Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/2007 of 21 December 2007 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2008 fishing year
Date: 2007-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1572/2007

of 21 December 2007

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2008 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, (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 2008 fishing year
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1570/2007 (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

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

the 2008 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 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(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) See page 69 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 (1)

Species

Size (1)

Gutted with head (1)

Whole fish (1)

Additional
TARIC code

Extra, A (1)

Additional
TARIC code

Extra, A (1)

Reference price (EUR/tonne)

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

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 186

1 186

1 120

889

626

F011

F012

F013

F016

F017

F018

F015

F019

F025

F026

F027

F067

F068

F069

F083

F084

F085

F086

F087

130

199

188

119

119

249

222

111

111

100

83

953

953

800

856

856

659

494

362

F073

F074

F075

F076

F077

Boiled in water

Fresh or refrigerated

Additional
TARIC code

Extra, A (1)

Additional
TARIC code

F317

F318

5 010

1 757

F321

—

Extra, A (1)

1 092

—

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

(1) 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 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 29 35
ex 0304 29 39

Whole:

F411

— with or without head

8

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

F412

F413

F414

Fillets:

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

in immediate packing
kg

weighing not more than 4

960

1 953

2 159

2 285

2. Cod

(Gadus morhua, Gadus
and
Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of
the species Boreogadus saida

ogac

ex 0303 52 10, ex 0303 52 30,
ex 0303 52 90, ex 0303 79 41

8

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

8

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

ex 0304 29 29

ex 0304 99 33

3. Coalfish

(Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 29 31

ex 0304 99 41

F416

Whole, with or without head

1 084

Fillets:

— interleaved

or
blocks, with bones (standard)

in industrial

— 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

2 452

2 717

2 550

2 943

2 903

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

1 463

Fillets:

F417

F418

F419

F420

F421

F422

F424

— interleaved

or
blocks, with bones (standard)

in industrial

F425

— interleaved

or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

F426

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, with skin

F427

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, without skin

F428

F429

— blocks

in immediate packing

weighing not more than 4 kg

and other meat,

Pieces
minced blocks

except

1 518

1 705

1 476

1 680

1 768

986

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Product

Additional
TARIC code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/tonne)

4. Haddock

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex 0304 29 33

8

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

F431

Fillets:
— interleaved

or
blocks, with bones (standard)

in industrial

F432

— interleaved

or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

F433

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, without skin

F434

— individual or fully interleaved

fillets, without skin

F435

— blocks

in immediate packing

weighing not more than 4 kg

5. Alaska pollack

(Theragra chalcogramma)

ex 0304 29 85

F441

Fillets:
— interleaved

or
blocks, with bones (standard)

in industrial

F442

— interleaved

or

in industrial

blocks, without bones

6. Herring

(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

ex 0304 19 97
ex 0304 99 23

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

F450

F450

2 264

2 606

2 537

2 710

2 960

1 147

1 324

510

464