http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2008/1299/adopted

Council Regulation (EC) No 1299/2008

of 9 December 2008

fixing for the 2009 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 establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products1, and in particular Article 18(3) and Article 26(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

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.

(2)

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.

(3)

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 2009 fishing year depending on the species.

(4)

Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the Community producer price to be fixed for the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation. It is 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 Euthynnus2.

(5)

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 2009 fishing year should be adjusted.

(6)

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 2009, 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 2009, 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 2009.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. Bussereau

ANNEX I

Annexes	SpeciesProducts 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	281
	2. Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	Whole fish	574
	3. Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 112
	4. Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	725
	5. Redfish (Sebastes spp.)	Whole fish	1 200
	6. Cod of the species Gadus morhua	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 655
	7. Saithe (Pollachius virens)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	776
	8. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 038
	9. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	955
	10. Ling (Molva spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	1 214
	11. Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	Whole fish	323
	12. Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	Whole fish	291
	13. Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)	Whole fish	1 300
	14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.1.2009 to 30.4.2009	1 079
	14. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head from 1.5.2009 to 31.12.2009	1 499
	15. Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	3 620
	16. Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	2 528
	17. Dab (Limanda limanda)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	854
	18. Common flounder (Platichthys flesus)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	522
	19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)	Whole fish	2 197
	19. Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)	Gutted fish with head	2 415
	20. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)	Whole	1 729
	21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	2 968
	21. Monkfish (Lophius spp.)	Without head	6 107
	22. Shrimp of the species Crangon crangon	Simply boiled in water	2 498
	23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)	Simply boiled in water	6 539
	23. Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)	Fresh or chilled	1 622
	24. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)	Whole	1 783
	25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	Whole	5 470
	25. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	Tails	4 364
	26. Sole (Solea spp.)	Whole fish or gutted fish with head	6 880
II	1. Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 955
	2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.	Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products	1 196
	2. Hake of the genus Merluccius spp.	Frozen, filleted, in original packages containing the same products	1 483
	3. Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)	Frozen, in lots or in original packages containing the same products	1 554
	4. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)	Frozen, whole, in original packages containing the same products	3 998
	5. Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) (Rossia macrosoma) (Sepiola rondeletti)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 954
	6. Octopus (Octopus spp.)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	2 183
	7. Squid (Loligo spp.)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	1 203
	8. Squid (Ommastrephes sagittatus)	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	961
	9. Illex argentinus	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	869
	10. Prawn of the family Penaeidae
	— Prawn of the species Parapenaeus longirostris	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	4 032
	— Other species of the family Penaeidae	Frozen, in original packages containing the same products	7 897

ANNEX II

SpeciesProducts listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000	Weight	Commercial specifications	Community producer price(EUR/tonne)
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	weighing more than 10 kg each	Whole	1 275
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
	weighing not more than 10 kg each	Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)	weighing more than 10 kg each	Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
	weighing not more than 10 kg each	Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis)		Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)		Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other
Other species of the genera Thunnus and Euthynnus		Whole
		Gilled and gutted
		Other

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ANNEX II