COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 233/2013

of 15 March 2013

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2013 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(1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2814/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of carry-over aid for certain fishery products(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of flat-rate aid for certain fishery products(3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that aid may be granted for quantities of certain fresh products withdrawn from the market and either processed to stabilise them and stored or preserved.

(2) The purpose of that aid is to give suitable encouragement to producers’ organisations to process or preserve products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be avoided.

(3) The aid level should not be such as to disturb the balance of the market for the products in question or distort competition.

(4) The aid level should not exceed the technical and financial costs associated with the operations essential to stabilising and storage recorded in the Union during the fishing year preceding the year in question.

(5) In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2013, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2013.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2013 fishing year, the amounts of the carry-over aid referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and the amounts of the flat-rate aid referred to in Article 24(4) of that Regulation, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

(2)

OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 34

(3)

OJ L 132, 15.5.2001, p. 10

ANNEX

1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I, Parts A and B and for sole (

Solea spp.

) listed in Annex I, Part C to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods listed in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Aid

(EUR/tonne)

I.	Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

—	Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

368

—	Other species

298

II.	Filleting, freezing and storage

410

III.	Salting and/or drying and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up or filleted products

280

IV.	Marinating and storage

264

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for the other products listed in Annex I, Part C to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing and/or preservation methods listed in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Products

Aid

(EUR/tonne)

I.	Freezing and storage

Norway lobster

(Nephrops norvegicus)

327

Norway lobster tails

(Nephrops norvegicus)

250

II.	Removing the head, freezing and storage

Norway lobster

(Nephrops norvegicus)

295

III.	Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster

(Nephrops norvegicus)

327

Edible crabs

(Cancer pagurus)

250

IV.	Pasteurisation and storage

Edible crabs

(Cancer pagurus)

392

V.	Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Edible crabs

(Cancer pagurus)

215

3. Amount of the flat-rate aid for products listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods

Aid

(EUR/tonne)

I.	Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

298

II.	Filleting, freezing and storage

410