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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
3. Article 1
4. 1.
   1. Article 1
5. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
6. ANNEX
7. ANNEX

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of 10 April 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In 2009, negotiations were concluded for an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning special provisions applicable for the period 2009-14 to imports into the Union of certain fish and fishery products, hereinafter the Additional Protocol.

(2) The signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Additional Protocol has been authorised by Council Decision 2010/674/EU of 26 July 2010 on the signing and provisional application of an Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, an Agreement between the European Union and Norway on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland concerning special provisions applicable to imports into the European Union of certain fish and fishery products for the period 2009-2014 and an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Norway concerning special provisions applicable to imports into the European Union of certain fish and fishery products for the period 2009-2014.

(3) The Additional Protocol provides for new annual duty free tariff quotas at import into the Union of certain fish and fishery products originating in Norway.

(4) In accordance with the Additional Protocol, the duty free tariff quotas levels that should have been opened for Norway as from 1 May 2009 until 1 March 2011 shall be divided in equal parts and allocated on a yearly basis for the remaining part of the period of application of this Protocol.

(5) In order to implement the new tariff quotas provided for in the Additional Protocol, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 992/95.

(6) It is necessary to replace the current reference in Regulation (EC) No 992/95 to free-at-frontier prices by a reference to the declared customs value in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, and to provide that in order to qualify for the preferences laid down in the Additional Protocol, that value must at least be equal to any reference price fixed or to be fixed in accordance with the same Regulation.

(7) Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway defining the concept of originating products and setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation was amended by Decision No 1/2005 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee of 20 December 2005. It is therefore necessary to provide explicitly that Protocol 3 as amended in 2005 is to apply.

(8) For reasons of clarity and to take account of the amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, and of the Taric-subdivisions, it is appropriate to replace Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 992/95.

(9) For reasons of clarity and to take account of the fact that several tariff quotas cover the same products for the same period, it is appropriate to merge them.

(10) Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11) In accordance with Decision 2010/674/EU the new tariff quotas must apply from 1 March 2011. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date.

(12) 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 992/95 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

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Article 1

1. When products originating in Norway listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the European Union, they shall be eligible for exemption from customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas, during the periods and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.

2. Imports of the fish and fishery products listed in the Annex shall qualify for the tariff quotas mentioned in paragraph 1 only if the declared customs value is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or to be fixed, in accordance with Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.

3. The provisions of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway defining the concept of originating products and setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation, as last amended by Decision No 1/2005 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee of 20 December 2005, shall apply.

4. The benefit of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0710 and 09.0712 shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June. Furthermore, the benefit of the tariff quota with order number 09.0714 shall not be granted to goods with CN code 03049923 declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June.

Article 1

2. Article 3, second paragraph, is replaced by the following: However, Article 308c(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall not apply to the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0702, 09.0710, 09.0712, 09.0713, 09.0714, 09.0749 and 09.0750.;

3. Annexes I and II are replaced by the text 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 March 2011.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 March 2011. For the Commission The President José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

