Commission Regulation (EC) No 2260/2004 of 28 December 2004 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2005 fishing year
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2260/2004

of 28 December 2004

fixing the reference prices 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), 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
for products that are the
year, by product category,
subject of a tariff suspension under Article 28(1). The
same holds for products which, by virtue of being
either the subject of a binding tariff reduction under
some other preferential arrangements,
the WTO or
must comply with a reference price.

For the products listed in 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 2005 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2258/2004 of the
Commission (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 for those imported from
third countries in insignificant volumes.

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
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.

the 2005 fishing year of

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 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) See page 5 of this Official Journal.

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1.

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

ANNEX (*)

Species

Size (1)

Reference price (EUR/tonne)

Gutted with head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Additional Taric
code

Extra, A (1)

Additional Taric
code

Extra, A (1)

Herring of the species
Clupea harengus
ex 0302 40 00

Redfish
(Sebastes spp.)
ex 0302 69 31 and
ex 0302 69 33

Cod of the species
Gadus morhua
ex 0302 50 10

Deepwater prawns
(Pandalus borealis)
ex 0306 23 10

1

2

3

4a

4b

4c

5

6

7a

7b

8

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 163

1 163

1 098

872

614

F011

F012

F013

F016

F017

F018

F015

F019

F025

F026

F027

F067

F068

F069

F083

F084

F085

F086

F087

122

187

177

112

112

234

208

104

104

94

78

934

934

784

840

840

646

485

355

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

4 863

1 705

F321

—

1 092

—

(1)

The freshness, size and presentation categories are those laid down under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*) The additional code to be mentioned for all categories other than those explicitly referred to in point 1 and 2 of the Annex is ‘F499:

Other’.

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Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No
104/2000

Product

Additional Taric
code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/tonne)

1. Redfish

(Sebastes spp.)

ex 0303 79 35
ex 0303 79 37

ex 0304 20 35
ex 0304 20 37

Whole:

F411

— with or without head

932

8

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

F412

F413

F414

Fillets:

— with bones (‘standard’)
— without bones
— blocks in immediate packing
weighing not more than 4 kg

1 915

2 096

2 240

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

F416

Whole, with or without head

1 084

8

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

8

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

F417

F418

F419

F420

F421

F422

F424

F425

F426

F427

F428

F429

ex 0304 20 29

ex 0304 90 38

3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 20 31

ex 0304 90 38

Fillets:

— interleaved or

in industrial
blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

— interleaved or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, without skin

— blocks in immediate packing
weighing not more than 4 kg

2 428

2 691

2 602

3 003

2 932

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

1 392

Fillets:

— interleaved or

in industrial
blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

1 488

— interleaved or

in industrial

1 639

blocks, without bones

— individual or fully interleaved

1 476

fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved

1 681

fillets, without skin

— blocks in immediate packing
weighing not more than 4 kg

1 751

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

967

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Product

Additional Taric
code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/tonne)

4. Haddock

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex 0304 20 33

5. Alaska pollack

Theragra chalcogramma

ex 0304 20 85

6. Herring

Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii

ex 0304 10 97
ex 0304 90 22

8

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

F431

F432

F433

F434

F435

F441

F442

F450

F450

Fillets:
— interleaved or

in industrial
blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

— interleaved or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, with skin

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, without skin

— blocks in immediate packing
weighing not more than 4 kg

Fillets:
— interleaved or

in industrial
blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

— interleaved or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

Herring flaps
— exceeding 80 g a piece
— exceeding 80 g a piece

2 264

2 659

2 512

2 738

2 960

1 147

1 298

505

455