Commission Regulation (EC) No 2261/2004 of 28 December 2004 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2005 fishing year
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fishery product, food processing, storage premium, withdrawal from the market

30.12.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 389/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2261/2004

of 28 December 2004

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the
2005 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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
products
of
withdrawn from the market and either processed to
stabilise them and stored or preserved.

quantities

certain

fresh

for

The purpose of that aid is to give suitable encouragement
to process or preserve
to producers' organisations

(3)

(4)

(5)

products withdrawn from the market
destruction can be avoided.

so that

their

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
financial costs associated with the operations essential
to stabilising and storage recorded in the Community
during the fishing year proceeding the year in question.

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

For the 2005 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 that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2004.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
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

I.

Freezing and storage

1

II. Removing the head, freezing and storage

III. Cooking, freezing and storage

IV. Pasteurisation and storage

V. Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Products

2

Norway lobster
(Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster tails
(Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster
(Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster
(Nephrops norvegicus)

Edible crabs
(Cancer pagurus)

Edible crabs
(Cancer pagurus)

Edible crabs
(Cancer pagurus)

Aid
EUR/tonne)

3

300

225

280

300

225

360

210

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

Processing methods

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

products

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

270

350