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slide1. M O N T E N E G R O
Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 13 – Fisheries Brussels, 5-6 Jun 2013 Bilateral screening: Chapter 13
MARKET POLICY Milena KRASIC
milena.krasic@mpr.gov.me<br>
slide2. Organisation of the sector
Common marketing standards and labelling provisions
Collection of market information
Role of professional organisations (fishermen, farmers, other operators)
Trade with third countries Presentation Outline Chapter 13
Fisheries<br>
slide3. Legal Framework Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Lays down organisation of producers in fisheries with the objective of their joint participation at the market and provision of the best market conditions for their products
Lays down grounds for providing consumers with information about fish, fish products and aquaculture products, such as commercial and local names of fish, fish products and aquaculture products, the catching or farming method as appropriate and the area where the fish and other marine organisms were caught, and other information of relevance for consumers . Law on Marine Fisheries and Mariculture (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) Lays down the basic conditions for organisation of producers in agriculture and fisheries into producer organisations, recognition of producer organisations and the basic conditions for setting up of inter-branch organisations.<br>
slide4. Legal Framework Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Lays down the fundamental rights of consumers when buying goods and services, including provision of information to consumers on the terms and conditions for sale of products (label, labelling method, expiration date, product display, provision of information, advertising, etc.) Law on Consumer Protection (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro 26/07) Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07) Consumers are informed of the composition, characteristics, safe use and method of use of food by labelling and marking, by provision of instructions and other documents accompanying food in order to prevent deceiving and misleading practices concerning the composition, alterations, other properties and procedures that may mislead a consumer. Secondary legislation:
Order on prohibition of catch and trade in fish juveniles, undersized fish and other marine organisms (Official Gazette of Montenegro 08/11)
Rulebook on quality and other requirements for fish, crustaceans, shellfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, frogs, turtles, snails and products thereof (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6/03)<br>
slide5. Institutional Capacity Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
directly in charge of administrative and technical issues related to fisheries
proposes, develops and implements laws and bylaws and carries out supervision and control over the enforcement of regulations governing the sector of fisheries and aquaculture
Currently there is no body responsible on market measures in fisheries within the Ministry
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Fisheries Inspectorate
inspect and control markets, storages, catering facilities or restaurants, harbours-ports, moles and similar facilities of relevance for the trade in fish and other marine organisms and fish products; and also placing of the market of undersized fish in line with the Law on Marine Fisheries and Mariculture (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09).
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Veterinary Inspectorate
Carries out the control of wholesale and retail sale of fresh meat, fish and other aqauculture products as well as control of their withdrawal from the market in line with the Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07).
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Sanitary Inspectorate
Carries out the control in retail sale of packaged and individually labelled food of animal origin i.e. fish and fish products and control of its withdrawal from the market in accordance with the Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07).<br>
slide6. Rulebook on quality and other requirements for fish, crustaceans, shellfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, frogs, turtles, snails and products thereof (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6/03) lays down the quality and other requirements that have to be met in production and trade. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide7. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Marketing of fish by: Size category Origin Species freshwater small pelagic fish,
big pelagic fish,
demersal fish,
sharks and rays,
mixed marine fish
gastropods freshwater fish from fish farms
wild freshwater fish marine pcs/kg
fish weight expressed in kg<br>
slide8. Chapter 13
Fisheries Marketing of crustaceans Size category Origin Species freshwater Species and size Species marine Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Marketing of shellfish Origin Size category weight expressed in kg number of shellfish in one kg
length expressed in cm<br>
slide9. Size categories: Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Fish - three categories
