COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES 
COM(94) 641 final 
Brussels, 19.12.1994 
94/0309 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas and ceilings and 
establishing Community surveillance for 
certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands 
and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Council Decision No 91/668/EEC concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the 
Faroe Islands provided for customs duties to be abolished from 1 January 1992 on imports into 
thcCommunity of the fish and fishery products listed in Annexes I, II and III 
2. The attached annexes show how the abolition of customs duties applies to products of this kind 
originating in the Faroes: 
Annex I covers products subject to Community tariff quotas. 
Annex 2 covers products subject to Community tariff ceilings. 
Annex 3 covers products subject to Community statistical surveillance. 
3. The preferential rates of duty specified in Annexes I, II and III apply only if the free-at-frontier 
price determined by the Member States in accordance with.Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 3759/92, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93, is at least equal to the reference 
price set or to be set by the Community for the products or categories of products concerned. 
4. Following ^ Council Decision . concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form 
of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community . the Government of Denmark, and 
the home Government of the Faroe Islands amending the tables of the Annex to Piotocol I of the 
Agiccmcnt of 2 December 1991 l>ctwccn llic liuiopcan liconomic Community, the Government ol 
Denmark, and the home Government of the Faroe Islands , certain amendments were brought in the tabic 
of products listed in Annex I; 
5. Since the Agreement provides for tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance for an 
indefinite period, a multiannual Regulation would be the most effective and simplest way of 
implementing the measures concerned. 
6. On the other hand, given that amendments may need to be made each year as a result of changes 
to the Combined Nomenclature, the TARIC, Council legislation implementing decisions taken 
by the EEC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee and any changes made to the Agreement itself, it is 
proposed that the Council empower the Commission to implement such changes by means of a 
Regulation for the duration of the Agreement. The Commission would be assisted in-this task by 
the Customs Code Committee, whose advice would be sought in line with the procedure set out 
in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 the tariff and statistical nomenclature 
and on the Common Customs Tariff. 
7. With regard to Community tariff quotas, the proposal provides for Member States to draw the 
amounts they need to cover actual imports from the quotas. 
8. As to the administration of the tariff ceilings, it is proposed to establish a surveillance system for 
imports of products listed in Annex II and to empower the Commission to restore the customs 
duties in certain circumstances. This involves the adoption of common specific rules to be 
applied by all Member States consistently in a context of close cooperation between the 
competent departments of the Member States and the Commission. 
9. The statistical surveillance proposed for certain products does not involve the adoption of 
common rules other than those currently applied uniformly by all the Member States in the field 
of the Community's external trade statistics. 
This sums up the purpose of the attached proposal. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
opening and providing for the administration of 
Community tariff quotas and ceilings 
and establishing Community surveillance for 
certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands 
and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas 
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 proposal from the Commission, \ 
Whereas Articles 3 and 8 of the Council Decision 91/668/EEC of 2 December 1991 concerning the 
conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark 
and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, provided for the abolition of customs duties applicable 
to imports into the Community of Ten of certain fish and fishery products listed in Protocol 1 attached to 
the said Decision; whereas the abolition is subject to Community tariff quotas and ceilings and, for some 
of these products, Community statistical surveillance; whereas the said Community tariff quotas and 
ceilings in respect of products originating in the Faroe Islands were therefore to be opened for the 
volumes indicated respectively in Annexes I and II, and Community statistical surveillance established in 
respect of the products listed in Annex III; 
Whereas the preferential rates of duty indicated in Annexes I, II and III apply only where the 
free-at-frontier price determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and 
acquaculture is at least equal to the reference price set, or to be set, by the Community for the products or 
categories of products concerned; 
Whereas following Council Decision nr /94 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form 
of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark, and 
the home Government of the Faroe Islands amending the tables of the Annex to Protocol 1 of the 
Agreement of 2 December 1991 between the European Economic Community, the Government of 
Denmark, and the home Government of the Faroe Islands, certain amendments were brought in the table 
of products listed in Annex I; 
Whereas, for reasons of simplification; provision should be made to empower the Commission to give 
effect, following receipt of the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, to necessary amendments and 
technical adaptations of this regulation arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and 
TARIC codes and to adaptations of volume, periods and quota rates arising from decisions by the Council 
or by the Commission; 
Whereas this Regulation must apply subject to any amendment of the existing Agreement between the 
Community and the Faroe Islands which may specify the products eligible for tariff quotas or subject to 
statistical surveillance, quota-volumes, duties and tariff periods, and any eligibility criteria; whereas 
provision should therefore be made for the Commission to make corresponding amendments to this 
Regulation and the annexes thereto, after first having obtained the opinion of the Customs Code 
Committee; 
OJNrL 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1. 
