
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1570/2007 of 21 December 2007 fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2008 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, 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 2008 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 1447/2007.

(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 2008 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 2008 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.
Article 3 
The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2008 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 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 December 2007.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission
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 Conversion factors
Gutted fish, with head Whole fish
Extra, A Extra, A
Herring of the speciesClupea harengus 1 0,0 0,47
2 0,0 0,72
3 0,0 0,68
4a 0,0 0,43
4b 0,0 0,43
4c 0,0 0,9
5 0,0 0,8
6 0,0 0,4
7a 0,0 0,4
7b 0,0 0,36
8 0,0 0,3
Sardines of the speciesSardina pilchardus 1 0,0 0,51
2 0,0 0,64
3 0,0 0,72
4 0,0 0,47
DogfishSqualus acanthias 1 0,6 0,6
2 0,51 0,51
3 0,28 0,28
DogfishScyliorhinus spp. 1 0,64 0,6
2 0,64 0,56
3 0,44 0,36
RedfishSebastes spp. 1 0,0 0,81
2 0,0 0,81
3 0,0 0,68
Cod of the speciesGadus morhua 1 0,72 0,52
2 0,72 0,52
3 0,68 0,4
4 0,54 0,3
5 0,38 0,22
CoalfishPollachius virens 1 0,72 0,56
2 0,72 0,56
3 0,71 0,55
4 0,61 0,3
HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus 1 0,72 0,56
2 0,72 0,56
3 0,62 0,43
4 0,52 0,36
WhitingMerlangius merlangus 1 0,66 0,5
2 0,64 0,48
3 0,6 0,44
4 0,41 0,3
LingMolva spp. 1 0,68 0,56
2 0,66 0,54
3 0,6 0,48
Mackerel of the speciesScomber scombrus 1 0,0 0,72
2 0,0 0,71
3 0,0 0,69
Spanish mackerel of the speciesScomber japonicus 1 0,0 0,77
2 0,0 0,77
3 0,0 0,63
4 0,0 0,47
AnchoviesEngraulis spp. 1 0,0 0,68
2 0,0 0,72
3 0,0 0,6
4 0,0 0,25
PlaicePleuronectes platessa 1 0,75 0,41
2 0,75 0,41
3 0,72 0,41
4 0,52 0,34
Hake of the speciesMerluccius merluccius 1 0,9 0,71
2 0,68 0,53
3 0,68 0,52
4 0,56 0,43
5 0,52 0,41
MegrimsLepidorhombus spp. 1 0,68 0,64
2 0,6 0,56
3 0,54 0,49
4 0,34 0,29
DabLimanda limanda 1 0,71 0,58
2 0,54 0,42
FlounderPlatichthys flesus 1 0,66 0,58
2 0,5 0,42
Albacore or longfinned tunaThunnus alalunga 1 0,9 0,81
2 0,9 0,77
CuttlefishesSepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma 1 0,0 0,64
2 0,0 0,64
3 0,0 0,4Species Size Conversion factor 
Whole fishGutted fish, with head Fish without head
Extra, A Extra, A
MonkfishLophius spp. 1 0,61 0,77 
2 0,78 0,72
3 0,78 0,68
4 0,65 0,6
5 0,36 0,43
  All presentations 
Extra, A
Shrimps of the speciesCrangon crangon 1 0,59 
2 0,27 
  Cooked in water Fresh or chilled 
Extra, A Extra, A
Deep-water prawnsPandalus borealis 1 0,77 0,68 
2 0,27 —
  Whole 
Edible crabsCancer pagurus 1 0,72 
2 0,54
  Whole Tails
E’ Extra, A Extra, A
Norway lobsterNephrops norvegicus 1 0,86 0,86 0,81
2 0,86 0,59 0,68
3 0,77 0,59 0,5
4 0,5 0,41 0,41
  Gutted fish, with head Whole fish 
Extra, A Extra, A
SoleSolea spp. 1 0,75 0,58 
2 0,75 0,58
3 0,71 0,54
4 0,58 0,42
5 0,5 0,33

