CELEX: 31990R3549
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3549/90 of 20 November 1990 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 fishing year

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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3549/90
                                                     of 20 November 1990
                fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E)
                             to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1991 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            products and the stabilization or decrease of prices for
                                                                    others compared with prices applicable during the current
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               fishing year ; whereas, in the absence of certain informa­
Economic Community,                                                 tion concerning price trends for each fishing product with
                                                                    given commercial characteristics, consideration should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81                given to the relationship between the average weighted
of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the               market prices recorded when the guide prices were fixed
market in fishery products ('), as last amended by Regula­          for the previous fishing year for these products, and the
tion (EEC) No 2886/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3)         average weighted market prices recorded currently ;
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas in accordance with Articles 169 and 356 of the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the Commu­
                                                                    nity, a sixth approximation of guide prices must take
Whereas Article 10 (1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              place on 1 January 1991 for Atlantic sardines of the
3796/81 provides that a guide price shall be fixed for each         species Sardina pilchardus,
of the products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) to the
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
Whereas the guide price shall be based on the average of            The guide prices for the fishing year from 1 January to 31
prices as defined in Article 10 (2) of the said Regulation          December 1991 for the products listed in Annex I (A), (D)
and on an assessment of production and demand pros­                 and (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and the catego­
pects ;                                                             ries to which they relate are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the application of the criteria laid down in                                          Article 2
Article 10 of the said Regulation and referred to above
involves for the 1991 fishing year an increase for certain          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in         all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 20 November 1990.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                   C. VIZZINI
(') OJ No L 379, 31 . 12. 1981 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 282, 2. 10 . 1989, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                    Commercial specifications (')
                                                                                                           Guide price
                   Species              Freshness                                                         (ECU/tonne)
                                                        Size                 Presentation
                                         category
 1 . Herrings of the species Clupea     Extra, A          1       Whole fish                     From 1 January to       '
      harengus                                                                                   31 July 1991                   264
                                                                                                 and from 1 October
                                                                                                 to 31 December 1991    (
                                                                                                 From 1 August to       -|      241
                                                                                                 30 September 1991      j
                                                                           1
 2. Sardines of the species Sardina
      pilchardus
      (a) Atlantic
          — Member States other than
              Spain and Portugal          Extra           3       Whole fish                                      477
                                          Extra           3       Whole fish                                      394
          — Spain, Portugal
                                          Extra           3       Whole fish                                      459
      (b) Mediterranean
                                                                                          1
 3. Piked dogfish (Squalus acan­
      thias)
                                        Extra, A          2
                                                               {  Whole fish
                                                                  Gutted fish with head   J   |                   869
                                                                                            '
                                                               '
 4. Catshanks (Scyliorhinus spp.)       Extra, A          ' 1     Whole fish
                                                                  Gutted fish with head
                                                                                              ►                   766
                                             A            2       Whole fish                                      907
  5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
                                                                                            '
  6. Cod      of the     species Gadus       A            2        Gutted fish with head
       morhua                                or
                                             A            3        Gutted fish with head
                                                                                              |                 1 267
  7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)            A            2        Gutted fish with head    "
                                             or                                                                   654
                                             A             3       Gutted fish with head
                                                                                          l
  8 . Haddock (Melanogrammus
       aeglefinus)
                                             A
                                             or
                                             A
                                                           2
                                                           3
                                                                   Gutted fish with head
                                                                   Gutted fish with head
                                                                                              |                   922
  9. Whiting (Merlangus merlangus)           A             2       Gutted fish with head    '
                                             or
                                             A             3       Gutted fish with head      J.                  815
                                         Extra, A        1, 2      Gutted fish with head                           938
10. Ling (Molva spp.)
11 . Mackerel of the species Scomber       Extra            1      Whole fish
       scombrus                              or                                                                    264
                                             A             2       Whole fish
 12. Mackerel of the species Scomber       Extra            1      Whole fish
                                                                                                                   323
       japonicus                             or
                                             A              2      Whole fish
                                           Extra            2      Whole fish                                      933
 13 . Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)
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                                                               Commercial specifications (')
                   Species                                                                                               Guide price
                                                 Freshness
                                                                   Size                Presentation
                                                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                  category
                                                                                                               From 1 January
14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)                   A
                                                     or
                                                                     2        Gutted fish with head        1   to 30 April 1991         |   774
                                                                                                               From 1 May
                                                     A               3        Gutted fish with head         1. to 31 December 1991      | 1 055
15. Hake of the species Merluccius
      merluccius                                     A               1        Gutted fish with head                           3018
16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)                  Extra, A          1, 2       Whole fish, gutted fish
                                                                              with head                                       1 906
17. Ray's bream (Brama spp.)                     Extra, A            1        Whole fish                                      1 560
18. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)                      Extra, A         2, 3        Whole, gutted, with head                        2 142
                                                 Extra, A         2, 3        Without head                                    5 040
19. Shrimps of the species Crangon
     crangon                                         A               1        Simply boiled in water                          1 639
20. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)                     —               1        Whole                                           1 500
21 . Norway lobster
     (Nephrops norvegicus)                         E, A            1, 2       Whole                                           4 400
                                                   E, A              2        Tails                                           8 610
(') The freshness categories, sizes and presentation are defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 .