Commission Regulation (EC) No 2034/2006 of 21 December 2006 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2007 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:

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.
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.
The Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2006 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2006⁽²⁾.
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.
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.
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 2007 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 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.

For the Commission

Joe Borg

Member of the Commission

ANNEX(*)

1. Reference prices for 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⁾
		Boiled in water		Fresh or refrigerated
		Additional Taric code	Extra, A⁽¹⁾	Additional Taric code	Extra, A⁽¹⁾
Herring of the species Clupea harengus ex03024000	1		—	F011	128
	2		—	F012	197
	3		—	F013	186
	4a		—	F016	117
	4b		—	F017	117
	4c		—	F018	246
	5		—	F015	218
	6		—	F019	109
	7a		—	F025	109
	7b		—	F026	98
	8		—	F027	82
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) ex03026931 and ex03026933	1		—	F067	925
	2		—	F068	925
	3		—	F069	777
Cod of the species Gadus morhua ex03025010	1	F073	1 169	F083	844
	2	F074	1 169	F084	844
	3	F075	1 104	F085	649
	4	F076	876	F086	487
	5	F077	617	F087	357
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex03062310	1	F317	4 936	F321	1 092
Deepwater prawns (Pandalus borealis) ex03062310	2	F318	1 731	—	—

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:
ex03037935 ex03037937	F411	— with or without head	960
ex03042935 ex03042939		Fillets:
	F412	— with bones (‘standard’)	1 934
	F413	— without bones	2 117
	F414	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 285
2. Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
ex03035210, ex03035230, ex03035290, ex03037941	F416	Whole, with or without head	1 106
ex03042929		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
ex03049933	F422	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	1 434
3. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
ex03042931		Fillets:
	F424	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 518
	F425	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 672
	F426	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin	1 476
	F427	— individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin	1 680
	F428	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	1 733
ex03049941	F429	Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks	986
4. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
ex03042933		Fillets:
	F431	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	2 264
	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	2 710
	F435	— blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg	2 960
5. Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)
		Fillets:
ex03042985	F441	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’)	1 159
ex03042985	F442	— interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones	1 324
6. Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
		Herring flaps:
ex03041997 ex03049923	F450	— exceeding 80 g a piece	510
ex03041997 ex03049923	F450	— exceeding 80 g a piece	464