OJ Nr L 388, 31.12.1992, p.l. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (OJ 
Nr. L 172, 15.7.1993, p. 1). 
OJNr.L , ,p. 
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Whereas the Agreement provides for tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance for an 
indefinite period; whereas, therefore, to make its implementation more efficient and simpler, this 
Regulation should apply on a multiannual basis; 
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas in respect of the products listed in Annex I should be 
ensured for all Community importers and the rates of duty laid down for the quotas should be applied 
consistently to all imports of the products in question in all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; 
Whereas Community should take the decision to open tariff quotas in the execution of its international 
obligations; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no 
reason why the Member States should not be authorized to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary 
quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration does, however, require 
close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be able to. monitor the 
rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly; 
Whereas, in respect of products listed in Annex II and subject to Community tariff ceilings, Community 
surveillance may be effected by charging imports of these products against the ceilings at Community 
level as and when the products are presented at customs and declared for free circulation; whereas this 
method of administering the ceilings should enable customs duties to be restored as soon as the ceilings in 
question are reached at Community level; 
Whereas this method of administering the ceilings calls for close and speedy cooperation between the 
Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor the level reached by imports charged 
against the ceilings and inform the Member States accordingly; whereas this cooperation should be close 
enough to allow the Commission to take the appropriate steps to restore customs duties as soon as one of 
the ceilings is reached; 
Whereas, for the products listed in Annex III, it would seem appropriate to have recourse to the system of 
statistical surveillance administered by the Commission pursuant to the relevant provisions of Regulations 
(EEC) No 2Ô58/874 and (EEC) No 1736/75, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
From 1 January to 31 December each year, the customs duty applicable to imports into the Community of 
products listed in Annex I and originating in the Faroe Islands shall be suspended at the levels and within 
the limits of the Community tariff quotas specified therein. 
Article 2 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take any 
appropriate administrative measure to ensure efficient operation. 
Article 3 
Where an importer enters a product covered by this Regulation for free circulation in a Member State 
accompanied by a request for preferential treatment and by a movement certificate, and his declaration is 
accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission 
accordingly, draw a quantity from the quota concerned to satisfy the requirement. 
OJNr. L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. 
OJNr. L 183, 14.7.1975, p.3. 
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Applications for drawings from the quotas shall indicate the date on which the declarations were accepted 
and shall be sent to the Commission forthwith. 
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission on the basis of the date when the declarations for free 
circulation were accepted by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, provided the 
available balance is sufficient. 
Where a Member State fails to use the quantities drawn it shall return them as soon as possible to the 
relevant quota. 
Where the quantities applied for are in excess of the available balance, allocation shall be made in 
proportion to the requirements. The Member States shall be informed by the Commission of the quantities 
drawn. 
Article 4 V" 
1. From 1 January to 31 December each year imports into the Community of certain products originating 
in the Faroe Islands, listed in Annexes II and III, shall be subject respectively to import ceilings and 
Community surveillance. 
The description of the products referred to in the first subparagraph, the ceilings and the customs duty 
applicable are specified in the said Annexes. 
2. Imports shall be charged against the ceilings as and when the products are presented to customs under 
cover of declarations for free circulation accompanied by a movement certificate complying with the rules 
laid down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of 
administrative cooperation, attached to Council Decision 91/668/EEC. 
Goods may be charged against the ceiling only if the movement certificate is presented before the date 
when collection of customs duty is resumed. 
Utilization of ceilings shall be recorded at Community level on the basis of imports charged against them 
as specified in the first and second subparagraphs. 
Member States shall inform the Commission of any import operation carried out in accordance with the 
procedure determined above at the intervals and within the deadlines laid down in paragraph 4. 
3. As soon as the ceilings are reached, the Commission may, by adopting a Regulation, resume the 
collection of the customs duties applicable to third countries until the end of the calendar year. 
4. Member States shall send the Commission, no later than the 15th of each month, the statements 
showing the quantities charged during the preceding month. 
5. The statistical surveillance provided for in respect of products specified in Annex Hi to this Regulation 
shall be carried out at Community level on the basis of imports charged as specified in the first 
subparagraph of paragraph 2 and notified to the Statistical Office of the European Communities pursuant 
to Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 and (EEC) No 1736/75. 
