51994PC0019

Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) setting the terms under which fishing vessels flying a third country flag may land directly and market their catches at Community ports (1) (94/C 63/07) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(94) 19 final - 94/0021(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189A (2) of the EC Treaty on 4 February 1994)

The Commission proposal is hereby amended as follows:

1. the title of the proposal is replaced by the following:

'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) setting the terms under which fishing vessels flying a third country flag may land directly and market their catches and fishery products at Community ports`;

2. in Article 2, point 1, 'fishing` is deleted;

3. in the first indent to Article 2, point 1, 'and whatever methods or gear are employed,` is deleted;

4. in the second indent to Article 2, point 1, 'whether or not any processing, preservation or packaging is carried out on board on these products;` is deleted;

5. the following third indent is added to Article 2, point 1:

'- a vessel on board which fishery products are subject to one or more of the following operations prior to packaging: filleting or slicing, skinning, mincing, freezing and/or processing.`;

6. Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following paragraph:

'Fishery products landed directly from a vessel as indicated in Article 1 that are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 may not be placed on the Community market at a free-at-border price below the threshold price set by Article 16 (2) of that Regulation for triggering private storage aid.`

(1) OJ No C 219, 13. 8. 1993, p. 16.