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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 (%) 09.0701 ex15042010 90 Oils and fats of marine animals, other than whale oil and sperm oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg From 1.1 to 31.12 1000 8,5 ex15043010 99 ex15161090 11 09.0702 03032900 Other frozen Salmonidae From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011 526 0 From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 3158 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 3158 From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 3158 09.0703 ex03055190 10 20 Dried, salted but not smoked cod, excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus From 1.4 to 31.12 13250 0 ex03055910 90 Dried, salted but not smoked fish of the species Boreogadus saida 09.0710 03035100 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 76333 0 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 76333 From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 76334 09.0711 Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs: From 1.1 to 31.12 400 3 ex16041390 91 92 99 Sardinella, brisling or sprats excluding raw fillets merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, deep-frozen 16041992 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) ex16041993 90 Coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding smoked coalfish 16041994 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 16041995 Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius) 16041998 Other fish ex16042090 30 35 50 60 90 Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel ex16042090 40 Other prepared or preserved mackerel 10 09.0712 03037430 Mackerel (scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus), frozen, excluding livers and roes From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 66333 0 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 66333 From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 66334 09.0713 03037998 Other fish, frozen, excluding livers and roes From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011 578 0 From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 3474 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 3474 From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 3474 09.0714 03042975 Fillets of herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011 8896 0 From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 109701 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 109701 ex03049923 10 20 30 Flaps of herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) (butterflies), frozen From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 109702 09.0715 030211 Trout (salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aquabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 500 0 030321 Trout (salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aquabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), frozen 09.0716 03021200 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), fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 6100 0 09.0717 03031100 03031900 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 580 0 ex03032200 20 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), frozen 09.0718 03041913 03042913 Fresh, 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 31.12 610 0 09.0719 03021900 Other Salmonidae, fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 670 0 03032900 Other frozen Salmonidae 09.0720 03026945 Ling (Molva spp.), fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 370 0 09.0721 03022200 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 From 1.1 to 31.12 250 0 03022300 Sole (Solea spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 030229 Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 030339 Flounder (Platichtys flesus), Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.), fish of the genus Rhombosolea and other flat fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 ex03026982 20 Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026966 03026967 03026968 03026969 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026981 Monkfish (Lophius spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026700 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026800 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026991 Horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus, Trachurus trachurus), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026992 Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 03026994 03026995 03026999 Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), gilt-head sea breams and other fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 09.0722 03049100 Frozen meat of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) From 1.1 to 31.12 500 0 03049931 03049933 03049939 Frozen meat of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida 03049941 Frozen meat of coalfish (Pollachius virens) 03049945 Frozen meat of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 03049951 Frozen meat of hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 03049971 Frozen meat of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus potassou) 03049975 Frozen meat of Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) ex03049999 20 25 30 40 50 60 65 69 70 81 89 90 Frozen meat of saltwater fish, excluding mackerel (scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) 09.0723 03024000 03035100 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), fresh, chilled or frozen From 16.6 to 14.2 800 0 09.0724 030264 Mackerel (scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), fresh or chilled From 16.6 to 14.2 260 0 09.0725 03037430 Mackerel (scomber scombrus, Scomber japonicus), frozen From 16.6 to 14.2 30600 0 09.0726 03026931 03026933 03037935 03037937 Redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh, chilled or frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 130 0 09.0727 03041901 03041903 03041918 03042901 03042903 03042905 03042918 Fillets of other freshwater fish, fresh, chilled or frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 110 0 09.0728 03041933 03041935 Fillets of coalfish (Pollachius virens) and redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 180 0 03041110 03041210 Other fillets, fresh or chilled ex03041939 30 40 60 70 75 80 85 90 09.0729 03041997 03041999 Flaps of herring and other fish meat From 1.1 to 31.12 130 0 09.0730 030421 030422 Frozen fillets of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) From 1.1 to 31.12 9000 0 03042921 03042929 Frozen fillets of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida 03042931 Frozen fillets of coalfish (Pollachius virens) 03042933 Frozen fillets of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 03042935 03042939 Frozen fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.) 