Commission Regulation (EC) No 2471/1999 of 23 November 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
Date: 1999-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Faroes, fishery product, import policy, suspension of customs duties, tariff ceiling, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2471/1999

of 23 November 1999

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 of 14
April 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas and ceilings, establishing Community
surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in
the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending
and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1983/95 (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1034/98 (2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,

(1) Whereas Decision No 1/99 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe
Islands Joint Committee (3) replaced Protocol 1 of the
Agreement concerning the tariff treatment and arrange-
ments applicable to certain fish and fishery products
free circulation in the Community or
released for
imported into the Faroes;

(2) Whereas the new Protocol 1 abolished the clause on
reference prices, Community tariff ceilings, and the stat-
istical surveillance currently applied to certain fish and
fishery products exempt from customs duties; whereas,
therefore, Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should be
amended to delete the Articles which introduced these
measures, along with Annexes II and III thereto;

(3) Whereas the duty-free tariff quota for salmon (09.0673)
has been replaced by unlimited duty-free imports;
whereas most-favoured-nation (MFN) status has been
restored for certain products which currently enjoy relief
from duty under tariff quotas, notably prepared and
preserved herring and mackerel (09.0677), hake fillets
(09.0687);
(09.0683), crab (09.0685) and mussels

whereas tariff quotas remain for four other products;
whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should
be amended to take account of these changes;

(4) Whereas 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 669/97 is amended as follows:

1. In the title, the words ‘and ceilings’ and the words ‘and

establishing Community surveillance’ are deleted.

2. In Article 1 ‘Annex I’

is replaced by ‘the Annex’.

3. Articles 4 and 7 are deleted.

4. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

5. The quantities imported since 1 January 1999 under tariff
quotas with order numbers 09.0671, 09.0675, 09.0679
and 09.0681 applicable by virtue of Regulation (EC) No
669/97 shall count towards the relevant tariff quotas listed
in the Annex to this Regulation.

6. Annexes II and III are deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 101, 18.4.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 19.5.1998, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 178, 14.7.1999, p. 58.

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ANNEX

FISHERY PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO TARIFF QUOTAS

Order
number

CN code

TARIC
sub-division

Description

Rate of duty

09.0671

0301

Live fish:

– Other live fish:

ex 0301 91 90

*10

– – – Trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss

0302

Fish fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and othe fish meat of heading No
0304:

ex 0302 11 90

*10

– – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

– Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:

0303

Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets or other fish meat of heading No 0304:

ex 0303 21 90

*10

– – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

0304

0304 10

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or
frozen:

– Fresh or chilled:

– – Fillets:

– – – Of freshwater fish:

ex 0304 10 11

*10

– – – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

0304 20

– Frozen fillets:

– – Of freshwater fish:

ex 0304 20 11

*10

– – – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

0304 90

– Other:

ex 0304 90 10

– – – Of freshwater fish:

*11

– – – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

09.0675

1604

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish
eggs:

– Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:

ex 1604 11 00

– – Salmon:

*30

– – – Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

1604 19

– – Other

ex 1604 19 10

– – – Salmonidae, other than salmon:

*10

– – – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

1604 20

– Other prepared or preserved fish:

ex 1604 20 10

– – – Salmon:

*30

– – – – Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

ex 1604 20 30

– – – Salmonidae, other than salmon:

*10

– – – – Trout of the species Oncorhynclus mykiss

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Quota
volume
(tonnes)

700

400

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Order
number

CN code

TARIC
sub-division

Description

Rate of duty

09.0681

1604

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish
eggs:

1604 19 92

1604 19 93

1604 19 94

1604 19 95

1604 19 98

1604 20

1604 20 05

– Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:

– – – – – Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)

– – – – – Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

– – – – – Hake (Merluccius spp. Urophycis spp.)

– – – – – Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and Pollach (Pollachius

pollachius)

– – – – – Other

– Other prepared or preserved fish:

– – Preparations of surimi:

ex 1604 20 90

– – – Of other fish:

*20

– – – – Preserved smoked coalfish

– – – – Brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus):

*30

*35

*40

*50

*90

– – – – – In airtight cans (1)

– – – – – Other

– – – – Of mackerel (Scomber australasicus)

– – – – Lamprey

– – – – Other

09.0679

1605

Crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or
preserved:

1605 20

1605 20 10

1605 20 91

1605 20 99

– Shrimps and prawns:

– – In airtight containers

– – Other:

– – – In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 2 kg

– – – Other

ex 1605 40 00

– Other crustaceans:

*20

– – Nephrops norvegicus

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Quota
volume
(tonnes)

1 200

2 000

(1) ‘Airtight cans’ means cans which are soldered or bonded in such a manner that neither air nor germs can penetrate and which cannot be opened without sustaining

damage.