Council Regulation (EC) No 2033/2005 of 8 December 2005 fixing for the 2006 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Council Regulation (EC) No 2033/2005of 8 December 2005fixing for the 2006 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,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 productsOJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession., and in particular Article 18(3) and Article 26(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1)Article 18(1) and Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provide that a guide price and a Community producer price should be fixed for each fishing year in order to determine price levels for intervention on the market for certain fisheries products.(2)Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the guide price to be fixed for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation.(3)On the basis of currently available data on the prices for the products concerned and the criteria referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the guide prices should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2006 fishing year depending on the species.(4)Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the Community producer price to be fixed for the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation. It is appropriate to establish the Community producer price for one of those products and calculate the Community producer price for the others by means of the conversion factors established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82 of 23 December 1982 fixing the conversion factors applicable to fish of the genera Thunnus and EuthynnusOJ L 368, 28.12.1982, p. 27. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3899/92 (OJ L 392, 31.12.1992, p. 24)..(5)On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 18(2) and in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer price for the 2006 fishing year should be adjusted.(6)Given the urgency of the matter, it is important to grant an exception to the six-week period mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on the European Union,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2006, the guide prices as provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2006, the Community producer prices as provided for in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 8 December 2005.For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. HuttonANNEX I
(EUR/tonne)
AnnexesSpeciesProducts listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000Commercial presentationGuide price
I1.Herring of the species Clupea harengusWhole fish265
2.Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardusWhole fish572
3.Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1079
4.Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head763
5.Redfish (Sebastes spp.)Whole fish1136
6.Cod of the species (Gadus morhua)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1639
7.Saithe (Pollachius virens)Whole fish or gutted fish with head747
8.Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head998
9.Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head937
10.Ling (Molva spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1196
11.Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrusWhole fish323
12.Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicusWhole fish294
13.Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)Whole fish1308
14.Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1. to 30.4.20061074
Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5. to 31.12.20061484
15.Hake of the species Merluccius merlucciusWhole fish or gutted fish with head3675
16.Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2491
17.Dab (Limanda limanda)Whole fish or gutted fish with head881
18.Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head519
19.Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)Whole fish2220
Gutted fish with head2477
20.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)Whole1621
21.Monkfish (Lophius spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2867
Without head5928
22.Shrimp of the species Crangon crangonSimply boiled in water2427
23.Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)Simply boiled in water6378
Fresh or chilled1598
24.Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)Whole1731
25.Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)Whole5337
Tails4237
26.Sole (Solea spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head6679
II1.Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1917
2.Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products1227
Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products1484
3.Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products1602
4.Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products4079
5.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1946
6.Octopus (Octopus spp.)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products2140
7.Squid (Loligo spp.)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1168
8.Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products961
9.Illex argentinusFrozen, in original packages containing the same products870
10.Prawn of the family PenaeidaePrawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostrisOther species of the family PenaeidaeFrozen, in original packages containing the same products4075
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products8101
ANNEX II
(EUR/tonne)
Species Products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000WeightCommercial specificationsCommunity producer price
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)weighing more than 10 kg eachWhole1207
Gilled and gutted
Other
weighing not more than 10 kg eachWhole
Gilled and gutted
Other
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)weighing more than 10 kg eachWhole
Gilled and gutted
Other
weighing not more than 10 kg eachWhole
Gilled and gutted
Other
Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis)Whole
Gilled and gutted
Other
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)Whole
Gilled and gutted
Other
Other species of the genera Thunnus and EuthynnusWhole
Gilled and gutted
Other