03042955 03042956 03042958 03042959 Frozen fillets of hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 03042971 Frozen fillets of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) 03042983 Frozen fillets of monkfish (Lophius spp.) 03042985 Frozen fillets of Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) 03042991 Frozen fillets of blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae) ex03042999 10 20 41 49 50 60 81 89 91 92 93 99 Other frozen fillets 09.0731 ex03052000 11 18 19 21 30 73 75 77 79 99 Livers and roes of fish, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked From 1.1 to 31.12 1900 0 09.0732 03054100 Smoked 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 31.12 450 0 09.0733 03054200 030549 Smoked fish other than 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 31.12 140 0 09.0734 ex03056980 20 30 40 50 61 63 64 65 67 90 Other fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine From 1.1 to 31.12 250 0 09.0735 03056100 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked and herrings in brine From 1.1 to 31.12 1440 0 09.0736 03061310 Frozen Pandalidae shrimps From 1.1 to 31.12 950 0 03061930 Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) 09.0737 ex03062310 95 Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen boiled on board From 1.1 to 31.12 800 0 09.0738 ex03062310 11 20 91 96 Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for processing From 1.1 to 31.12 900 0 03062930 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), not frozen 09.0739 16041100 Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces From 1.1 to 31.12 170 0 09.0740 16041291 16041299 Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces, in airtight containers; other From 1.1 to 31.12 3000 0 09.0741 16041390 Prepared or preserved sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces From 1.1 to 31.12 180 0 09.0742 16041511 16041519 Prepared or preserved mackerel (scomber scombrus, Scomber japonicus), whole or in pieces From 1.1 to 31.12 130 0 09.0743 16041992 Prepared or preserved cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), whole or in pieces From 1.1 to 31.12 5500 0 16041993 Prepared or preserved coalfish (Pollachius virens) 16041994 Prepared or preserved hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 16041995 Prepared or preserved Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius) 16041998 Other fish, prepared or preserved 16042090 Prepared or preserved meat of other fish 09.0744 16042010 Prepared or preserved salmon meat From 1.1 to 31.12 300 0 09.0745 ex16052010 20 40 91 Peeled and frozen shrimps and prawns From 1.1. to 31.12 8000 0 ex16052091 20 40 91 ex16052099 20 40 91 09.0746 ex16052010 30 96 99 Shrimps and prawns other than peeled and frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 1000 0 ex16052091 30 96 99 ex16052099 30 45 49 96 99 09.0747 23012000 Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates From 1.1 to 31.12 28000 0 09.0748 16051000 Prepared or preserved crab From 1.1 to 31.12 50 0 09.0749 ex16052010 20 40 91 Shrimps and prawns, peeled and frozen, prepared or preserved From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011 1841 0 ex16052091 20 40 91 From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 11053 ex16052099 20 40 91 From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 11053 From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 11053 09.0750 ex16041291 10 Herring, spiced and/or vinegar cured, in brine From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011 1000 tonnes net drained weight 0 ex16041299 11 19 From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012 7000 tonnes net drained weight From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013 8000 tonnes net drained weight From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014 8000 tonnes net drained weight 09.0751 07041000 Cauliflowers and headed broccoli From 1.8 to 31.10 2000 0 09.0752 03035100 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 44000 0 09.0753 ex07049090 10 Broccoli, fresh or chilled From 1.7 to 31.10 1000 0 09.0755 ex07049090 20 Chinese cabbages, fresh or chilled From 1.7 to 28.2 3000 0 09.0756 03042975 Fillets of herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 67000 0 03049923 10 20 30 Flaps of herrings (butterflies) (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen 09.0757 08092005 08092095 Cherries, fresh From 16.7 to 31.8 900 0 09.0759 08094005 08094090 Plums and sloes, fresh From 1.9 to 15.10 600 0 09.0761 08101000 Strawberries, fresh From 9.6 to 31.7 900 0 09.0762 08101000 Strawberries, fresh From 1.8 to 15.9 900 0 09.0775 15041010 Fish-liver oils and their fractions, of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2500 international units per gram From 1.1 to 31.12 103 0 09.0776 15042010 Solid fractions fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other than liver oils From 1.1 to 31.12 384 0 09.0777 ex15161090 11 19 Animal fats and oils and their fractions, wholly of fish or marine mammals From 1.1 to 31.12 5141 0 09.0781 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 300 tonnes carcase weight 0 09.0782 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal From 1.1 to 31.12 200 0 09.0783 07051100 Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) From 1.1 to 31.12 300 0 09.0784 07051900 Other lettuce From 1.1 to 31.12 300 0 09.0785 ex06029050 10 Perennial plants From 1.1 to 31.12 EUR 136212 0 09.0786 06029070 Indoor plants: rooted cuttings and young plants, excluding cacti From 1.1 to 31.12 EUR 544848 0 09.0787 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products From 1.1 to 31.12 300 0

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