Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2008 of 19 December 2008 fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2009 fishing year

EU Regulation No 1309/2008 · Adopted 19 December 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2008

of 19 December 2008

fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2009 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^f1, and in particular Article 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Community 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 Community. The guide prices for the 2009 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 1299/2008^f2.

(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:

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f1: OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
f2: See page 1 of this Official Journal.

1Article 1
2Article 2
3Article 3
4Article 4
Signature
Annex IAnnex I
Annex IIAnnex II
Annex IIIAnnex III

1

The conversion factors used for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices, as referred to in Article 20 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the 2009 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

2

The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2009 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.

3

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2009 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the products to which those prices relate are set out in Annex III.

4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2008.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

Annex I

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

Species	Size^f1	Conversion factors
The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, 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^f2	Conversion factor
The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Whole fish	Fish without head
		Gutted fish, with head
		Extra, A	Extra, 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
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	Extra, A
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	0,77	0,68
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	0,27	—
		Whole
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	0,72
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	0,54
		Whole		Tails
		E'	Extra, A	Extra, 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	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, 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 II

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^f1	Withdrawal price (EUR/t)
The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	1	0	132
	2	0	202
	3	0	191
	4a	0	121
	4b	0	121
	4c	0	253
	5	0	225
	6	0	112
	7a	0	112
	7b	0	101
	8	0	84
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	1	0	293
	2	0	367
	3	0	413
	4	0	270
Dogfish Squalus acanthias	1	667	667
	2	567	567
	3	311	311
Dogfish Scyliorhinus spp.	1	464	435
	2	464	406
	3	319	261
Redfish Sebastes spp.	1	0	972
	2	0	972
	3	0	816
Cod of the species Gadus morhua	1	1 192	861
	2	1 192	861
	3	1 125	662
	4	894	497
	5	629	364
Coalfish Pollachius virens	1	559	435
	2	559	435
	3	551	427
	4	473	233
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	1	747	581
	2	747	581
	3	644	446
	4	540	374
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	1	630	478
	2	611	458
	3	573	420
	4	392	287
Ling Molva spp.	1	826	680
	2	801	656
	3	728	583
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	1	0	233
	2	0	229
	3	0	223
Spanish mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0	224
	2	0	224
	3	0	183
	4	0	137
Anchovies Engraulis spp.	1	0	884
	2	0	936
	3	0	780
	4	0	325
PlaicePleuronectes platessa
— 1 January to 30 April 2009	1	809	442
	2	809	442
	3	777	442
	4	561	367
— 1 May to 31 December 2009	1	1 124	615
	2	1 124	615
	3	1 079	615
	4	779	510
Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius	1	3 258	2 570
	2	2 462	1 919
	3	2 462	1 882
	4	2 027	1 557
	5	1 882	1 484
Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.	1	1 719	1 618
	2	1 517	1 416
	3	1 365	1 239
	4	860	733
Dab Limanda limanda	1	606	495
Dab Limanda limanda	2	461	359
Flounder Platichtys flesus	1	345	303
Flounder Platichtys flesus	2	261	219
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	1	2 174	1 780
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	2	2 174	1 692
Cuttlefishes Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma	1	0	1 107
	2	0	1 107
	3	0	692
		Whole fish	Fish without head
		Gutted fish, with head
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Monkfish Lophius spp.	1	1 810	4 702
	2	2 315	4 397
	3	2 315	4 153
	4	1 929	3 664
	5	1 068	2 626
		All presentations
		Extra, A
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	1	1 474
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon	2	674
		Cooked in water	Fresh or chilled
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	1	5 035	1 103
Deep-water prawns Pandalus borealis	2	1 766	—

Species	Size^f2	Selling prices (EUR/t)
The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
Species	Size^f2	Whole
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	1	1 284
Edible crabs Cancer pagurus	2	963
		Whole		Tails
		E′	Extra, A	Extra, A
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	1	4 704	4 704	3 535
	2	4 704	3 227	2 968
	3	4 212	3 227	2 182
	4	2 735	2 243	1 789
		Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
		Extra, A	Extra, A
Sole Solea spp.	1	5 160	3 990
	2	5 160	3 990
	3	4 885	3 715
	4	3 990	2 890
	5	3 440	2 270

Annex III

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

Species	Landing area	Conversion Factor	Size^f1	Withdrawal price(in EUR/tonne)
The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
				Gutted fish, with head	Whole fish
				Extra, A	Extra, A
Herring of the species Clupea harengus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,9	1	0	119
			2	0	182
			3	0	172
			4a	0	109
	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	119
			2	0	182
			3	0	172
			4a	0	109
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus	Coastal regions and islands of Ireland	0,96	1	0	223
			2	0	220
			3	0	214
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,95	1	0	221
			2	0	218
			3	0	212
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	1 928
			2	1 846	1 439
			3	1 846	1 412
			4	1 520	1 167
			5	1 412	1 113
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	1	1 043	854
Albacore or longfinned tuna Thunnus alalunga	Islands of the Azores and Madeira	0,48	2	1 043	812
Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus	Canary Islands	0,48	1	0	141
			2	0	176
			3	0	198
			4	0	129
	Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom	0,74	1	0	217
			2	0	272
			3	0	306
			4	0	200
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,93	2	0	342
	Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal	0,81	3	0	335

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2008 of 19 December 2008 fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2009 fishing year

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