CELEX: 51988PC0604
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-28
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I(A), (D) and (E) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1989 fishing year#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1989 fishing year#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading 1604 of the combined nomenclature for the 1989 fishing year#(presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(88 ) 604 final
                                                      Brussels , 28 October 1988
                                     Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I(A ),
   ( D ) and ( E ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 for the 1989 fishing year
                                      Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to
             Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 for the 1989 fishing year
                                      Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial
   manufacture of products falling within heading 1604 of the combined
                      nomenclature for the 1989 fishing year
                              (presented by the Commission )
    YS'j     V.        ■     /
 ---pagebreak---                             CXPLAHATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this Regulation is to fix the guide prices for 1989 for
the products in Annex I ( A ), (0 ) and ( E ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 3796 /81
on the common organization of the market in fishery products . Art . 10 of
this Regulation states that a guide price for each of these . products
shall be fixed for each fishing year on the basis of the average of
prices recorded for a significant proportion of 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 .
In fixing the price , account is also taken of the production and demand
prospects and other criteria relating ot the stabilization of market
prices , support for producers' incomes and consumers' interests .
As in previous years , the procedure for fixing the prices for 1989 has
been based on a comparison between the average of prices recorded between
1986 and the first six months of 1988 and that for the period between
1983 and 1987 , which was used as a basis for fixing the guide prices for
1988 .
Generally speaking , the Community market for white fish has recently
deteriorated , particularly since the second quarter of 1988 . As a
result , average prices fell during the first half of 1988 and withdrawals
increased . In these circumstances , the Commission considers that the
increase in prices recorded in the period 86 / 88 should not be passed on .
The Commission therefore proposes that the guide prices applied in 1988 ,
should be maintained at the same level , with the exception of those for
redfish , haddock , plaice and hake for which the considerable difference
between the average market prices and the respective guide prices permits
a slight increase in the guide prices . The Commission also considers it
advisable to reduce the guide price slightly for species for which the
market situation is poor and / or for which the difference between the
average price and the guide price offers no safety margin ( coalfish ,
dogfish ) .
Aa regards pelagic species , assessment of market and its foreseeable
development is complicated by the fluctuating level of production from
one year to another and by changes in the structure of the Community
market for certain species following enlargement .
The fall in herring prices has slowed down and production and withdrawals
have stabilized . The market situation for mackerel of the species
Scomber scombrus has stabilized or even improved slightly .
Un the other hand , the market situation for Atlantic sardines is still
poor and lower production has been accompanied by an increase in
withdrawals .
The increase in prices recorded this year for Mediterranean sardines is
mostly the result of a decrease in production compared with 1986 .
In view of the relationship between the 2 species of sardine , it does not
seem appropriate to separate them for the purposes of price policy .
                                    Ï
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Among the new species included in the Community system of prices by the
Act of Accession and those benefiting from storage aid , the Commission
proposes a slight increase in the guide price for megrim and monkfish
( with head ) as welle as a reduction in the price for Norway lobster
( tails ) for which the difference between the average market price and
guidepnce has increased strongly during the past 3 years .
It is accordingly proposed :
    that the guide price for herring and Atlantic sardine be reduced by
    2 % . the guide price for Mediterranean sardines , coalfish and dogfish
    by 1 % and the guide price for Norway lobster ( tails ) by 5 % ;
    to maintain the I960 guide prices for cod , whiting , mackerel of the
    species Scomber scombrus , shrimps , leng , Kay 's bream , monkfish
    ( without head ), edible crab and whole Norway lobster ;
    to increase the guide price for redfish , haddock , hake , megrim ,
    monkfish ( with head ) and mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus by
    1 % and the guide price for plaice ( 1st period ) by 2 % ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                             of                  ,
                          fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E)
                                      of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for die 1969 lish'mg year
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       for others compared with prices applicable during the
                                                                        current fishing year ;
         Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, in the absence of certain information concer¬
         Economic Community,
                                                                        ning price trends for each fishery product with given
                                                                        commercial characteristics, consideration should be given
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81           to the relationship between the average weighted market
         of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the          prices recorded when the guide prices were fixed for the
         market in fishery products ('), as LaSt amended by             previous fishing year for these products, and the average
Regulation ( EEC ) hf ( c)a nd in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,    weighted market prices recorded currently ;
                     4753 /ay''                                         Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the
         Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        Act of Accession, a        <t^ pprox?matioh~of guide prices (fourtFP)
         Whereas Article 10 (1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No         must take place on 1 January 19539 for Atlantic sardines of the )
         3796/8 1 provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each   and anchovies, (Engraulis spp .)            /species Sardina
         of the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of the                                                   pi Ichardus
         Regulation at a level which will help to stabilize market
         prices and avoid the formation of surpluses in the             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
         Community ; whereas that level must also help support
         producers’ income and at the same time take account of
         consumers’ interest ;                                                                    Article 1
                                                                        The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31
         Whereas the guide price shall be based on the average of       December 1989; for the products listed in Annex 1 (A), (D)
         prices as defined in Article 1 0 (2) of that Regulation and    and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and the catego¬
         on an assessment of production and demand prospects ;          ries to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.
