1.The Commission shall:
(a)gather, analyse and disseminate economic knowledge and understanding of the Union market for fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain, taking into account the international context;
(b)provide practical support to producer organisations and inter-branch organisations to better coordinate information between operators and processors;
(c)regularly survey prices for fishery and aquaculture products in the Union market along the supply chain and conduct analyses on market trends;
(d)conduct ad-hoc market studies and provide a methodology for price formation surveys.
2.In order to implement paragraph 1, the Commission shall make use of the following measures:
(a)facilitate access to available data on fishery and aquaculture products collected pursuant to Union law;
(b)make market information, such as price surveys, market analyses and studies, available to all the stakeholders and to the general public in an accessible and understandable manner, subject to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).
3.Member States shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1.
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1).