Council Regulation (EC) No 1969/2006 of 19 December 2006 fixing for the 2007 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, fixing of prices, guide price, producer price

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1969/2006

of 19 December 2006

fixing for the 2007 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

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

producer price for the others by means of the conversion
factors established by Commission Regulation (EC) No
802/2006 of 30 May 2006 fixing the conversion
the genera Thunnus and
factors applicable to fish of
Euthynnus (2).

On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and
second indents of Article 18(2) and in Article 26(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer
price for the 2007 fishing year should be adjusted.

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 European Union and to the treaties establishing the
European Communities,

(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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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.

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2007, 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 currently available data 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 2007 fishing year depending on the species.

Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires
the
the Community producer price to be fixed for
is
to that Regulation.
products listed in Annex III
appropriate to establish the Community producer price
for one of those products and calculate the Community

It

Article 2

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2007, 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 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1759/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 15.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA

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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)

ANNEX I

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

10. Ling (Molva spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

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
1.1.2007 to 30.4.2007

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from
1.5.2007 to 31.12.2007

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 longfinned tunas (Thunnus

Whole fish

alalunga)

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. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)

Simply boiled in water

Fresh or chilled

24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)

Whole

25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Whole

Tails

26. Sole (Solea spp.)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

273

563

1 090

740

1 142

1 623

769

1 028

946

1 196

329

298

1 334

1 079

1 499

3 675

2 541

863

519

2 187

2 440

1 670

2 924

6 047

2 366

6 410

1 606

1 766

5 337

4 279

6 813

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Annexes

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

Commercial presentation

II

1. Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius

hippoglossoides)

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

Frozen, whole, in original packages containing
the same products

Guide price
(EUR/tonne)

1 946

1 202

Frozen,
filleted,
containing the same products

in

original

packages

1 462

3.

Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus
spp.)

Frozen,
in lots or
containing the same products

in original packages

4.

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Frozen, whole, in original packages containing
the same products

5. Cuttlefish

(Sepia
macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)

officinalis)

(Rossia

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)

7.

Squid (Loligo spp.)

8.

Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)

9.

Illex argentinus

10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae

the

species Parapenaeus

— Prawn of
longirostris

— Other species of the family Penaeidae

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

Frozen,
same products

in original packages containing the

1 570

4 079

1 888

2 108

1 168

961

896

4 157

7 979

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ANNEX II

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

Weight

Commercial specifications

Yellowfin tuna
(Thunnus albacares)

weighing more than
10 kg each

Whole

Community producer
price
(EUR/tonne)

1 225

weighing not more than
10 kg each

Albacore
(Thunnus alalunga)

weighing more than
10 kg each

weighing not more than
10 kg each

Skipjack
(Katsuwonus pelamis)

Bluefin tuna
(Thunnus thynnus)

Other species of the genera
Thunnus and Euthynnus

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other