http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/198Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 198/2012 of 8 March 2012 fixing the Union withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2012 fishing yearCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 198/2012Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 198/2012 of 8 March 2012 fixing the Union withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2012 fishing year2020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0198texttext/xmlen2012-03-08

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 198/2012

of 8 March 2012

fixing the Union withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 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

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

, and in particular Article 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Union withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed in Annex I thereto are to be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.

(2)

The withdrawal prices may be multiplied by adjustment factors in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Union. The guide prices for the 2012 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2011

OJ L 346, 30.12.2011, p. 1.

(3)

In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2012, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2012.

(4)

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 conversion factors used for calculating the Union withdrawal and selling prices, as referred to in Articles 20 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the 2012 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Union withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2012 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.

Article 3

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2012 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Union, the adjustment factors used for calculating those prices and the products to which those prices relate are set out in Annex III.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

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 IConversion factors for the products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species	Size The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Conversion factors
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	1	0,0	0,47
	2	0,0	0,72
	3	0,0	0,68
	4a	0,0	0,43
	4b	0,0	0,43
	4c	0,0	0,9
	5	0,0	0,8
	6	0,0	0,4
	7a	0,0	0,4
	7b	0,0	0,36
	8	0,0	0,3
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	1	0,0	0,51
	2	0,0	0,64
	3	0,0	0,72
	4	0,0	0,47
Dogfish Squalus acanthias	1	0,6	0,6
	2	0,51	0,51
	3	0,28	0,28
Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp.	1	0,64	0,6
	2	0,64	0,56
	3	0,44	0,36
Redfish Sebastes spp.	1	0,0	0,81
	2	0,0	0,81
	3	0,0	0,68
Cod of the species Gadus morhua	1	0,72	0,52
	2	0,72	0,52
	3	0,68	0,4
	4	0,54	0,3
	5	0,38	0,22
Coalfish Pollachius virens	1	0,72	0,56
	2	0,72	0,56
	3	0,71	0,55
	4	0,61	0,3
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1	0,72	0,56
	2	0,72	0,56
	3	0,62	0,43
	4	0,52	0,36
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	1	0,66	0,5
	2	0,64	0,48
	3	0,6	0,44
	4	0,41	0,3
Ling Molva spp.	1	0,68	0,56
	2	0,66	0,54
	3	0,6	0,48
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	1	0,0	0,72
	2	0,0	0,71
	3	0,0	0,69
Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0,0	0,77
	2	0,0	0,77
	3	0,0	0,63
	4	0,0	0,47
Anchovies Engraulis spp.	1	0,0	0,68
	2	0,0	0,72
	3	0,0	0,6
	4	0,0	0,25
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa	1	0,75	0,41
	2	0,75	0,41
	3	0,72	0,41
	4	0,52	0,34
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	1	0,9	0,71
	2	0,68	0,53
	3	0,68	0,52
	4	0,56	0,43
	5	0,52	0,41
Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.	1	0,68	0,64
	2	0,6	0,56
	3	0,54	0,49
	4	0,34	0,29
Dab Limanda limanda	1	0,71	0,58
Dab Limanda limanda	2	0,54	0,42
Flounder Platichthys flesus	1	0,66	0,58
Flounder Platichthys flesus	2	0,5	0,42
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	1	0,9	0,81
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	2	0,9	0,77
Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma	1	0,0	0,64
	2	0,0	0,64
	3	0,0	0,4

Species	Size The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Conversion factor
		Whole fish	Fish without head
		Gutted fish, with head
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Monkfish Lophius spp.	1	0,61	0,77
	2	0,78	0,72
	3	0,78	0,68
	4	0,65	0,6
	5	0,36	0,43
		All presentations
		Extra, A
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	1	0,59
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	2	0,27
		Cooked in water	Fresh or chilled
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	0,77	0,68
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	0,27	—
		Whole
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	0,72
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	0,54
		Whole		Tails
		E’	Extra, A	Extra, A
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	1	0,86	0,86	0,81
	2	0,86	0,59	0,68
	3	0,77	0,59	0,5
	4	0,5	0,41	0,41
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Sole Solea spp.	1	0,75	0,58
	2	0,75	0,58
	3	0,71	0,54
	4	0,58	0,42
	5	0,5	0,33

