Commission Regulation (EC) No 2260/2004 of 28 December 2004 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2005 fishing year

of 28 December 2004

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2005 fishing year

Preamble

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) For the products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price is the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2005 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2258/2004 of the Commission ² .

(4) The reference price for products other than those listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 is established 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 all the species covered by the criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not for those 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

The reference prices for the 2005 fishing year of fishery products as provided for in accordance with 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 .

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 December 2004. For the Commission Joe BORG Member of the Commission

¹ OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22 .

² See page 5 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

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

Additional Taric code	Extra, A ¹	Additional Taric code	Extra, A ¹
Deepwater prawns ( Pandalus borealis ) ex 0306 23 10	1	F317	4 863	F321	1 092
2	F318	1 705	—	—

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

Product	Additional Taric code	Presentation	Reference price (EUR/tonne)
1. Redfish
		Whole:
ex 0303 79 35 ex 0303 79 37	F411	—: with or without head	932
ex 0304 20 35 ex 0304 20 37		Fillets:
F412	—: with bones (‘standard’)	1 915
F413	—: without bones	2 096
F414	—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 240
2. Cod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus ) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
ex 0303 60 11 , ex 0303 60 19 , ex 0303 60 90 , ex 0303 79 41	F416	Whole, with or without head	1 084
ex 0304 20 29		Fillets:
F417	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 428
F418	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	2 691
F419	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	2 602
F420	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	3 003
F421	—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 932
ex 0304 90 38	F422	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	1 392
3. Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
ex 0304 20 31		Fillets:
F424	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 488
F425	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 639
F426	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	1 476
F427	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	1 681
F428	—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	1 751
ex 0304 90 38	F429	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	967
4. Haddock
ex 0304 20 33		Fillets:
F431	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 264
F432	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	2 659
F433	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	2 512
F434	—: individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	2 738
F435	—: blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 960
5. Alaska pollack
		Fillets:
ex 0304 20 85	F441	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 147
F442	—: interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 298
6. Herring
		Herring flaps
ex 0304 10 97 ex 0304 90 22	F450	—: exceeding 80 g a piece	505
F450	—: exceeding 80 g a piece	455

The additional code to be mentioned for all categories other than those explicitly referred to in point 1 and 2 of the Annex is ‘ F499: Other’.

¹ The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵
See page 5 of this Official Journal. ↩ ↩²