http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2011/1388

Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2011

of 16 December 2011

fixing for the 2012 fishing year the guide prices and Union producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 43(3) of the Treaty provides that the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt measures on the fixing of prices.

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products1 requires that guide prices and Union producer prices for each fishing year be fixed in order to determine price levels for intervention on the market for certain fisheries products.

(3)

It is incumbent upon the Council to fix the guide prices for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and the Union producer prices for the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation.

(4)

On the basis of the data currently available on the prices for the products concerned and the criteria laid down in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the guide prices should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2012 fishing year depending on the species.

(5)

It is appropriate to establish the Union producer price for one of the products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and to calculate the Union producer prices 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 Euthynnus2.

(6)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 18(2) and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Union producer price for the 2012 fishing year should be fixed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2012, 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 2

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2012, the Union 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 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2012.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. Sawicki

ANNEX I

Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Annexes	Species	Commercial presentation	Guide price(EUR/tonne)
I	1. Herring of the species Clupea harengus	Whole fish	282
	2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	Whole fish	574
	3. Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 123
	4. Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	711
	5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)	Whole fish	1 230
	6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 613
	7. Saithe (Pollachius virens)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	823
	8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	975
	9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	902
	10. Ling (Molva spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 176
	11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	Whole fish	328
	12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	Whole fish	294
	13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)	Whole fish	1 268
	14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2012 to 30.4.2012	1 011
	14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2012 to 31.12.2012	1 397
	15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	3 235
	16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	2 365
	17. Dab (Limanda limanda)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	791
	18. Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	493
	19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)	Whole fish	2 343
	19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)	Gutted fish with head	2 388
	20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)	Whole	1 817
	21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	2 879
	21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)	Without head	5 955
	22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon	Simply boiled in water	2 375
	23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)	Simply boiled in water	6 868
	23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)	Fresh or chilled	1 638
	24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)	Whole	1 693
	25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	Whole	5 196
	25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	Tails	4 039
	26. Sole (Solea spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	6 911
II	1. Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 954
	2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.	Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products	1 257
	2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.	Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products	1 528
	3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)	Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products	1 461
	4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)	Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products	4 139
	5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 963
	6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	2 226
	7. Squid (Loligo spp.)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 191
	8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	961
	9. Illex argentinus	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	899
	10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae
	— Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostris	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	4 153
	— Other species of the family Penaeidae	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	7 813

ANNEX II

Products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species	Weight	Commercial specifications	Union producer price(EUR/tonne)
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	weighing more than 10 kg each	Whole	1 224
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
	weighing not more than 10 kg each	Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)	weighing more than 10 kg each	Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
	weighing not more than 10 kg each	Whole
		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 Euthynnus		Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other

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Article 3

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ANNEX II