Commission Regulation (EU) No 1280/2009

of 22 December 2009

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products 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 29(1) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the EU 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 EU withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2010 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1277/2009 [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 Art. 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which are 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 2010 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 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

[1] OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

[2] See page 12 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX [1]

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

Species | Size [2] | Reference price (EUR/tonne) |

Gutted with head [2] | Whole fish [2] |

Additional Taric code | Extra, A [2] | Additional Taric code | Extra, A [2] |

Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex03024000 | 1 | | — | F011 | 129 |

2 | | — | F012 | 198 |

3 | | — | F013 | 187 |

4a | | — | F016 | 118 |

4b | | — | F017 | 118 |

4c | | — | F018 | 248 |

5 | | — | F015 | 220 |

6 | | — | F019 | 110 |

7a | | — | F025 | 110 |

7b | | — | F026 | 99 |

8 | | — | F027 | 83 |

Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex03026931 and ex03026933 | 1 | | — | F067 | 962 |

2 | | — | F068 | 962 |

3 | | — | F069 | 808 |

Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex03025010 | 1 | F073 | 1144 | F083 | 826 |

2 | F074 | 1144 | F084 | 826 |

3 | F075 | 1081 | F085 | 636 |

4 | F076 | 858 | F086 | 477 |

5 | F077 | 604 | F087 | 350 |

| | Boiled in water | Fresh or refrigerated |

Additional Taric code | Extra, A [2] | Additional Taric code | Extra, A [2] |

Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex03062310 | 1 | F317 | 4985 | F321 | 1081 |

2 | F318 | 1748 | — | — |

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.)

| | Whole: | |

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

ex03042935 ex03042939 | | Fillets: | |

F412 | —with bones ("standard"), | 1895 |

F413 | —without bones, | 2094 |

F414 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg. | 2239 |

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

ex03035210, ex03035230, ex03035290, ex03037941 | F416 | Whole, with or without head. | 1095 |

ex03042929 | | Fillets: | |

F417 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard"), | 2451 |

F418 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones, | 2663 |

F419 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin, | 2550 |

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

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

ex03049933 | F422 | Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks. | 1448 |

3.Coalfish(Pollachius virens)

ex03042931 | | Fillets: | |

F424 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard"), | 1518 |

F425 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones, | 1705 |

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

F427 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin, | 1630 |

F428 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg. | 1786 |

ex03049941 | F429 | Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks. | 966 |

4.Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex03042933 | | Fillets: | |

F431 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard"), | 2241 |

F432 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones, | 2580 |

F433 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin, | 2537 |

F434 | —individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin, | 2710 |

F435 | —blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg. | 2901 |

5.Alaska pollack(Theragra chalcogramma)

| | Fillets: | |

ex03042985 | F441 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones ("standard"), | 1170 |

F442 | —interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones. | 1324 |

6.Herring(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

| | Herring flaps: | |

ex03041997 ex03049923 | 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".

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

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