CELEX: 51993PC0547(01)
Language: en
Date: 1993-11-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishing year

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,af,                                                         COM(93) 547 final
                                                             Brussels, 5 November 1993
                                             Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
        fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E)
                      to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishing year
                                             Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                  fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II
                      to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 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 1994 fishing year
                                    (presented by the Commission)
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix for 1994 the guide prices for the
products listed in Annex 1(A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 on
the common organization of the market in fishery products. Article 9 of that
Regulation lays down that for each of these products a Community production
price   is to     be  fixed   based   on  the  average  of  prices   recorded    for   a
significant      proportion   of   Community   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. Account            is also to be taken when
fixing these prices of the trend           in production and demand and of other
criteria relating to price stabilization, income support for producers and
consumer interest.
As in previous years the point of departure             for the   1994 price     fixing
procedure has been a comparison between the average prices recorded during
the period 1991 to 1993 (1993: first six months) and that for the period
1990 to 1992, the latter having served as the basis for fixing the guide
prices for 1993.
It can    be    said  that   the   crisis   in the  fisheries   sector   is   affecting
virtually all the markets in fishery products.
As   far   as    white   fish   species   are  concerned,   production    is   steadily
declining, accompanied by a very substantial short-term and long-term fall
 in prices and a significant increase in withdrawals.
 In the light of this price trend, the Commission proposes that the prices
 for the various species of white fish be reduced by between 2 and 9%, apart
              i
 from redfifeh, picked dogfish, megrim, hake and plaice,               for   which   the
Commission recommends that the status quo be maintained.
As par as pelagic species are concerned, the trends seen for white fish are
even more marked in terms of declining production            (with the exception of
 anchovies), prices and above all withdrawals.
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Apart from the marketing problems, in the case of sardines, mackerel and
herring an excessive gap has developed between the average market prices and
guide prices, which prompts the Commission to recommend price cuts of 4 to
7%.
Among the species included by the Act of Accession in the Community storage
aid scheme, the Commission proposes a substantial     cut  in the price for
Norway lobster without head (species for which the gap between the average
market price and the guide price has widened substantially in recent years).
For the new species, given the recent price fixing      (July 1993) and the
absence of significant developments since then, the Commission proposes that
the 1993 guide prices be maintained.
It is therefore proposed that:
-    the guide price be reduced for herring, cod, saithe and whiting by 4%;
     Atlantic and Mediterranean sardine and mackerel by 7%; large spotted
     dogfish by 6%; haddock by 9%; Spanish mackerel by 5%; ling, ray's bream
     and whole Norway lobster by 2%; Norway lobster without head by 10%.
-    the guide prices applicable in 1993 be maintained in 1994 for picked
     dogfish,  redfish,  anchovies, plaice, hake,   shrimps, megrim,  angler
     fish, edible crab, dab, flounder, longfinned tuna, cuttlefish and sole.
 ---pagebreak---                                                        Proposal for a
        fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I, A> m\ »„H ,pi
                        to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994                           fishlg^        ' *" < E )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having     regard      to the      Treaty      establishing          the European          Economic          community,
Having     regard       to   Council       Regulation         (EEC) No 3759/92              of     17 December         1992
on    the    common        organization           of    the    market        in     fishery         and        aquaculture
products^),           as      amended        by     Regulation          (EEC)        No    1891/93(2),           and        in
particular        Article       9 (3)        thereof,
Having     regard      to the      proposal       from     the      Commission,
Whereas      Article       9 (1)      and (2)      of Regulation           (EEC) No 3759/92             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    Community          ;
whereas       that    level       must     also     help     support       producers'          income       and   at      the
same time       take      account      of consumers'          interest        ;
Whereas      the   guide       price     shall     be based      on the       average       of prices        as     defined
in Article        9 (2)      of that      Regulation         and on an assessment                 of production          and
demand prospects             ;
Whereas       the    application          of    these     criteria        involves        for      the    1994       fishing
year    an decrease          for     certain      products       and the        stabilization            of prices         for
 others     compared       with     prices      applicable        during      the     current       fishing     year     ;
 (1)   OJ N° L 388,          31.12.1992,         p.    1.
