
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1280/2009 of 22 December 2009 fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products 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 29(1) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the EU 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) Pursuant to Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price for the products listed in Annex I, Parts A and B to that Regulation, is to be the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.

(3) The EU withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2010 fishing year by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1277/2009.

(4) Pursuant to Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price for products other than those listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation is to be established in particular 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 those products falling under the criteria laid down in Art. 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which are 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 2010 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 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
1. Reference prices for products referred to in Article 29(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 


Species Size Reference price (EUR/tonne)
Gutted with head Whole fish
Additional Taric code Extra, A Additional Taric code Extra, A
Herring of the speciesClupea harengusex 0302 40 00 1  — F011 129
2  — F012 198
3  — F013 187
4a  — F016 118
4b  — F017 118
4c  — F018 248
5  — F015 220
6  — F019 110
7a  — F025 110
7b  — F026 99
8  — F027 83
Redfish(Sebastes spp.)ex 0302 69 31 and ex 0302 69 33 1  — F067 962
2  — F068 962
3  — F069 808
Cod of the speciesGadus morhuaex 0302 50 10 1 F073 1 144 F083 826
2 F074 1 144 F084 826
3 F075 1 081 F085 636
4 F076 858 F086 477
5 F077 604 F087 350
  Boiled in water Fresh or refrigerated
Additional Taric code Extra, A Additional Taric code Extra, A
Deepwater prawns(Pandalus borealis)ex 0306 23 10 1 F317 4 985 F321 1 081
2 F318 1 748 — —


2. Reference prices for fishery products referred to in Article 29(3)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 


Product Additional Taric code Presentation Reference price(EUR/tonne)
1. Redfish(Sebastes spp.)
  Whole: 
ex 0303 79 35ex 0303 79 37 F411  — with or without head.
 941
ex 0304 29 35ex 0304 29 39  Fillets: 
F412  — with bones (‘standard’),
 1 895
F413  — without bones,
 2 094
F414  — blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg.
 2 239
2. Cod(Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac and Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
ex 0303 52 10, ex 0303 52 30, ex 0303 52 90, ex 0303 79 41 F416 Whole, with or without head. 1 095
ex 0304 29 29  Fillets: 
F417  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’),
 2 451
F418  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones,
 2 663
F419  — individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin,
 2 550
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 99 33 F422 Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks. 1 448
3. Coalfish(Pollachius virens)
ex 0304 29 31  Fillets: 
F424  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’),
 1 518
F425  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones,
 1 705
F426  — individual or fully interleaved fillets, with skin,
 1 476
F427  — individual or fully interleaved fillets, without skin,
 1 630
F428  — blocks in immediate packing weighing not more than 4 kg.
 1 786
ex 0304 99 41 F429 Pieces and other meat, except minced blocks. 966
4. Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
ex 0304 29 33  Fillets: 
F431  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’),
 2 241
F432  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones,
 2 580
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.
 2 901
5. Alaska pollack(Theragra chalcogramma)
  Fillets: 
ex 0304 29 85 F441  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, with bones (‘standard’),
 1 170
F442  — interleaved or in industrial blocks, without bones.
 1 324
6. Herring(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
  Herring flaps: 
ex 0304 19 97ex 0304 99 23 F450  — exceeding 80 g. a piece,
 510
F450  — exceeding 80 g. a piece.
 464
