http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2016/1219

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

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 Iceland1, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 20162, 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 Council3 repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 104/20004 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 20165. 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) 2015/24476 replacing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/937 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 2658/878 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:
1. (a)
  paragraph 2 is deleted,
2. (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 apply9.’;
(2)
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘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) 2015/244710.’;
(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

‘ANNEX
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
ex 0303 51 00
10
20
Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture11 12
From 1.1 to 31.12
950
0
09.0812
0303 51 00
Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes12
From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017
1 050
0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018
1 400
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019
1 400
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020
1 400
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021
1 400
09.0793
0302 13 00
0302 14 00
0304 41 00
0304 81 00
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
0302 23 00
Sole (Solea spp.)
0302 24 00
0302 29
Turbot (Psetta maxima), megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish
ex 0302 56 00
10
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
Frozen:
0303 32 00
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
0303 55 30
Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
ex 0303 55 90
90
Other fish, excluding horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)
0303 56 00
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
0303 69 90
0303 89 90
Other fish
0303 82 00
Rays and skates (Rajidae)
0303 83 00
Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0303 84 90
Sea bass other than European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
0303 89 55
Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)
Fresh or chilled fillets of:
0304 31 00
Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
0304 32 00
Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
0304 33 00
Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
0304 39 00
Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0304 42 50
Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
0304 49 10
Other freshwater fish
0304 43 00
Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae)
0304 44 30
Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
0304 44 90
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
0304 45 00
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
0304 46 00
Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0304 49 50
Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
ex 0304 49 90
30
40
50
60
70
90
Other fish excluding herring and mackerel
Fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled of:
0304 53 00
Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
0304 54 00
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
0304 55 00
Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0304 59 90
Other fish, excluding freshwater fish and flaps of herring
Frozen fillets of:
0304 61 00
Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
0304 62 00
Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
0304 63 00
Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
0304 69 00
Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0304 82 50
Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
0304 89 10
Other freshwater fish
Frozen meat of:
0304 95 21
Cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
0304 95 25
Cod of the species Gadus morhua
0304 95 29
Cod of the species Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
0304 95 40
Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
0304 95 50
Hake of the genus Merluccius
0304 95 60
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Gadus poutassou)
ex 0304 95 90
11
13
17
19
90
Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp.
ex 0304 99 99
20
25
30
40
50
65
69
70
90
Other fish, excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)
09.0811
0304 49 50
Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled
From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017
2 211
0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018
2 948
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019
2 948
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020
2 948
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021
2 948
09.0795
0305 61 00
Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked, and herring in brine
From 1.1 to 31.12
1 750
0
09.0796
0306 15 90
Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters
From 1.1 to 31.12
50
0
09.0810
0306 15 90
Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters
From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017
1 106
0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018
1 474
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019
1 474
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020
1 474
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021
1 474
09.0797
1604 12 91
1604 12 99
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
2 400
0
09.0798
1604 17 00
1604 19 97
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
ex 1604 20 90
20
30
35
50
60
90
Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel
09.0700
1604 20 90
Other prepared or preserved fish
From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017
2 764
0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018
3 685
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019
3 685
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020
3 685
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021
3 685
11
Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)).
12
As the most-favoured nation (“MFN”) duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation during this period.’

Order No	CN code	TARIC subdivision	Description of products	Quota period	Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)	Quota duty (%)
09.0792	ex 0303 51 00	10 20	Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture11 12	From 1.1 to 31.12	950	0
09.0812	0303 51 00		Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes12	From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017	1 050	0
				From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018	1 400
				From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019	1 400
				From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020	1 400
				From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021	1 400
09.0793	0302 13 00 0302 14 00 0304 41 00 0304 81 00		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
	0302 23 00		Sole (Solea spp.)
	0302 24 00 0302 29		Turbot (Psetta maxima), megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish
	ex 0302 56 00	10	Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
			Frozen:
	0303 32 00		Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
	0303 55 30		Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
	ex 0303 55 90	90	Other fish, excluding horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)
	0303 56 00		Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
	0303 69 90 0303 89 90		Other fish
	0303 82 00		Rays and skates (Rajidae)
	0303 83 00		Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
	0303 84 90		Sea bass other than European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
	0303 89 55		Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)
			Fresh or chilled fillets of:
	0304 31 00		Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
	0304 32 00		Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
	0304 33 00		Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
	0304 39 00		Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
	0304 42 50		Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
	0304 49 10		Other freshwater fish
	0304 43 00		Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae)
	0304 44 30		Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
	0304 44 90		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
	0304 45 00		Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
	0304 46 00		Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
	0304 49 50		Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
	ex 0304 49 90	30 40 50 60 70 90	Other fish excluding herring and mackerel
			Fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled of:
	0304 53 00		Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
	0304 54 00		Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
	0304 55 00		Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
	0304 59 90		Other fish, excluding freshwater fish and flaps of herring
			Frozen fillets of:
	0304 61 00		Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
	0304 62 00		Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
	0304 63 00		Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
	0304 69 00		Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
	0304 82 50		Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
	0304 89 10		Other freshwater fish
			Frozen meat of:
	0304 95 21		Cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
	0304 95 25		Cod of the species Gadus morhua
	0304 95 29		Cod of the species Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
	0304 95 40		Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
	0304 95 50		Hake of the genus Merluccius
	0304 95 60		Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Gadus poutassou)
	ex 0304 95 90	11 13 17 19 90	Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp.
	ex 0304 99 99	20 25 30 40 50 65 69 70 90	Other fish, excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)
09.0811	0304 49 50		Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled	From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017	2 211	0
				From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018	2 948
				From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019	2 948
				From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020	2 948
				From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021	2 948
09.0795	0305 61 00		Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked, and herring in brine	From 1.1 to 31.12	1 750	0
09.0796	0306 15 90		Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters	From 1.1 to 31.12	50	0
09.0810	0306 15 90		Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters	From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017	1 106	0
				From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018	1 474
				From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019	1 474
				From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020	1 474
				From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021	1 474
09.0797	1604 12 91 1604 12 99		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	2 400	0
09.0798	1604 17 00 1604 19 97		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
09.0798	ex 1604 20 90	20 30 35 50 60 90	Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel	From 1.1 to 31.12	50	0
09.0700	1604 20 90		Other prepared or preserved fish	From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017	2 764	0
				From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018	3 685
				From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019	3 685
				From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020	3 685
				From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021	3 685

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