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Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 of 13 November 2020 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021–2023 period

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Union supplies of certain fishery products currently depend on imports from third countries. In recent decades, the Union has become more dependent on imports to meet its demand for fishery products. In order to ensure that the Union’s production of fishery products is not jeopardised and that there is an adequate supply of fishery products to its processing industry, import duties should be suspended or reduced for a number of fishery products within tariff quotas of an appropriate volume. To ensure fair competition between imported fishery products and Union fishery products on the Union market, the impact of the measures on the competitiveness of Union fish producers, should also be taken into consideration.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1977 opened and provided for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2019–2020 period. Given that the period of application of that Regulation expires on 31 December 2020, a new regulation providing for tariff quotas should be adopted for the 2021–2023 period.

(3) All Union importers should benefit from equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas provided for in this Regulation, and the rates set out for the tariff quotas should be applied without interruption to all imports of the fishery products concerned into all Member States until the tariff quotas have been used up.

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 provides for a system of tariff-quota management, which follows the chronological order of the dates on which the custom declarations for release for free circulation were accepted. The tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with that system.

(5) It is important to ensure transparency, predictability and legal certainty for all stakeholders. Since the tariff quotas are intended to ensure the adequate supply of fishery products to the Union’s processing industry, a minimum level of treatment or operation should be required for quota entitlement.

(6) To ensure that the tariff quotas are managed in an efficient way, Member States should be allowed to draw from the tariff quota amount the necessary quantities corresponding to their actual imports. Since that method of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, the Commission should be able to monitor the rate at which the tariff quotas are used up and should inform the Member States accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be suspended or reduced to fall within the tariff quotas at the rates, for the periods and up to the amounts indicated therein.

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 3

The tariff quotas shall be subject to end-use customs supervision in accordance with Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Article 4

1. The suspension or reduction of import duties shall apply only to products intended for human consumption.

2. The tariff quotas shall not be available for products whose processing is carried out at retail or catering level.

3. The tariff quotas shall not be available for products intended solely for one or more of the following operations: (a) cleaning, gutting, tailing and heading; (b) cutting; (c) repacking of frozen individually quick-frozen (IQF) fillets; (d) sampling and sorting; (e) labelling; (f) packing; (g) chilling; (h) freezing; (i) deep-freezing; (j) defrosting; (k) glazing; (l) thawing; and (m) separation.

(a) cleaning, gutting, tailing and heading;

(b) cutting;

(c) repacking of frozen individually quick-frozen (IQF) fillets;

(d) sampling and sorting;

(e) labelling;

(f) packing;

(g) chilling;

(h) freezing;

(i) deep-freezing;

(j) defrosting;

(k) glazing;

(l) thawing; and

(m) separation.

4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, the tariff quotas shall be available for products intended for one or more of the following operations: (a) dicing; (b) cutting into rings and cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 03074391, 03074392 and 03074399; (c) filleting; (d) production of flaps; (e) cutting of frozen blocks; (f) splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks to obtain individual fillets; (g) slicing for materials under CN codes ex03036611, ex03036612, ex03036613, ex03036619, ex03038970 and ex03038990; (h) treatment by packaging gases as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council for products under CN codes 03061699 (TARIC subdivision 20 and 30), 03061792 (TARIC subdivision 20), 03061799 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03063590 (TARIC subdivisions 12, 14, 92 and 93), 03063690 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 16052190 (TARIC subdivisions 45, 55 and 62) and 16052900 (TARIC subdivisions 50, 55 and 60); and (i) dividing the frozen product or subjecting the frozen product to heat treatment to enable the removal of internal waste material for materials under CN codes 03061110 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03061190 (TARIC subdivision 20) and 03063100 (TARIC subdivision 10).

(a) dicing;

(b) cutting into rings and cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 03074391, 03074392 and 03074399;

(c) filleting;

(d) production of flaps;

(e) cutting of frozen blocks;

(f) splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks to obtain individual fillets;

(g) slicing for materials under CN codes ex03036611, ex03036612, ex03036613, ex03036619, ex03038970 and ex03038990;

(h) treatment by packaging gases as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council for products under CN codes 03061699 (TARIC subdivision 20 and 30), 03061792 (TARIC subdivision 20), 03061799 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03063590 (TARIC subdivisions 12, 14, 92 and 93), 03063690 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 16052190 (TARIC subdivisions 45, 55 and 62) and 16052900 (TARIC subdivisions 50, 55 and 60); and

(i) dividing the frozen product or subjecting the frozen product to heat treatment to enable the removal of internal waste material for materials under CN codes 03061110 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03061190 (TARIC subdivision 20) and 03063100 (TARIC subdivision 10).

Article 5

The Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States shall cooperate closely to ensure the proper management and control of the application of this Regulation.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 November 2020. For the Council The President M. Roth

ANNEX

Anx. annex. Order no CN code TARIC code Description Annual amount of quota (tonnes) Quota duty Quota period 09.2503 ex03033985 80 Flatfish (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), frozen, for processing 7500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2504 03021120 Trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, with heads and gills on, gutted, weighing more than 1,2 kg each, or with heads off, gilled and gutted, weighing more than 1 kg each 10000 5 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2505 ex03035410 95 Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), whole, fillets and flaps, for processing 5000 7,5 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03048949 20 ex03049999 12 09.2746 ex03028990 30 Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, chilled, for processing 1500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2748 ex03029100 96 Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, salted or in brine, for processing 5700 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03039190 96 ex03052000 41 09.2750 ex03052000 35 Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for the manufacture of caviar substitutes 1200 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2754 ex03035910 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita and Engraulis capensis), frozen, for processing 500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2759 ex03025110 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 110000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03025190 10 ex03025910 10 ex03036310 10 ex03036330 10 ex03036390 10 ex03036910 10 09.2760 ex03036611 10 Hake (Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.), and pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes and Genypterus capensis), frozen, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03036612 10 ex03036613 10 ex03036619 11 91 ex03038970 10 ex03038990 30 09.2761 ex03047950 10 Blue grenadier (Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing 17500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047990 11 17 ex03049590 11 17 09.2762 ex03061110 10 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), live, chilled, frozen, for processing 200 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03061190 20 ex03063100 10 09.2765 ex03056200 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 25 29 ex03056910 10 09.2770 ex03056300 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 1500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2772 ex03049310 10 Surimi, frozen, for processing 60000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03049410 10 ex03049510 10 ex03049910 10 09.2774 ex03047415 10 Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) and Argentine hake (Southwest Atlantic hake) (Merluccius hubbsi), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing 40000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047419 10 ex03049550 10 20 09.2776 ex03047110 10 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and frozen meat, for processing 50000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047190 10 ex03049521 10 ex03049525 10 09.2777 ex03036700 10 Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma), frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat for processing 340000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047500 10 ex03049490 10 09.2778 ex03048390 21 Flatfish (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), frozen fillets and other fish meat, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03049999 65 09.2785 ex03074391 10 Pod of squid (Ommastrephes spp. – excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing 20000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03074392 10 ex03074399 21 09.2786 ex03074391 20 Squid (Ommastrephes spp. – excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, whole or tentacles and fins, for processing 5000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03074392 20 ex03074399 29 09.2788 ex03024100 10 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, excluding livers and roes, for processing 10000 0 % 1.10.2021–14.2.2022 1.10.2022–14.2.2023 1.10.2023–31.12.2023 ex03035100 10 ex03045950 10 ex03049923 10 09.2790 ex16041426 10 Fillets known as loins of tunas and skipjack, for processing 35000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex16041436 10 ex16041446 11 21 92 94 09.2792 ex16041299 16 Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing 5000 10 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2794 ex16052190 45 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis, and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing 4500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 62 ex16052900 50 55 09.2798 ex03061699 20 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, in shells, fresh, chilled or frozen for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 30 ex03063590 12 14 92 93 09.2800 ex16052190 55 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus jordani, cooked and peeled, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex16052900 60 09.2802 ex03061792 20 Shrimps and prawns of the specie Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, not cooked, for processing 48000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03063690 30 09.2804 ex16054000 40 Crayfish tails of the species Procambarus clarkii, cooked, for processing 2500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2821 03074333 Squid of the species Loligo pealei, frozen 1000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2822 ex03031100 20 Pacific salmon of the species Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon (red salmon)), Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus keta and Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, headed and gutted, and in the form of fillets, frozen, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03031200 20 ex03048100 20 09.2823 ex03038115 10 Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), whole, fillet and other fish meat, frozen, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03048811 10 ex03049610 10 09.2824 ex03025200 10 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) fresh, chilled or frozen with heads off, gilled and gutted, for processing 3500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03036400 10 09.2826 ex03061799 10 Shrimps and prawns of the specie Pleoticus muelleri, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 8000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03063690 20

ANNEX

Order no CN code TARIC code Description Annual amount of quota (tonnes) Quota duty Quota period 09.2503 ex03033985 80 Flatfish (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), frozen, for processing 7500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2504 03021120 Trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, with heads and gills on, gutted, weighing more than 1,2 kg each, or with heads off, gilled and gutted, weighing more than 1 kg each 10000 5 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2505 ex03035410 95 Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), whole, fillets and flaps, for processing 5000 7,5 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03048949 20 ex03049999 12 09.2746 ex03028990 30 Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, chilled, for processing 1500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2748 ex03029100 96 Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, salted or in brine, for processing 5700 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03039190 96 ex03052000 41 09.2750 ex03052000 35 Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for the manufacture of caviar substitutes 1200 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2754 ex03035910 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita and Engraulis capensis), frozen, for processing 500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2759 ex03025110 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 110000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03025190 10 ex03025910 10 ex03036310 10 ex03036330 10 ex03036390 10 ex03036910 10 09.2760 ex03036611 10 Hake (Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.), and pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes and Genypterus capensis), frozen, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03036612 10 ex03036613 10 ex03036619 11 91 ex03038970 10 ex03038990 30 09.2761 ex03047950 10 Blue grenadier (Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing 17500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047990 11 17 ex03049590 11 17 09.2762 ex03061110 10 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), live, chilled, frozen, for processing 200 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03061190 20 ex03063100 10 09.2765 ex03056200 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 25 29 ex03056910 10 09.2770 ex03056300 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 1500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2772 ex03049310 10 Surimi, frozen, for processing 60000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03049410 10 ex03049510 10 ex03049910 10 09.2774 ex03047415 10 Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) and Argentine hake (Southwest Atlantic hake) (Merluccius hubbsi), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing 40000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047419 10 ex03049550 10 20 09.2776 ex03047110 10 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and frozen meat, for processing 50000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047190 10 ex03049521 10 ex03049525 10 09.2777 ex03036700 10 Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma), frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat for processing 340000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03047500 10 ex03049490 10 09.2778 ex03048390 21 Flatfish (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), frozen fillets and other fish meat, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03049999 65 09.2785 ex03074391 10 Pod of squid (Ommastrephes spp. – excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing 20000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03074392 10 ex03074399 21 09.2786 ex03074391 20 Squid (Ommastrephes spp. – excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, whole or tentacles and fins, for processing 5000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03074392 20 ex03074399 29 09.2788 ex03024100 10 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, excluding livers and roes, for processing 10000 0 % 1.10.2021–14.2.2022 1.10.2022–14.2.2023 1.10.2023–31.12.2023 ex03035100 10 ex03045950 10 ex03049923 10 09.2790 ex16041426 10 Fillets known as loins of tunas and skipjack, for processing 35000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex16041436 10 ex16041446 11 21 92 94 09.2792 ex16041299 16 Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing 5000 10 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2794 ex16052190 45 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis, and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing 4500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 62 ex16052900 50 55 09.2798 ex03061699 20 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, in shells, fresh, chilled or frozen for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 30 ex03063590 12 14 92 93 09.2800 ex16052190 55 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus jordani, cooked and peeled, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex16052900 60 09.2802 ex03061792 20 Shrimps and prawns of the specie Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, not cooked, for processing 48000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03063690 30 09.2804 ex16054000 40 Crayfish tails of the species Procambarus clarkii, cooked, for processing 2500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2821 03074333 Squid of the species Loligo pealei, frozen 1000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2822 ex03031100 20 Pacific salmon of the species Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon (red salmon)), Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus keta and Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, headed and gutted, and in the form of fillets, frozen, for processing 10000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03031200 20 ex03048100 20 09.2823 ex03038115 10 Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), whole, fillet and other fish meat, frozen, for processing 2000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03048811 10 ex03049610 10 09.2824 ex03025200 10 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) fresh, chilled or frozen with heads off, gilled and gutted, for processing 3500 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03036400 10 09.2826 ex03061799 10 Shrimps and prawns of the specie Pleoticus muelleri, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 8000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 ex03063690 20

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