Commission Regulation (EC) No 425/2004 of 4 March 2004 fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2004 fishing year
Date: 2004-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, selling price, withdrawal price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 425/2004

of 4 March 2004

fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2004 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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
20(3) and Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Com-
munity withdrawal and selling prices for each of the
products listed in Annex I thereto are to be fixed on the
basis of the freshness, size or weight and presentation of
the product by applying the conversion factor for the
product category concerned to an amount not more
than 90 % of the relevant guide price.

The withdrawal prices may be multiplied by adjustment
factors in landing areas which are very distant from
main centres of consumption in the Community. The
guide prices for the 2004 fishing year were fixed for all
the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No
2326/2003 (2).

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

Article 1

The conversion factors used for calculating the Community
withdrawal and selling prices for the 2004 fishing year for the
products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 are
set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for
the 2004 fishing year and the products to which they relate are
set out in Annex II.

Article 3

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2004 fishing year in
landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of
consumption in the Community and the products to which
those prices relate are set out in Annex III.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

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) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 27.

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Conversion factors for the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

ANNEX I

Species

Size (1)

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

Conversion factors

Herring of the species Clupea harengus

Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)

Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Cod of the species Gadus morhua

Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Ling (Molva spp.)

Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus

Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus

1
2
3
4a
4b
4c
5
6

1
2
3
4

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3
4

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,60
0,51
0,28

0,64
0,64
0,44

0,00
0,00
0,00

0,72
0,72
0,68
0,54
0,38

0,72
0,72
0,71
0,61

0,72
0,72
0,62
0,52

0,66
0,64
0,60
0,41

0,68
0,66
0,60

0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,47
0,72
0,68
0,43
0,43
0,90
0,80
0,40

0,51
0,64
0,72
0,47

0,60
0,51
0,28

0,60
0,56
0,36

0,81
0,81
0,68

0,52
0,52
0,40
0,30
0,22

0,56
0,56
0,55
0,30

0,56
0,56
0,43
0,36

0,50
0,48
0,44
0,30

0,56
0,54
0,48

0,72
0,71
0,69

0,77
0,77
0,63
0,47

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Species

Size (1)

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

Conversion factors

Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius

Megrims (Lepidorhombus spp.)

Dab (Limanda limanda)

Flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Albacore or longfinned tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

Cuttlefishes (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)

Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon

Deep-water prawns (Pandalus borealis)

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

1

2

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,75

0,75

0,72

0,52

0,90

0,68

0,68

0,56

0,52

0,68

0,60

0,54

0,34

0,71

0,54

0,66

0,50

0,90

0,90

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,68

0,72

0,60

0,25

0,41

0,41

0,41

0,34

0,71

0,53

0,52

0,43

0,41

0,64

0,56

0,49

0,29

0,58

0,42

0,58

0,42

0,81

0,77

0,64

0,64

0,40

Whole fish, gutted fish,
with head (1)

Fish without head (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

0,61

0,78

0,78

0,65

0,36

0,77

0,72

0,68

0,60

0,43

All presentations

Extra, A (1)

0,59

0,27

Cooked in water

Fresh or chilled

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

0,77

0,27

0,68

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Species

Size (1)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Sole (Solea spp.)

1
2

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4
5

Conversion factor

Whole (1)

0,72
0,54

Whole (1)

Tails (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

0,86
0,59
0,59
0,41

0,81
0,68
0,50
0,41

E (1)

0,86
0,86
0,77
0,50

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

0,75
0,75
0,71
0,58
0,50

0,58
0,58
0,54
0,42
0,33

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

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Withdrawal and selling prices in the Community of the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

ANNEX II

Species

Size (1)

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole fish

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

Withdrawal price (EUR/t)

Herring of the species Clupea harengus

Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)

Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Cod of the species Gadus morhua

Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Ling (Molva spp.)

Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus

Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus

1
2
3
4a
4b
4c
5
6

1
2
3
4

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3
4

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

667
567
311

486
486
334

0
0
0

1 174
1 174
1 109
881
620

552
552
544
467

719
719
619
519

609
591
554
378

826
801
728

0
0
0

0
0
0
0

125
192
182
115
115
240
214
107

296
372
418
273

667
567
311

455
425
273

953
953
800

848
848
652
489
359

429
429
421
230

559
559
429
359

462
443
406
277

680
656
583

222
219
213

239
239
196
146

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Species

Size (1)

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole fish

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

Withdrawal price (EUR/t)

Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

— 1 January to 30 April 2004

— 1 May to 31 December 2004

Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius

Megrims (Lepidorhombus spp.)

Dab (Limanda limanda)

Flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Albacore or longfinned tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

Cuttlefishes (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)

Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon

Deep-water prawns (Pandalus borealis)

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4
5

1
2
3
4

1
2

1
2

1
2

1
2
3

1
2
3
4
5

1
2

1
2

0
0
0
0

809
809
777
561

1 124
1 124
1 079
779

3 358
2 537
2 537
2 089
1 940

1 661
1 465
1 319
830

623
474

350
265

2 264
2 264

0
0
0

847
896
747
311

442
442
442
367

615
615
615
510

2 649
1 977
1 940
1 604
1 530

1 563
1 368
1 197
708

509
368

307
223

1 835
1 744

1 048
1 048
655

Whole fish, gutted fish,
with head (1)

Fish without head (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

1 785
2 282
2 282
1 902
1 053

4 541
4 247
4 011
3 539
2 536

All presentations

Extra, A (1)

1 411
646

Cooked in water

Fresh or chilled

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

4 936
1 731

1 115
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Species

Whole (1)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Sole (Solea spp.)

1
2

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4
5

Selling prices (EUR/t)

Whole

1 272
954

Whole

Tails (1)

E (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

4 590
4 590
4 109
2 669

4 590
3 149
3 149
2 188

3 466
2 910
2 140
1 754

Gutted fish, with
head (1)

Whole (1) fish

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

5 061
5 061
4 791
3 914
3 374

3 914
3 914
3 644
2 834
2 227

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

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Withdrawal prices in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption

ANNEX III

Species

Landing area

Withdrawal price (in EUR/tonne)

Conversion
factor

Size (1)

Gutted fish,
with head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Extra, A (1)

Extra, A (1)

Herring of the species
Clupea harengus

Coastal regions and islands of Ireland

0,90

Coastal regions of eastern England from Berwick to Dover

Coastal regions of Scotland from Portpatrick to Eyemouth
and the islands located west and north of those regions

0,90

Coastal regions of County Down (Northern Ireland)

Mackerel of the species
Scomber scombrus

Coastal regions and islands of Ireland

Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the
United Kingdom

Hake of the species
Merluccius merluccius

Coastal regions from Troon (in south-western Scotland) to
Wick (in north-eastern Scotland) and the islands located west
and north of those regions

Albacore or longfinned
tuna
(Thunnus alalunga)

Islands of the Azores and Maderia

Sardines of the species
Sardina pilchardus

Canary Islands

Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the
United Kingdom

Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal

0,96

0,95

0,75

0,48

0,48

0,74

0,93

0,81

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1

2

3

4a

1

2

3

4a

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 518

1 903

1 903

1 567

1 455

1 086

1 086

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

113

173

163

103

113

173

163

103

213

210

204

211

208

202

1 987

1 483

1 455

1 203

1 147

881

837

142

178

201

131

219

275

310

202

346

339

(1) The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.