Commission Regulation (EC) No 1307/2008 of 19 December 2008 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2009 fishing year
Date: 2008-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common price policy, fishery product, reference price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1307/2008

of 19 December 2008

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2009 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.

Pursuant
to Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
104/2000, the reference price for the products listed in
Annex I, Parts A and B to that Regulation, is to be the
same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with
Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

The Community withdrawal prices
concerned are fixed for
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2008 (2).

the products
the 2009 fishing year by

for

Pursuant
to Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No
104/2000, the reference price for products other than
those listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation is
the
to be established in particular on the basis of
weighted average of customs values recorded on the
import markets or in the ports of import in the three
years immediately preceding the date on which the
reference price is fixed.

falling under

those
There is no need to fix reference prices for
products
laid down in
the
Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which
are
in insignificant
volumes.

imported from third countries

criteria

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fishery Products,

(5)

(6)

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 2009 fishing year of

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) See page 42 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

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1 192

1 192

1 125

894

629

F011

F012

F013

F016

F017

F018

F015

F019

F025

F026

F027

F067

F068

F069

F083

F084

F085

F086

F087

132

202

191

121

121

253

225

112

112

101

84

972

972

816

861

861

662

497

364

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

5 035

1 766

F321

—

1 103

—

(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

F411

F412

F413

F414

8

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

Whole:
— with or without head

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

in

immediate

941

1 914

2 137

2 239

packing

weighing not more than 4 kg

2. Cod

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

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

1 095

F417

F418

F419

F420

F421

F422

F424

F425

F426

F427

F428

F429

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

2 501

2 717

2 550

2 943

— blocks

in

immediate

packing

2 903

weighing not more than 4 kg

Pieces and other meat, except minced
blocks

1 463

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

1 518

1 722

1 476

1 646

— blocks

in

immediate

packing

1 786

weighing not more than 4 kg

Pieces and other meat, except minced
blocks

986

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Product

Additional Taric
code

Presentation

Reference price
(EUR/tonne)

4. Haddock

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex 0304 29 33

8

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

5. Alaska pollack

(Theragra chalcogramma)

ex 0304 29 85

6. Herring

Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

ex 0304 19 97
ex 0304 99 23

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

2 264

2 606

2 537

2 710

— blocks

in

immediate

packing

2 960

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

1 147

1 324

510

464

F431

F432

F433

F434

F435

F441

F442

F450

F450