Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2007 of 4 December 2007 fixing for the 2008 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
Date: 2007-12-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, fixing of prices, guide price, producer price

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1447/2007

of 4 December 2007

fixing for the 2008 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

On the basis of currently available data on the prices for
the products concerned and the criteria referred to in
the
Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,
guide prices should be increased, maintained or reduced
for the 2008 fishing year depending on the species.

(4)

Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires
the
the Community producer price to be fixed for

It

to that Regulation.

is
products listed in Annex III
appropriate to establish the Community producer price
for one of those products and calculate the Community
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
factors applicable to fish of
the genera Thunnus and
Euthynnus (2).

(5)

(6)

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 2008 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2008, 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.

Article 2

For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2008, 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.

(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 enter into force on 1 January 2008.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS

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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

Whole fish

pilchardus

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

Whole fish

scombrus

12. Mackerel of the species Scomber

Whole fish

japonicus

13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)

Whole fish

14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from
1.1.2008 to 30.4.2008

Whole fish or gutted fish with head from
1.5.2008 to 31.12.2008

15. Hake of the species Merluccius

Whole fish or gutted fish with head

merluccius

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 officinalis and Rossia

Whole

macrosoma)

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

277

563

1 112

725

1 176

1 647

784

1 038

965

1 214

326

294

1 294

1 079

1 499

3 638

2 541

863

527

2 165

2 391

1 687

2 968

6 107

2 425

6 506

1 606

1 801

5 497

4 386

6 949

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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 hippo-

glossoides)

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

1 975

2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.

Frozen, whole,
containing the same products

original

in

Frozen,
containing the same products

filleted,

original

in

packages

1 214

packages

1 506

3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus

spp.)

Frozen,
in lots or
containing the same products

in original packages

1 594

4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Frozen, whole,
containing the same products

original

in

packages

4 038

5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia
macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)

7. Squid (Loligo spp.)

8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)

9. Illex argentinus

10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae

the species Parapenaeus

species

of

the

family

— Prawn of
longirostris

— Other

Penaeidae

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

Frozen, in original packages containing the
same products

1 916

2 119

1 168

961

869

4 032

7 819

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ANNEX II

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

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus
albacares)

Weight

Commercial specifications

Community producer price
(EUR/tonne)

weighing more than 10 kg each Whole

1 250

weighing not more than 10 kg
each

Gilled and gutted

Other

Whole

Gilled and gutted

Other

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

weighing more than 10 kg each Whole

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