EN Official Journal of the European Union L 352/6

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1242/2012

of 18 December 2012

fixing for the 2013 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 products (1) 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 2013 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 Euthynnus (2).

(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 2013 fishing year should be fixed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2013, 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 2013, 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 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2012. For the Council The President S. ALETRARIS

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 15.

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 289 2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus Whole fish 588 3. Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Whole fish or Gutted fish with head 1 157 4. Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.) Whole fish or Gutted fish with head 704 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 827 8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 975 9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 907 10. Ling (Molva spp.) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 1 176 11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus Whole fish 336 12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus Whole fish 294 13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.) Whole fish 1 287 14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2013 to 30.4.2013 1 016 Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2013 to 31.12.2013 1 404 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 2 389 17. Dab (Limanda limanda) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 795 18. Common flounder (Platichthys flesus) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 505 19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) Whole fish 2 343 Gutted fish with head 2 388 20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma) Whole 1 826 21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.) Whole fish or gutted fish with head 2 893 Without head 6 015 22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon Simply boiled in water 2 446 23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Simply boiled in water 7 005 Fresh or chilled 1 638 24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) Whole 1 718 25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) Whole 5 222 Tails 4 160 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 1 974 2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp. Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products 1 270 Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products 1 513 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 4 098 5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti) Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 2 002 6. Octopus (Octopus spp.) Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 2 293 7. Squid (Loligo spp.) Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 1 203 8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus) Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 961 9. Illex argentinus Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 886 10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae — Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostris — Other species of the family Penaeidae Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 4 070 Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 7 813