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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 291/2012

of 2 April 2012

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway

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

OJ L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1.

, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An Agreement has been concluded in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The Agreement was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision 2011/818/EU

OJ L 327, 9.12.2011, p. 1.

(2)

That Agreement provides further progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis and for new annual duty free tariff quotas at import into the European Union of certain agricultural products originating in Norway.

(3)

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

(4)

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

(5)

In accordance with Decision 2011/818/EU the new tariff quotas are to apply from 1 January 2012. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as set out 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 January 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 April 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

(a)

the rows for order numbers 09.0701, 09.0751, 09.0757 and 09.0759 are replaced by the following:

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
1 000
8,5
Ex15043010
99
09.0751
Ex07041000
90
Cauliflowers
From 1.8 to 31.10
2 000
0
09.0757
Ex08092100
Ex08092900
Cherries, fresh
From 16.7 to 15.9
900
0 (³)
09.0759
Ex08094005
Plum, fresh, from 1 September to 15 October
From 1.9 to 15.10
600
0 (³)’

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	1 000	8,5
Ex15043010	99
09.0751	Ex07041000	90	Cauliflowers	From 1.8 to 31.10	2 000	0
09.0757	Ex08092100 Ex08092900		Cherries, fresh	From 16.7 to 15.9	900	0 (³)
09.0759	Ex08094005		Plum, fresh, from 1 September to 15 October	From 1.9 to 15.10	600	0 (³)’

(b)

the rows for order numbers 09.0753, 09.0755, 09.0775, 09.0777, 09.0781 and 09.0785 are deleted;

(c)

the following rows are inserted:

09.0815
0810 20 10
Raspberries, fresh
From 1.1 to 31.12
400
0
09.0816
2005 20 20
Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption
From 1.1 to 31.12
200
0
09.0817
2309 10 13
2309 10 15
2309 10 19
2309 10 33
2309 10 39
2309 10 51
2309 10 53
2309 10 59
2309 10 70
2309 10 90
Dog or cat food put up for retail sale
From 1.1 to 31.12
13 000
0