(weight expressed in kilograms or by number of pcs in one kilogram)
Gastropods - two categories
(number of pcs in one kilogram)
Crustaceans - two categories
(weight expressed in kilograms)
Shellfish - three categories
(number of shellfish in one kilogram or length expressed in cm)<br>
slide10. Size categories: Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Order on prohibition of catch and trade in fish juveniles, undersized fish and other marine organisms (Official Gazette of Montenegro 08/11) lays down the minimum biological size of fish and other marine organisms under which they must not be caught and placed on the market.<br>
slide11. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide12. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide13. Freshness categories Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Frozen fish Gastropods 1) Has no extraneous odour or rancid odour;
2) Has no red edges on the branchia of small pelagic fish of a larger extent;
3) Has skin undamaged and of metallic glow;
4) Has meat that shows no significant signs of drying (dehydration);
5) Has meat of a pleasant aroma and taste after trial cooking, mainly solid, white, light pink to brown in colour, depending on the fish species. 1) Have odour characteristic of fresh gastropods;
2) Have skin without the slime, moist, of characteristic natural colour and pigmentation;
3) Has sinewy and hard meat;
4) Has viscera without signs of putrefacton.<br>
slide14. Freshness categories Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Crustaceans Shellfish Prawns and shrimps placed on the market have to meet the following requirements:
1) Be cleaned from mud;
2) have reddish-pink colour, completely fresh and clear, characteristic for the respective crustacean species;
3) have odour characteristic for prawns, or shrimps, as appropriate;
4) have liver and ovaria compact;
5) have tail meat tightly sealed with the shell (dermatoskeleton);
6) have solid intestine wall, torn at any point while taking out, with the exception of the anus. 1) have shell cleaned from weed and impurities;
2) have edges of the shell undamaged;
3) close completely when touched;
4) have liquid contents of the shell clear .<br>
slide15. Chapter 13
Fisheries Collection of Market Information Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) – Paying Agency in Agriculture is responsible for operation of the market information system, i.e. collecting, processing and dissemination of information on quantities and prices of certain agricultural products. Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) fruits and vegetables,
livestock
inputs in agriculture
fish Information on prices and price trends of:<br>
slide16. Chapter 13
Fisheries Role of Professional Organisations Currently, there are no producer organisations in Montenegro as defined by the EU Acquis (104/2000) Association of bivalve molluscs farmers Law on Nongovernmental Organisations (Official Gazette of Montenegro 11/07, 39/11)
Law on Cooperatives (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 41/96) Associations of professional fishermen The Associations are non-profit organisations set up by professional fishermen and fish farmers for the purpose of accomplishing their individual or joint interests or for the purpose of accomplishing or affirming of public interest 5 associations 1 association<br>
slide17. Law on Foreign Trade (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro 28/4 and 37/07);
The Protocol on Montenegro’s accession to the Marrakesh agreement on establishing of the World Trade Organization (Official Gazette – International Agreements 3/2012);
Law on Customs Tariff (Official Gazette of Montenegro 28/2012);
Decree on customs tariff. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries Legal Framework<br>
slide18. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries Free trade agreements addressing fish and fish products: Stabilisation and Association Agreement (OG RMNE 7/07) in trade with EU
Central European Free Trade Agreement – CEFTA
2006 (OG RMNE 18/07) (Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Moldova and Kosovo)
Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Turkey
(OG MNE – International Agreements 3/2009);
Free Trade Agreement with EFTA countries
(OG MNE – International Agreements 8/2012);
Free Trade Agreement with the Russian Federation
(OG MNE – International Agreements 1/2001) and
Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine
(OG MNE – International Agreements 3/2012)<br>
slide19. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries C E F T A
Free trade with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and Moldova
RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UKRAINE
Full liberalisation
TURKEY
MFN tariffs .<br>
slide20. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries EFTA
EFTA members liberalised their market for fish and other marine products of Montenegrin preferential origin
Montenegro reduced its rates to zero for a smaller number of products and only for those fish species that are not farmed and not caught in our country.
For most of the fish species, market will be liberalised in no sooner than 5 years.
