COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 19.10.1995 
COM(95) 484fmal 
95/ 0259 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the 
administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products 
originating in Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for live horses originating in Iceland 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1 By Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 the Community undertook to open 
Community tariff quotas for a number of agricultural and fishery products originating 
in Norway. 
The quotas are opened in accordance with the provisions of the Preferential 
Agreement of 14 May 1973 between the Community and Norway. 
The Agreement was amended by Council Decision 86/557/EEC following the 
accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community. 
The Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden requires further adjustment of 
the above Preferential Agreement as from 1 January this year, to take into account 
the trade arrangements for fishery products between the three new Member States 
and Norway. 
3. Consequently, the Community has concluded an Additional protocol to the 
Agreement with Norway under which the Community opens tariff quotas for certain 
fishery products originating in Norway from 1 January to 31 December each year. 
As it was not possible to begin implementing these measures before 1 July, provision 
has to be made to open quotas for six months, but for the full annual volume. 
4. Furthermore, the Community has concluded Agreements in the form of exchange of 
letters with Iceland, Norway and Switzerland on certain agricultural products. These 
Agreements are the result of negotiations held in order to take over bilateral 
concessions which had existed between the three new Member States and those three 
countries before the enlargement. In the abovementioned Agreements the Community 
has notably undertaken to open from 1 January 1995 annual Community tariff quotas 
at zero duty for certain fats and oils of fish originating in Norway and for live horses 
originating in Iceland. 
A 
Proposal for a Council Regulation 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the 
administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products 
originating in Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community 
tariff quotas for live horses originating in Iceland 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of 
10 April 19951 Community tariff quotas have been opened for certain agricultural and 
fishery products originating in Norway; whereas the quotas were granted under an 
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway 
concluded on 14 May 19732; whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to 
the Community, an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters was concluded between 
the Community and Norway and approved by Council Decision 86/557/EEC3; 
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the abovementioned 
quotas have to be adjusted to take into account, inter alia, the existing trade arrangements 
for fishery products between these countries and Norway; 
Whereas an Additional Protocol to the above Agreement has therefore been concluded 
between the Community and Norway and approved by a Council Decision4; whereas by 
the provisions of this Protocol the Community has undertaken to open, each year and 
subject to certain conditions, Community tariff quotas at zero duty for a number of fishery 
products originating in Norway; 
Whereas the tariff quotas should accordingly be opened from 1 January to 31 December 
each year; whereas it has not been possible to implement these concessions before 1 July 
this year and therefore, exceptionally for 1995, provision must be made for the quotas to 
be opened for the period from 1 July to 31 December, but for the full annual volume, 
Whereas Agreements in the form of exchange of letters for certain agricultural products 
were concluded between the Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Iceland, 
the Kingdom of Norway and Switzerland, on the other hand, and approved by Council 
Decision 95/ /CE5; whereas in the abovementioned Agreements the Community has 
undertaken to open from 1 January 1995 annual Community tariff quotas at zero duty for 
certain agricultural products from Iceland and Norway. 
(1) OJ No L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 171, 27.6.1993, p. 2. 
(3) OJ No L 328, 22.11.1986, p. 76. 
(4) OJ No L 187, 8.8.1995, p. 15 
(5) OJ No L 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Council Regulation (EC) n° 992/95 shall be modified as follows: 
1. In the Title, the following phrase shall be added: "and opening and providing for 
the administration of Community tariff quotas for live horses originating in 
Iceland" 
2. Annexes I and II shall be replaced by Annexes I and II of this Regulation; Annex 
III shall be added. 
3. In Article 1 (3) shall be replaced by the following text : 
"The provisions of the Protocol defining the concept of originating products and setting 
out the arrangements for administrative cooperation6 annexed to the Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, as amended by the 
provisions of Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement, shall apply." 
4. In Article 1 (4) shall be added as follows: 
"The provisions of the Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and 
setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation as amended at last by 
Decision No. 1/94 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee of the 8 March 19947 shall apply." 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
Annexes I and II shall apply from 1 January 1995 or during the periods indicated in Annex 
I; Annex III shall apply from 1 January 1995. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
(6) OJ No L 171, 27.6.1973, p. 1, as amended by Decision No 1/94 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee 
(OJ No L 204, 6.8.1994 p. 90) and further amended by the Additional Protocol (OJ No L 187, 8.8.95, 
p. 15). 
