Council Regulation (EC) No 2132/2004 of 6 December 2004 fixing for the 2005 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2004-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: crustacean, fishery product, guide price, producer price, sea fish

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2132/2004

of 6 December 2004

fixing for the 2005 fishing year 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
Community,

establishing the European

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 established
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82 (2).

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,

(5)

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 2005 fishing year should be adjusted.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(6)

Whereas:

Given the urgency of the matter, it is important to grant
an exception to the six-week period mentioned in
paragraph 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national
parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty
on the European Union,

(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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2005, the
guide prices as provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex I to this 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
2005 fishing year depending on the species.

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2005, the
Community 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 2

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

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2004.

For the Council
The President

H. HOOGERVORST

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ANNEX I

Annexes

Species
Products listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation
(EC) No 104/2000

Commercial presentation

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

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

260

587

1 101

759

1 153

1 615

751

983

937

10. Ling (Molva spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

1 196

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
1.1.2005 to 30.4.2005

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from
1.5.2005 to 31.12.2005

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
alalunga)

longfinned tunas

(Thunnus

Whole fish

Gutted fish with head

20. Cuttlefish (Sepia
macrosoma)

officinalis

and Rossia

Whole

21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

Without head

22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon

Simply boiled in water

23. Nothern prawn (Pandalus borealis)

Simply boiled in water

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

314

303

1 270

1 079

1 499

3 731

2 454

877

530

2 242

2 515

1 621

2 853

5 869

2 415

6 315

1 606

1 740

5 364

4 258

6 613

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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 hippoglos-

soides)

2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

Frozen, whole,
containing the same products

in original packages

Frozen,
containing the same products

filleted,

in original packages

3.

Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)

4.

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Frozen,
containing the same products

in lots or in original packages

Frozen, whole,
containing the same products

in original packages

5. Cuttlefish

(Sepia

officinalis)

(Rossia

macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)

7.

Squid (Loligo spp.)

8.

Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)

9.

Illex argentinus

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae

— Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longi-

rostris

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

— Other species of the family Penaeidae

in original packages containing

Frozen,
the same products

1 956

1 239

1 499

1 602

4 019

1 946

2 140

1 168

961

861

3 995

8 061

ANNEX II

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

Commercial specifications

Community producer price
(EUR/tonne)

Yellow-fin tuna
(Thunnus albacares)

Whole, weighing more than 10 kg
each

1 207

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.