Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3898/90 of 19 December 1990 fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 1991 fishing year

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3898/90

of 19 December 1990

fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 1991 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2886/89 ( 2 ), and in particular the first subparagraph of Articles 21 ( 6 ) and 22 ( 5 ) thereof,

Whereas Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 provides, among other things, for reference prices valid for the Community to be fixed each year, by product category, for the products specified in Annexes I, II, III, IV ( B ) and V to that Regulation;

Whereas Article 22 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 allows, inter alia, the fixing of reference prices for the products referred to in Annex IV ( A ) ( 1 ) before the beginning of each marketing year;

Whereas Article 21 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 provides that the reference price for the products specified in Annex I ( A ), ( D ) and ( E ) thereto must be equal to the withdrawal and selling prices fixed in accordance with Article 12 ( 1 ) thereof;

Whereas the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned were fixed for the 1990 fishing year by Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3896/90 ( 3 );

Whereas the reference prices for the products specified in Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 must be derived from their guide prices by reference to the price level at which the intervention measures provided for in Article 16 ( 1 ) thereof may be taken, and fixed taking account of the situation on the market in those products; whereas the reference prices for those products should therefore be 85 % of the guide prices fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3550/90 ( 4 );

Whereas the reference prices for the fishes of the species Thunnus and Euthynnus specified in Annex III to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 are based on the weighted average of the free-at-frontier prices recorded on the most representative markets in the Member States during the three preceding years;

Whereas the reference prices for the products specified in Annexes I ( B ) and ( C ) and IV ( B ) to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 are determined on the basis of the average of the reference prices for the fresh product, account being taken of the processing costs and of the need to ensure a price relationship in keeping with the market situation;

Whereas the reference prices for carp referred to in Annex IV ( A ) ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 are fixed on the basis of the average of the producer prices recorded during the three years preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed for a product with commercial characteristics as set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1985/74 of 25 July 1974 laying down detailed rules of application for the fixing of reference prices and free-at-frontier prices for carp ( 5 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1106/90 ( 6 );

Whereas, for the frozen and salted products specified in Annex V to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 for which no reference price is fixed for the fresh product, the reference prices are determined on the basis of the reference price applied to a commercially similar fresh product;

Whereas, given the quantities of certain frozen and salted products and the conditions governing their importation, it does not appear necessary to fix a reference price for such products in the immediate future;

Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 784/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the reducing coefficient for agricultural prices in the 1990/91 marketing year as a result of the monetary realignment of 5 January 1990 and amending the prices and amounts fixed in ecus for that marketing year ( 7 ) draws up the list of prices and amounts to which the coefficient 1,001712 is applied under the arrangements for the automatic

dismantlement of negative monetary gaps : whereas the prices and amounts fixed in ecus by the Commission for the 1991 fishing season must take account of the resulting reduction;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1

The reference prices for the 1991 fishing year for the products specified in Annexes I, II, III, IV ( B ) and V to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .

Article 2

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, 19 December 1990 .

For the Commission

Manuel MARIN

Vice-President

( 1 ) OJ No L 379, 31 . 12 . 1981, p . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ No L 282, 2 . 10 . 1989, p . 1 .

( 3 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .

( 4 ) OJ No L 346, 11 . 12 . 1990, p . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7 . 1974, p . 30 .

( 6 ) OJ No L 111, 1 . 5 . 1990, p . 50 .

( 7 ) OJ No L 83, 30 . 3 . 1990, p . 102 .

