Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 197/2012
of 8 March 2012
fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2012 fishing year

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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, and in particular Article 29(1) and (5) thereof,
OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the Union 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 Union withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2012 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EU) No 198/2012.
See page 19 of this Official Journal.
(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) In order to allow a swift application of the reference prices in the year 2012, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(7) 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 The reference prices for the 2012 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 March 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
ANNEX

1. Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Species	Size The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Reference price(EUR/tonne)			
		Gutted with head		Whole fish	
		Additional TARIC code	Extra, A	Additional TARIC code	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex 0302 41 00	1		—	F011	133
	2		—	F012	203
	3		—	F013	192
	4a		—	F016	121
	4b		—	F017	121
	4c		—	F018	254
	5		—	F015	226
	6		—	F019	113
	7a		—	F025	113
	7b		—	F026	102
	8		—	F027	85
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex 0302 89 31 and ex 0302 89 39	1		—	F067	996
	2		—	F068	996
	3		—	F069	836
Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex 0302 51 10	1	F073	1 161	F083	839
	2	F074	1 161	F084	839
	3	F075	1 097	F085	645
	4	F076	871	F086	484
	5	F077	613	F087	355
		Boiled in water		Fresh or refrigerated	
		Additional TARIC code	Extra, A	Additional TARIC code	Extra, A
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 26 90	1	F317	5 288	F321	1 114
	2	F318	1 854	—	—

2. Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Product	Additional TARIC code	Presentation	Reference price(EUR/tonne)
1. Redfish(Sebastes spp.)
		Whole:	
ex 0303 89 31 ex 0303 89 39	F411	— with or without head	998
ex 0304 89 21 ex 0304 89 29		Fillets:	
	F412	— with bones (‘standard’)	2 011
	F413	— without bones	2 136
	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 63 10, ex 0303 63 30, ex 0303 63 90, ex 0303 69 10	F416	Whole, with or without head	1 095
ex 0304 71 90 ex 0304 79 10		Fillets:	
	F417	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 451
	F418	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	2 716
	F419	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	2 574
	F420	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	2 972
	F421	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 990
ex 0304 95 25	F422	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	1 448
3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
ex 0304 73 00		Fillets:	
	F424	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 611
	F425	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 688
	F426	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	1 476
	F427	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	1 713
	F428	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	1 895
ex 0304 95 40	F429	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	976
4. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
ex 0304 72 00		Fillets:	
	F431	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 241
	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	2 682
	F435	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 988
5. Alaska pollack(Theragra chalcogramma)
		Fillets:	
ex 0304 75 00	F441	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 170
	F442	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 298
6. Herring(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
		Herring flaps:	
ex 0304 59 50 ex 0304 99 23	F450	— exceeding 80 g a piece	510
	F450	— exceeding 80 g a piece	464