COMMISSION REGULATION

(EC) No 2179/2005

of 23 December 2005

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2006 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),

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(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that aid may be granted for quantities of certain fresh products withdrawn from the market and either processed to stabilise them and stored or preserved.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The purpose of that aid is to give suitable encouragement to producers’ organisations to process or preserve products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be avoided.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 Community during the fishing year proceeding the year in question.

(5) 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

For the 2006 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 its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2005.

For the Commission

Joe

BORG

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

. Regulation amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(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, points A and B and for sole (

Solea

spp.) listed in Annex I, point C to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

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

Aid

(EUR/tonne)

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

— Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus

330

— Other species

270

II.	Filleting, freezing and storage

350

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

260

IV.	Marinating and storage

240

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for the other products listed in Annex I, point 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

300

Norway lobster tails

Nephrops norvegicus

225

II.	Removing the head, freezing and storage

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

280

III.	Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

300

Edible crabs

Cancer pagurus

225

IV.	Pasteurisation and storage

Edible crabs

Cancer pagurus

360

V.	Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Edible crabs

Cancer pagurus

210

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

270

II.	Filleting, freezing and storage

350