D. conscious, however, of evidence from the US and Canadian fishing fleets that when the fins of blue sharks (Prionace glauca ) are cut without meat or vertebrae left attached, then the ratio of fin weight to dressed weight is under 4%, and that the failure to trim excess flesh results in fins imported into Hong Kong from Europe commanding a lower average price per kilogram than those from the USA,

D. conscious, however, of evidence from the US and Canadian fishing fleets that when the fins of blue sharks (Prionacea glauca) are cut without meat or vertebrae left attached, then the ratio of fin weight to dressed weight is under 4%, and that the failure to trim excess flesh results in fins imported into Hong Kong from Europe commanding a lower average price per kilogram than those from the USA,

On the question of the cost-effectiveness of the various postage weights, it is worth considering further price cuts; but that is what the postal administration itself is saying.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1318/96 of 8 July 1996 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards public intervention (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1743/96 (4), fixes, on a degressive basis, the maximum weight of carcases which may be bought in under invitations to tender opened in July, August and September 1996; whereas, in order to cushion the impact of that measure for operators, the Regulation also authorizes intervention buying of heavier carcases during July and August, by way of derogation, while limiting the buying-in price to the maximum auth ...[+++]orized weight; whereas bullocks reach their slaughter weight more slowly and therefore later in the year than uncastrated animals; whereas, in order to avoid giving unequal treatment to these two categories of animal, the derogation from the buying-in price should be extended for bullocks to invitations to tender opened in September;

For example, we have seen the price point of ethanol spike when farmers have used it to dry crops, and we have seen the supply of ethanol for the drivers' market almost dry up.

However this decline may be offset by the fact that suckler cow numbers have increased by 20% since 1990. - the level of live imports, which in the Commission view should be maintained at the maximum level of 425,000 head - the dissuasive effect of the intervention price reduction to (175 ECU/100 kg - in a safety net situation in 1995/96, i.e. 30% compared to 1992) on farmers who may be tempted to keep a number of cattle which are not eligible for a premium - the impact of the CAP Reform density measures which oblige producers to reduce stacking rates from 3.5 livestock units (l.u) in 1993 to 2.0 l.u in 1996, together with the incentive ...[+++]of 30 ECU/head if stocking rates are reduced to less than 1.4 l.u/hectare. - the impact of reducing the maximum carcase weight eligible for intervention which will decline to 340 kg on 1 July 1994.