1. AIPCE/CEP Introduction

2. Market EU

3. Marketing standards

4. Some Comments

AIPCE-CEP represents the EU Fish Processing and Trade sectors .Our mission is to promote a positive image of the sector and to ensure that legislative developments fully take into account any impacts on our sector and to share our expertise and knowledge for success.

AIPCE-CEP – Who we are

27 billion € value

3.500 companies

120.000 direct employees

13.7 million tons/ year EU consumption

5.6 million tons/ year EU imports

Belgium

UnitedKingdom Finland

Spain

Netherlands

Portugal

Italy

France

Germany

Denmark

Ireland

Sweden

Norway Morroco

AIPCE-CEP – Who we are

Umbrella association of national associations

Aproximatively a 80-85% level of representativeness

Import concessions

regime

FinFish Study

Trade WG

CMO/CFP and EMFF

Reform

Labelling WG

Food-Law WG

Competitiveness WG

Sustainability WG

Traceability (IUU and

Control Regulations)

ACs

Ensure the supply

To improve the Regulatory

environment

To promote apositive image

AIPCE-CEP – Priorities

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Fig. 4.2 C Volume of wild captured whitefish and pangasius supplied to EU (28) by third countries for 2015

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Source: Eurostat-Comext

Chart: AIPCE 2016

KEY NON-EU SUPPLY COUNTRIES

Source: FAO

FAO/FI Fish Supply-Demand Gap

Projections

Marketings standards are old instruments:

- Reg 2136/89 : canned sardines

- Reg 1536/92 : canned tuna

- Reg 2406/1996 : other products

Reasons:

- fair competition

- market transparancy

- basis for intervention mechanisme

- regulating international trade

Some Comments:

For regulated species few reasons to maintain marketing

standards

For canned sardines and tuna species specific reasons to keep

the standards

Controles are insufficient and in many MS they have to be paid

by fishermen and buyers

Min market sizes should be aligned with MCRS to keep it simple

and to avoid costs and waste

But in some cases the implication of that could be more

unwanted sizes of fish on the market

Marketing standards less effective with growing international

trade

Hygene Reg, Controle Reg, Labelling rules, IUU Reg

now regulate the markets.