Fishery producer organisations may receive financial support for storage of fishery products listed in Annex II, provided that:
(a)
the conditions for storage aid, laid down in a future Union legal act establishing the conditions for the financial support for maritime and fisheries policy for the period 2014-2020, are complied with;
(b)
the products have been placed on the market by fishery producer organisations and no buyer for them has been found at the trigger price referred to in Article 31;
(c)
the products meet the common marketing standards established in accordance with Article 33 and are of adequate quality for human consumption;
(d)
the products are stabilised or processed and stored in tanks or cages, by way of freezing, either on board vessels or in land facilities, salting, drying, marinating or, where relevant, boiling and pasteurisation, whether or not filleted, cut-up or, where appropriate, headed;
(e)
the products are reintroduced from storage into the market for human consumption at a later stage;
(f)
the products remain in storage for at least five days.
1. Before the beginning of each year, each fishery producer organisation may individually make a proposal for a price triggering the storage mechanism referred to in Article 30 for fishery products listed in Annex II.
2. The trigger price shall not exceed 80 % of the weighted average price recorded for the product in question in the area of activity of the producer organisation concerned during the three years immediately preceding the year for which the trigger price is fixed.
3. When determining the trigger price, account shall be taken of:
(a)
trends in production and demand;
(b)
the stabilisation of market prices;
(c)
the convergence of the markets;
(d)
the producers' incomes;
(e)
the interests of consumers.
4. Member States shall, upon examining the proposals of the producer organisations recognised in their territory, determine the trigger prices to be applied by those producer organisations. Those prices shall be fixed on the basis of the criteria referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. The prices shall be made publicly available.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning the format of publication by Member States of the trigger prices pursuant to Article 31(4). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 43(2).