Article 5 
1. The provisions necessary to apply this Regulation, in particular: 
(a) any technical amendments and adaptations which may be needed as a result of changes 
to the Combined Nomenclature or TARIC codes; 
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(b) any adaptations needed following a change to the Agreement between the European 
Community and the Faroe Islands, as approved by an act of the Council, 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 6(2). 
2. The provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 do not authorize the Commission to: 
— carry over preferential quantities from one quota period to another, 
— amend the timetables laid down in the Agreements or protocols, 
— transfer quantities from one quota to another, 
— open and administer quotas resulting from new agreements, 
— adopt legislation affecting the administration of quotas subject to import certificates 
Article 6 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established b^ Article 247 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 6 
2. The Commission's representative shall submit a proposal to the Committee concerning the 
measures to be taken. The Committee shall give its opinion on the proposal within a time limit to 
be specified at the Chairman's discretion, depending on the urgency of the matter in question. 
The Committee shall give its opinion by a majority vote as laid down in Article 148(2) of the 
Treaty for acts which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. In 
Committee votes, the Member States' votes shall be weighted according to the method given in 
Article 148(2). The Chairman shall not vote. 
The measures adopted by the Commission shall apply with immediate effect. However, if they 
differ from the Committee's opinion, the Commission shall immediately submit the proposed 
measures to the Council anddelay their implementation for three months from the date of 
submission. 
The Council may take a different decision, by a qualified majority, within the time limit specified 
in the previous subparagraph. 
3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application or adaptation of this 
Regulation which is raised by its chair either at the latter s initiative or at the request of a 
Member Slate. 
Article 7 
Rates of duty specified in Annexes I, II and III shall apply only where the free-at-frontier price 
determined by Member States in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 3759/92 and (EEC) No 1891/93 
is at least equal to the reference price set or to be set by the Community in respect of the products or 
categories of products concerned. 
Article 8 
The Commission shall adopt all appropriate measures, in close cooperation with the Member States, to 
apply this Regulation. 
OJNr.L302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. 
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Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It 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 
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ANNEXI 
On certain fish and fishery products subject to tariff quotas 
CNcode TARIC 
sub­
division Description Rate of 
duty Tariff 
quota 
(tonnes) 
09.0671 0301 
ex03019100 
0302 
exD302 11 00 
0303 
ex 0303 21 00 
0304 
0304 10 
ex 0304 10 11 
0304 20 
ex 0304 20 11 
0304 09 
ex 0304 09 10 •10 
*10 
'10 
10 
'10 
•11 Live fish: 
- Other live fish: 
- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, 
Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae): 
- Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other 
fish meat of heading No 0304: 
- Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: 
- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, 
Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae): * 
- Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat 
of heading No 0304: 
- Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: 
- - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, 
Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae): 
- Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not 
minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: 
- Fresh or chilled: 
- - Fillets: 
- Of freshwater fish: 
Of trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo 
clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae). 
- Of trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
- Frozen fillets: 
- - Of freshwater fish: 
- Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo 
clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae). 
- Of trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
-Other: 
- Of freshwater fish: 
- Of trout (Salmo gairdneri) 700' 
Figures refer to the commercial presentation 'whole and gutted'. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a 
coefficient of 2 shall be applied for quantities drawn from the respective tariff quota reference ceiling. 
Note new scintific names: 
Obsolete scientific name New name 
Salmo gairdneri 
Salmo clarki 
Salmo aguabonita 
Salmo gilae Oncorhynchus mykiss 
Oncorhynchus clarki 
Oncorhynchus aguabonita 
Oncorhynchus gilae 
H 
B Order 
No CNcode TARIC 
sub­
division Description Rate of 
duty Tariff 
quota 
(tonnes) 
09.0673 
09.0673 
(cont'd) 0301 
0301 99 
ex030199 11 
0302 
ex 0302 12 00 
0303 
ex 0303 22 00 
0304 
0304 10 
ex030410 13 
0304 20 
ex 0304 20 13 
0304 09 
ex 0304 90 10 •10 
*11 
•13 
•15 
•19 
•20 
10 
•10 
'13 Live fish: 
- Other live fish: 
- - Other: 
- Freshwater fish: 
Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic 
salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho 
hucho):10 
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other 
fish meat of heading No 0304 : 
- Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: ' 
- - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic 
salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho 
hucho). 