ANNEX

1 . Reference prices of products listed in Annex I ( A ), ( D ) and ( E ) to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81

1,2.3,6Fresh or chilled

Reference price ( ECU/tonne )

1.2.3,4.5,6Species

Size ( 1 )

Gutted fish with head

Whole fish

1.2.3.4.5.6Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 )

Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 ) // // // // // //

Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex 0302 40 10 and ex 0302 40 90 // // // // //

_ 1 January to 31 July 1991 and of 1 October to 31 December 1991

1 2 3

0 0 0

191 180 112

_ 1 August to 30 September 1991

1 2 3

0 0 0

174 164 102

174 164 102 // // // // // //

Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus from the Atlantic ex 0302 61 10 // // // // //

( a ) Member States other than Spain and Portugal

1 2 3 4

0 0 0 0

223 223 344 223

142 142 142 142

( b ) Spain and Portugal

1 2 3 4

0 0 0 0

184 184 284 184

117 117 117 117 // // // // // //

Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus from the Mediterranean ex 0302 61 10

1 2 3 4

0 0 0 0

214 214 331 214

136 136 136 136 // // // // // //

Dogfish

521

382

493

347

( Squalus acanthias )

444

312

417

278

ex 0302 65 20

239

174

208

139 // // // // // //

Dogfish

490

367

459

306

( Scyliorhinus spp .)

490

367

428

306

ex 0302 65 50

337

245

275

153 // // // // // //

Redfish ( Sebastes spp .)

733

0302 69 31

733

0302 69 33

619

619 // // // // // //

Cod of the species

911

860

658

506

Gadua morhua

911

860

658

506

0302 50 10

860

708

506

405 //

678

466

385

273 //

476

273

283

182 // // // // // //

Coalfish

470

366

( Pollachius virens )

470

366

0302 63 00

465

360

360 //

376

272

199

146 // // // // // //

Haddock

662

589

515

442

( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )

662

589

515

442

0302 62 00

567

478

397

272 //

523

427

390

272 // // // // // //

1,2.3,6Fresh or chilled

Reference price ( ECU/tonne )

1.2.3,4.5,6Species

Size ( 1 )

Gutted fish with head

Whole fish

1.2.3.4.5.6Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 )

Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 ) // // // // // //

Whiting

521

488

391

260

( Merlangus merlangus )

521

488

391

260

0302 69 41

495

397

358

150 //

358

241

260

150 // // // // // //

Ling ( Molva spp .)

636

487

524

374

0302 69 45

622

472

509

359 //

562

412

449

300 // // // // // //

Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus ex 0302 64 10 and ex 0302 64 90

1 2 3

0 0 0

191 191 191

191 168 157 // // // // // //

Spanish mackerel of the species

246

217

Scomber japonicus

246

203

ex 0302 64 10 and

203

165

ex 0302 64 90

159

116 // // // // // //

Anchovy ( Engraulis spp .) 0302 69 55

1 2 3 4

0 0 0 0

633 673 554 229

356 356 356 229 // // // // // //

Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ) 0302 22 00 // // // // //

_ 1 January to 30 April 1991

1 2 3 4

577 577 545 417

545 545 513 385

314 314 314 295

314 314 314 295 //

787

743

428

_ 1 May to

787

743

428

31 December 1991

743

699

428

428 //

568

524

402

402 // // // // // //

Hake of the species

2 712

2 549

2 142

1 980

( Merluccius merluccius )

2 061

1 925

1 600

1 464

ex 0302 69 65

2 034

1 898

1 573

1 437 //

1 735

1 600

1 356

1 112 //

1 627

1 491

1 274

1 030 // // // // // //

Megrim

1 294

990

1 218

913

( Lepidorhombus spp .)

1 142

837

1 066

761

0302 29 10

1 066

761

990

685 //

685

381

609

304 // // // // // //

Rays' bream ( Brama spp .)

1 059

810

996

747

0302 69 75

747

498

685

436 // // // // // //

1.2.3,4.5,6 // //

Whole or gutted fish with head

Without head

1.2.3.4.5.6Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 )

Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 ) // // // // // //

Monkfish ( Lophius spp .)

