Commission Regulation (EU) No 1277/2009

of 22 December 2009

fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2010 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 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the EU withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed in Annex I thereto are to be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.

(2) The withdrawal prices may be multiplied by adjustment factors in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the EU. The guide prices for the 2010 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 1212/2009(2).

(3) 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 1U.K.

The conversion factors used for calculating the EU withdrawal and selling prices, as referred to in Article 20 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the 2010 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2U.K.

The EU withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2010 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.

Article 3U.K.

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2010 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the EU and the products to which those prices relate are set out in Annex III.

Article 4U.K.

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 2010.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX IU.K.

Conversion factors for the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species	Size^a	Conversion factors
^a The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Gutted fish, with head^a	Whole fish^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	1	0,0	0,47
	2	0,0	0,72
	3	0,0	0,68
	4a	0,0	0,43
	4b	0,0	0,43
	4c	0,0	0,9
	5	0,0	0,8
	6	0,0	0,4
	7a	0,0	0,4
	7b	0,0	0,36
	8	0,0	0,3
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	1	0,0	0,51
	2	0,0	0,64
	3	0,0	0,72
	4	0,0	0,47
Dogfish Squalus acanthias	1	0,6	0,6
	2	0,51	0,51
	3	0,28	0,28
Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp.	1	0,64	0,6
	2	0,64	0,56
	3	0,44	0,36
Redfish Sebastes spp.	1	0,0	0,81
	2	0,0	0,81
	3	0,0	0,68
Cod of the species Gadus morhua	1	0,72	0,52
	2	0,72	0,52
	3	0,68	0,4
	4	0,54	0,3
	5	0,38	0,22
Coalfish Pollachius virens	1	0,72	0,56
	2	0,72	0,56
	3	0,71	0,55
	4	0,61	0,3
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1	0,72	0,56
	2	0,72	0,56
	3	0,62	0,43
	4	0,52	0,36
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	1	0,66	0,5
	2	0,64	0,48
	3	0,6	0,44
	4	0,41	0,3
Ling Molva spp.	1	0,68	0,56
	2	0,66	0,54
	3	0,6	0,48
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	1	0,0	0,72
	2	0,0	0,71
	3	0,0	0,69
Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0,0	0,77
	2	0,0	0,77
	3	0,0	0,63
	4	0,0	0,47
Anchovies Engraulis spp.	1	0,0	0,68
	2	0,0	0,72
	3	0,0	0,6
	4	0,0	0,25
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa	1	0,75	0,41
	2	0,75	0,41
	3	0,72	0,41
	4	0,52	0,34
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	1	0,9	0,71
	2	0,68	0,53
	3	0,68	0,52
	4	0,56	0,43
	5	0,52	0,41
Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.	1	0,68	0,64
	2	0,6	0,56
	3	0,54	0,49
	4	0,34	0,29
Dab Limanda limanda	1	0,71	0,58
Dab Limanda limanda	2	0,54	0,42
Flounder Platichthys flesus	1	0,66	0,58
Flounder Platichthys flesus	2	0,5	0,42
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	1	0,9	0,81
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	2	0,9	0,77
Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma	1	0,0	0,64
	2	0,0	0,64
	3	0,0	0,4

Species	Size^a	Conversion factor
^a The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Whole fish	Fish without head^a
		Gutted fish, with head^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Monkfish Lophius spp.	1	0,61	0,77
	2	0,78	0,72
	3	0,78	0,68
	4	0,65	0,6
	5	0,36	0,43
		All presentations
		Extra, A^a
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	1	0,59
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	2	0,27
		Cooked in water	Fresh or chilled
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	0,77	0,68
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	0,27	—
		Whole^a
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	0,72
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	0,54
		Whole^a		Tails^a
		E'^a	Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	1	0,86	0,86	0,81
	2	0,86	0,59	0,68
	3	0,77	0,59	0,5
	4	0,5	0,41	0,41
		Gutted fish, with head^a	Whole fish^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Sole Solea spp.	1	0,75	0,58
	2	0,75	0,58
	3	0,71	0,54
	4	0,58	0,42
	5	0,5	0,33

ANNEX IIU.K.

