Commission Regulation (EC) No 2904/2000 of 21 December 2000 fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 2001 fishing year
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2904/2000

of 21 December 2000

fixing the reference prices for fishery products for the 2001 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 29(1) of 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)
or 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.

Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 lays
down that, for the products listed in its Annex I, Parts A
and B, the reference price is equal to the withdrawal
price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that
Regulation.

The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the
products concerned are fixed for the 2001 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2902/2000 (2).

Under the terms of 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 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 preceding three
years immediately preceding the date on which the refer-
ence price is fixed.

There is no need to fix reference prices for all the species
covered by the criteria laid down in Article 29(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not for
those imported in insignificant volumes from third
countries.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fishery Products,

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for fishery products for the 2001 fishing
year shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) See page 39 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX (*)

1. Reference prices for certain products listed in Parts A and B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species

Size (1)

Gutted with head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

Reference price (EUR/t)

the

of

Herring
harengus
ex 0302 40 00

species Clupea

Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
ex 0302 69 31 and ex 0302 69 33

Cod of the species Gadus morhua
ex 0302 50 10

prawns

Deepwater
borealis)
ex 0306 23 10

(Pandalus

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3

1
2
3
4
5

1

2

F001
F002
F003
F004
F005

F073
F074
F075
F076
F077

0
0
0
0
0

—
—
—

1 123
1 123
1 061
842
593

F011
F012
F013
F014
F015

F067
F068
F069

F083
F084
F085
F086
F087

118
181
171
108
204

935
935
785

811
811
624
468
343

Boiled in water

Fresh or refrigerated

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

F317

F318

5 041

1 768

F321

—

1 161

—

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

2. Reference prices for certain other fishery products

Product

Additional
TARIC code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/t)

1. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

ex 0303 79 35
ex 0303 79 37

ex 0304 20 35
ex 0304 20 37

F411

F412
F413
F414

Whole:
— with or without head

Fillets:
— with bones (‘standard’)
— without bones
— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

than 4 kg

942

1 877
2 119
2 263

(*) The additional code to be mentioned for all categories other than those explicitly referred to in Points 1 and 2 of the Annex is

‘F499: Other’.

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Product

Additional
TARIC code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/t)

2. Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac
and Gadus marcrocephalus) 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

ex 0304 20 29

F417

F418

F419
F420

1 095

2 404

Fillets:
— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

2 719

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin
— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

2 576
2 944

skin

ex 0304 90 38

F422

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

1 392

F421

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

2 903

than 4 kg

3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 20 31

F424

F425

F426
F427

Fillets:
— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

1 503

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

1 639

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin
— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

1 491
1 682

skin

F428

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

1 734

than 4 kg

ex 0304 90 41

F429

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

997

4. Haddock
aeglefinus)

(Melanogrammus

Fillets:

ex 0304 20 33

F431

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

2 264

F432

F433
F434

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

2 659

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin
— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

2 512
2 794

skin

F435

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

2 960

than 4 kg

5. Alaska

pollack

(Theragra

Fillets:

chalcogramma)
ex 0304 20 85

F441

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

1 137

F442

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

1 311

6. Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea

Herring flaps:

pallasii)
ex 0304 10 97
ex 0304 90 22

F450
F450

— exceeding 80 g a piece
— exceeding 80 g a piece

500
450