Council Regulation (EC) No 1299/2008 of 9 December 2008 fixing for the 2009 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Council Regulation (EC) No 1299/2008of 9 December 2008fixing for the 2009 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., 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 2009 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 2009 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 2009, 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 2009, 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 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.For the CouncilThe PresidentD. BussereauANNEX 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 fish281
2.Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardusWhole fish574
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 fish1200
6.Cod of the species Gadus morhuaWhole fish or gutted fish with head1655
7.Saithe (Pollachius virens)Whole fish or gutted fish with head776
8.Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1038
9.Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head955
10.Ling (Molva spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head1214
11.Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrusWhole fish323
12.Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicusWhole fish291
13.Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)Whole fish1300
14.Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2009 to 30.4.20091079
Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2009 to 31.12.20091499
15.Hake of the species Merluccius merlucciusWhole fish or gutted fish with head3620
16.Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2528
17.Dab (Limanda limanda)Whole fish or gutted fish with head854
18.Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)Whole fish or gutted fish with head522
19.Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)Whole fish2197
Gutted fish with head2415
20.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)Whole1729
21.Monkfish (Lophius spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head2968
Without head6107
22.Shrimp of the species Crangon crangonSimply boiled in water2498
23.Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)Simply boiled in water6539
Fresh or chilled1622
24.Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)Whole1783
25.Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)Whole5470
Tails4364
26.Sole (Solea spp.)Whole fish or gutted fish with head6880
II1.Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1955
2.Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products1196
Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products1483
3.Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products1554
4.Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products3998
5.Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1954
6.Octopus (Octopus spp.)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products2183
7.Squid (Loligo spp.)Frozen, in original packages containing the same products1203
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 Penaeidae
—Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostrisFrozen, in original packages containing the same products4032
—Other species of the family PenaeidaeFrozen, in original packages containing the same products7897
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 eachWhole1275
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