COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 237/2013

of 15 March 2013

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products 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 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 Union 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 Union withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2013 fishing year by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 232/2013(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 Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which are imported from third countries in insignificant volumes.

(6) In order to allow a swift application of the reference prices in the year 2013, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reference prices for the 2013 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 that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

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

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

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

Species	Size(1)	Reference price (EUR/tonne)
		Gutted with head(1)		Whole fish(1)
		Additional Taric code	Extra, A(1)	Additional Taric code	Extra, A(1)
Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex 0302 41 00	1		—	F011	136
	2		—	F012	208
	3		—	F013	197
	4a		—	F016	124
	4b		—	F017	124
	4c		—	F018	260
	5		—	F015	231
	6		—	F019	116
	7a		—	F025	116
	7b		—	F026	104
	8		—	F027	87
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex 0302 89 31 and ex 0302 89 39	1		—	F067	996
	2		—	F068	996
	3		—	F069	836
Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex 0302 51 10	1	F073	1 161	F083	839
	2	F074	1 161	F084	839
	3	F075	1 097	F085	645
	4	F076	871	F086	484
	5	F077	613	F087	355
		Boiled in water		Fresh or refrigerated
		Additional Taric code	Extra, A(1)	Additional Taric code	Extra, A(1)
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 26 90	1	F317	5 394	F321	1 114
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 26 90	2	F318	1 891	—	—

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

Product

Additional Taric code

Presentation

Reference price

(EUR/tonne)

1.	Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Whole:

ex 0303 89 31

ex 0303 89 39

F411

—	with or without head

998

ex 0304 89 21

ex 0304 89 29

Fillets:

F412

—	with bones (‘standard’)

2 011

F413

—	without bones

2 136

F414

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 239

Cod

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

ex 0303 63 10, ex 0303 63 30, ex 0303 63 90, ex 0303 69 10

F416

Whole, with or without head

1 095

ex 0304 71 90

ex 0304 79 10

Fillets:

F417

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

2 451

F418

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

2 716

F419

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

2 574

F420

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

2 972

F421

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 990

ex 0304 95 25

F422

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

1 448

Coalfish

(Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 73 00

Fillets:

F424

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

1 611

F425

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

1 739

F426

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

1 476

F427

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

1 764

F428

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

1 933

ex 0304 95 40

F429

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

976

Haddock

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex 0304 72 00

Fillets:

F431

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

2 241

F432

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

2 606

F433

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

2 537

F434

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

2 682

F435

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 988

5.	Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)

Fillets:

ex 0304 75 00

F441

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)

1 170

F442

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

1 311

6.	Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

Herring flaps

ex 0304 59 50

F450

—	exceeding 80 g a piece

510

ex 0304 99 23

F450

—	exceeding 80 g a piece

464

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