(7) OJ No L 204, 6.8.1994, p. 62 
ANNEX I 
Products originating in Norway 
Order 
No 
09.0701 
09.0703 
09.0711 CodeNC(l) 
ex 1504 20 10 
ex 1504 30 19 
ex 1516 10 90 
0305 
0305 51 
ex0305 5190 
0305 59 
0305 59 19 
ex 1604 13 90 
1604 19 92 
ex 1604 19 93 
1604 19 94 
1604 19 95 
1604 19 98 
ex 1604 20 90 Description 
Oils and fats of marine animals, other than whale oil and 
spem oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg 
Fish, dried, salted, or in brine ; smoked fish, whether or not 
cooked before or during the smoking process ; fish meal fit 
for human consumption : 
- Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked : 
- - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) : 
Excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus 
—Other : 
Fish of the species Boreogadus saida : 
From 1 April to 31 December 
Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar 
substitutes prepared from fish eggs ; 
Other : 
Sardinella ; brisling or sprats excluding raw fillets 
merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether 
or not prefried in oil, deep-frozen 
Other : 
macrocephalus) 
Coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding smoked 
coalfish 
Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 
pollack(Pollachius pollachius) 
Other 
Fish other than herring and smoked saithe : 
-Other than mackerel 
-Mackarel (Scomber australasicus) Amount of 
quotas 
(tones0) 
1 000 
13 250 
400 Quota duty 
(%) 
8,5 
0 
5,8 
,0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex 
Order No CNcode(l) 
09.0715 
09.0716 
09.0717 
09.0718 
09.0719 
09.0720 
09.0721 0302 11 00 
0303 21 00 
0302 12 00 
0303 10 00 
ex 0303 22 00 
0304 10 13 
0304 20 13 
0302 19 00 
0303 29 00 
0302 69 45 
0302 22 00 
0302 23 00 
0302 29 10 
0302 29 90 
0303 39 10 
0303 39 20 
0303 39 30 
0303 39 80 
0302 69 65 
0302 69 81 
0302 69 86 
0302 69 87 
0302 69 91 
0302 69 92 
0302 69 93 
0302 69 96 description 
trout, fresh or chilled 
frozen trout 
salmon, fresh or chilled 
frozen Pacific salmon 
frozen Atlantic salmon 
salmon fillets, fresh or chilled 
frozen salmon fillets 
other Salmonidae, fresh or chilled 
other frozen Salmonidae 
ling, fresh or chilled 
plaice, fresh or chilled 
sole, fresh or chilled 
megrim, fresh or chilled 
other 
frozen flounder 
frozen megrim 
frozen fish of the genus Rhombosolea 
other 
hake, fresh or chilled 
monkfish, fresh or chilled 
southern blue whiting, fresh or chilled 
fresh or chilled sword fish 
fresh or chilled horse mackerel 
pink cusk-eel, fresh or chilled 
fish of the species Kathetostoma giganteum 
other Amount of quotas 
(tonne) 
500 (2) 
6 100(2) 
580 (2) 
610(2) 
670 (2) 
370 (2) 
250 (2) Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II. 
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year. 
r 
Order No 
S09.0722 
09.0723 
09.0724 
09.0725 
09.0726 CNcode(l) 
W04 90 35 
0304 90 38 
3304 90 39 
0304 90 41 
0304 90 45 
0304 90 47 
0304 90 49 
0304 90 59 
0304 90 61 
0304 90 65 
ex0304 90 97 
0302 40 90 
0303 50 90 
0302 64 90 
0303 74 19 
0302 69 31 
0302 69 33 
0303 79 35 
0303 79 37 Description 
Erozcn meat of cod and of fuh of tfae species Borcogadb; 
aida 
other 
Irozen coalfish meat 
frozen haddock meat 
iozen hake meat 
frozen hake meat 
frozen meat of blue whiting 
•neat of Alaska pollack, frozen 
neat of swordfish, frozen 
frozen meat of saltwater fish, excluding mackerel 
lemngs, fresh or chilled from 16 June to 
14 February 
frozen herrings, from 16 June to 14 February 
mackerel, fresh or chilled, from 16 June to 
14 February 
frozen maokerel, from 16 June to 14 February 
redflsh (Sebastes spp.), 
fresh or chilled 
redlish (Sebastcs spp.). 
frozen Amount of quotas Quota duty 
(tonnes) [%) 
500(2) 
800 
(3) 
260 
(3) 
100 
(3) 
130 (2) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex U. 
(2) Volumes applicable trorn 1 July to 31 December 95 and after I January to 31 December of each year. 
(3) Volumes applicable from 1 July 1995. 