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat 
of heading No 0304: 
- Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: 
- - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon 
(Hucho hucho): 
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salart 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not 
minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: 
- Eresh or chilled: 
--Fillets: 
- -.- Of freshwater fish: 
Of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic 
salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho 
hucho). 
- Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
-Frozen fillets: 
- Of freshwater fish: 
- Of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic 
salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho 
hucho). 
- Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
-Other: 
- Of freshwater fish: 
- Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 4 900J 
1 
3-
10 Figures refer to the commercial presentation 'whole and gutted'. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a 
coefficient of 2 shall be applied for quantities drawn from the respective tariff quota reference ceiling. 
Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception of the species listed in footnote n 2, also Oncorhynchus apache and 
Oncorhynchus chryogaster. 
Note new scientific names: 
Obsolete scientific name 
Salmo gairdneri 
Salmo clarki 
Salmo aguabonita 
Salmo gilae •> ~ . ^ . ». v J 
Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception of the species listed in footnote 2, also Oncorhynchus apache and 
Oncorhynchus chryogaster. New name 
Oncorhynchus mykiss 
Oncorhynchus clarki 
Oncorhynchus aguabonita 
Oncorhynchus gilae 
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Order 
No 
09.0675 
09.0677 CNcode 
1604 
ex 1604 11 00 
1604 19 
ex 1604 19 10 
1604 20 
ex 1604 20 10 
ex 1604 20 30 
1604 
1604 12 
1604 12 10 
1604 15 
ex 1604 15 11 
ex 1604 15 19 TARIC 
sub­
division 
*30 
•10 
•30 
•10 
*10 
*10 Description 
Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar 
substitutes prepared from fish eggs: 
- Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: 
- - Salmon: 
- Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) 
- - Other: 
- - - Salmonidae, other than salmon: 
- Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
- Other prepared or preserved fish: 
- Of salmon: 
- Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
- Of salmonidae, other than salmon: 
- Of trout (Salmo gairdneri) 
Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar 
substitutes prepared from fish eggs: 
- Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: 
- - Herrings: 
- Fillets, raw merely coated with batter or 
breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, deep 
frozen 
- - Mackerel: 
- Of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber 
japonicus 
<• — Fillets: 
- Of the species Scomber scombrus 
- - - - Other: 
- Of the species Scomber scombrus Rate of 
duty 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Tariff 
quota 
(tonnes) 
400 
150 
3 
Order 
No 
09.0679 CNcode 
1604 20 
ex 1604 20 05 
ex 1604 20 50 
ex 1604 20 90 
1604 19 
1604 19 92 
1604 19 93 
1604 19 94 
1604 19 95 
1604 19 98 
1604 20 
ex 1604 20 05 
ex 1604 20 05 
1604 20 90 
ex 1604 20 90 
1605 
1605 20 
1605 20 10 
1605 20 91 
ex 1605 20 99 
ex 1605 40 00 TARIC 
sub­
division 
•10 
•40 
•10 
*90 
•90 
•20 Description 
- Other prepared or preserved fish: 
- - Preparations of surimi: 
— Of herring and mackerel 
— Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species 
Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish 
of the species Orcynopxis unicolor: 
- Of mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus 
---Of other fish 
Of herring 
- - Other: 
- - - Other: 
Other: 
Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus 
macrocephalus) 
Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 
Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) 
Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and 
pollack (Pollachius pollachius) 
Other 
- Other prepared or preserved fish: 
- Preparations of surimi: 
- - - Other than of herring and mackerel 
---Ofotherfish 
- Of other than herring 
Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, 
prepared or preserved: 
- Shrimps and prawns: 
- - In airtight containers 
- - Other: 
- In immediate packings of a net content not 
exceeding 2 kg 
- - - Other 
- Other crustaceans: 
- Nephrops norvegicus Rate of 
duty 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 Tariff 
quota 
(tonnes) * 
•/» 
1200 
2 000 
A& 
ANNEX II 
On certain fishery products subject to Community tariff ceilings 
Order 
No CNcode 
17.0011 
17.0013 0302 
0302 40 
0302 40 90 
0303 
0303 50 
0303 50 90* 
0304 
0304 20 
0304 20 75 TARIC 
sub­
division 
0304 90 25 
0302 
0302 64 
ex 0302 64 90 
17.0015 0304 
0304 20 
0304 20 31 
0304 90 
0304 90 41 • 10 Description 
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets .ind other fish 
meat of heading No 0304: 
— Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding 
livers and roes: 
— — From 16 June to 14 February 
Fish, fr07.cn, excluding fish fillets and other hsh moat of 
heading No 0304: 
— Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding 
livers and roes: 
— — From 16 June to 14 February 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Frozen fillets: 
— — Of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 
— Other: 
Other: 
— — — Of herring (Clupa harengus, Clupea pallasii): 
— — — — — From 16 June to 14 February 
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish 
meat of heading No 0304: 
— — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus. Scomber australasicus. 
