                          Whole fish or                                   1101
                                                                Gutted fish with head
        4. Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)                  Whole fish or                                   790
                                                                Gutted fish with head
        5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)                              Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1171
        6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua                      Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1591
        7. Saithe (Pollachius virens)                           Whole fish or gutted fish with head             790
        8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)                   Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1078
        9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)                       Whole fish or gutted fish with head             925
        10. Ling (Molva spp.)                                   Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1214
        11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus            Whole fish                                      296
        12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus           Whole fish                                      315
        13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)                            Whole fish                                      1209
        14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)                      Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1063
                                                                from 1.1.2002 to 30.4.2002
                                                                Whole fish or gutted fish with head             1462
                                                                from 1.5.2002 to 31.12.2002
        15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius           Whole fish or gutted fish with head             3695
        16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)                         Whole fish or gutted fish with head             2382
        17. Dab (Limanda limanda)                               Whole fish or gutted fish with head             937
        18. Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)                Whole fish or gutted fish with head             552
        19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)     Whole fish                                      2177
                                                                Gutted fish with head                           2477
        20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma) Whole                                           1613
        21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)                             Whole fish or gutted fish with head             2854
                                                                Without head                                    5928
        22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon               Simply boiled in water                          2478
        23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)                  Simply boiled in water                          6547
                                                                Fresh or chilled                                1707
        24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)                        Whole                                           1784
        25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)                Whole                                           5337
                                                                Tails                                           4323
        26. Sole (Solea spp.)                                   Whole fish or gutted fish with head             6648
  II    1. Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)     Frozen, in original packages containing the     1976
                                                                same products
        2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.                    Frozen, whole, in original packages containing  1277
                                                                the same products
                                                                Frozen, filleted, in original packages          1530
                                                                containing the same products
        3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)          Frozen, in lots or in original packages         1587
                                                                containing the same products
        4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)                          Frozen, whole, in original packages containing  4080
                                                                the same products
        5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma)    Frozen, in original    packages containing the  1909
        (Sepiola rondeletti)                                    same products
        6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)                               Frozen, in original     packages containing the 1967
                                                                same products
        7. Squid (Loligo spp.)                                  Frozen, in original     packages containing the 1156
                                                                same products
        8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)                      Frozen, in original     packages containing the 961
                                                                same products
        9. Illex argentinus                                     Frozen, in original packages containing the     831
                                                                same products
        10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae                                                                       4119
        - Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostris         Frozen, in original packages containing the
                                                                same products
        - Other species of the family Penaeidae                 Frozen, in original packages containing the     8061
                                                                same products
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                           FISH/B/4
                        Financial statement                                               DATE: 9.10.2001
1.     BUDGET HEADING:                                                                    APPROPRIATIONS:
       B1-261
2.     TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 2002 fishing year the guide prices for the fishery
       products listed in Annexes I and II and the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in
       Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
3.     LEGAL BASIS:
       Articles 18 and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
4.     AIM:
       Annual fixing of prices and certain aids in the fisheries sector (2002 fishing year)
5.     FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                                   12 MONTH                FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                  PERIOD                        2002
                                                               (EUR million)                (EUR million)
5.0    EXPENDITURE                                                                              17,2
       -         CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
       (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
       -         NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
       -         OTHER
5.1    REVENUE
       -         OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
       (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
       -         NATIONAL
                                                             [n+2]         [n+3]        [n+4]          [n+5]
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                                    Measures restricted to the 2002 fishing year
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE                                                  (16.10.2001– 15.10.2002)
5.2    METHOD OF CALCULATION:
       - Community withdrawals: EUR 2 million
       - Compensatory allowance for tuna: EUR 2.5 million
       - Autonomous withdrawals and carry-overs: EUR 2.5 million
       - Community carry-overs: EUR 3.7 million
       - Private storage aid: EUR 1 million
       - Operational programmes: EUR 5.3 million
       - Technical assistance: EUR 0.2 million
6.0    CAN BE FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDED IN RELEVANT
       CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET
6.1    CAN BE FUNDED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF CURRENT
       BUDGET
6.2    WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET DE NECESSARY?                                                       NO
6.3    WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS?                                       YES
OBSERVATIONS:
Since this is a price-fixing measure, the impact on expenditure is indirect. The expenditure in question will
largely depend on developments in the market situation and on quantities landed.
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