
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1277/2009 of 22 December 2009 fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2010 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, and in particular Article 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the EU 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 EU. The guide prices for the 2010 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No 1212/2009.

(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 EU withdrawal and selling prices, as referred to in Article 20 and 22 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the 2010 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation, are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The EU withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2010 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.
Article 3 
The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2010 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the EU 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 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I

Conversion factors for the products listed in points A, B and C of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000Species 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 0,4
Species Size Conversion factor 
Whole fish Fish without head
Gutted fish, with 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 0 129
2 0 198
3 0 187
4a 0 118
4b 0 118
4c 0 248
5 0 220
6 0 110
7a 0 110
7b 0 99
8 0 83
Sardines of the speciesSardina pilchardus 1 0 296
2 0 371
3 0 418
4 0 273
DogfishSqualus acanthias 1 654 654
2 556 556
3 305 305
DogfishScyliorhinus spp. 1 455 427
2 455 398
3 313 256
RedfishSebastes spp. 1 0 962
2 0 962
3 0 808
Cod of the speciesGadus morhua 1 1 144 826
2 1 144 826
3 1 081 636
4 858 477
5 604 350
CoalfishPollachius virens 1 559 435
2 559 435
3 551 427
4 473 233
HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus 1 703 547
2 703 547
3 605 420
4 508 351
WhitingMerlangius merlangus 1 593 449
2 575 431
3 539 395
4 368 269
LingMolva spp. 1 792 652
2 769 629
3 699 559
Mackerel of the speciesScomber scombrus 1 0 228
2 0 225
3 0 219
Spanish mackerel of the speciesScomber japonicus 1 0 215
2 0 215
3 0 176
4 0 131
AnchoviesEngraulis spp. 1 0 875
2 0 927
3 0 772
4 0 322
PlaicePleuronectes platessa

— 1 January to 30 April 2010
 1 789 431
2 789 431
3 757 431
4 547 358

— 1 May to 31 December 2010
 1 1 097 599
2 1 097 599
3 1 053 599
4 760 497
Hake of the speciesMerluccius merluccius 1 3 063 2 416
2 2 314 1 804
3 2 314 1 770
4 1 906 1 463
5 1 770 1 395
MegrimsLepidorhombus spp. 1 1 633 1 537
2 1 441 1 345
3 1 297 1 177
4 817 697
DabLimanda limanda 1 588 480
2 447 348
FlounderPlatichtys flesus 1 327 288
2 248 208
Albacore or longfinned tunaThunnus alalunga 1 2 238 1 815
2 2 238 1 726
CuttlefishesSepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma 1 0 1 140
2 0 1 140
3 0 712
  Whole fish Fish without head
Gutted fish, with head 
Extra, A Extra, A
MonkfishLophius spp. 1 1 783 4 632
2 2 280 4 331
3 2 280 4 090
4 1 900 3 609
5 1 052 2 586
  All presentations
Extra, A
Shrimps of the speciesCrangon crangon 1 1 430
2 654
  Cooked in water Fresh or chilled
Extra, A Extra, A
Deep-water prawnsPandalus borealis 1 4 985 1 081
2 1 748 —
Species Size Selling prices (EUR/t) 
Whole 
Edible crabsCancer pagurus 1 1 207  
2 905
  Whole Tails
E′ Extra, A Extra, A
Norway lobsterNephrops norvegicus 1 4 469 4 469 3 323
2 4 469 3 066 2 789
3 4 002 3 066 2 051
4 2 599 2 131 1 682
  Gutted fish, with head Whole fish 
Extra, A Extra, A
SoleSolea spp. 1 5 057 3 910 
2 5 057 3 910
3 4 787 3 641
4 3 910 2 832
5 3 371 2 225

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 0 116
2 0 178
3 0 168
4a 0 106
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 0 116
2 0 178
3 0 168
4a 0 106
Mackerel of the speciesScomber scombrus Coastal regions and islands of Ireland 0,96 1 0 219
2 0 216
3 0 210
Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom 0,95 1 0 217
2 0 214
3 0 208
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 2 444 1 812
2 1 846 1 353
3 1 846 1 327
4 1 520 1 097
5 1 412 1 046
Albacore or longfinned tunaThunnus alalunga Islands of the Azores and Madeira 0,48 1 1 043 871
2 1 043 828
Sardines of the speciesSardina pilchardus Canary Islands 0,48 1 0 142
2 0 178
3 0 200
4 0 131
Coastal regions and islands of Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom 0,74 1 0 219
2 0 275
3 0 309
4 0 202
Atlantic coastal regions of Portugal 0,93 2 0 345
0,81 3 0 338
