Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 234/2013 of 15 March 2013 fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2013 fishing year
EU Regulation No 234/2013 · Adopted 15 March 2013 · Extends to United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 234/2013
of 15 March 2013
fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2013 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 productsf1, and in particular Article 25(1) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
A Union selling price is to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 before the beginning of the fishing year, at a level at least equal to 70 % and not exceeding 90 % of the guide price.
(2)
Council Regulation (EU) No 1242/2012f2 fixes the guide prices for the 2013 fishing year for all the products concerned.
(3)
Market prices vary considerably depending on the species and how the products are presented, particularly in the case of squid and hake.
(4)
Conversion factors should therefore be fixed for the different species and presentations of frozen products landed in the Union in order to determine the price level that trigger the intervention measure provided for in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
(5)
In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2013, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2013.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,
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1
The Union selling prices, as referred to in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, applicable during the 2013 fishing year for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation and the presentations and conversion factors to which they relate are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2
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 2013.
Signature
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
Selling prices and conversion factors
| Forms of commercial presentation: whole, not cleanedproduct which has not undergone any treatment product which has at least been gutted squid body which has at least been gutted and had the head removed | ||||
| Species | Presentation | Conversion factor | Intervention level | Selling price(EUR/tonne) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) | Whole or gutted, with or without head | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 678 |
| Hake (Merluccius spp.) | Whole or gutted, with or without head | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 080 |
| Individual fillets | ||||
| — with skin | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 286 | |
| — skinless | 1,1 | 0,85 | 1 415 | |
| Sea-bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.) | Whole or gutted, with or without head | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 242 |
| Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | Whole or gutted, with or without head | 1,0 | 0,85 | 3 483 |
| Shrimps and prawns Penaeidae | Frozen | |||
| (a) Parapenaeus longirostris | 1,0 | 0,85 | 3 460 | |
| (b) Other Penaeidae | 1,0 | 0,85 | 6 641 | |
| Cuttlefishes (Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma and Sepiola rondeletti) | Frozen | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 702 |
| Squid (Loligo spp.) | ||||
| (a) Loligo patagonica | — whole, not cleaned | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 023 |
| — cleaned | 1,2 | 0,85 | 1 227 | |
| (b) Loligo vulgaris | — whole, not cleaned | 2,5 | 0,85 | 2 556 |
| — cleaned | 2,9 | 0,85 | 2 965 | |
| Octopus (Octopus spp.) | Frozen | 1,0 | 0,85 | 1 949 |
| Illex argentinus | — whole, not cleaned | 1,0 | 0,8 | 709 |
| — tube | 1,7 | 0,8 | 1 205 | |