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 Norway1, 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/EU2.
(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:

  1. (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)’

  2. (b)

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

  3. (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’