30.12.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 347/11


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2176/2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 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 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 2006 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No …/… (2).

(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:

Article 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 2006 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2006 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.

Article 3

The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2006 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.

Article 4

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)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.


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 (*1)

Conversion factors

Gutted fish, with head (*1)

Whole fish (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Herring of the species

Clupea harengus

1

0,00

0,47

2

0,00

0,72

3

0,00

0,68

4a

0,00

0,43

4b

0,00

0,43

4c

0,00

0,90

5

0,00

0,80

6

0,00

0,40

7a

0,00

0,40

7b

0,00

0,36

8

0,00

0,30

Sardines of the species

Sardina pilchardus

1

0,00

0,51

2

0,00

0,64

3

0,00

0,72

4

0,00

0,47

Dogfish

Squalus acanthias

1

0,60

0,60

2

0,51

0,51

3

0,28

0,28

Dogfish

Scyliorhinus spp.

1

0,64

0,60

2

0,64

0,56

3

0,44

0,36

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

1

0,00

0,81

2

0,00

0,81

3

0,00

0,68

Cod of the species

Gadus morhua

1

0,72

0,52

2

0,72

0,52

3

0,68

0,40

4

0,54

0,30

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

0,30

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

0,50

2

0,64

0,48

3

0,60

0,44

4

0,41

0,30

Ling

Molva spp.

1

0,68

0,56

2

0,66

0,54

3

0,60

0,48

Mackerel of the species

Scomber scombrus

1

0,00

0,72

2

0,00

0,71

3

0,00

0,69


Species

Size (*2)

Conversion factors

Gutted fish, with head (*2)

Whole fish (*2)

Extra, A (*2)

Extra, A (*2)

Spanish mackerel of the species

Scomber japonicus

1

0,00

0,77

2

0,00

0,77

3

0,00

0,63

4

0,00

0,47

Anchovies

Engraulis spp.

1

0,00

0,68

2

0,00

0,72

3

0,00

0,60

4

0,00

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

0,90

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

0,60

0,56

3

0,54

0,49

4

0,34

0,29

Dab

Limanda limanda

1

0,71

0,58

2

0,54

0,42

Flounder

Platichthys flesus

1

0,66

0,58

2

0,50

0,42

Albacore or long finned tuna

Thunnus alalunga

1

0,90

0,81

2

0,90

0,77

Cuttlefish

(Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)

1

0,00

0,64

2

0,00

0,64

3

0,00

0,40


Species

Size (*3)

Conversion factors

 

Whole fish Gutted fish, with head (*3)

Fish without head (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Monkfish

Lophius spp.

1

0,61

0,77

 

2

0,78

0,72

 

3

0,78

0,68

 

4

0,65

0,60

 

5

0,36

0,43

 

 

 

All presentations

 

Extra, A (*3)

Shrimps of the species

Crangon crangon

1

0,59

 

2

0,27

 

 

 

Cooked in water

Fresh or chilled

 

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Deep-water prawns

Pandalus borealis

1

0,77

0,68

 

2

0,27

 

 

 

Whole (*3)

 

Edible crabs

Cancer pagurus

1

0,72

 

2

0,54

 

 

 

Whole (*3)

Tails (*3)

E' (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

1

0,86

0,86

0,81

2

0,86

0,59

0,68

3

0,77

0,59

0,50

4

0,50

0,41

0,41

 

 

Gutted fish, with head (*3)

Whole fish (*3)

 

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Sole

(Solea spp.)

1

0,75

0,58

 

2

0,75

0,58

 

3

0,71

0,54

 

4

0,58

0,42

 

5

0,50

0,33

 


(*1)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*2)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*3)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.


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 (*1)

Withdrawal price (EUR/tonne)

Gutted fish, with head (*1)

Whole fish (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Herring of the species

Clupea harengus

1

0

125

2

0

191

3

0

180

4a

0

114

4b

0

114

4c

0

239

5

0

212

6

0

106

7a

0

106

7b

0

95

8

0

80

Sardines of the species

Sardina pilchardus

1

0

292

2

0

366

3

0

412

4

0

269

Dogfish

Squalus acanthias

1

647

647

2

550

550

3

302

302

Dogfish

Scyliorhinus spp.

