Commission Regulation (EC) No 428/2004 of 4 March 2004 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2004 fishing year
Date: 2004-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, fishery product

9.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 70/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 428/2004

of 4 March 2004

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid 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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2814/2000
of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the
grant of carry-over aid for certain fishery products (2), and in
particular Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001 of
14 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of
flat-rate aid for certain fishery products (3), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that aid may be
granted for quantities of certain fresh products with-
drawn from the market and either processed to stabilise
them and stored or preserved.

The purpose of that aid is to give suitable encourage-
ment to producers' organisations to process or preserve
products withdrawn from the market so that
their
destruction can be avoided.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The aid level should not be such as to disturb the
balance of the market for the products in question or
distort competition.

The aid level should not exceed the technical and finan-
cial costs associated with the operations essential
to
stabilising and storage recorded in the Community
during the fishing year preceding the year in question.

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

For the 2004 fishing year, the amounts of the carry-over aid
referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and
the amounts of the flat-rate aid referred to in Article 24(4) of
that Regulation 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.

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 326, 22.12.2000, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 132, 15.5.2001, p. 10.

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ANNEX

1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) and for sole (Solea spp.) listed in

Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods listed in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

1

I.

Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products
— Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus
— Other species

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

III. Salting and/or drying and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up or

filleted products

IV. Marinating and storage

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

2

330
270

350

260

240

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for the other products listed in Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing and/or preservation methods listed in
Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

1

Products

2

I.

Freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster tails (Nephrops norvegicus)

II. Removing the head, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

III. Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

IV. Pasteurisation and storage

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

V. Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

3. Amount of the flat-rate aid for products listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods

1

I. Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

3

300

225

280

300

225

350

210

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

2

270

350