Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/96 of 17 December 1996 providing for the grant of compensation to producers' organizations in respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry during the period 1 January to 31 March 1996

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2399/96  of 17 December 1996 providing for the grant of compensation to producers' organizations in respect  of tuna delivered to the processing industry during the period 1 January to 31 March 1996
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No  3318/94  (2), and in particular Article 18 (6) thereof,
Whereas the compensation referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 is granted, under  certain conditions, to Community tuna producers' organizations in respect of quantities of tuna  delivered to the processing industry during the calendar quarter for which prices were recorded,  where both the average quarterly selling price recorded on the Community market and the  free-at-frontier price plus any applicable countervailing charges are lower than 91  % of the  Community producer price for the product in question;
Whereas examination of the situation of the Community market has shown that for yellowfin tuna over  10 kg, yellowfin tuna under 10 kg and skipjack, for the period 1 January to 31 March 1996, the  average quarterly selling price and the free-at-frontier price referred to in Article 18 of  Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 were lower than 91  % of the Community producer price in force as laid  down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2818/95 of 30 November 1995 fixing, for the 1996 fishing year,  the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial manufacture of products falling  within CN code 1604  (3);
Whereas the quantities eligible for compensation, within the meaning of Article 18 (1) of  Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, may not under any circumstances exceed, for the quarter concerned, the  limits laid down in paragraph 3 of that Article;
Whereas during the quarter concerned the quantities sold and delivered to the processing industry  established in Community customs territory were lower for the three species in question than the  average of the quantities sold and delivered during the same quarter of the three previous fishing  years; whereas, since the quantities for the quarter do not exceed the limit set by Article 18 (3)  of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the total quantities of this product eligible for compensation are  equal to the quantities sold and delivered in the quarter;
Whereas in view of the quantities declared per producers' organization the compensation granted to  each producers' organization in accordance with Article 18 (4) is to be graded; whereas the  qualities eligible per grade are to be allocated between the producers' organizations concerned in  proportion to their respective outputs during the same quarter of the 1992 to 1994 fishing years;
Whereas the grant of compensation for the products in question should therefore be decided for the  period 1 January to 31 March 1996;
Whereas the operative event giving entitlement to compensation and the date thereof should be  specified for the calculation of payments;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Fishery Products,