Commission Regulation (EC) No 2804/1999 of 22 December 1999 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid for certain fishery products for the 2000 fishing year
31. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 340/49 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2804/1999 of 22 December 1999 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid for certain fishery products for the 2000 fishing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3901/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down general rules for the granting of a carry-over aid for certain fishery products and aquaculture products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1337/ 95 (2) and in particular Article 5(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) the purpose of the carry-over aid is to give suitable encouragement to producers' organisations co carry over products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be avoided; the amount of the aid must be such as not to disturb the balance of the market for the products in question; the amount of the aid must not exceed the technical and financial costs of processing and storage recorded during the previous the highest costs being disregarded; fishing year, (4) (5) on the basis of the information on technical and finan- cial costs associated with the concerned operations, recorded in the Community, the amount of the aid should, for the 2000 fishing year, be as indicated in the Annex; 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 For the 2000 fishing year, the carry-over aid for the products listed in Annex I(A), (D) and (E) to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 (3) shall be as indicated in the Annex thereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 392, 31. 12. 1992, p. 29. (2) OJ L 129, 14. 6. 1995, p. 5. (3) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. L 340/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 1999 ANNEX 1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(A) and (D) and for sole (Solea spp. ) listed in Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 Processing methods listed in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 1 I. Freezing and storage of whole, gutted and whole head or cutting-up products — Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus — Other species II. Filleting, freezing and storage III. Salting and/or drying and storage of whole, gutted and with head, cutting-up of filleted products Amount of aid (EUR/tonne) 2 First month Per additional month 240 130 206 165 15 15 15 15 2. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 Processing methods listed in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 1 Products 2 Amount of aid (EUR/tonne) 3 I. Freezing and storage Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) Norway lobster tails (Nephrops norve- gicus) First month 245 168 II. Removing the head, freezing and Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) 168 storage III. Cooking, freezing and storage Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) IV. Storage in suitable fixed tanks or Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) cages 270 146 170 Per additional month 25 25 25 25 19