Commission Regulation (EC) No 427/2004 of 4 March 2004 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2004 fishing year
Date: 2004-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 427/2004

of 4 March 2004

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2004 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 pursuant to 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 its Annex I(A) and (B) to Regu-
lation (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 2004 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2004 (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 Regulation
(EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not
those
imported from third countries in insignificant volumes.

for

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for the 2004 fishing year of
fishery
products as provided for in accordance with Article 29 of
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 are set out in the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) See page 14 of this Official Journal.

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

ANNEX (*)

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/tonne)

Herring of
harengus ex 0302 40 00

the

species Clupea

(Sebastes

Redfish
ex 0302 69 31
ex 0302 69 33

spp.)
and

Cod of the species Gadus morhua
ex 0302 50 10

Deepwater
borealis) ex 0306 23 10

prawns

(Pandalus

1

2

3

4a

4b

4c

5

6

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 174

1 174

1 109

881

620

F011

F012

F013

F016

F017

F018

F015

F019

F067

F068

F069

F083

F084

F085

F086

F087

125

192

182

115

115

240

214

107

953

953

800

848

848

652

489

359

F073

F074

F075

F076

F077

Boiled in water

Fresh or refrigerated

Additional
TARIC code

Extra, A (1)

Additional
TARIC code

Extra, A (1)

F317

F318

4 936

1 731

F321

—

1 115

—

(1) The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down in accordance with 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

1. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Whole:

ex 0303 79 35
ex 0303 79 37

ex 0304 20 35
ex 0304 20 37

8

>>>>><
>>>>>:

F411

— with or without head

Fillets:

F412

— with bones (‘standard’)

F413

— without bones

F414

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

2 263

than 4 kg

(*) 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’.

Reference
price
(EUR/tonne)

941

1 896

2 139

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Product

Additional
TARIC code

Presentation

Reference
price
(EUR/tonne)

2. Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac
and Gadus macrocephalus) and fish
of the species Boreogadus saida

ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19,
ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41

ex 0304 20 29

ex 0304 90 38

3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 20 31

8

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:

8

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:

F416

Whole, with or without head

1 084

Fillets:

F417

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

2 428

(‘standard’)

F418

— interleaved or

in industrial blocks, without

2 746

bones

F419

F420

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

2 602

2 973

skin

F421

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

2 932

than 4 kg

F422

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

1 378

Fillets:

F424

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

1 518

(‘standard’)

F425

— interleaved or

in industrial blocks, without

1 672

bones

F426

F427

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

1 476

1 715

skin

F428

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

1 769

than 4 kg

ex 0304 90 38

F429

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

987

4. Haddock (Melanogrammus aegle-

Fillets:

finus)

ex 0304 20 33

8

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:

F431

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

2 310

(‘standard’)

F432

— interleaved or

in industrial blocks, without

2 686

bones

F433

F434

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without

2 537

2 794

skin

F435

— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more

2 960

than 4 kg

5. Alaska pollack (Theragra chalco-

Fillets:

gramma)

ex 0304 20 85

F441

— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones

1 159

(‘standard’)

F442

— interleaved or

in industrial blocks, without

1 324

bones

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