         Whereas the application of the criteria laid down in
         Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and referred                                   Article 2
         to above involves for the1989 fishing year an increase for
         certain products and the stabilization or decrease of prices   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989
                         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                         States .
                          Done at Brussels,
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
         (') OJ No L 379, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 1 .
         (2) 0J N° L ISO) ,                         p
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNF..Y
                                                  Commercial specification* (')
                      Species                                                                      ( i'inlr priée
                                        Freshness                                                 {H J J /tnnnc )
                                                     Size                 Presentation
                                        category
   i . Herrings of the species          Extra, A       1        Whole fish                           270
           Cltpea harengus
  2. Sardines of the species
         Sardina pilchardus
       (a ) Atlantic
            – Member States other than
                Spain and Portugal        Extra        3        Whole fish                            487
            – Spain, Portugal             Extra        3        Whole fish                            364
       (b ) Mediterranean                 Extra        3        Whole fish                            459
   3. Picked dogfish
             ( Squalus acanthias )
                                        Extra , A
                                                       * Í      Whole fish
                                                                Gutted fish with hear!
                                                                                                      852
  4. Catsharks
             (ScyLiorh,inuss spp.)
                                        Extra, A
                                                       ■ 1      Whole fish
                                                                Gutted fish with head
                                                                                                      774
  .5 . Redfish     ( Sebastes spp .)        A          2        Whole fish                            889
  6. Cod of the species Gadus               A          2        Gutted fish with head
        morhua                             or                                                       1230
                                            A          3        Gutted fish with head
  7. CoaLfish (Fbllachius                   A          2        Gutted fish with head
               virens)                     or                                                         648
                                            A          3        Gutted fish with head
  8 . Haddock (Melanogrammus                A          2        Gutted fish with head
                                           or                                                          886
        aeglefinus)                         A          3        Gutted fish with h^ad
  9 . whiting (Merlangus merlangus )        A          2        Gutted fish with head
                                           or                                                      . 799
                                            A          3        Gutted fish with head
io. LingdviQLys spp .)                  Extra. A     1. 2       Gutted fish with head                  920
il . Mackerel of the species              Extra        1        Whole fish
            Scomber scotrbrus              or                                                          269
                                            A          2        Whole fish
1 2.              Mackerel of the         Extra        1        Whole fish
        species Scomber japonicus          or                                                          323
                                            A          2        Whole fish
i.i. Anchovies        (Engraulis spp .)
       – Member States other
            than Spain                    Extra        2        Whole fish                             833
       – Spain                            Extra       2         Whole fish                             961
14. piiure (Pleuronectes                    A         2         Gutted fish with head  ^ 1 lanuary ïr >            789
     platessa )                            or
                                                                                       ( 30 April 1989 ^
                                                      3        Gutted fish with head
                                                                                       t I May ro               / 1055
                                           A
                                                                                       ^ 3l Dcrcmhrr 1989'
 ---pagebreak---                                                                Commercial s  >ccifications (' )
                                                                                                                          (> imlr pr>cr
                   Species
                                                 Freshness                                                                      l / r**nr*· »
                                                                   Size                   Presentation
                                                  category
 i5 Hake of the species Merluc-                        A             I         Gutted fish with head                          2958
         cius merluccius
 16. Meftrim (Lepidorhorrbus spp .!              F.xtra . A        1. 2        Whole       fish, gutted  fish                 1869
                                                                               with head
 17. Ray's bream (Brama Spp .)                   Extra, A            1         Whole fish                                     1500
 IS Monk ii s h ( LOphlUS Spp .)                 F.xtra . A       2. 3         Whole , gutted, with head                       2121
                                                 F.xtra , A       2. 3         Without head                                    5040
                       species
19. Shrimps of the                 Crangon
      crjngnn                                         A              1         Simply boiled in water                          1545
20 . Edible mb ( Cancer pagurus )                    –               1         Whole                                           1500
21 . Norway lobster                            .   E. A            1. 2        Whole                                        . 4400
            (Nephrops norvegicus )
                                                   F. . A            2         Tails                                         10070
(') The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation fF.EC) No 3 ?q6/81 .
