L 17/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.1.2000 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 26, 36 and 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (¥), Whereas: (1)  the basic provisions concerning the organisation of the market in fishery products must be revised to take account of market developments, changes in recent years in fishing activities and the shortcomings detected in the implementation of the rules currently in force; by reason of the number and complexity of the amendments to be made, these provisions will lack the clarity required of any set of rules unless they are completely redrafted; Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (°) should therefore be replaced by a new Regulation; (2)  in the interests of simplifying the rules and facilitating their use by those for whom they are intended, the new Regulation should also include the basic provisions, duly updated and supplemented, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 105/76 of 19 January 1976 on the recognition of () 0J C78,20.3.1999, p. 1. (®) Opinion delivered on 2 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () 0] € 329, 17.11.1999, p. 13. () O] C 374, 23.12.1999, p. 71. () O] L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (O] L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 15). producers' organisations in the fishing industry (®) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1772/82 of 29 June 1982 laying down general rules concerning the extension of certain rules adopted by producers' organisations in the fisheries sector (); these Regulations should therefore be repealed; (3) the common agricultural policy must include in particular, a common organisation of agricultural markets, which may take various forms depending on the products concerned; (4)  the fishing industry is of special importance to the economy of some coastal regions of the Community; the industry provides a major part of the income of fishermen in such regions; therefore, market stability should be encouraged by appropriate means, implemented in compliance with the Community's international commitments, particularly with regard to the provisions of the World Trade Organisation on internal production support mechanisms and tariff agreements; (5)  the production and marketing of fishery products should take account of the need to support sustainable fishing; the common organisation of markets in these products should therefore comprise such measures as will ensure that supply is better matched to demand, in terms of both quality and quantity, and increase the return on products, both for the above purpose and to improve the income of producers by ensuring stability of market prices; (6) one of the ways of implementing the common organisation of markets is to apply common marketing standards to the products concerned; applying these standards should tend to keep products of unsatisfactory quality off the market and facilitate commerce based on fair competition, thus helping to improve the profitability of production; (6 OJ L 20, 28.1.1976, p. 39. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3940/87 (O] L 373, 31.12.1987, p. 6). () O] L 197, 6.7.1982, p. 1.