Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1219 of 26 July 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland
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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 Iceland, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 2016, 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 Council repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 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 2016. 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) 2015/2447 replacing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 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 2658/87 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 apply.
(2) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
Article 1
(2)
Article 2
The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.
Article 1
(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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 July 2016. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker
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 (%) 09.0792 ex03035100 10 20 Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture From 1.1 to 31.12 950 0 09.0812 03035100 Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes 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 03021300 03021400 03044100 03048100 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.) 03022400 030229 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) 03036990 03038990 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 30 40 50 60 70 90 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 11 13 17 19 90 Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp. ex03049999 20 25 30 40 50 65 69 70 90 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 16041291 16041299 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 16041700 16041997 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 20 30 35 50 60 90 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