# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1574/2007

of 21 December 2007

fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2008 fishing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products [^1] ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products [^2] , and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the Community during the fishing year proceeding the year in question.

**(2)** To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.

**(3)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the 2008 fishing year the amount of private storage aid, referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation shall be as follows:

— first month: EUR 210 per tonne,

— second month: EUR 0 per tonne.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 2007. *For the Commission* Joe BORG *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_017_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1759/2006 ( [OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_335_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 30](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_326_R_TOC) .

[^1]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1759/2006 ().
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