Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2007 of 4 December 2007 fixing for the 2008 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2007of 4 December 2007fixing for the 2008 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 Regulation (EC) No 1759/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3)., 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 2008 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 (EC) No 802/2006 of 30 May 2006 fixing the conversion factors applicable to fish of the genera Thunnus and EuthynnusOJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 15..(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 2008 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 European Union,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2008, 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 2008, 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 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 4 December 2007.For the CouncilThe PresidentF. Teixeira dos SantosANNEX I
AnnexesSpeciesProducts listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000Commercial presentationGuide price(EUR/tonne)
I1.Herring of the species Clupea harengusWhole fish277
2.Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardusWhole fish563
3.Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1112
4.Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head725
5.Redfish (Sebastes spp.)Whole fish1176
6.Cod of the species Gadus morhuaWhole fish or gutted fish with head1647
7.Saithe (Pollachius virens)Whole fish or gutted fish with head784
8.Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1038
9.Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head965
10.Ling (Molva spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1214
11.Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrusWhole fish326
12.Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicusWhole fish294
13.Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)Whole fish1294
14.Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2008 to 30.4.20081079
Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2008 to 31.12.20081499
15.Hake of the species Merluccius merlucciusWhole fish or gutted fish with head3638
16.Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2541
17.Dab (Limanda limanda)Whole fish or gutted fish with head863
18.Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head527
19.Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)Whole fish2165
Gutted fish with head2391
20.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)Whole1687
21.Monkfish (Lophius spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2968
Without head6107
22.Shrimp of the species Crangon crangonSimply boiled in water2425
23.Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)Simply boiled in water6506
Fresh or chilled1606
24.Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)Whole1801
25.Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)Whole5497
Tails4386
26.Sole (Solea spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head6949
II1.Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1975
2.Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products1214
Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products1506
3.Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products1594
4.Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products4038
5.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1916
6.Octopus (Octopus spp.)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products2119
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 products869
10.Prawn of the family PenaeidaePrawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostrisOther species of the family PenaeidaeFrozen, in original packages containing the same products4032
Frozen, in original packages containing the same products7819
ANNEX II
SpeciesProducts listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000WeightCommercial specificationsCommunity producer price(EUR/tonne)
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)weighing more than 10 kg eachWhole1250
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