Withdrawal and selling prices in the Community of the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species	Size^a	Withdrawal price (EUR/t)
^a The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Gutted fish, with head^a	Whole fish^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	1	0	129
	2	0	198
	3	0	187
	4a	0	118
	4b	0	118
	4c	0	248
	5	0	220
	6	0	110
	7a	0	110
	7b	0	99
	8	0	83
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	1	0	296
	2	0	371
	3	0	418
	4	0	273
Dogfish Squalus acanthias	1	654	654
	2	556	556
	3	305	305
Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp.	1	455	427
	2	455	398
	3	313	256
Redfish Sebastes spp.	1	0	962
	2	0	962
	3	0	808
Cod of the species Gadus morhua	1	1 144	826
	2	1 144	826
	3	1 081	636
	4	858	477
	5	604	350
Coalfish Pollachius virens	1	559	435
	2	559	435
	3	551	427
	4	473	233
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1	703	547
	2	703	547
	3	605	420
	4	508	351
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	1	593	449
	2	575	431
	3	539	395
	4	368	269
Ling Molva spp.	1	792	652
	2	769	629
	3	699	559
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	1	0	228
	2	0	225
	3	0	219
Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0	215
	2	0	215
	3	0	176
	4	0	131
Anchovies Engraulis spp.	1	0	875
	2	0	927
	3	0	772
	4	0	322
PlaicePleuronectes platessa
—1 January to 30 April 2010	1	789	431
	2	789	431
	3	757	431
	4	547	358
—1 May to 31 December 2010	1	1 097	599
	2	1 097	599
	3	1 053	599
	4	760	497
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	1	3 063	2 416
	2	2 314	1 804
	3	2 314	1 770
	4	1 906	1 463
	5	1 770	1 395
Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.	1	1 633	1 537
	2	1 441	1 345
	3	1 297	1 177
	4	817	697
Dab Limanda limanda	1	588	480
Dab Limanda limanda	2	447	348
Flounder Platichtys flesus	1	327	288
Flounder Platichtys flesus	2	248	208
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	1	2 238	1 815
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	2	2 238	1 726
Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma	1	0	1 140
	2	0	1 140
	3	0	712
		Whole fish	Fish without head^a
		Gutted fish, with head^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Monkfish Lophius spp.	1	1 783	4 632
	2	2 280	4 331
	3	2 280	4 090
	4	1 900	3 609
	5	1 052	2 586
		All presentations
		Extra, A^a
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	1	1 430
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	2	654
		Cooked in water	Fresh or chilled
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	4 985	1 081
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	1 748	—

Species	Size^a	Selling prices (EUR/t)
^a The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
Species	Size^a	Whole^a
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	1 207
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	905
		Whole^a		Tails^a
		E′^a	Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	1	4 469	4 469	3 323
	2	4 469	3 066	2 789
	3	4 002	3 066	2 051
	4	2 599	2 131	1 682
		Gutted fish, with head^a	Whole fish^a
		Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Sole Solea spp.	1	5 057	3 910
	2	5 057	3 910
	3	4 787	3 641
	4	3 910	2 832
	5	3 371	2 225

ANNEX IIIU.K.

Withdrawal prices in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption

Species	Landing area	Conversion Factor	Size^a	Withdrawal price(in EUR/tonne)
^a The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
				Gutted fish, with head^a	Whole fish^a
				Extra, A^a	Extra, A^a
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,9	1	0	116
			2	0	178
			3	0	168
			4a	0	106
	Coastal regions of Eastern England from Berwick to Dover Coastal regions of Scotland from Portpatrick to Eyemouth and the islands located West and North of those regions Coastal regions of County Down (Northern Ireland)	0,9	1	0	116
			2	0	178
			3	0	168
			4a	0	106
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,96	1	0	219
			2	0	216
			3	0	210
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,95	1	0	217
			2	0	214
			3	0	208
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	Coastal regions from Troon (in South-Western Scotland) to Wick (in North-Eastern Scotland) and the Islands located West and North of those regions	0,75	1	2 444	1 812
			2	1 846	1 353
			3	1 846	1 327
			4	1 520	1 097
			5	1 412	1 046
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	1	1 043	871
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	2	1 043	828
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	Canary Islands	0,48	1	0	142
			2	0	178
			3	0	200
			4	0	131
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,74	1	0	219
			2	0	275
			3	0	309
			4	0	202
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,93	2	0	345
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,81	3	0	338

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2)

OJ L 327, 12.12.2009, p. 1.