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation ( EEC ) N' 3796 / 81 on the common organization of the market in
fishery products states that , for each of the products listed in Annex
II . a guide price shaii be fixed for a product with given commercial
characteristics on the basis of 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 .
Examination of the price trends for frozen products suggests that the
guide prices should be kept at their current level in the 1989 fishing
year for cuttlefish , octopus , sardines , squid of the species Loligo and
increased  for  sea-bream .
The increase in the production and imports of Illex has led to a large
increase in stocks and a collapse of market prices .
Since supply prospects appear plentiful in the short term , the Commission
considers it necessary to enforce a series of concerted measures .      In
this connection it considers the following measures inseparable :
1 . substantially reducing the guide price of Illex while replacing the
    pilot product " illecebrosus " by " argentinus ";
2 . fixing the guide price of squid Ommastrephes sagittatus at the samp
    level as that of Illex , the 2 products being interchangeable ;
3 . taking into account recent developments on to squid market , by using
    its power to propose adjustment coeeficients for certain presentations
    of squid not yet covered by Community regulations .
 ---pagebreak---                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation
                                       (EEC) No 3796/81 for the I5%S9 fishing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       criteria laid down in Article 10 of that Regulation, these
                                                                prices should be increased , maintained and increased
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                            according to the species for the. 1989 fishing year,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81
 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 market in fishery products ('), as last amended by Reg¬
 ulation ( CEB ND.3759/87 (213 and in particular                                        Article 1
 Article *15 (5),                                 . .
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             The guide prices for the fishing year 1 January to 31
 Whereas Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81        December 1%9 'or the products listed in Annex II to
 provides that a guide price shall be fixed annually for        Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and the categories to which
 each of the products or groups of products listed in           they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto .
 Annex II to that Regulation ;
                                                                                        Artide 2
Whereas, according to the data available at present
concerning prices for the products, in question and the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
                This Regulation shall, be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels,
                                                                             For the Council
(') OJ No L 37V, 31 . I2. 1981 . p. I.
 (2) 0J NO L 359, 21.12.1987, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX
              Group oí products                                                                                      Guide price
                                                                     Commercial specifications
                                                                                                                  ( FCU per tonne)
i . Sardines of the species Sardin SFrozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products                  389
2. ßl                           ( Demex    Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products          1299
    dintix and PagtUus spp)
3. Squid of the species Loligo             Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same products      1 285
    patagoni ca                                                                                                          96?
4. Squid ( Qrmastrephes sagittatus ) Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same products
5. II lex argentins                        Frozen, not cleaned, in original packages containing the same products        967
6. Cuttlefish of the species Septa offici· Frozen, in original packages containing the same products
    Htilts,  Rnssiit   mucnnonut     and
    Stpiold ivnJrlr/ti                                                                                                  1 594
7. Octopus ( OctLpUS Spp.)                 Frozen, in original packages containing the same products                    1 248
                       1
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANAÏQRY MEMORANDUM
Regulation ( EEC ) N * 3796 / 81 on the common organization of the market in
fishery products states that , for tuna for the industrial manufacture of
products falling within heading N’ 1604 of the CN , a Community production
price shall be fixed for a product with given commercial characteristics
on the basis fo 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 .
Despite the overall improvement in the international tuna economy , the
Community tuna production price should be fixed in accordance with the
structure of the market .
in view of the fall in prices over the past three years , the Commission
is proposing a 3 Sprice reduction for Community tuna production for the
1989 fishing year .
 ---pagebreak---                                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No
                                                                 of
                              fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial manufacture of products
 falling within heading 1604 of the combined^                  for the 1989 fishing year
                                              ^ nomenclature
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down m .-Vticic
                                                                                  17 (4) of the abovementioned Regulation , the price      r IIK
             Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1989       fishing year should be decreased.
