Council Regulation (EC) No 2346/2002 of 19 December 2002 fixing for the 2003 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU production, common price policy, fishery product, guide price, producer price

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2346/2002

of 19 December 2002

fixing for the 2003 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain
fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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
18(3) and Article 26(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 18(1) and Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No
104/2000 provide that a guide price and a Community
producer price should be fixed for each fishing year in
order to determine price levels for intervention on the
market for certain fisheries products.

Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires
the guide price to be fixed for each of the products and
groups of products listed in Annexes I and II to that
Regulation.

On the basis of the data currently available on the prices
for the products concerned and the criteria referred to in
Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the guide
prices should be increased, maintained or reduced for
the 2003 fishing year depending on the species.

Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires
the Community producer price to be fixed for each of
the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation. It is,
however, sufficient to establish the Community producer
price for only one of the products listed in Annex III to
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 since the prices for the

other products may be calculated by means of
the
conversion factors established by Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3510/82 of 23 December 1982 (2).

On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and
second indent of Article 18(2) and in Article 26(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer
price for the 2003 fishing year should be increased.

Given the urgency of the matter, it is important to grant
an exception to the six-week period mentioned in para-
graph 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parlia-
ments of the European Union annexed to the Treaty of
Amsterdam,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2003, the
guide prices as provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 104/2000 shall be as set out in the Annex I to this Regula-
tion.

Article 2

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2003, the
Community 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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

For the Council

The President

L. ESPERSEN

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

(2) OJ L 368, 28.12.1982, p. 27. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 3899/92 (OJ L 392, 31.12.1992, p. 24).

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Annexes

Species
Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/
2000

Commercial presentation

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

ANNEX I

I

1. Herring of the species Clupea harengus

Whole fish

2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

Whole fish

3. Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

4. Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Whole fish

6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

7. Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

10. Ling (Molva spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus

Whole fish

12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus

Whole fish

13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)

Whole fish

14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2002 to
30.4.2002

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2002 to
31.12.2002

15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

17. Dab (Limanda limanda)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

18. Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)

Whole fish

Gutted fish with head

20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)

Whole

21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon

Simply boiled in water

23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)

Simply boiled in water

Without head

24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)

25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Fresh or chilled

Whole

Whole

Tails

26. Sole (Solea spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

268

572

1 112

782

1 189

1 631

806

1 062

952

1 226

303

321

1 215

1 063

1 462

3 750

2 406

923

552

2 232

2 502

1 637

2 897

5 928

2 478

6 678

1 690

1 766

5 337

4 366

6 648

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Annexes

Species
Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/
2000

Commercial presentation

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

II

1. Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

Frozen,
products

in original packages containing the same

1 996

2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

Frozen, whole,
same products

Frozen,
same products

filleted,

in original packages containing the

1 271

in original packages containing the

1 530

3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)

Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the
same products

1 635

4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Frozen, whole,
same products

in original packages containing the

4 060

5. Cuttlefish (Sepia
(Sepiola rondeletti)

officinalis)

(Rossia macrosoma)

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)

7. Squid (Loligo spp.)

8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)

9. Illex argentinus

10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae

— Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostris

— Other species of the family Penaeidae

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

Frozen,
products

in original packages containing the same

1 986

in original packages containing the same

2 057

in original packages containing the same

1 156

in original packages containing the same

961

in original packages containing the same

848

in original packages containing the same

4 160

in original packages containing the same

7 982

ANNEX II

Species
Products listed in Annex III to Regulation
(EC) No 104/2000

Commercial specifications

Community producer price
(EUR/tonne)

Yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Whole, weighing more than 10 kg
each

1 207

The Community producer prices for the other products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be
determined by means of the conversion factors referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82.