 (2)   OJ No L 172,          15.07.1993,         p.    1.
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Whereas     in accordance         with    Articles      169 and 356 of the            Act    of Accession,       '
ninth    approximation        of guide       prices     must     take    place    on 1 January        1994     for
Atlantic      aardines     of the      apeciea      Sardine       pilcbardus       ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                      Article       1
The guide      pricea     for    the    fishing     year     from     1 January      to   31 December        1994
for   the    producta      Hated      in    Annex I      (A),     (D) and      (E)   to   Regulation       (EEC)
No 3759/92      and the      commercial       categoriea        to which      they    relate     are  fixed     in
the Annex         hereto.
                                                      Article       2
Thia    Regulation       ahall     enter     into    force      on the      aeventh     day    following        its
publication       in the     Official       Journal     of the      European         Communities.
It  ahall     apply    from    1 January        1994.
Thia    Regulation       ahall     be binding        in   ita    entirety      and directly             applicable
 in all   Member         Statea.
Done at         Brussels,                                                    For the       Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNEX
                                                 Commercial specifications (1)
                                                                                               Guide price
                 Species               Freshness      Size             Presentation            (ECU/tonne)
                                      category
1. Herrings of the species           Extra, A                   Whole fish              From 1 January to   )
    Clupea harengus                                                                     31 July 1994        )
                                                                                        and from 1 October  ) 243
                                                                                        to 31 December 1994 )
                                                                                        From 1 August to )
                                                                                        30 September 1994 ) 173
2. Sardines of the species
    Sardina pflchardus
    a) Atlantic :
        - Member States other than
          Spain and Portugal         Extra                      Whole fish                         422
        • Spain, Portugal            Extra                      Whole fish                         404
    b) Mediterranean                 Extra                      Whole fish                         417
3. Picked dogfish                    Extra, A                   Whole fish                         877
    (Squalus acanthias)                                         Gutted fish with head
4. Catshanks     (Scyliorhinus spp.) Extra, A                   Whole fish                         690
                                                                Gutted fish with head
5. Redfish     (Sebastes spp.)                          2       Whole fish                         931
6. Cod of the species Gadus          A                  2       Gutted fish with head
    morhua                           or                                                          1 262
                                     A                  3       Gutted fish with head
7. Coalfish     (Pollachius virens)  A                  2       Gutted fish with head
                                     ou                                                            645
                                     A                  3        Gutted fish with head
8. Haddock (Nelanogn                 A                  2        Gutted fish, with head
    aeglefinus)                      or                                                            879
                                     A                  3        Gutted fish, with head
9. Whiting (Nerlangius aerlangus)    A                  2        Gutted fish, with head
                                      or                                                           780
                                      A                 3        Gutted fish, with head
 10. Ling    (Molva spp.)             Extra, A          1. 2     Gutted fish, with head            955
 11. Mackerel of the species          Extra             1        Whole fish
      Scomber scombrus                  or                                                         240
                                         A              2        Whole fish
 12. Mackerel of the species          Extra             1        Whole fish
      Scomber japonicus                 or                                                         300
                                         A              2        Whole fish
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                                                 Commercial specifications (1)
                                                                                              Guide price
                Species                Freshness       Size         Presentation              (ECU/tonne)
                                       category
 13. Anchovies   (Engraulis spp.)    Extra              2     Whole fish                          959
 14. Plaice                          A                  2     Gutted fish, with head     From 1 January     ) 804
     (Pleuronectes platcssa)         or                                                  to 30 April 1994   )
                                     A                  3     Gutted fish, with head     From 1 May        )-j 106
                                                                                         to 31 December 1994)
 15. Hake of the species
     Merluccius mcrluccius                              1     Gutted fish with head            3 132
 16. Megrim   (Lapidorhombus spp.)   Extra, A           1. 2  Whole fish,or gutted fish        1 959
                                                              with head
 17. Ray*s bream (Brama spp.)        Extra, A           1     Whole fish                       1 495
 18. Monkfish   (Lophius spp.)       Extra, A           2, 3  Whole, or gutted with head        2 179
                                     Extra, A           2, 3  Without head                     4 525
 19. Shrimps of the species
     Crangon crangon                                    1     Simply boiled in water           1 667
 20. Edible crab   (Cancer pagurus)                     1     Whole                            1 467
 21. Norway lobster                  E, A               1. 2  Whole                            4 259
     (Nephrops norvegicus)
                                     E, A               2     Tails                            6 200
 22. Dab                             Extra, A           1     Gutted fish with head                760
     (Limanda Iimanda)
 23. Flounder                        Extra, A           1     Gutted fish with head               450
     (Platichthys flesus)
 24. Albacore or longfinned tuna     Extra, A            1    Whole fish                         1800
     (Thunnus alalunga)                                  1    Gutted fish with head              2100
 25. Cuttlefish                      Extra, A         1. 2    Whole fish                         1300
     (Sepia officinalis and
      Rossia macrosoma)
 26. Sole                            Extra, A         2, 3    Gutted fish with head              5000
     (Solea spp.)
