31990R3549

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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 (E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and the catego­ and on an assessment of production and demand pros­ 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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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 Extra 3 Whole fish 477 Spain and Portugal Extra 3 Whole fish 394 — Spain, Portugal Extra 3 Whole fish 459 (b) Mediterranean 1 Whole fish 3 . Piked dogfish (Squalus acan­ 2 Extra, A Gutted fish with head thias) { J | 869

' ' Whole fish Extra, A ► 766 4. Catshanks (Scyliorhinus spp.) Gutted fish with head ' 1

A 2 Whole fish 907 5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

' 6. Cod of the species Gadus A 2 Gutted fish with head morhua or | 1 267 A 3 Gutted fish with head

A 2 Gutted fish with head " 7. Coalfish (Pollachius virens) or 654 A 3 Gutted fish with head

l A 2 Gutted fish with head 8 . Haddock (Melanogrammus or aeglefinus) | 922

A 3 Gutted fish with head

' 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.)

Extra 1 Whole fish 11 . Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus or 264 A 2 Whole fish

Extra 1 Whole fish 12. Mackerel of the species Scomber or 323 japonicus A 2 Whole fish

Extra 2 Whole fish 933 13 . Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

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Commercial specifications (') Guide price Species Freshness (ECU/tonne) Size Presentation category

A 2 From 1 January 14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Gutted fish with head 1 to 30 April 1991 | 774 or A 3 Gutted fish with head From 1 May 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

— 1 Whole 1 500 20. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)

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 .