Commission Regulation (EC) No 2353/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing the selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2003 fishing year
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, selling price

28.12.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2353/2002

of 20 December 2002

fixing the selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No
104/2000 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
25(1) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A Community selling price is to be fixed for each of the
products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/
2000 before the beginning of the fishing year, at a level
at least equal to 70 % and not exceeding 90 % of the
guide price.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2563/2002 (2)
guide prices for the fishing year 2003 for all
products concerned.

fixes the
the

Market prices vary considerably depending on the
species and how the products are presented, particularly
in the case of squid and hake.

(4)

(5)

therefore be fixed for

Conversion factors must
the
different species and presentations of frozen products
landed in the Community in order to determine the
price level
that will trigger the intervention measure
provided for in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/
2000.

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 Community selling prices applicable during the 2003
fishing year for the products listed in Annex II to Regulation
(EC) No 104/2000 and the presentations and conversion
factors to which they relate are set out 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 3 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Species

Presentation

Conversion factor

Intervention level

Selling price
(EUR/t)

Greenland halibut
(Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

Whole, with or without
head

Hake
(Merluccius spp.)

Whole, with or without
head
Individual fillets
— with skin
— skinless

Sea bream
(Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)

Whole, with or without
head

Swordfish
(Xiphias gladius)

Whole, with or without
head

Shrimps and prawns
Penaeidae

(a) Parapenaeus Longirostris
(b) Other Penaeidae

Frozen

Cuttlefish
(Sepia officinalis, Rossia macro-
soma and Sepiola rondeletti)

Frozen

Squid
(Loligo spp.)
(a) Loligo patagonica

(b) Loligo vulgaris

Octopus
(Octopus spp.)

Illex argentinus

— Whole, not cleaned
— Cleaned

— Whole, not cleaned
— Cleaned

Frozen

— Whole, not cleaned
— Tube

1,0

1,0

1,0
1,1

1,0

1,0

1,0
1,0

1,0

1,00
1,20

2,50
2,90

1,00

1,00
1,70

Forms of commercial presentation:
— whole, not cleaned: product which has not undergone any treatment,
— cleaned: product which has at least been gutted,
— tube: squid body which has at least been gutted and had the head removed.

0,85

0,85

0,85
0,85

0,85

0,85

0,85
0,85

0,85

0,85
0,85

0,85
0,85

0,85

0,80
0,80

1 697

1 080

1 301
1 431

1 390

3 451

3 536
6 785

1 688

983
1 179

2 457
2 850

1 748

678
1 153