Scomber japonicus): 
— — — From 16 June to 14 February: 
— — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled of frozen: 
— Frozen fillets: 
— — Of coalfish (Pollachius i/irens) 
— Other: 
Other. 
— — — Of coalfish (Pollachius virens) Rate of 
duty Amount of 
tariff ceiling 
(in tonnes) 
2 000 ( ') 
3 000 
2 S 000 
(') Figures refer t<i the commercial presentation whole and R""«l- lor imports fallmp w.rlnn IfS >, 
drawn from the respective tariff quota reference ceilme, de 0 504, a coetlioeni of 2 shall l>c applied toi <|iianini 
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Order 
No CNcode TARIC 
sub­
division Description Rate of 
duty Amount of 
tariff ceiling 
(in tonnes) 
17.0017 
17.0019 
17.0021 0305 
0305 30 
0305 30 50 
0j?05 30 90 
0305 
ex 0305 41 00| 
0305 49 
0305 49 "10 
0305 49 20 
ex 0305 49 30 
ex 0305 49 40 
0305 49 50 
0305 49 90 
0302 
0302 69 • 10 
-to 
• 10 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not 
cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit 
for human consumption: 
— Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked: 
— — Of lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius 
hippoglossoidcs), salted or in brine 
Other 
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not 
cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit 
for human consumption: 
— Smoked fish, including fillets: 
— — Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic salmon 
(Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho 
hucho) (3): 
— Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
Other: 
— — — Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius 
hippoglossoidcs) 
— — -- Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) 
— — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber 
australasicus, Scomber japonicus): 
— — — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 
— — Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki, 
Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae) (2): 
— — — Ttout (Salmo gairdneri) 
Eels (Anguilla spp.) 
Other 
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish 
meat of heading No 0304: 
— Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 
Other: 
— — — — Rcdfish (Sebastes spp.): 5 000 
ioop 
12 600<«) 
(a) The Taric codes are set out in Annex IV. 
(') Figures refer to the commercial presentation whole and gutted. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a coefficient of 3 shall he applied for quantities 
drawn from this reference ceiling. 
(-) Change of scientific names: 
Ohsolete scientific name 
Salmo xairtliieri 
Salmo clarki 
Saliito agHdhomUi 
Salmo gilae Replaced hy 
( hiioihynchus myltiss 
( )>norhynchus clarki 
( )m orhynchus aguahomla 
Oncorhynchus gilae 
(') Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception ot the species listed in footnote 2 as well as Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhvnchin chrysogaslc 
yfZ^ 
Order 
No CNcode TARIC 
sub­
division Description Rate of 
duty Amount of 
tariff ceiling 
(in tonnes) 
17.0021 
(cont'd) 0302 69 31 
ex 0302 69 33 
0303 
0303 79 
0303 79 35 
ex 0303 79 37 •10 
17.0023 0304 
0304 10 
0304 10 33 
0304 10 38 •10 
0304 
0304 10 
0304 10 35 
0304 20 
0304 20 35 
ex 0304 20 37 «10 Of the species Sebastes marinus 
Other: 
— Of the species Sebastes mcntella 
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of 
heading No 0304: 
— Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 
Other: 
Saltwater fish: 
: Redfish (Sebastes spp.): 
Of the species Sebastes marinus 
Other: 
— Of the species Sebastes mentella 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Fresh or chilled 
Fillets 
Other: 
Of red fish (Sebastes spp.) 
