NoL50/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.2.86
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No445/86
of24February1986
openingtariffquotasfortheimportationintoSpainforcertainfisheryproductsfalling
withinheadingNos03.01,03.03and16.04andsubheading23.01BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheCanaryIslands(1986)
03.01BIa)1,03.01BIb)1,03.01BIc)1and03.01
BIo)1,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle3ofProtocolNo2
annexedthereto(*),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle3ofProtocolNo2providesthatfishery
productsfallingwithinheadingsandsubheadings03.01,
03.02,03.03,05.15A,16.04,16.05and23.01Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheCanaryIslands
orinCeutaandMelilla,shallqualifyforduty-freeentry
intothatpartofSpainwhichisincludedinthecustoms
territoryoftheCommunitywithinthelimitsofannual
Communitytariffquotas;whereasthistariffpreference
appliesonlytoproductswhichhavebeenimportedoverthe
years1982,1983and1984;whereasthereisnopatternof
tradeinthesaidproductsoriginatinginCeutaandMelilla
andthusnoneedtoopenquotasforproductsoriginatingin
theseterritories;whereasforthesaidproductsoriginating
intheCanaryIslandsthequotaamountscalculatedonthe
basisofArticle3citedaboveamountto:
—16116tonnesfortheproductsofheadingNo03.01,
excludingsubheadings03.01Ale)andd),03.01AIV,—21003tonnesforproductsofheadingNo03.03,
excludingsubheadings03.03BIa)and03.03BIII,
—9359tonnesforproductsofheadingNo16.04and
—27483tonnesforproductsofsubheading23.01B;
Whereastheotherproductsarenotimported;
Whereaswhentheproductsareimportedintothatpartof
SpainincludedintheCustomsterritoryoftheCommunity
theymaynotbedeemedtobeinfreecirculation,withinthe
meaningofArticle10oftheTreaty,iftheyarereconsigned
toanotherMemberState;whereasthetariffquotasin
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfortheperioduntil
31December1986,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperioduntil31December1986,duty-free
Communitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
importationintothatpartofSpainwhichisincludedinthe
CustomsterritoryoftheCommunityofthefollowing
productsoriginatingintheCanaryIslands,withinthe
limitssetoutbelow:
(intonnes)
Common
Customs
Tariff
headingNoDescription Quotavolume
ex03.01Fish,fresh(liveordead),chilledorfrozen,excludingproductsof
subheadings03.01Ale)andd),03.01AIV,03.01BIa)1,
03.01BIb)1,03.01BIc)1and03.01BIo)1 16116
ex03.03Crustaceansormolluscs,whetherinshellornot,fresh(liveor
dead),chilled,frozen,salted,inbrineordried;crustaceans,in
shell,simplyboiledinwater,excludingproductsofsubheadings
03.03BIa)and03.03BIII 21003
16.04Preparedorpreservedfish,includingcaviarandcaviar
substitutes 9359
23.01Floursandmeals,ofmeat,offals,fish,crustaceansormolluscs,
unfitforhumanconsumption ;greaves;
B.Floursandmealsoffish,crustaceansormolluscs: 27483
0)OJNoL302,15.11.1985,p.400.

28.2.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL50/27
Article2
1.TheMemberStateinquestionshallensurethat
importersoftheproductsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothe
tariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1.
2.TheMemberStateinquestionshallchargeimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainstthetariffquotasasand
whentheseproductsareenteredforfreecirculation .
3.Theextenttowhichthetariffquotashavebeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph2.
Article3
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStateinquestion
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthetariff
quotas.
Article4
TheMemberStateinquestionandtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowing
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1986.However,Article1(3)
secondsubparagraph shallonlyapplyasfrom1July
1986.2.TheproductsimportedintothatpartofSpainincluded
inthecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityunderthetariff
quotasmaynotbedeemedtobeinfreecirculationwithin
themeaningofArticle10oftheTreaty,iftheyare
reconsignedtoanotherMemberState.
3.TheproductsreferredtointhisArticlecannotqualify
underthetariffquotasunless,atthetimeoftheir
presentationtotheauthoritiesresponsibleforimport
formalitiesinthatpartofSpainincludedinthecustoms
territoryoftheCommunity ,inwhateverform,theyare
presentedinpackingsbearingthefollowinginformationin
aclearlyvisibleandperfectlylegibleform:
—themarking,'Origin:CanaryIslands'oratranslation
thereofinanotherofficialCommunitylanguageprinted
inLatincharactersofaheightofnotlessthan
20millimetres ,
—thenetweightinkilogramsofthefishcontainedinthe
packings.
Inaddition,pre-packagedfoodstuffsfallingwithinheading
No16.04mustcarry,oneachimmediatepacking,inan
easilyvisible,clearlylegibleandindelibleformthe
marking'MadeintheCanaries'oratranslationthereofin
anotherofficialCommunitylanguage.
Thisparagraphshallapplywithoutprejudicetothespecific
ruleslaiddownbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No103/76
of19January1976layingdowncommonmarketing
standardsforcertainfreshorchilled'fish(*)aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3396/85(2),andby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No104/76of19January1976
layingdowncommonmarketingstandardsforshrimpsof
thegenusCrangonspp.(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3118/85(4).
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableintheMemberState
inquestion.
DoneatBrussels,24February1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.BRAKS
(>)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.29.
(2)OJNoL322,3.12.1985,p.1.
(3)OJNoL20,28.1.1976,p.35.
(4)OJNoL297,9.11.1985,p.3.