)rder No KJN code ( 1 ) Description Amount of quotasjQuota duty 
(tonnes) (%) 
109.0727 K)304 10 19 
W304 20 19 illets of other freshwater fish, fresh or chilled 
rozen fillets of other freshwater fish 110(2) 
K)9.0728 0304 10 33 
0304 10 35 
0304 10 38 fillets of coalfish, fresh or chilled 
fillets of redfish, fresh or chilled 
other 180(2) 
K)9.0729 0304 10 92 
0304 10 93 
0304 10 98 paps of herring, fresh or chilled 
other 130(2) 
W9.0730 0304 
0304 
0304 
0304 
0304 
0304 
0304 
0304 20 21 
20 29 
20 31 
20 33 
20 35 
20 37 
20 57 
20 59 
0304 20 71 
0304 20 83 
0304 20 85 
0304 20 87 
0304 20 91 
0304 20 96 frozen fillets of cod and offish of the species Boreogadus saida 
frozen coalfish fillets 
frozen haddock fillets 
frozen fillets of redfish 
frozen filet of the species Scbastcs marinas 
frozen hake fillets (genus Merluccius) 
frozen hake fillets (genus Urophycis) 
frozen plaice fillets 
frozen fillets of monkfish 
frozen fillets of Alaska pollack 
frozen fillets of swordfish 
frozen fillets of blue grenadier 
other 9 000 (2) 
09.0731 fex0305 20 00 livers and roes, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked 1 900 (2) 
W9.0732 »305 41 00 smoked salmon 450 (2) 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II. 
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year. 
\ 
Order No 
09.0733 
09.0734 
09.0735 
09.0736 
09.0737 
09.0738 CNcode(l) 
0305 42 00 
0305 49 10 
0305 49 20 
0305 49 30 
0305 49 40 
0305 49 50 
0305 49 90 
0305 69 90 
0305 6100 
0306 13 10 
0306 19 30 
ex 0306 23 10 
ex0306 23 10(a) 
0306 29 30 Description 
smoked herring 
smoked lesser or Greenland halibut 
smoiccd Atlantic halibut 
smoked mackerel 
smoked trout 
smoked eel 
other smoked fish 
other fish, salted but not dried or smoked and 
fish in brine 
iierrings, salted but not dried or smoked and herrings 
in brine 
frozen Pandalidac shrimps 
frozen Norway lobsters 
Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen 
Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for processing (a) 
Norway lobsters, not frozen Amount of quotas Quota duty 
(tonnes) (%) 
140(2) 
250 (2) 
1440(2) 
950 (2) 
800(2) 
900(2) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II. 
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year. 
(a) Checks on compliance with this use shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant Community provisions. 
t 
Order No 
09.0739 
09.0740 
09.0741 
09.0742 
09.0743 
09.0744 
09.0745 
09.0746 CNcode(l) 
1604 1100 description 
prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces 
1604 12 91 prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces, in 
1604 12 99 airtight containers; other 
1604 13 90 
1604 15 11 
1604 15 19 
1604 19 92 
1604 19 93 
1604 19 94 
1604 19 95 
1604 19 98 
1604 20 90 
1604 20 10 
exl605 20 10 
exl605 20 91 
exl605 20 99 
exl605 20 10 
exl605 20 91 
exl605 20 99 prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling 
or sprats, whole or in pieces 
prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces 
prepared or preserved cod, whole or in pieces 
prepared or preserved coalfish 
prepared or preserved hake 
prepared or conserved Alaska pollack and pollack 
other fish, prepared or preserved 
prepared or preserved meat of other fish 
prepared or preserved salmon meat 
peeled and frozen shrimps and prawns 
shrimps and prawns other than frozen and peeled Amount of quotas Quota duty 
(tonnes) (%) 
170(2) 
3 000 (2) 
180(2) 
130(2) 
5 500(2) 
300 (2) 
5 500 (2) 
1 000 (2) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II. 
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year. 