             Economic Community,
             Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81
             of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
             market in fishery products ('), as last amended by
egulation ( EEC ) Nby i(2) , and in particular Article 17 (5) thereof,                                       A nich         !
             Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                                  The Community producer price for the fishing yc.r I
            Whereas Article 17(4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3796/81                 January to 31 December 1989 for 1 ) for tlv             2)
             provides that a Community producer price shall be fixed                          and the category to which ir relates ar - herehv
             for 1 )   intended for the         2) ■                              fixed as follows :
                                                                                                                                    t'ifi
                                                                                                                 Communirv
                                      Product                      Commerciti specification«                    pr'irfti. rr pru *·
  Yellowfin tunas ( Thunnus albacares )              Whole , weighing more than 10 kg etch                        1240
                                                                        Anide 2
                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989 .
                             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direr 1 1 y applicable in all Mcm'v-r
                             States .
                             Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                For thç Cnunal
                                                                                                  The Prenclent
                                                1 ) tunas (of the genus Thumus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito CEuthymus
                                                    (Katsuwonus ) pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthymus
                                                2) industrial manufacture of products falling within heading 1604 of the cofTHned
                                                    nomenclature
I
            O O.I No L 379 , 3I . 12. 1^81 , p. I.
           (2) 0J No L hSq , i-t.4Ct.xq8y, f> -f
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   2. ACTION i Three proposals for Council Regulatipns fixing the guide prices for
       fishery products ( Annex I ( A ) and ( D ) and ( E ); Annex                                           II to Regulation ( CEE )       No
       3796 / 81 and the producer price for tuna .
   3 . USAL BASIS i
                               Articles 10 , 15 and 17 of Council Régulation ( EEO No 3796 / 81
   4 . OBJECTIVES l
                                   Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector ( 1989 )
   3- FINANCIAL CCNSB7JLXC3                                roa TOS suRSETine ms                  CURREfT S1SAECUL TEAS  PCLUHIWO ricuoci AL TEAS
   3-0 EX ! £.*91 TU »                                                                                                         < 89  )
         -CHARGED TO T1DS EC BUDGET
          (ЙМЮЛИПЗУЦГПОН-З )
                                                                                                                         30,5 mio Ecus
         4ШШШИНШ1Ш11
   3.i fiü$ü !
         мини
         Ш1111
                                                           YEU .                                 TEAK .     .           TEAS .
   5.o.i PUJRIA.-WJA1 BATTSSM or EXPCfDiTURE                   Measure restricted to the 1989 fishing year
   5.1.1 miaiA-TOUAi. PATTSW or REcam                                   -j January 1989 to 31 December 1989
   5-2 XETilOD or CALCULATION
   6.0 FINANCING PCCS ISLE WITH CRETOIS I »SCRIBED IS RELEVANT CHAPTER OP OIRRENT ØUDCET T                                        lens
   6.1 FINANCING POSSIBLE 3Ï TRANSÍÍ» BLT.L23I CHAPTERS OF CURRENT BUDGET 1                                                      temt
   6.2 NEGHITI FCS A SU F PUD LETTART BUDGET T                                                                                    ÜI/N0
   0.3 CREDITS TO BE ΗΚΙΤΤΞί INTO FUTURE BUDGETS ?
                                                                                                                                   TK/Ü
 i COWOÏTS i
       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 .
 ---pagebreak--- Statement concerning the impact of certain legislative acts     on small and
nedim-sired undertakings and employment
          ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS ARISING FOR UNDERTAKINGS AS A RESULT 0
          APPLICATION OF THE LEGISLATION
                    none
         ADVANTAGES FOR THE UNDERTAKING
         - YES /gf
             IF so , SPECIFY :   The reduction of the guide prices should rr,a«e
                                 the supply for the processing sector less
                                 expensive .
         OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERTAKING
         ( additional costs )
         - ïïf / NO
         - IF SO , SPECIFY :
    4'  -YrECT ON EMPLOYMENT           maintains employment .
    5.  WAS THERE PRIOR CONSULTATINO WITH EMPLOYERS AND UNION
        REPRESENTATIVES ?
        - M1I /NO
        -   OPINION OF THESE   REPRESENTATIVES
   6-   IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE , LESS RESTRICTIVE APPROACH ?
                          N0