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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Icelandnote, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (d) thereof,Whereas:
(1)By Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 2016note, the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland.
(2)The text of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland (‘the Additional Protocol’) which is attached to Decision (EU) 2016/837 provides for the renewal of three duty-free tariff quotas that ended on 30 April 2014 and for one new duty-free tariff quota for release for free circulation in the European Union of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland.
(3)In accordance with the Additional Protocol, the volumes of the tariff quotas covering the period from 1 May 2014 until the date on which the provisional application of the Additional Protocol becomes effective shall be proportionally allocated and made available for the period from the date of provisional application of the Additional Protocol until 30 April 2021. The Additional Protocol does not provide for any carrying-over of remaining volumes in a tariff quota to a subsequent application period.
(4)It is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 499/96 in order to implement the tariff quotas laid down in the Additional Protocol.
(5)The tariff quotas should apply from the date on which the provisional application of the Additional Protocol becomes effective until 30 April 2021. This Regulation should therefore apply from the date of provisional application of the Additional Protocol laid down in Article 3 of Decision (EU) 2016/837.
(6)Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000note and ended the system of reference prices for fishery products. It is therefore necessary to delete the condition laid down in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 499/96 on respecting reference prices.
(7)Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and setting out the methods of administrative cooperation has been amended by Decision No 1/2016 of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee of 17 February 2016note. It is therefore necessary to provide that Protocol 3 as amended is to apply.
(8)Rules on the management of tariff quotas are laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447note replacing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93note from 1 May 2016. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 499/96 should be amended to take account of the new rules.
(9)The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 499/96 should be amended in order to take account of amendments of the Combined Nomenclature codes (‘CN codes’) laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87note and of the Taric subdivisions. For reasons of clarity it is appropriate to replace the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 499/96 in its entirety.
(10)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Regulation (EC) No 499/96 is amended as follows:
(1)Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 2 is deleted,
(b)paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:‘3.Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee No 1/2016, shall applynote.
(2)Article 2 is replaced by the following:‘Article 2The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447note.
(3)Article 3 is deleted;
(4)The Annex is replaced by the text 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 August 2016.
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
| Order No | CN code | TARIC subdivision | Description of products | Quota period | Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified) | Quota duty (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.0792 | ex03035100 | 1020 | Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacturenotenote | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 950 | 0 |
| 09.0812 | 03035100 | Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roesnote | From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 | 1050 | 0 | |
| From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 | 1400 | |||||
| From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 | 1400 | |||||
| From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 | 1400 | |||||
| From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 | 1400 | |||||
| 09.0793 | 03021300030214000304410003048100 | Fresh or chilled fish (excluding livers and roes) and fresh or chilled or frozen fillets of:Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 50 | 0 | |
| 09.0794 | Fresh or chilled: | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 250 | 0 | ||
| 03022300 | Sole (Solea spp.) | |||||
| 03022400030229 | Turbot (Psetta maxima), megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish | |||||
| ex03025600 | 10 | Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) | ||||
| Frozen: | ||||||
| 03033200 | Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | |||||
| 03035530 | Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) | |||||
| ex03035590 | 90 | Other fish, excluding horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus) | ||||
| 03035600 | Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) | |||||
| 0303699003038990 | Other fish | |||||
| 03038200 | Rays and skates (Rajidae) | |||||
| 03038300 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | |||||
| 03038490 | Sea bass other than European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) | |||||
| 03038955 | Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata) | |||||
| Fresh or chilled fillets of: | ||||||
| 03043100 | Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) | |||||
| 03043200 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) | |||||
| 03043300 | Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | |||||
| 03043900 | Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.) | |||||
| 03044250 | Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster | |||||
| 03044910 | Other freshwater fish | |||||
| 03044300 | Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae) | |||||
| 03044430 | Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | |||||
| 03044490 | Other fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida | |||||
| 03044500 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | |||||
| 03044600 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | |||||
| 03044950 | Redfish (Sebastes spp.) | |||||
| ex03044990 | 304050607090 | Other fish excluding herring and mackerel | ||||
| Fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled of: | ||||||
| 03045300 | Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae | |||||
| 03045400 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | |||||
| 03045500 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | |||||
| 03045990 | Other fish, excluding freshwater fish and flaps of herring | |||||
| Frozen fillets of: | ||||||
| 03046100 | Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) | |||||
| 03046200 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) | |||||
| 03046300 | Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | |||||
| 03046900 | Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.) | |||||
| 03048250 | Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster | |||||
| 03048910 | Other freshwater fish | |||||
| Frozen meat of: | ||||||
| 03049521 | Cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus | |||||
| 03049525 | Cod of the species Gadus morhua | |||||
| 03049529 | Cod of the species Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida | |||||
| 03049540 | Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | |||||
| 03049550 | Hake of the genus Merluccius | |||||
| 03049560 | Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Gadus poutassou) | |||||
| ex03049590 | 1113171990 | Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp. | ||||
| ex03049999 | 202530405065697090 | Other fish, excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) | ||||
| 09.0811 | 03044950 | Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled | From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 | 2211 | 0 | |
| From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 | 2948 | |||||
| From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 | 2948 | |||||
| From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 | 2948 | |||||
| From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 | 2948 | |||||
| 09.0795 | 03056100 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked, and herring in brine | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 1750 | 0 | |
| 09.0796 | 03061590 | Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 50 | 0 | |
| 09.0810 | 03061590 | Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters | From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 | 1106 | 0 | |
| From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 | 1474 | |||||
| From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 | 1474 | |||||
| From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 | 1474 | |||||
| From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 | 1474 | |||||
| 09.0797 | 1604129116041299 | Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces but not minced, excluding fillets of herring, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 2400 | 0 | |
| 09.0798 | 1604170016041997 | Prepared or preserved eels and other prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces but not minced | From 1.1 to 31.12 | 50 | 0 | |
| ex16042090 | 203035506090 | Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel | ||||
| 09.0700 | 16042090 | Other prepared or preserved fish | From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 | 2764 | 0 | |
| From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 | 3685 | |||||
| From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 | 3685 | |||||
| From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 | 3685 | |||||
| From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 | 3685 |
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