Commission Regulation (EC) No 1307/2008

of 19 December 2008

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2009 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(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) Pursuant to Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price for the products listed in Annex I, Parts A and B to that Regulation, is to be the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The Community withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2009 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2008(2).

(4) Pursuant to 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 that Regulation is to be established in particular 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 those products falling under the criteria laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which are 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 U.K.

The reference prices for the 2009 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 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2008.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

ANNEX(3) U.K.

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

a The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
Species	Sizea	Reference price (EUR/tonne)
		Gutted with heada		Whole fisha
		Additional Taric code	Extra, Aa	Additional Taric code	Extra, Aa
Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex 0302 40 00	1		—	F011	132
	2		—	F012	202
	3		—	F013	191
	4a		—	F016	121
	4b		—	F017	121
	4c		—	F018	253
	5		—	F015	225
	6		—	F019	112
	7a		—	F025	112
	7b		—	F026	101
	8		—	F027	84
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex 0302 69 31 and ex 0302 69 33	1		—	F067	972
	2		—	F068	972
	3		—	F069	816
Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex 0302 50 10	1	F073	1 192	F083	861
	2	F074	1 192	F084	861
	3	F075	1 125	F085	662
	4	F076	894	F086	497
	5	F077	629	F087	364
		Boiled in water		Fresh or refrigerated
		Additional Taric code	Extra, Aa	Additional Taric code	Extra, Aa
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 23 10	1	F317	5 035	F321	1 103
	2	F318	1 766	—	—

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

Product	Additional Taric code	Presentation	Reference price(EUR/tonne)
1. Redfish(Sebastes spp.)
		Whole:
ex 0303 79 35 ex 0303 79 37	F411	— with or without head	941
ex 0304 29 35 ex 0304 29 39		Fillets:
	F412	— with bones (‘standard’)	1 914
	F413	— without bones	2 137
	F414	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 239
2. Cod(Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
ex 0303 52 10, ex 0303 52 30, ex 0303 52 90, ex 0303 79 41	F416	Whole, with or without head	1 095
ex 0304 29 29		Fillets:
	F417	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 501
	F418	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	2 717
	F419	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	2 550
	F420	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	2 943
	F421	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 903
ex 0304 99 33	F422	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	1 463
3. Coalfish(Pollachius virens)
ex 0304 29 31		Fillets:
	F424	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 518
	F425	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 722
	F426	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	1 476
	F427	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	1 646
	F428	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	1 786
ex 0304 99 41	F429	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	986
4. Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
ex 0304 29 33		Fillets:
	F431	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 264
	F432	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	2 606
	F433	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	2 537
	F434	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	2 710
	F435	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 960
5. Alaska pollack(Theragra chalcogramma)
		Fillets:
ex 0304 29 85	F441	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 147
	F442	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 324
6. HerringClupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
		Herring flaps
ex 0304 19 97 ex 0304 99 23	F450	— exceeding 80 g. a piece	510
	F450	— exceeding 80 g. a piece	464

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2)

See page 42 of this Official Journal.

(3)

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’.