ANNEX IIWithdrawal and selling prices in the Union of the products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species	Size The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Withdrawal price (EUR/t)
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	1	0	133
	2	0	203
	3	0	192
	4a	0	121
	4b	0	121
	4c	0	254
	5	0	226
	6	0	113
	7a	0	113
	7b	0	102
	8	0	85
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	1	0	293
	2	0	367
	3	0	413
	4	0	270
Dogfish Squalus acanthias	1	674	674
	2	573	573
	3	314	314
Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp.	1	455	427
	2	455	398
	3	313	256
Redfish Sebastes spp.	1	0	996
	2	0	996
	3	0	836
Cod of the species Gadus morhua	1	1 161	839
	2	1 161	839
	3	1 097	645
	4	871	484
	5	613	355
Coalfish Pollachius virens	1	593	461
	2	593	461
	3	584	453
	4	502	247
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1	702	546
	2	702	546
	3	605	419
	4	507	351
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	1	595	451
	2	577	433
	3	541	397
	4	370	271
Ling Molva spp.	1	800	659
	2	776	635
	3	706	564
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	1	0	236
	2	0	233
	3	0	226
Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0	226
	2	0	226
	3	0	185
	4	0	138
Anchovies Engraulis spp.	1	0	862
	2	0	913
	3	0	761
	4	0	317
PlaicePleuronectes platessa
— 1 January to 30 April 2012	1	758	415
	2	758	415
	3	728	415
	4	526	344
— 1 May to 31 December 2012	1	1 048	573
	2	1 048	573
	3	1 006	573
	4	726	475
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	1	2 912	2 297
	2	2 200	1 715
	3	2 200	1 682
	4	1 812	1 391
	5	1 682	1 326
Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.	1	1 608	1 514
	2	1 419	1 324
	3	1 277	1 159
	4	804	686
Dab Limanda limanda	1	562	459
Dab Limanda limanda	2	427	332
Flounder Platichtys flesus	1	325	286
Flounder Platichtys flesus	2	247	207
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	1	2 149	1 898
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	2	2 149	1 804
Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma	1	0	1 163
	2	0	1 163
	3	0	727
		Whole fish	Fish without head
		Gutted fish, with head
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Monkfish Lophius spp.	1	1 756	4 585
	2	2 246	4 288
	3	2 246	4 049
	4	1 871	3 573
	5	1 036	2 561
		All presentations
		Extra, A
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	1	1 401
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	2	641
		Cooked in water	Fresh or chilled
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	5 288	1 114
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	1 854	—

Species	Size The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Selling prices (EUR/t)
Species		Whole
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	1 219
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	914
		Whole		Tails
		E’	Extra, A	Extra, A
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	1	4 469	4 469	3 272
	2	4 469	3 066	2 747
	3	4 001	3 066	2 020
	4	2 598	2 130	1 656
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Sole Solea spp.	1	5 183	4 008
	2	5 183	4 008
	3	4 907	3 732
	4	4 008	2 903
	5	3 456	2 281

ANNEX IIIWithdrawal prices in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption

Species	Landing area	Adjustment Factor	Size The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.	Withdrawal price (in EUR/tonne)
				Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
				Extra, A	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,9	1	0	119
			2	0	183
			3	0	173
			4a	0	109
	Coastal regions of Eastern England from Berwick to Dover Coastal regions of Scotland from Portpatrick to Eyemouth and the islands located West and North of those regions Coastal regions of County Down (Northern Ireland)	0,9	1	0	119
			2	0	183
			3	0	173
			4a	0	109
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,96	1	0	227
			2	0	224
			3	0	217
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,95	1	0	224
			2	0	221
			3	0	215
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	Coastal regions from Troon (in South-Western Scotland) to Wick (in North-Eastern Scotland) and the Islands located West and North of those regions	0,75	1	2 184	1 723
			2	1 650	1 286
			3	1 650	1 262
			4	1 359	1 043
			5	1 262	995
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	1	1 032	911
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	2	1 032	866
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	Canary Islands	0,48	1	0	141
			2	0	176
			3	0	198
			4	0	129
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,74	1	0	217
			2	0	272
			3	0	306
			4	0	200
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,93	2	0	342
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,81	3	0	335