Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 197/2012 of 8 March 2012 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2012 fishing year
Date: 2012-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), reference price, sea fish, suspension of customs duties, tariff reduction, withdrawal price




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9.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 71/15








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 197/2012
of 8 March 2012
         
fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2012 fishing year


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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)


Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the Union may be fixed each 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.












(2)


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.












(3)


The Union withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2012 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EU) No 198/2012 (2).












(4)


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 to be established in particular on the basis of the 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.












(5)


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












(6)


In order to allow a swift application of the reference prices in the year 2012, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(7)


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 the 2012 fishing year of fishery products, as referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 March 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2)  See page 19 of this Official Journal.




ANNEX
1.   Reference prices for fishery 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 41 00 


1


 


—


F011 


133 




2


—


F012 


203 




3


—


F013 


192 




4a


—


F016 


121 




4b


—


F017 


121 




4c


—


F018 


254 




5


—


F015 


226 




6


—


F019 


113 




7a


—


F025 


113 




7b


—


F026 


102 




8


—


F027 


85 




Redfish
(Sebastes spp.)
ex 0302 89 31 
and ex 0302 89 39 


1


 


—


F067 


996 




2


—


F068 


996 




3


—


F069 


836 




Cod of the species

Gadus morhua

ex 0302 51 10 


1


F073 


1 161 


F083 


839 




2


F074 


1 161 


F084 


839 




3


F075 


1 097 


F085 


645 




4


F076 


871 


F086 


484 




5


F077 


613 


F087 


355 




 


 


Boiled in water


Fresh or refrigerated




Additional TARIC code


Extra, A (1)



Additional TARIC code


Extra, A (1)





Deepwater prawns

(Pandalus borealis)

ex 0306 26 90 


1


F317 


5 288 


F321 


1 114 




2


F318 


1 854 


—


—







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





 


 


Whole:


 




ex 0303 89 31 
ex 0303 89 39 


F411 








—


with or without head






998 




ex 0304 89 21 
ex 0304 89 29 


 


Fillets:


 




F412 








—


with bones (‘standard’)






2 011 




F413 








—


without bones






2 136 




F414 








—


blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg






2 239 



2.   Cod





ex 0303 63 10 , ex 0303 63 30 , ex 0303 63 90 , ex 0303 69 10 


F416 


Whole, with or without head


1 095 




ex 0304 71 90 
ex 0304 79 10 


 


Fillets:


 




F417 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)






2 451 




F418 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones






2 716 




F419 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin






2 574 




F420 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin






2 972 




F421 








—


blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg






2 990 




ex 0304 95 25 


F422 


Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks


1 448 



3.   Coalfish (Pollachius virens)





ex 0304 73 00 


 


Fillets:


 




F424 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)






1 611 




F425 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones






1 688 




F426 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin






1 476 




F427 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin






1 713 




F428 








—


blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg






1 895 




ex 0304 95 40 


F429 


Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks


976 



4.   Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)





ex 0304 72 00 


 


Fillets:


 




F431 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)






2 241 




F432 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones






2 606 




F433 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin






2 537 




F434 








—


individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin






2 682 




F435 








—


blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg






2 988 



5.   Alaska pollack





 


 


Fillets:


 




ex 0304 75 00 


F441 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)






1 170 




F442 








—


interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones






1 298 



6.   Herring





 


 


Herring flaps:


 




ex 0304 59 50 
ex 0304 99 23 


F450 








—


exceeding 80 g a piece






510 




F450 








—


exceeding 80 g a piece






464 






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