1 308

945

3 849

2 993

0302 69 81

1 672

1 308

3 635

2 780 //

1 672

1 308

3 421

2 566 //

1 399

1 036

2 993

2 138 //

800

436

2 138

1 283 // // // // // //

1,2.3,6Fresh or chilled

Reference price ( ECU/tonne )

1.2.3,4.5,6Species

Size ( 1 )

Gutted fish with head

Whole fish

1.2.3,4.5,6A ( 1 )

B ( 1 ) // // // //

Shrimps of the genus Crangon

957

810

ex 0306 23 31

442

442 // // // //

1.2.3,6 // //

Whole ( 1 ) // // //

Crab of the species Cancer pagurus

1 078

ex 0306 24 30

808 // // //

1.2.3,5.6,7 // //

Whole

Tails

1.2.3.4.5.6.7E ( 1 )

Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 )

Extra, A ( 1 )

B ( 1 ) // // // // // // //

Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ) ex 0306 29 30

3 755

2 688

6 575

4 409 //

3 755

2 530

1 502

4 719

2 939 //

2 490

1 779

712

2 785

1 470 //

909

356

2 321

696 // // // // // // //

( 1 ) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 .

2 . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81

1.2,3.4CN code

Description

Reference prices ( ECU/tonne ) //

1,4A . Frozen products falling within CN code 0303 :

1.2,3.40303 71 10

Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

330

0303 79 71

Sea bream ( Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp .)

1 158

1,4B . Frozen products falling within CN code 0307 :

1.2,3.4Squid of the genus Loligo :

1.2.3.4ex 0307 49 35

_ Loligo patagonica :

whole, not cleaned cleaned

866 1 039

0307 49 31

_ Loligo vulgaris :

whole, not cleaned cleaned

1 732 2 078

0307 49 33

_ Loligo pealei :

whole, not cleaned cleaned

1 039 1 212

ex 0307 49 38

_ Loligo opalescens :

whole, not cleaned cleaned

693 823

ex 0307 49 38

_ other species :

whole, not cleaned cleaned

953 1 126

0307 49 51

Squid ( Ommastrephes sagittatus ):

whole, not cleaned tube cylinder

685 1 302 1 952

1.2,3.4Illex spp .

1.2.3.4ex 0307 99 11

_ Illex argentinus :

whole, not cleaned tube cylinder

687 1 305 1 958

ex 0307 99 11

_ Illex illecebrosus :

whole, not cleaned tube cylinder

687 1 305 1 958

ex 0307 99 11

_ other species :

whole, not cleaned tube cylinder

687 1 305 1 958

1.2,3.40307 49 19

Cuttle-fish ( Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma ) and sépioles ( Sepiola rondeleti )

1 393

0307 59 10

Octopus ( Octopus spp .)

1 123 // // //

3 . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex III to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81

Tuna ( of the genus Thunnus ), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito ( Euthynnus ( Katsuwonus ) pelamis ) and other species of the genus Euthynnus, fresh, chilled or frozen, for the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 :

1.2,4Product

Reference prices ( ECU/tonne )

1.2.3.4Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other ( for example "heads off ') // // // //

A . Albacore or longfinned tuna ( Thunnus alalunga ): excluding fresh or chilled tuna : 0303 41 11, ex 0303 41 13, ex 0303 41 19

841

958

1 042

B . Yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ): // // //

1 . weighing more than 10 kg each ( 1 ) // // //

ex 0302 32 10, 0303 42 12, 0303 42 32, 0303 42 52

731

833

906

2 . weighing not more than 10 kg each ( 1 ) // // //

ex 0302 32 10, 0303 42 18, 0303 42 38, 0303 42 58

585

667

725

C . Lisatos or stripe-bellied bonito ( Euthynnus ( Katsuwonus ) pelamis ): 0302 33 10, 0303 43 11, 0303 43 13, 0303 43 19

453

517

562

D . Fish of the genus Thunnus and Euthynnus, excluding bluefin tuna ( Thunnus Thynnus ), fresh or chilled and bigeye tuna ( Parathunnus obesus or Thunnus obesus ), fresh or chilled : // // //

ex 0302 39 10, 0302 69 21, 0303 49 11, 0303 49 13, 0303 49 19, 0303 79 21, 0303 79 23, 0303 79 29

431

492

535 // // // //

( 1 ) Reference to weight applies to whole products .

