Commission Regulation (EU) No 1282/2009

of 22 December 2009

amending Regulation (EU) No 409/2009 on the establishment of Community conversion factors and presentation codes used to convert fish processed weight into fish live weight

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993, establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fishery Policy [1], and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2009 [2], establishes Community conversion factors and presentation codes for the states of processing "fresh" and "fresh salted".

(2) Species subject to fishing quotas are landed mainly in the states of processing "fresh", "fresh salted" and "frozen". Consequently there is a need to complement Regulation (EC) No 409/2009 with Community conversion factors for frozen fish, so that Community conversion factors are available for all relevant processing states.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 [3] lays detailed rules for the implementation of the electronic record and transmission of logbook, landing declaration and transhipment data.

(4) Regulation (EC) No 409/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Committee.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 409/2009 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 3, point (g) is replaced by the following:

"(g) "state of processing" means the way the fish is preserved (fresh, fresh salted and frozen)."

2. In Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. The Community conversion factors set out in Annexes II, III and IV shall apply to convert fish processed weight into fish live weight."

3. In Article 6, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall use the conversion factors referred to in Article 4 in the logbook, as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 [****], to:

(a) estimate the live weight of the quantities onboard the fishing vessel and;

(b) to calculate the live weight of the quantities upon landing.

4. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation

5. The text in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex IV

Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 123, 19.5.2009, p. 78.

[3] OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 3.

[****] OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 3."

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ANNEX I

"ANNEX I

PRESENTATION 3-ALPHA CODES

3-Alpha presentation code | Presentation | Description |

FIL | Fillets | Removal of head, guts, bones and fins. Each fish originates two fillets not joined by any par |

FIS | Skinned fillets | Removal of head, guts, bones, fins and skin. Each fish originates two fillets not joined by any par |

FSB | Filleted with skin and bones | Filleted with skin and bones on |

FSP | Filleted skinned with pinbone on | Filleted with skin removed and pinbone on |

GHT | Gutted headed and tailed | Guts, head and tail removed |

GUG | Gutted and gilled | Guts and gills removed |

GUH | Gutted and headed | Guts and head removed |

GUL | Gutted liver in | Guts removed with the exception of liver |

GUS | Gutted headed and skinned | Guts head and skin removed |

GUT | Gutted | All guts removed |

HEA | Headed | Head removed |

JAT | Tailed Japanese cut | Japanese cut with tail removed |

LVR | Liver | Liver only, In case of collective presentation* use code LVR-C |

OTH | Other | Any other presentation |

ROE | Roe (s) | Roe(s) only In case of collective presentation* use code ROE-C |

CBF | Cod butterfly | Headed with skin on, spine on, tail on |

SUR | Surimi | Surimi |

SGT | Gutted and salted | Guts removed and fish salted |

TAL | Tail | Tails only |

TNG | Tongue | Tongue only. In case of collective presentation* use code TNG-C |

WHL | Whole | No processing |

WNG | Wings | Wings only" |

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ANNEX II

"ANNEX IV

FROZEN COMMUNITY CONVERSION FACTORS

SpeciesAlbacoreThunnus alalunga | ALB |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,23 |

SpeciesAlfonsinosBeryx spp. | ALF |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesAnchovyEngraulis encrasicholus | ANE |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae | ANF |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,22 |

GUH | 3,04 |

TAL | 3,00 |

FIS | 5,60 |

SpeciesMackerel icefishChampsocephalus gunnari | ANI |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesGreater silver smeltArgentina silus | ARU |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesBigeye tunaThunnus obesus | BET |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,29 |

HEA | 1,25 |

SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia | BLI |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,17 |

GUH | 1,40 |

SpeciesBrillScophthalmus rhombus | BLL |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo | BSF |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,48 |

SpeciesAtlantic blue marlinMakaira nigricans | BUM |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus | CAP |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesCodGadus morhua | COD |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,17 |

GUH | 1,70 |

FIL | 2,60 |

FIS | 2,60 |

FSP | 2,95 |

CBF | 1,63 |

SpeciesCommon DabLimanda limanda | DAB |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesPicked dogfishSqualus acanthias | DGS |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUS | 2,52 |

SpeciesEuropean flounderPlatichthys flesus | FLE |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesGreater forkbeardPhycis blennoides | GFB |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,12 |

GUH | 1,40 |

SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides | GHL |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,08 |

GUH | 1,39 |

SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus | HAD |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,17 |

GUH | 1,46 |

FIL | 2,60 |

FIS | 2,60 |

FSB | 2,70 |

FSP | 3,00 |

SpeciesAtlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus | HAL |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesHeringClupea harengus | HER |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesEuropean hakeMerluccius merluccius | HKE |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,34 |

GUH | 1,67 |

SpeciesWhite hakeUrophycis tenuis | HKW |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. | JAX |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,08 |

SpeciesAntarctic krillEuphausia superba | KRI |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesLemon soleMicrostomus kitt | LEM |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,05 |

SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. | LEZ |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,06 |

SpeciesUnicorn icefishChannichthys rhinoceratus | LIC |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesLingMolva molva | LIN |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,14 |

GUH | 1,33 |

FIL | 2,80 |

FSP | 2,30 |

SpeciesAtlantic mackerelScomber scombrus | MAC |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,11 |

SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus | NEP |

WHL | 1,00 |

TAL | 3,00 |

SpeciesHumped rockcodNotothenia gibberifrons | NOG |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesNorway poutTrisopterus esmarkii | NOP |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesMarbled rockcodNotothenia rossii | NOR |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus | ORY |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesPacific snow crabChionoecetes spp. | PCR |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesWhite shrimpsPenaeus spp. | PEN |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesEuropean plaicePleuronectes platessa | PLE |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,07 |

SpeciesSaithePollachius virens | POK |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,19 |

GUH | 1,44 |

FIS | 2,78 |

FSB | 2,12 |

FSP | 2,43 |

SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius | POL |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,17 |

SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis | PRA |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesAtlantic redfishesSebastes spp. | RED |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,19 |

GUH | 1,78 |

FIS | 3,37 |

FSP | 3,00 |

JAT | 1,90 |

SpeciesRough-head grenadierMacrourus berglax | RHG |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris | RNG |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,11 |

GUH | 1,92 |

SpeciesSandeelsAmmodytes spp. | SAN |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesBlackspot seabreamPagellus bogaraveo | SBR |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,11 |

SpeciesRough longnose dogfishDeania histricosa | SDH |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesArrowhead dogfishDeania profundorum | SDU |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesSouth Georgia icefishPseudochaenichthys georgianus | SGI |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea | SOL |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesEuropean spratSprattus sprattus | SPR |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesNorthern squidIllex illecebrosus | SQI |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesSquidMartialia hyadesi | SQS |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesSkatesRajidae | SRX |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,13 |

WNG | 2,09 |

SpeciesSwordfishXiphias gladius | SWO |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,12 |

GUH | 1,31 |

HEA | 1,33 |

GHT | 1,33 |

SpeciesPatagonian toothfishDissostichus eleginoides | TOP |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesTurbotPsetta maxima | TUR |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,09 |

SpeciesTuskBrosme brosme | USK |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou | WHB |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,15 |

FIS | 2,65 |

SUR | 2,97 |

SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus | WHG |

WHL | 1,00 |

GUT | 1,18 |

SpeciesAtlantic white marlinTetrapturus albidus | WHM |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesWitch flounderGlyptocephalus cynoglossus | WIT |

WHL | 1,00 |

SpeciesYellowtail flounderLimanda ferruginea | YEL |

WHL | 1,00" |

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