COMMISSION REGULATION

(EC) No 2178/2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2006 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(1), and in particular Article 29(1) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the Community 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) For the products listed in Annex I, points A and B to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price is the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2006 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2005(2).

(4) The reference price for products other than those listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 is established 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 all the species covered by the criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and particularly not for those 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 2006 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 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005.

For the Commission

Joe

BORG

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2) See page 11 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX(1)

1. Reference prices for products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of 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 ex 0302 40 00	1		—	F011	125
	2		—	F012	191
	3		—	F013	180
	4a		—	F016	114
	4b		—	F017	114
	4c		—	F018	239
	5		—	F015	212
	6		—	F019	106
	7a		—	F025	106
	7b		—	F026	95
	8		—	F027	80
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex 0302 69 31 and ex 0302 69 33	1		—	F067	920
	2		—	F068	920
	3		—	F069	772
Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex 0302 50 10	1	F073	1 180	F083	852
	2	F074	1 180	F084	852
	3	F075	1 115	F085	656
	4	F076	885	F086	492
	5	F077	623	F087	361
		Boiled in water		Fresh or refrigerated
		Additional Taric code	Extra, A(2)	Additional Taric code	Extra, A(2)
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 23 10	1	F317	4 911	F321	1 087
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex 0306 23 10	2	F318	1 722	—	—

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)

Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Whole:

ex 0303 79 35

ex 0303 79 37

F411

—	with or without head

941

ex 0304 20 35

ex 0304 20 37

Fillets:

F412

—	with bones (‘standard’)

1 915

F413

—	without bones

2 075

F414

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 262

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

ex 0303 60 11, ex 0303 60 19, ex 0303 60 90, ex 0303 79 41

F416

Whole, with or without head

1 095

ex 0304 20 29

Fillets:

F417

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

2 428

F418

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

2 664

F419

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

2 602

F420

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

2 943

F421

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 903

ex 0304 90 38

F422

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

1 406

Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

ex 0304 20 31

Fillets:

F424

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

1 488

F425

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

1 639

F426

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

1 476

F427

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

1 647

F428

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

1 733

ex 0304 90 41

F429

Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks

967

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

ex 0304 20 33

Fillets:

F431

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

2 264

F432

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

2 632

F433

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin

2 512

F434

—	individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin

2 683

F435

—	blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg

2 960

Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)

Fillets:

ex 0304 20 85

F441

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

1 136

F442

—	interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones

1 298

Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

Herring flaps:

ex 0304 10 97

ex 0304 90 22

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.