Order No 
09.0747 
09.0748 
09.0751 
09 0753 
09.0755 
09 0757 
09.0759 
09.0761 
09.0762 
09.0775 
09.0776 
09.0777 CNcode(l) 
2301 20 00 
1605 10 00 
ex 0704 10 10 
ex 0704 90 90 
ex 0704 90 90 
0809 20 51 
0809 20 59 
0809 20 61 
0809 20 69 
ex 0809 20 71 
ex 0809 20 79 
ex 0809 40 30 
ex 0809 40 40 
ex 0809 40 90 
ex0810 10 10 
ex 0810 10 90 
1504 10 10 
1504 20 10 
1516 10 90 Description 
flours, meals and pellets, offish or of crustaceans, molluscs or 
other aquatic invertebrates 
prepared or preserved crab 
Cauliflowers, fresh or chilled, from 1 August to 
31 October 
Broccoli, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October 
China cabbages, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 
28 February 
Cherries, fresh, from 16 July to 31 August 
Plums and sloes, fresh, from 1 September to 15 October 
Strawberries, fresh,from 15 July to 31 July 
Strawberries, fresh, from 1 August to 15 September 
Fish-liver oils and their fractions, of a vitamin A 
content not exceeding 2500 UJ/g 
Solid fractions fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other 
than liver oils 
Animal fats and oils and their fractions Amount of 
quotas (tonnes) 
28 000 (2) 
50(2) 
2000 
1000 
3000 
600 
600 
750 
750 
103 
384 
5141 Quota duty 
(%) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(3) 
0 
(3) 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II. 
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year. 
(3) The specific additional duty shall be applied 
A& 
ANNEXE II 
Tarie Codes 
Order numbers CN Codes TARIC Codes 
09.0701 ex 1504 20 10 1504 20 10*90 
ex 1504 30 19 1504 30 19*90 
ex 1516 10 90 1516 10 90*11 
09.0703 ex 0305 51 90 0305 51 90*10 
*20 
ex 1604 13 90 1604 13 90*91 
*99 
09.0711 ex 1604 19 93 1604 19 93*90 
ex 1604 20 90 1604 20 90*30 
*40 
*90 
09.0717 ex 03032200 03032200*21 
23 
25 
29 
09.0722 ex 03049097 03049097*31 
39 
50 
60 
70 
80 
90 
09.0731 ex 03052000 03052000*11 
19 
93 
98 
09.0737 ex 03062310 03062310*20 
95 
09.0738 ex 03062310 03062310*11 
91 I 1 
yu 
Order I CN Codes I TARIC Codes 
09.0745 ex 16052010 16052010+20 
91 
ex 16052091 16052091*20 
91 
ex 16052099 16052099*20 
91 
09.0746 ex 16052010 16052010*30 
96 
99 
ex 16052091 16052091*30 
96 
99 
ex 16052099 16052099*30 
96 
99 
09.0751 ex 0704 10 10 0704 10 10*30 
09.0753 ex 0704 90 90 0704 90 90*13 
09.0755 ex 0704 90 90 0704 90 90*92 
•94 
*97 
09.0757 ex 0809 20 71 0809 20 71 * 10 
ex 0809 20 79 0809 20 79*11 
0809 20 79*19 
09.0759 ex 0809 40 30 0809 40 30*51 
*52 
•53 
*54 
•55 
•56 
ex 0809 40 40 0809 40 40*20 
ex 0809 40 90 0809 40 90*50 
09.0761 ex 0809 10 10 0810 10 10*60 
+80 
09.0762 ex 0810 10 90 0810 10 90*12 
*J4 
09.0777 ex 1516 10 90 1516 1090*11 
*19 
/<L. 
ANNEX III 
Products originating in Iceland 
Oder 
Number 
09.0791 CN Codes 
0101 19 10 
0101 19 90 Description 
Live horses Amount of 
quotas 
(pieces) 
100 Quota 
duty 
(%) 
relief from 
customs duty 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1 Budget heading involved: Chap. 12, Art. 120 
2. Legal basis: Article 113 
3. Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council 
Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in 
Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff 
quotas for live horses originating in Iceland 
4. Objective: To honour the undertakings given by the Community 
5. Loss of revenue: ECU 3 213 670 
Description 
Fresh or chilled fish 
Frozen fish 
Fish fillets and other 
fish meat 
Fish, dried, salted or 
in brine 
Crustaceans 
Prepared or preserved 
fish 
Prepared or 
preserved crustaceans 
Fish flours and meals 
Fish-liver oils 
Other fats and oils of 
fish 
Live horses Quantity 
(t) 
9 080 
2 610 
10 530 
4 180 
2 650 
9 280 
6 550 
28 000 
103 
5 525 
100 heads Average 
price (ECU) 
2 703 
2 561 
2 492 
7 739 
3 582 
3 400 
5 868 
425 
988 
527 
3 600 
Ecu/head Normal 
average rate 
ofduty(%) 
11.2 
11.3 
11.5 
13 
15 
17.56 
17.2 
2 
5,6 
16 
16,9 Duty 
applicable 
to quota (%) 
P 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Loss of 
revenue 
(ECU) 
274 880 
75 531 
301 760 
420 537 
143 884 
554 053 
672 619 
238 000 
5 698 
465 868 
60 840 
ECU 3 213 670 
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