(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
    No 3759/92
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation   (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in
fishery products lays down that for each of the products listed in Annex II
thereto a guide price     is to be    fixed, based  on the average  of   prices
recorded for a significant proportion of Community 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.
It can be seen from the trend in market prices, on the one hand, and the
level  of  guide   prices  for  frozen  products, on  the other, that    it   is
advisable to maintain the guide prices at their current level during the
1994 fishing year for octopus, lesser or Greenland halibut, hake and Loligo
patagonica.
Prices for Illex, on the other hand, fell markedly during the first six
months of 1993. Prices also fell for cuttlefish and sea bream, and also for
prawns of the species Parapenaeus longirostris.
In the light of the foregoing, the Commission recommends that for the 1994
fishing year the Community guide prices be adjusted to the long-term market
trends, i.e. reduced for Illex (-6%), cuttlefish and sea bream       (-3%)   and
prawns      of      the     species     Parapenaeus    longirostris       (-2%).
 ---pagebreak---                                                            Proposal for a
                                             ÇQLINCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex 11
                         to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 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 3759/92            of   17 December         1992
 on   the     common organization                    of     the     market       in   fishery       and        aquaculture
          1                                                                                           2
 products( ),            as      amended         by    Regulation           (EEC)      No    1891/93( ),          and     in
particular        Article          9      (3),
Having     regard       to the proposal              from     the       Commission,
Whereas     Article         9 (1)       of Regulation           (EEC) No 3759/92           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      9     (2),of
that   Regulation,            these       prices     should      be maintained          and decreased            according
to the    apeciea         for     the     1994 fishing            year,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                              Article      1
The guide        prices         for     the    fishing       year     1 January        to   31 December        1994     for
the   products         listed         in    Annex     II    to    Regulation         (EEC) No 3759/92            and    the
commercial        categories            to which       they    relate      are    fixed    in the     Annex        hereto.
 (1)  OJ No L 388,             31.12.1992,          p 1
 (2)  OJ No L 172,             15.0"1.1993,         p, 1
 ---pagebreak---                                       ••i Ac riArticle    2
  Thia Regulation     ahall  enter  into    force     on the aeventh    day following     its
  publication    in the Official   Journal     of the European       Communities.
  It ahall    apply from 1 January 1994
\ Thia Regulation     ahall  be bxndxng in ita         entirety   and directly     applicable
  in all   Member    Statea.
  Done at Brussels,                                             For the   Council
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                                                                       (SCU/tonn*)
         Group of products                            Commercial specifications                        Guide price
1. Sea-bream (Dentex dentex       Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products
   and Pagellus spp.)                                                                                     1 294
2. Squid of the species Loiigo    Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same
   patagonica                     products                                                                  872
3. Squid                          Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same,
    (Omawstrephes sagittatus)     products                                                                  798
4. Illex argentinus               Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same
                                  products                                                                  752
5. Cuttlefish of the species      Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
   Sepia officinalis, lossia
   mscrosoma and Sepiola
   rondeletti                                                                                             1 541
6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)         Frozen, in original packages containing the same products               1 412
7. Lesser or Greenland halibut                                                                            1 500
                                  Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
   (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
8. Whole hake of the genus                                                                                1 150
                                  Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
   Merluccius spp.
