Commission Regulation (EC) No 2178/2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 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 Community 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) For the products listed in Annex I, points A and B to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price is the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2006 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2005 [2].

(4) 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 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 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.

(6) 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 2006 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.

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[2] See page 11 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX [1]

1. Reference prices for products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Species | Size | Reference price (EUR/tonne) |

Gutted with head | Whole fish |

Additional Taric code | Extra, A | Additional Taric code | Extra, A |

Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex03024000 | 1 | | — | F011 | 125 |

2 | — | F012 | 191 |

3 | — | F013 | 180 |

4a | — | F016 | 114 |

4b | — | F017 | 114 |

4c | — | F018 | 239 |

5 | — | F015 | 212 |

6 | — | F019 | 106 |

7a | — | F025 | 106 |

7b | — | F026 | 95 |

8 | — | F027 | 80 |

Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex03026931 and ex03026933 | 1 | | — | F067 | 920 |

2 | — | F068 | 920 |

3 | — | F069 | 772 |

Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex03025010 | 1 | F073 | 1180 | F083 | 852 |

2 | F074 | 1180 | F084 | 852 |

3 | F075 | 1115 | F085 | 656 |

4 | F076 | 885 | F086 | 492 |

5 | F077 | 623 | F087 | 361 |

| | Boiled in water | Fresh or refrigerated |

Additional Taric code | Extra, A | Additional Taric code | Extra, A |

Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex03062310 | 1 | F317 | 4911 | F321 | 1087 |

2 | F318 | 1722 | — | — |

Product | Additional Taric code | Presentation | Reference price (EUR/tonne) |

1.Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

| | Whole: | |

ex03037935 ex03037937 | F411 | —with or without head | 941 |

ex03042035 ex03042037 | | Fillets: | |

F412 | —with bones ("standard") | 1915 |

F413 | —without bones | 2075 |

F414 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg | 2262 |

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

ex03036011, ex03036019, ex03036090, ex03037941 | F416 | Whole, with or without head | 1095 |

ex03042029 | | Fillets: | |

F417 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard") | 2428 |

F418 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones | 2664 |

F419 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin | 2602 |

F420 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin | 2943 |

F421 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg | 2903 |

ex03049038 | F422 | Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks | 1406 |

3.Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

ex03042031 | | Fillets: | |

F424 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard") | 1488 |

F425 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones | 1639 |

F426 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin | 1476 |

F427 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin | 1647 |

F428 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg | 1733 |

ex03049041 | F429 | Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks | 967 |

4.Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex03042033 | | Fillets: | |

F431 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard") | 2264 |

F432 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones | 2632 |

F433 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin | 2512 |

F434 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin | 2683 |

F435 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg | 2960 |

5.Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)

| | Fillets: | |

ex03042085 | F441 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard") | 1136 |

F442 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones | 1298 |

6.Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

| | Herring flaps: | |

ex03041097 ex03049022 | F450 | —exceeding 80 g a piece | 510 |

F450 | —exceeding 80 g a piece | 464 |

[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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