Commission Regulation (EC) No 2354/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing the reference prices for a number of fishery products for the 2003 fishing year
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2354/2002

of 20 December 2002

fixing the reference prices for a number of fishery products for the 2003 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
29(1) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

For the products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) to Regula-
tion (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price is the same
as 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 2003 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2352/2002 (2).

(4)

(5)

(6)

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
in the three years immediately
preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed.

import

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 from third countries in insignificant
volumes.

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 2003 fishing year of
fishery
products listed in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) See page 29 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX (*)

1. Reference prices for products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of 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)

Herring of the species
Clupea harengus
ex 0302 40 00

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

Cod of the species Gadus morhua
ex 0302 50 10

Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis)
ex 0306 23 10

1
2
3
4a
4b
4c
5
6

1
2
3

1
2
3
4
5

1
2

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

F073
F074
F075
F076
F077

1 174
1 174
1 109
881
620

F011
F012
F013
F016
F017
F018
F015
F019

F067
F068
F069

F083
F084
F085
F086
F087

126
193
182
115
115
241
214
107

963
963
809

848
848
652
489
359

Boiled in water

Fresh or refrigerated

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

Additional TARIC
code

Extra, A (1)

F317
F318

5 142
1 803

F321
—

1 149
—

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

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

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

951

1 896
2 161
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

2 746

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

2 602
2 944

skin

ex 0304 90 38

F422

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

1 406

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

1 518

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

1 672

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

1 476
1 698

skin

F428

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

1 769

than 4 kg

ex 0304 90 41

F429

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

987

4. Haddock
aeglefinus)

(Melanogrammus

Fillets:

ex 0304 20 33

F431

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

2 333

F432

F433
F434

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

2 686

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

2 537
2 822

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

1 148

F442

(‘standard’)
— interleaved or

bones

in industrial blocks, without

1 324

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
455