EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/69

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1570/2007

of 21 December 2007

fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2008 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 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Community 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 Community. The guide prices for the 2008 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2007 (2).

(3) 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 Community withdrawal and selling prices, as referred to in Article 20 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the 2008 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2008 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.

Article 3

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2008 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community 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 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 2007. For the Commission Joe BORG Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1759/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 323, 8.12.2007, p. 1.

ANNEX I Conversion factors for the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 Species Size (1) Conversion factors Gutted fish, with head (1) Whole fish (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Herring of the species Clupea harengus 1 0,00 0,47 2 0,00 0,72 3 0,00 0,68 4a 0,00 0,43 4b 0,00 0,43 4c 0,00 0,90 5 0,00 0,80 6 0,00 0,40 7a 0,00 0,40 7b 0,00 0,36 8 0,00 0,30 Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus 1 0,00 0,51 2 0,00 0,64 3 0,00 0,72 4 0,00 0,47 Dogfish Squalus acanthias 1 0,60 0,60 2 0,51 0,51 3 0,28 0,28 Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp. 1 0,64 0,60 2 0,64 0,56 3 0,44 0,36 Redfish Sebastes spp. 1 0,00 0,81 2 0,00 0,81 3 0,00 0,68 Cod of the species Gadus morhua 1 0,72 0,52 2 0,72 0,52 3 0,68 0,40 4 0,54 0,30 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 0,30 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 0,50 2 0,64 0,48 3 0,60 0,44 4 0,41 0,30 Ling Molva spp. 1 0,68 0,56 2 0,66 0,54 3 0,60 0,48 Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus 1 0,00 0,72 2 0,00 0,71 3 0,00 0,69 Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus 1 0,00 0,77 2 0,00 0,77 3 0,00 0,63 4 0,00 0,47 Anchovies Engraulis spp. 1 0,00 0,68 2 0,00 0,72 3 0,00 0,60 4 0,00 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 0,90 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 0,60 0,56 3 0,54 0,49 4 0,34 0,29 Dab Limanda limanda 1 0,71 0,58 2 0,54 0,42 Flounder Platichthys flesus 1 0,66 0,58 2 0,50 0,42 Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga 1 0,90 0,81 2 0,90 0,77 Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma 1 0,00 0,64 2 0,00 0,64 3 0,00 0,40

Species Size (1) Conversion factor Whole fish Gutted fish, with head (1) Fish without head (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Monkfish Lophius spp. 1 0,61 0,77 2 0,78 0,72 3 0,78 0,68 4 0,65 0,60 5 0,36 0,43 All presentations Extra, A (1) Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon 1 0,59 2 0,27 Cooked in water Fresh or chilled Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis 1 0,77 0,68 2 0,27 — Whole (1) Edible crabs Cancer pagurus 1 0,72 2 0,54 Whole (1) Tails (1) E’ (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus 1 0,86 0,86 0,81 2 0,86 0,59 0,68 3 0,77 0,59 0,50 4 0,50 0,41 0,41 Gutted fish, with head (1) Whole fish (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Sole Solea spp. 1 0,75 0,58 2 0,75 0,58 3 0,71 0,54 4 0,58 0,42 5 0,50 0,33 (1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

ANNEX II Withdrawal and selling prices in the Community of the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 Species Size (1) Withdrawal price (EUR/t) Gutted fish, with head (1) Whole fish (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Herring of the species Clupea harengus 1 0 130 2 0 199 3 0 188 4a 0 119 4b 0 119 4c 0 249 5 0 222 6 0 111 7a 0 111 7b 0 100 8 0 83 Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus 1 0 287 2 0 360 3 0 405 4 0 265 Dogfish Squalus acanthias 1 667 667 2 567 567 3 311 311 Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp. 1 464 435 2 464 406 3 319 261 Redfish Sebastes spp. 1 0 953 2 0 953 3 0 800 Cod of the species Gadus morhua 1 1 186 856 2 1 186 856 3 1 120 659 4 889 494 5 626 362 Coalfish Pollachius virens 1 564 439 2 564 439 3 557 431 4 478 235 Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus 1 747 581 2 747 581 3 644 446 4 540 374 Whiting Merlangius merlangus 1 637 483 2 618 463 3 579 425 4 396 290 Ling Molva spp. 1 826 680 2 801 656 3 728 583 Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus 1 0 235 2 0 231 3 0 225 Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus 1 0 226 2 0 226 3 0 185 4 0 138 Anchovies Engraulis spp. 1 0 880 2 0 932 3 0 776 4 0 324 Plaice Pleuronectes platessa — 1 January to 30 April 2008 1 809 442 2 809 442 3 777 442 4 561 367 — 1 May to 31 December 2008 1 1 124 615 2 1 124 615 3 1 079 615 4 779 510 Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius 1 3 274 2 583 2 2 474 1 928 3 2 474 1 892 4 2 037 1 564 5 1 892 1 492 Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. 1 1 728 1 626 2 1 525 1 423 3 1 372 1 245 4 864 737 Dab Limanda limanda 1 613 501 2 466 362 Flounder Platichtys flesus 1 348 306 2 264 221 Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga 1 2 152 1 754 2 2 152 1 667 Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma 1 0 1 080 2 0 1 080 3 0 675 Whole fish Gutted fish, with head (1) Fish without head (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Monkfish Lophius spp. 1 1 810 4 702 2 2 315 4 397 3 2 315 4 153 4 1 929 3 664 5 1 068 2 626 All presentations Extra, A (1) Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon 1 1 431 2 655 Cooked in water Fresh or chilled Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis 1 5 010 1 092 2 1 757 —

Selling prices (EUR/t) Whole (1) Edible crabs Cancer pagurus 1 1 297 2 973 Whole (1) Tails (1) E’ (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus 1 4 727 4 727 3 553 2 4 727 3 243 2 982 3 4 233 3 243 2 193 4 2 749 2 254 1 798 Gutted fish, with head (1) Whole fish (1) Extra, A (1) Extra, A (1) Sole Solea spp. 1 5 212 4 030 2 5 212 4 030 3 4 934 3 752 4 4 030 2 919 5 3 475 2 293 (1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.