Liberalisation does not apply to trout and canned sardine, pilchards and sprats, where rates would be reduced by 50% after the 5 year transition period.<br>
slide21. Chapter 13
Fisheries Challenges Building of administrative capacity for implementation of market policy
Harmonisation of legal framework with the EU
Setting up of producer organisations
Further development of infrastructure needed for collection and processing of prices of fish and fish products
Strengthening of inter-institutional cooperation for market policy<br>
slide22. Market Policy Until the EU accession Montenegro will adopt rules in the field of Market policy as laid down by the Common Market Policy Chapter 13
Fisheries<br>
slide23. Thank you for your attention!<br>
Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 13 – Fisheries Brussels, 5-6 Jun 2013 Bilateral screening: Chapter 13
MARKET POLICY Milena KRASIC
milena.krasic@mpr.gov.me<br>
slide2. Organisation of the sector
Common marketing standards and labelling provisions
Collection of market information
Role of professional organisations (fishermen, farmers, other operators)
Trade with third countries Presentation Outline Chapter 13
Fisheries<br>
slide3. Legal Framework Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Lays down organisation of producers in fisheries with the objective of their joint participation at the market and provision of the best market conditions for their products
Lays down grounds for providing consumers with information about fish, fish products and aquaculture products, such as commercial and local names of fish, fish products and aquaculture products, the catching or farming method as appropriate and the area where the fish and other marine organisms were caught, and other information of relevance for consumers . Law on Marine Fisheries and Mariculture (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) Lays down the basic conditions for organisation of producers in agriculture and fisheries into producer organisations, recognition of producer organisations and the basic conditions for setting up of inter-branch organisations.<br>
slide4. Legal Framework Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Lays down the fundamental rights of consumers when buying goods and services, including provision of information to consumers on the terms and conditions for sale of products (label, labelling method, expiration date, product display, provision of information, advertising, etc.) Law on Consumer Protection (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro 26/07) Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07) Consumers are informed of the composition, characteristics, safe use and method of use of food by labelling and marking, by provision of instructions and other documents accompanying food in order to prevent deceiving and misleading practices concerning the composition, alterations, other properties and procedures that may mislead a consumer. Secondary legislation:
Order on prohibition of catch and trade in fish juveniles, undersized fish and other marine organisms (Official Gazette of Montenegro 08/11)
Rulebook on quality and other requirements for fish, crustaceans, shellfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, frogs, turtles, snails and products thereof (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6/03)<br>
slide5. Institutional Capacity Chapter 13
Fisheries Organisation of the Sector Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
directly in charge of administrative and technical issues related to fisheries
proposes, develops and implements laws and bylaws and carries out supervision and control over the enforcement of regulations governing the sector of fisheries and aquaculture
Currently there is no body responsible on market measures in fisheries within the Ministry
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Fisheries Inspectorate
inspect and control markets, storages, catering facilities or restaurants, harbours-ports, moles and similar facilities of relevance for the trade in fish and other marine organisms and fish products; and also placing of the market of undersized fish in line with the Law on Marine Fisheries and Mariculture (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09).
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Veterinary Inspectorate
Carries out the control of wholesale and retail sale of fresh meat, fish and other aqauculture products as well as control of their withdrawal from the market in line with the Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07).
Administration for Inspection Affairs – Sanitary Inspectorate
Carries out the control in retail sale of packaged and individually labelled food of animal origin i.e. fish and fish products and control of its withdrawal from the market in accordance with the Law on Food Safety (Official Gazette of Montenegro 14/07).<br>
slide6. Rulebook on quality and other requirements for fish, crustaceans, shellfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, frogs, turtles, snails and products thereof (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6/03) lays down the quality and other requirements that have to be met in production and trade. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide7. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Marketing of fish by: Size category Origin Species freshwater small pelagic fish,
big pelagic fish,
demersal fish,
sharks and rays,
mixed marine fish
gastropods freshwater fish from fish farms
wild freshwater fish marine pcs/kg
fish weight expressed in kg<br>
slide8. Chapter 13
Fisheries Marketing of crustaceans Size category Origin Species freshwater Species and size Species marine Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Marketing of shellfish Origin Size category weight expressed in kg number of shellfish in one kg
length expressed in cm<br>
slide9. Size categories: Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Fish - three categories
