Commission Regulation (EC) No 2904/2000

of 21 December 2000

fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 2001 fishing year

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(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 29(1) of 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) or 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) Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 lays down that, for the products listed in its Annex I, Parts A and B, the reference price is equal to 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 2001 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2902/2000(2).

(4) Under the terms of Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, 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 preceding 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 Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not for those imported in insignificant volumes from third countries.

(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 fishery products for the 2001 fishing year shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2) See page 39 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX(1)

1. Reference prices for certain products listed in Parts A and B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

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2. Reference prices for certain other fishery products

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(1) 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".