Commission Regulation (EC) No 2178/2005 of  23 December 2005  fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 fishing year
Date: 2005-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common fisheries policy, fishery product, selling price, withdrawal price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2178/2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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
the Community may be fixed each
prices valid for
year, by product category,
for products that are the
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
the WTO or
some other preferential arrangements,
must comply with a reference price.

For the products listed in Annex I, points A and B to
Regulation (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 2006 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2005 (2).

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

(5)

(6)

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
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for
fishery
products, as referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No
104/2000, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

the 2006 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 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act

of Accession.

(2) See page 11 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX (*)

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

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

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 180

1 180

1 115

885

623

F011

F012

F013

F016

F017

F018

F015

F019

F025

F026

F027

F067

F068

F069

F083

F084

F085

F086

F087

125

191

180

114

114

239

212

106

106

95

80

920

920

772

852

852

656

492

361

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

4 911

1 722

F321

—

1 087

—

(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 points 1 and 2 of the Annex is

‘F499: Other’.

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2. Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(d) of 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

941

8

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

F412

F413

F414

Fillets:

— with bones (‘standard’)
— without bones
— blocks

in immediate packing

weighing not more than 4 kg

1 915

2 075

2 262

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

1 095

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 41

Fillets:

— interleaved

in industrial
or
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

2 664

2 602

2 943

2 903

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

1 406

Fillets:

— interleaved

in industrial
or
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

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

1 488

1 639

1 476

1 647

1 733

967

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Product

Additional Taric
code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/tonne)

4. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
8

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

F431

F432

F433

F434

F435

F441

F442

F450

F450

Fillets:
— interleaved

in industrial
or
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

in industrial
or
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

2 632

2 512

2 683

2 960

1 136

1 298

510

464

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