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 104/2000Species Size Withdrawal price (EUR/t)
Gutted fish, with head Whole fish
Extra, A Extra, A
Herring of the speciesClupea harengus 1 0 130
2 0 199
3 0 188
4a 0 119
4b 0 119
4c 0 249
5 0 222
6 0 111
7a 0 111
7b 0 100
8 0 83
Sardines of the speciesSardina pilchardus 1 0 287
2 0 360
3 0 405
4 0 265
DogfishSqualus acanthias 1 667 667
2 567 567
3 311 311
DogfishScyliorhinus spp. 1 464 435
2 464 406
3 319 261
RedfishSebastes spp. 1 0 953
2 0 953
3 0 800
Cod of the speciesGadus morhua 1 1 186 856
2 1 186 856
3 1 120 659
4 889 494
5 626 362
CoalfishPollachius virens 1 564 439
2 564 439
3 557 431
4 478 235
HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus 1 747 581
2 747 581
3 644 446
4 540 374
WhitingMerlangius merlangus 1 637 483
2 618 463
3 579 425
4 396 290
LingMolva spp. 1 826 680
2 801 656
3 728 583
Mackerel of the speciesScomber scombrus 1 0 235
2 0 231
3 0 225
Spanish mackerel of the speciesScomber japonicus 1 0 226
2 0 226
3 0 185
4 0 138
AnchoviesEngraulis spp. 1 0 880
2 0 932
3 0 776
4 0 324
PlaicePleuronectes platessa

— 1 January to 30 April 2008
 1 809 442
2 809 442
3 777 442
4 561 367

— 1 May to 31 December 2008
 1 1 124 615
2 1 124 615
3 1 079 615
4 779 510
Hake of the speciesMerluccius merluccius 1 3 274 2 583
2 2 474 1 928
3 2 474 1 892
4 2 037 1 564
5 1 892 1 492
MegrimsLepidorhombus spp. 1 1 728 1 626
2 1 525 1 423
3 1 372 1 245
4 864 737
DabLimanda limanda 1 613 501
2 466 362
FlounderPlatichtys flesus 1 348 306
2 264 221
Albacore or longfinned tunaThunnus alalunga 1 2 152 1 754
2 2 152 1 667
CuttlefishesSepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma 1 0 1 080
2 0 1 080
3 0 675
  Whole fishGutted fish, with head Fish without head
Extra, A Extra, A
MonkfishLophius spp. 1 1 810 4 702
2 2 315 4 397
3 2 315 4 153
4 1 929 3 664
5 1 068 2 626
  All presentations
Extra, A
Shrimps of the speciesCrangon crangon 1 1 431
2 655
  Cooked in water Fresh or chilled
Extra, A Extra, A
Deep-water prawnsPandalus borealis 1 5 010 1 092
2 1 757 —  Selling prices (EUR/t) 
Whole 
Edible crabsCancer pagurus 1 1 297  
2 973  
  Whole  Tails
E’ Extra, A Extra, A
Norway lobsterNephrops norvegicus 1 4 727 4 727 3 553
2 4 727 3 243 2 982
3 4 233 3 243 2 193
4 2 749 2 254 1 798
  Gutted fish, with head Whole fish 
Extra, A Extra, A
SoleSolea spp. 1 5 212 4 030 
2 5 212 4 030 
3 4 934 3 752 
4 4 030 2 919 
5 3 475 2 293 

ANNEX III

Withdrawal prices in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumptionSpecies Landing area Conversion Factor Size Withdrawal price(in EUR/tonne)
Gutted fish, with head Whole fish
Extra, A Extra, A
Herring of the speciesClupea harengus Coastal regions and islands of Ireland 0,9 1 0 117
2 0 179
3 0 170
4a 0 107
Coastal regions of eastern England from Berwick to DoverCoastal regions of Scotland from Portpatrick to Eyemouth and the islands located west and north of those regionsCoastal regions of County Down (Northern Ireland) 0,9 1 0 117
2 0 179
3 0 170
4a 0 107
Mackerel of the speciesScomber scombrus Coastal regions and islands of Ireland 0,96 1 0 225
2 0 222
3 0 216
Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom 0,95 1 0 223
2 0 220
3 0 214
Hake of the speciesMerluccius 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 2 456 1 937
2 1 855 1 446
3 1 855 1 419
4 1 528 1 173
5 1 419 1 119
Albacore or longfinned tunaThunnus alalunga Islands of the Azores and Madeira 0,48 1 1 033 842
2 1 033 800
Sardines of the speciesSardina pilchardus Canary Islands 0,48 1 0 138
2 0 173
3 0 195
4 0 127
Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom 0,74 1 0 212
2 0 267
3 0 300
4 0 196
Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal 0,93 2 0 335
0,81 3 0 328