1

488

458

2

488

427

3

336

275

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

1

0

920

2

0

920

3

0

772

Cod of the species

Gadus morhua

1

1 180

852

2

1 180

852

3

1 115

656

4

885

492

5

623

361

Coalfish

Pollachius virens

1

538

418

2

538

418

3

530

411

4

456

224

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

1

719

559

2

719

559

3

619

429

4

519

359


Species

Size (*2)

Withdrawal price (EUR/tonne)

Gutted fish, with head (*2)

Whole fish (*2)

Extra, A (*2)

Extra, A (*2)

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

1

618

469

2

600

450

3

562

412

4

384

281

Ling

Molva spp.

1

813

670

2

789

646

3

718

574

Mackerel of the species

Scomber scombrus

1

0

233

2

0

229

3

0

223

Spanish mackerel of the species

Scomber japonicus

1

0

226

2

0

226

3

0

185

4

0

138

Anchovies

Engraulis spp.

1

0

889

2

0

942

3

0

785

4

0

327

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

— 1 January to 30 April 2006

1

806

440

2

806

440

3

773

440

4

558

365

— 1 May to 31 December 2006

1

1 113

608

2

1 113

608

3

1 068

608

4

772

505

Hake of the species

Merluccius merluccius

1

3 308

2 609

2

2 499

1 948

3

2 499

1 911

4

2 058

1 580

5

1 911

1 507

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

1

1 694

1 594

2

1 495

1 395

3

1 345

1 221

4

847

722

Dab

Limanda limanda

1

626

511

2

476

370


Species

Size (*3)

Withdrawal price (EUR/tonne)

Gutted fish, with head (*3)

Whole fish (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Flounder

Platichtys flesus

1

343

301

2

260

218

Albacore or long-finned tuna

Thunnus alalunga

1

2 229

1 798

2

2 229

1 709

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma

1

0

1 037

2

0

1 037

3

0

648

 

 

Whole fish Gutted fish, with head (*3)

Fish without head (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Monkfish

Lophius spp.

1

1 749

4 565

2

2 236

4 268

3

2 236

4 031

4

1 864

3 557

5

1 032

2 549

 

 

All presentations

Extra, A (*3)

Shrimps of the species

Crangon crangon

1

1 432

2

655

 

 

Cooked in water

Fresh or chilled

Extra, A (*3)

Extra, A (*3)

Deep-water prawns

Pandalus borealis

1

4 911

1 087

2

1 722


Species

Size (*4)

Selling prices (EUR/tonne)

 

Whole (*4)

 

Edible crabs

Cancer pagurus

1

1 246

 

 

2

935

 

 

 

 

Whole (*4)

Tails (*4)

E' (*4)

Extra, A (*4)

Extra, A (*4)

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

1

4 590

4 590

3 432

2

4 590

3 149

2 881

3

4 109

3 149

2 119

4

2 669

2 188

1 737

 

 

Gutted fish, with head (*4)

Whole fish (*4)

 

Extra, A (*4)

Extra, A (*4)

Sole

Solea spp.

1

5 009

3 874

 

2

5 009

3 874

 

3

4 742

3 607

 

4

3 874

2 805

 

5

3 340

2 204

 


(*1)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*2)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*3)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

(*4)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.


ANNEX III

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

Species

Landing area

Conversion factor

Size (*1)

Withdrawal price (in EUR/tonne)

Gutted fish, with head (*1)

Whole fish (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Extra, A (*1)

Herring of the species

Clupea harengus

Coastal regions and islands of Ireland

0,90

1

0

112

2

0

172

3

0

162

4a

0

103

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)

0,90

1

0

112

2

0

172

3

0

162

4a

0

103

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

2 481

1 957

2

1 874

1 461

3

1 874

1 433

4

1 544

1 185

5

1 433

1 130

Albacore or Long-finned tuna

Thunnus alalunga

Islands of the Azores and Madeira

0,48

1

1 070

863

2

1 070

821

Sardines of the species

Sardina pilchardus

Canary Islands

0,48

1

0

140

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

216

2

0

271

3

0

305

4

0

199

Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal

0,93

2

0

340

0,81

3

0

334


(*1)  The freshness categories, sizes and presentations are those defined pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.