(weight expressed in kilograms or by number of pcs in one kilogram)
Gastropods - two categories
(number of pcs in one kilogram)
Crustaceans - two categories
(weight expressed in kilograms)
Shellfish - three categories
(number of shellfish in one kilogram or length expressed in cm)<br>
slide10. Size categories: Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Order on prohibition of catch and trade in fish juveniles, undersized fish and other marine organisms (Official Gazette of Montenegro 08/11) lays down the minimum biological size of fish and other marine organisms under which they must not be caught and placed on the market.<br>
slide11. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide12. Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions<br>
slide13. Freshness categories Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Frozen fish Gastropods 1) Has no extraneous odour or rancid odour;
2) Has no red edges on the branchia of small pelagic fish of a larger extent;
3) Has skin undamaged and of metallic glow;
4) Has meat that shows no significant signs of drying (dehydration);
5) Has meat of a pleasant aroma and taste after trial cooking, mainly solid, white, light pink to brown in colour, depending on the fish species. 1) Have odour characteristic of fresh gastropods;
2) Have skin without the slime, moist, of characteristic natural colour and pigmentation;
3) Has sinewy and hard meat;
4) Has viscera without signs of putrefacton.<br>
slide14. Freshness categories Chapter 13
Fisheries Common Marketing Standards and Labelling Provisions Crustaceans Shellfish Prawns and shrimps placed on the market have to meet the following requirements:
1) Be cleaned from mud;
2) have reddish-pink colour, completely fresh and clear, characteristic for the respective crustacean species;
3) have odour characteristic for prawns, or shrimps, as appropriate;
4) have liver and ovaria compact;
5) have tail meat tightly sealed with the shell (dermatoskeleton);
6) have solid intestine wall, torn at any point while taking out, with the exception of the anus. 1) have shell cleaned from weed and impurities;
2) have edges of the shell undamaged;
3) close completely when touched;
4) have liquid contents of the shell clear .<br>
slide15. Chapter 13
Fisheries Collection of Market Information Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (Official Gazette of Montenegro 56/09) – Paying Agency in Agriculture is responsible for operation of the market information system, i.e. collecting, processing and dissemination of information on quantities and prices of certain agricultural products. Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) fruits and vegetables,
livestock
inputs in agriculture
fish Information on prices and price trends of:<br>
slide16. Chapter 13
Fisheries Role of Professional Organisations Currently, there are no producer organisations in Montenegro as defined by the EU Acquis (104/2000) Association of bivalve molluscs farmers Law on Nongovernmental Organisations (Official Gazette of Montenegro 11/07, 39/11)
Law on Cooperatives (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 41/96) Associations of professional fishermen The Associations are non-profit organisations set up by professional fishermen and fish farmers for the purpose of accomplishing their individual or joint interests or for the purpose of accomplishing or affirming of public interest 5 associations 1 association<br>
slide17. Law on Foreign Trade (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro 28/4 and 37/07);
The Protocol on Montenegro’s accession to the Marrakesh agreement on establishing of the World Trade Organization (Official Gazette – International Agreements 3/2012);
Law on Customs Tariff (Official Gazette of Montenegro 28/2012);
Decree on customs tariff. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries Legal Framework<br>
slide18. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries Free trade agreements addressing fish and fish products: Stabilisation and Association Agreement (OG RMNE 7/07) in trade with EU
Central European Free Trade Agreement – CEFTA
2006 (OG RMNE 18/07) (Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Moldova and Kosovo)
Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Turkey
(OG MNE – International Agreements 3/2009);
Free Trade Agreement with EFTA countries
(OG MNE – International Agreements 8/2012);
Free Trade Agreement with the Russian Federation
(OG MNE – International Agreements 1/2001) and
Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine
(OG MNE – International Agreements 3/2012)<br>
slide19. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries C E F T A
Free trade with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and Moldova
RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UKRAINE
Full liberalisation
TURKEY
MFN tariffs .<br>
slide20. Chapter 13
Fisheries Trade with Third Countries EFTA
EFTA members liberalised their market for fish and other marine products of Montenegrin preferential origin
Montenegro reduced its rates to zero for a smaller number of products and only for those fish species that are not farmed and not caught in our country.
For most of the fish species, market will be liberalised in no sooner than 5 years.
Liberalisation does not apply to trout and canned sardine, pilchards and sprats, where rates would be reduced by 50% after the 5 year transition period.<br>
slide21. Chapter 13
Fisheries Challenges Building of administrative capacity for implementation of market policy
Harmonisation of legal framework with the EU
Setting up of producer organisations
Further development of infrastructure needed for collection and processing of prices of fish and fish products
Strengthening of inter-institutional cooperation for market policy<br>
slide22. Market Policy Until the EU accession Montenegro will adopt rules in the field of Market policy as laid down by the Common Market Policy Chapter 13
Fisheries<br>
slide23. Thank you for your attention!<br>