Council Regulation (EC) No 2748/1999 of 17 December 1999 fixing the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 2000 fishing year

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2748/1999
of 17 December 1999
fixing the Community producer price for the fishery products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 2000 fishing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), and in particular Article 17(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that a Community producer price should be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation;
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82(2) sets down the conversion factors applicable to different species of tuna; it is not therefore necessary to fix the Community producer price for all species of tuna listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 but only for yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares);
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 9(2) and in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the price for the 2000 fishing year should be decreased;
(4) The fishing year begins on 1 January 2000 for the products covered by this Regulation; given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period mentioned in point 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam,