Address https://gelex.eu/eli/EU/regulation/2021/1203@2021-07-19/en

Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
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) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opens and provides for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2021-2023. Appropriate volumes have been decided for each tariff quota to ensure an adequate supply to the Union industry for that period.

(2) Supplies of certain fishery products in the Union currently depend on imports from third countries. In the last decades, the Union has become more dependent on imports to meet its consumption of fishery products. In order not to jeopardise the Union production of fishery products and to ensure an adequate supply to the Union processing industry, import duties should be suspended for Patagonian squid, herring preserved in brine, frozen herrings, frozen fillets and flaps of herrings, fillets of redfish and various species of frozen fish within tariff quotas of an appropriate volume.

(3) The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom (the TCA) provisionally applies since 1 January 2021. The TCA provides for a duty-free quota-free access of originating fishery products. However, the British overseas countries and territories (OCTs) are no longer associated with the Union and no longer enjoy tariff reductions for exports of fishery products to the Union.

(4) Moreover, the additional protocols with Iceland and Norway providing for quotas for certain fish and fishery products expired on 30 April 2021. As negotiations for new quotas were not concluded before the expiry of the additional protocols, that might result in a shortage of duty-free fishery products for processing in the Union.

(5) Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) In order to remedy the consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union as regards the loss of preferential status of OCTs and to remedy the consequences of the expiry of the additional protocols with Norway and Iceland, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and should apply, with retroactive effect, from 1 January 2021,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 is amended as follows:

(1) point (b) of Article 4(4) is replaced by the following:

(b) cutting into rings and cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 03074335, 03074391, 03074392 and 03074399;;

(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with 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 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 July 2021. For the Council The President J. Podgoršek

ANNEX

ANNEX

In the table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/1706, the following entries are added: Order No CN code TARIC code Description Annual amount of quota (tonnes) Quota duty Quota period 09.2508 ex03074335 10 Squid of the species Loligo gahi, frozen, for processing 75000 0 % 1.1.2021–31.12.2023 09.2509 ex16041291 13 93 Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, for processing 15000 (net drained weight) 0 % 1.5.2021–30.4.2022 ex16041299 16 17 7500 (net drained weight) 0 % 1.5.2022–31.10.2022 09.2510 ex03035100 10 20 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing 10000 0 % 1.5.2021–30.4.2022 5000 1.5.2022–31.10.2022 09.2512 Frozen fish, for processing: 3300 0 % 1.5.2021–30.4.2022 03035530 10 Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) 1650 0 % 1.5.2022–31.10.2022 ex03035590 95 Other fish of Trachurus spp., excluding Trachurus trachurus, Trachurus murphyi and horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus) 03035600 10 Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) 03036990 10 Other fish 03038990 11 21 30 91 03038200 10 Rays and skates (Rajidae) 03038955 10 Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata) 09.2513 03048600 20 Fillets of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing 25000 0 % 1.5.2021–30.4.2022 ex03049923 10 20 Flaps of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) (butterflies), frozen, for processing 12500 0 % 1.5.2022–31.10.2022 09.2514 03044950 10 Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled, for processing 1300 0 % 1.5.2021–30.4.2022 650 0 % 1.5.2022–31.10.2022

Versions

1. 2021-07-19

Cited by

• P9_TA(2022)0103 Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean European Parliament resolution of 5 April 2022 on the future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean in the light of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (2021/2016(INI)) 2022/C 434/01 Notice · Grade B

  having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1203 of 19 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 as regards inclusion of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products,

• P9_TA(2022)0103 Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean European Parliament resolution of 5 April 2022 on the future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean in the light of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (2021/2016(INI)) 2022/C 434/01 Notice · Grade B

  Emphasises the need for the European Union and the United Kingdom to continue to work together to deliver sound international ocean governance by promoting the sustainable use and exploitation of ocean resources and encouraging the protection and restoration of areas on the basis of the best and most up-to-date scientific knowledge; Points out that the full impact of Brexit is not yet known, not least because the full implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in relation to fisheries is still ongoing and has not yet been fully achieved, and highlights that issues are still emerging