9. Fillets of hake of the genus                                                                           1 450
                                  Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
    Merluccius spp.
10. - Prawns of the species                                                                               4 900
                                  Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
      Parapenaeus longirostris
    - Other species of the family                                                                         6 500
                                  Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
      Penaeidae
                                                                                                                   (
                                                                                                                   -"
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation  (EEC) No 3759/92 on the common organization of the market in
fishery products lays down that for tuna for canning a Community producer
price is to be fixed on the basis of the average of prices recorded for a
significant proportion of Community output and a product with well-defined
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.
The trend in the average Community producer price recorded during the last
three years shows a very significant drop in prices, confirmed during the
first six months of 1993.
The  Commission   therefore  proposes  that  for  the  1994   fishing  year  the
Community producer price for tuna be reduced by 9%.
 ---pagebreak---                                                     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 1994 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 3759/92            of 17 December             1992
on    the    common organization                 of    the    market        in   fishery       and          aquaculture
                                                                                                   2
products(*),          as     amended        by     Regulation            (EEC)    No    1891/93( ),           and       in
particular       Article       17 (3)          thereof,
Having     regard     to    the proposal           from    the        Commission,
Whereas      Article       17    (1 ) of      Regulation           (EEC) No 3759/92            provides        that      a
Community        producer        price        shall      be     fixed       for    tunas      (of     the      genus
Thunnua ) , skipjack               or   stripe-bellied              bonito        [Euthynnus             (Katauwonus)
pelamia]        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    1994 fishing        year      should      be
decreaaed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                           Article        1
The     Community        producer         price      for     the      fishing      year     1 January           to     31
December       1994     for     tunas       (of     the    genua       Thunnua),       skipjack         or        stripe-
bellied      bonito       [Euthynnus          (Katauwonus)           pelamia]        and    other       species        of
the    genus    Euthynnus         for     the    industrial          manufacture        of   products            falling
within     CN code       1604 and the           commercial          category      to which       it    relates        are
hereby     fixed     as follows         :
 (1)   OJ No L 388,        31.12.1992,          p.    1
 (2)   OJ No L 172,         15.07.1993,          p.   1
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         Product                  Commercial    specifications               Guide    price
Yellowfin    tunas            Whole,   weighing    more than 10 kg
 (Thunnua albacarea)           each                                                 964
                                                       Article   2
           Thia Regulation     ahall  enter   into   force   on the aeventh   day following      ita
           publication    in the Official    Journal    of the European     Communitiea.
           It ahall    apply from 1 January      1994.
           Thia Regulation     ahall  be binding    In Ita entirety    and directly       applicable
           in all   Member    States,
           Done at     Bruaaela,                                       For the    Council
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           F I N A N C I A L              S T A T E M E N T
                                                                                             DATE : 20.10-93
 1. BUDGET HEADING :     Art. B1 - 261                                                       APPROPRIATIONS
 2. TITLE : Three proposals for Council Regulations fixing the guide prices for fishery products (Annex ! (A) end ((;)
    and (E) ; Annexe II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the producer price for tuna
 3. LEGAL BASIS : Articles 9 and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
 4. AIMS OF PROJECT : Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector 1994
 5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                         PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS      CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL
                                                        199                         199                       YEAR 1994
 5.0. EXPENDITURE                                                                                      32 mio Ecus
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         (REfUNPG/INTERVENTION)
       - NATIONAL APMIN1STRATION
       • OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         (ICVIC0/GU0TOH DUT ICC)
       - NATIONAL
                                                         YEAR             YEAR                YEAR               YEAR
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                        Measure restricted to the 1994 fishing year (16.10.93 - 15.10.94)
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION :     Withdrawals, premiums : 11,0 mio Ecus
                                 Allowances tuna :        15   mio Ecus
                                 Storage aid :             0,50 mio Ecus
                                 Allowances sardines :      5,50 mio Ecus
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                                     YES/*e-
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                                    YEC/NO
6.2. IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                    •YES/NO
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                    YES/*»
OBSERVATIONS : Since it is a matter of fixing prices, the impact on expenditure will be indirect.       The expenditure
  in question is heavily dependent on developments in the market and the quantities landed.
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