Council Regulation (EC) No 2326/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for the fishing year 2004 the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2003-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, fixing of prices, guide price, producer price

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2326/2003
of 19 December 2003
fixing for the fishing year 2004 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)

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 2004 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 in the European Union annexed to the Treaty of
Amsterdam,

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 fishing year 2004 depending on the species.

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 estab-
lished by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82 (2).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 2004, 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 Regulation.

Article 2

For the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 2004, the Com-
munity 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 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2003.

For the Council
The President
G. ALEMANNO

(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 1.1.2004 to
30.4.2004

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2004 to
31.12.2004

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

267

581

1 112

759

1 177

1 631

766

998

923

1 214

308

311

1 245

1 079

1 499

3 731

2 442

877

530

2 265

2 515

1 637

2 926

5 898

2 391

6 411

1 639

1 766

5 337

4 279

6 748

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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

1 956

2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

Frozen, whole,
same products

Frozen, filleted,
same products

in original packages containing the

1 258

in original packages containing the

1 499

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

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

1 586

4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Frozen, whole,
same products

in original packages containing the

4 019

5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

(Rossia macrosoma)

(Sepiola rondeletti)

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

ANNEX II

in original packages containing the same

2 006

in original packages containing the same

2 119

in original packages containing the same

1 168

in original packages containing the same

in original packages containing the same

961

848

in original packages containing the same

4 035

in original packages containing the same

8 142

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

Commercial specifications

Community producer price
(EUR/tonne)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Whole, weighing more than 10 kg each

1 219

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.