4 . Reference prices for certain products listed in Annex IV ( A ) 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81 :

1.2.3.4Product

Form

Periods from

Reference price ( ECU/tonne ) // // // //

Carp falling within CN code ex 0301 93 00

Live, weighing at least 800 grams

1 . 1 . 1991 to 31 . 7 . 1991 1 . 8 . 1991 to 30 . 11 . 1991 1 . 12 . 1991 to 31 . 12 . 1991

1 332 1 663 1 460 // // // //

5 . Reference prices for the products listed in Annex IV ( B ) and V to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796/81

Frozen products falling within CN codes 0303 and 0304 :

1.2.3Species

Presentation

Reference prices ( ECU/tonne ) // // //

1.2.3 // // //

1 . Redfish ( Sebastes spp .)

Whole fish : //

ex 0303 79 35 ex 0303 79 37

_ With or without head

775 //

Fillets : //

ex 0304 20 35 ex 0304 20 37

_ With bones ( standard ) _ Boneless _ Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

1 544 1 816 1 940

ex 0304 90 31

Minced blocks

969

ex 0303 79 35 ex 0303 79 37 ex 0304 90 31

Pieces and other meat

1 100 // // //

Species

Presentation

Reference prices ( ECU/tonne ) // // //

1.2.3 //

2 . Cod ( Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus ) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida

Whole fish : //

ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19, ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41

_ With or without head

901 //

Fillets : // //

_ Industrial blocks, with bones ( standard )

1 999 //

_ Industrial blocks, boneless

2 286

ex 0304 20 21

_ Individual fillets, with skin

2 146

ex 0304 20 29

_ Individual fillets, skinless

2 500 //

_ Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 463

ex 0304 90 35 ex 0304 90 38 ex 0304 90 39

Minced blocks

1 022

ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19, ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41, ex 0304 90 35, ex 0304 90 38, ex 0304 90 39

Pieces and other meat

1 192 // // //

3 . Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )

Whole fish : //

ex 0303 73 00

_ With or without head

624 //

Fillets : // //

_ Industrial blocks, with bones ( standard )

1 212 //

_ Industrial blocks, boneless

1 321

ex 0304 20 31

_ Individual fillets, with skin

1 225 //

_ Individual fillets, skinless

1 357 //

_ Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

1 427

ex 0304 90 41

Minced blocks

675

ex 0303 73 00, ex 0304 90 41

Pieces and other meat

828 // // //

4 . Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )

Whole fish : //

ex 0303 72 00

_ With or without head

779 //

Fillets : // //

_ Industrial blocks, with bones ( standard )

1 844 //

_ Industrial blocks, boneless

2 328

ex 0304 20 33

_ Individual fillets, with skin

2 110 //

_ Individual fillets, skinless

2 421 //

_ Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 387

ex 0304 90 45

Minced blocks

816

ex 0303 72 00, ex 0304 90 45

Pieces and other meat

964 // // //

5 . Mackerel of the species // //

Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor // //

0303 74 11 0303 74 19 0303 79 61 0303 79 63

_ With head _ Without head

342 366

ex 0304 20 53

Fillets

596

ex 0304 90 98

Sides

477 // // //

Species

Presentation

Reference prices ( ECU/tonne ) // // //

1.2.3 //

6 . Hake ( Merluccius spp .)

Whole fish : //

ex 0303 78 10

_ With or without head

781 //

Fillets : // //

_ Industrial blocks, with bones ( standard )

1 030 //

_ Industrial blocks, boneless

1 212

ex 0304 20 57

_ Individual fillets, with skin

1 080 //

_ Individual fillets, skinless

1 159 //

_ Blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

1 249

ex 0304 90 47

Minced blocks

787

ex 0303 78 10 ex 0304 90 47

Pieces and other meat

1 058 // // //

7 . Alaska pollack

Fillets : //

( Theragra chalcogramma ) // //

ex 0304 20 85

_ Industrial blocks, with bones ( standard )

927 //

_ Industrial blocks, boneless

1 068 // // //