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| 12.8.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 209/15 |
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12.8.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 209/15

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1468

of 11 August 2017

amending Regulation (EU) No 354/2011 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 58(1) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | By Decision (EU) 2017/75 (2) (‘the Decision’), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of the Protocol (‘the Protocol’) to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. Pursuant to this Decision the Protocol was applied on a provisional basis, from 1 February 2017 (3). |
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(1)

By Decision (EU) 2017/75 (2) (‘the Decision’), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of the Protocol (‘the Protocol’) to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. Pursuant to this Decision the Protocol was applied on a provisional basis, from 1 February 2017 (3).

| (2) | In Article 3, the Protocol stipulates that Union concessions for certain fish and fishery products originating in Bosnia-Herzegovina are to be granted according to Annex II to the Protocol. Therefore, the tariff quota volumes for trout, carp and anchovies should be increased by 440, 10 and 20 tonnes accordingly. |
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(2)

In Article 3, the Protocol stipulates that Union concessions for certain fish and fishery products originating in Bosnia-Herzegovina are to be granted according to Annex II to the Protocol. Therefore, the tariff quota volumes for trout, carp and anchovies should be increased by 440, 10 and 20 tonnes accordingly.

| (3) | The Union tariff quotas should be applied in full for the year 2017, as stipulated in Annex II to the Protocol. |
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(3)

The Union tariff quotas should be applied in full for the year 2017, as stipulated in Annex II to the Protocol.

| (4) | The tariff quotas set out in Annex II to the Protocol should be managed by the Commission on the basis of the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations for release for free circulation in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4). |
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(4)

The tariff quotas set out in Annex II to the Protocol should be managed by the Commission on the basis of the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations for release for free circulation in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4).

| (5) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 354/2011 (5) should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(5)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 354/2011 (5) should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (6) | In order to ensure the quota system under the Protocol is applied and managed smoothly, this Regulation should apply from the same date as that of the provisional application of the Protocol. |
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(6)

In order to ensure the quota system under the Protocol is applied and managed smoothly, this Regulation should apply from the same date as that of the provisional application of the Protocol.

| (7) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, |
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(7)

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 (EU) No 354/2011 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by following:

  ‘Article 2
  The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (*1).


  (*1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).’;" |
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(1)

Article 2 is replaced by following:

‘Article 2

The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (*1).

(*1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).’;"

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| (2) | the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. |
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(2)

the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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 February 2017.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 August 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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(1)  
  OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1.

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(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2017/75 of 21 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (OJ L 12, 17.1.2017, p. 1).

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(3)  
  OJ L 12, 17.1.2017, p. 22.

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(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).

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(5)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 354/2011 of 12 April 2011 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OJ L 98, 13.4.2011, p. 1).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products shall 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 CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme shall be determined by application of the CN code and the corresponding description taken together.

FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

| Order No | CN Code | TARIC subdivisions | Description | Annual Tariff Quota volume
  (in tonnes net weight) | Rate of quota duty |
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| 09.1594 | 0301 91 | | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption | 500 | Free |
| 0302 11 | |
| 0303 14 | |
| 0304 42 | |
| 0304 52 00 | 10 |
| 0304 82 | |
| 0304 99 21 | 11 , 12 , 20 |
| 0305 10 00 | 10 |
| 0305 39 90 | 10 |
| 0305 43 00 | |
| 0305 59 85 | 61 |
| 0305 69 80 | 61 |
| 09.1595 | 0301 93 00 | | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption | 140 | Free |
| 0302 73 00 | |
| 0303 25 00 | |
| 0304 39 00 | 20 |
| 0304 51 00 | 10 |
| 0304 69 00 | 20 |
| 0304 93 90 | 10 |
| 0305 10 00 | 20 |
| 0305 31 00 | 10 |
| 0305 44 90 | 10 |
| 0305 52 00 | 10 |
| 0305 64 00 | 10 |
| 09.1596 | 0301 99 85 | 80 | Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption | 30 | Free |
| 0302 85 10 | |
| 0303 89 50 | |
| 0304 49 90 | 60 |
| 0304 59 90 | 40 |
| 0304 89 90 | 30 |
| 0304 99 99 | 20 |
| 0305 10 00 | 30 |
| 0305 39 90 | 70 |
| 0305 49 80 | 40 |
| 0305 59 85 | 65 |
| 0305 69 80 | 65 |
| 09.1597 | 0301 99 85 | 22 | European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption | 30 | Free |
| 0302 84 10 | |
| 0303 84 10 | |
| 0304 49 90 | 70 |
| 0304 59 90 | 45 |
| 0304 89 90 | 40 |
| 0304 99 99 | 70 |
| 0305 10 00 | 40 |
| 0305 39 90 | 80 |
| 0305 49 80 | 50 |
| 0305 59 85 | 67 |
| 0305 69 80 | 67 |
| 09.1598 | 1604 13 11 | | Prepared or preserved sardines | 50 | 6 % |
| 1604 13 19 | |
| 1604 20 50 | 10 , 19 |
| 09.1599 | 1604 16 00 | | Prepared or preserved anchovies | 70 | 12,5 % |
| 1604 20 40 | |

Order No

CN Code

TARIC subdivisions

Description

Annual Tariff Quota volume

(in tonnes net weight)

Rate of quota duty

09.1594

0301 91

Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption

500

Free

0302 11

0303 14

0304 42

0304 52 00

10

0304 82

0304 99 21

11 , 12 , 20

0305 10 00

10

0305 39 90

10

0305 43 00

0305 59 85

61

0305 69 80

61

09.1595

0301 93 00

Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption

140

Free

0302 73 00

0303 25 00

0304 39 00

20

0304 51 00

10

0304 69 00

20

0304 93 90

10

0305 10 00

20

0305 31 00

10

0305 44 90

10

0305 52 00

10

0305 64 00

10

09.1596

0301 99 85

80

Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption

30

Free

0302 85 10

0303 89 50

0304 49 90

60

0304 59 90

40

0304 89 90

30

0304 99 99

20

0305 10 00

30

0305 39 90

70

0305 49 80

40

0305 59 85

65

0305 69 80

65

09.1597

0301 99 85

22

European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption

30

Free

0302 84 10

0303 84 10

0304 49 90

70

0304 59 90

45

0304 89 90

40

0304 99 99

70

0305 10 00

40

0305 39 90

80

0305 49 80

50

0305 59 85

67

0305 69 80

67

09.1598

1604 13 11

Prepared or preserved sardines

50

6 %

1604 13 19

1604 20 50

10 , 19

09.1599

1604 16 00

Prepared or preserved anchovies

70

12,5 %

1604 20 40

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