Commission Regulation (EC) No 2178/2005 of 23 December 2005 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 fishing year

32005R2178RegulationDec 31, 2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 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 , and in particular Article 29(1) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the Community may be fixed each year, by product category, for products that are the subject of a tariff suspension under Article 28(1). The same holds for products which, by virtue of being either the subject of a binding tariff reduction under the WTO or some other preferential arrangements, must comply with a reference price.

(2) For the products listed in Annex I, points A and B to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price is the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2006 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2005 2 .

(4) The reference price for products other than those listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 is established on the basis of the weighted average of customs values recorded on the import markets or in the ports of import in the three years immediately preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed.

(5) There is no need to fix reference prices for all the species covered by the criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not for those imported from third countries in insignificant volumes.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for the 2006 fishing year of fishery products, as referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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 2006.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005. For the Commission Joe BORG Member of the Commission

1 OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22 . Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

2 See page 11 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

1. Reference prices for products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Additional Taric codeExtra, A 1Additional Taric codeExtra, A 1
Deepwater prawns ( Pandalus borealis )
ex 0306 23 10
1F3174 911F3211 087
2F3181 722

2. Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

ProductAdditional Taric codePresentationReference price
(EUR/tonne)
1. Redfish ( Sebastes spp. )
Whole:
ex 0303 79 35
ex 0303 79 37
F411—: with or without head941
ex 0304 20 35
ex 0304 20 37
Fillets:
F412—: with bones (‘standard’)1 915
F413—: without bones2 075
F414—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg2 262
2. Cod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus ) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
ex 0303 60 11 , ex 0303 60 19 , ex 0303 60 90 , ex 0303 79 41F416Whole, with or without head1 095
ex 0304 20 29Fillets:
F417—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)2 428
F418—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones2 664
F419—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin2 602
F420—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin2 943
F421—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg2 903
ex 0304 90 38F422Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks1 406
3. Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
ex 0304 20 31Fillets:
F424—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)1 488
F425—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones1 639
F426—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin1 476
F427—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin1 647
F428—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg1 733
ex 0304 90 41F429Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks967
4. Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
ex 0304 20 33Fillets:
F431—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)2 264
F432—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones2 632
F433—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin2 512
F434—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin2 683
F435—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg2 960
5. Alaska pollack ( Theragra chalcogramma )
Fillets:
ex 0304 20 85F441—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)1 136
F442—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones1 298
6. Herring ( Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii )
Herring flaps:
ex 0304 10 97
ex 0304 90 22
F450—: exceeding 80 g a piece510
F450—: exceeding 80 g a piece464

The additional code to be mentioned for all categories other than those explicitly referred to in points 1 and 2 of the Annex is ‘ F499: Other’.

1 The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

Footnotes

  1. The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000. 2 3 4 5

  2. See page 11 of this Official Journal. 2