— Frozen fillets: 
Of redfish (Sebastes spp.): 
Of the species $ebastes marinus 
Other: 
— Of the species Sebastes mentella 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Fresh or chilled 
- I.llels: 
._ (),hcr: 
— — Of coalfish (Pollachius virens) 
Other 3 000 
17.0025 \ 0304 
4-0304 20 
0304 20 43 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Frozen fillets: 
Of ling (Molva spp.) 550 
/3 
Order 
No CNcode 
17.0027 0304 
0304*20 
|cx 0304 20 97 
0304 90 
0304 90 59 
17.0031 
17.0033 17.0029 I 0305 TARIC 
sub­
division 
0305 69 
0305 69 90 
0306 
0306 13 
0306 13 10 
0305 
0305 61 00 
1604 
1604 12 
1604 12 91 
1604 12 99 •40 Description 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Frozen fillets: 
Other: 
— Of blue whiting 
— Other: 
Other: 
Of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or 
Gadus poutassou) 
•Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not 
cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit 
for human consumption: 
— Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine: 
Other: 
Other 
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, 
frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked 
by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, 
frozen, dried, salted or in brine: 
— Frozen: 
Shrimps and prawns: 
Of the family pandalidae 
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish whether or not 
cooked berore or during the smoking process; fish meal fit 
for human consumption: 
Fish, salted but noi dried or smoked and fish in hunt': 
— — I lerrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 
Prepared or preserved fish, caviar or caviar substitutes 
prepared from fish eggs: 
— Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: 
Herrings: 
Other: 
In airtight containers 
Other Rate of 
duty Amount of 
tarfff ceiling 
(in tonnes) 
U00 
1400 
11000 
500 
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ANNEX III 
On fish subject to statistical surveillance 
Order 
No CNcode TARIC 
sub­
division Description Rate of 
duty 
17.0035 
17.0037 
17.0039 
17.0041 
17.0043 0302 
0302 29 
0302 29 90 
0302 69 
0302 69 91 
0302 69 97 
0303 
0303 79 
0303 79 91 
0303 79 97 
0304 
0304 20 
ex 0304 20 97 
0304 90 
0304 90 97 •20 
•50 
•70 
•90 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish 
meat of heading No 0304: 
— Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, 
Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding 
livers, and roes: 
Other: 
Other 
— Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 
Other: 
Saltwater fish: 
'•— — Horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus, 
Trachurus trachurus) 
Other 
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of 
heading No 0304 
— Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 
— — Other: 
— — — Saltwater fish: 
— — — — Horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus, 
Trachurus trachurus) 
Other 
Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), 
fresh, chilled or frozen: 
— Frozen fillets: 
Other: 
— Other excluding blue whiting 
— Other: 
Other: 
Other 
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FINANCIAL STATENfENT 
1. Budget heading concerned: Chapter 12, Article 120 
2. Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty. 
3. Description of tariff measures: Proposal for a Council Regulation 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings and 
establishing Commumty surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in the 
Faroe Islands and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas 
4. Aim: Fulfilment of an obligation ensuing from a Council Decision 
5. Method of calculation: 
(a) Tariff quotas 
Product 
description 
Trout 
(salmo 
gairdneri) 
Atlantic 
salmon 
Prepared or 
preserved 
Atlantic 
salmon CNcode 
ex0301 91 00 
ex0302 1100 
ex0303 21 00 
ex0304 10 11 
ex0304 20 11 
ex0304 90 10 
ex0301 99 11 
ex0302 12 00 
ex0303 22 00 
ex0304 10 13 
ex0304 20 13 
ex0304 90 10 
exl604H00 
exl604 19 10 
exl604 20 10 Volume of 
quota 
(ECU/T) 
700. 
4 900 
400 Rate of 
duty(%) 
0 
0 
0 CN rate of 
duty (%) 
12 
8 
2 
8 
5.5 
7 
5.5 Estimated 
price 
(ECUflT) 
441 
5 566 
1606 
10 364 Loss of 
revenue 
(ECU) 
37 044 
545 468 
- 248 736 
M 
Product 
description 
Herrings 
and 
prepared or 
preserved 
herrings 
1 Shrimps 
and ^ 
nethrops " 
norvegicus CNcode 
ex0305 61 00 
1604 12 10 
exl604 12 90 
exl604 15 10 
1604 19 91 
1604 19 99 
exl604 20 50 
1604 20 90 
1605 20 00 
exl605 40 00 Volume of 
quota 
(ECU/T) 
2000 
2000 Rate of 
duty (%) 
0 
0 CN rate of 
duty (%) 
12 
15 
20 
25 
15 
20 
25 
20 
20 
20 Estimated 
price 
(ECU/T) 
971 
3 125 
1781 
3 149 
4 873 
4 922 
2 943 
4 290. 
6 669' 
.. 6065' Loss of 
revenue 
(ECU) 
1 237 565 
2 546 800 
(b) Tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance 
The tariff measures will not result in any additional loss of revenue. 
6. Loss of revenue 
The average annual loss of revenue is ECU 4 615 613. 
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