Council Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 of 14 December 2000 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, fishery product, quantitative restriction, suspension of customs duties, tariff quota

27.12.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2803/2000

of 14 December 2000

opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain
fishery products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (1) codified the management
rules for tariff quotas to be used by following the
chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the
declarations of release for free circulation,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Community supplies of certain fishery products cur-
rently depend on imports from third countries. It is in
the Community’s interest to suspend in part or in whole
the customs duties for the products in question, within
Community tariff quotas of an appropriate volume. In
order not to jeopardise the development prospects of
this product
in the Community and to ensure an
adequate supply to satisfy user industries, such quotas
should be opened, applying variable customs duties in
accordance with the sensitivity of the various products
on the Community market.

Equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas should
be ensured for all Community importers and the rates
laid down for the quotas should be applied without
interruption to all imports of the products concerned
into all Member States until the quotas have been used
up.

The decision on the opening of autonomous tariff quotas
has to be taken by the Community. However, to ensure
the efficiency of a common administration of these
quotas, there is no obstacle to authorising the Member
States to draw from the quota amount the necessary
quantities corresponding to actual imports. However,
this method of administration requires close cooperation
between the Member States and the Commission and
the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate
at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member
States accordingly.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of

Article 1

1.
The import duties on the products listed in the Annex
shall be suspended at the indicated rates for the periods and
up to the amounts indicated therein.

2.
Imports of the products in question shall not be covered
by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 unless the declared
customs value is at least equal to the reference prices fixed,
or to be fixed,
in accordance with Article 29 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the
common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture
products (2).

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered
by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c
of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is complied with.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000.

For the Council

D. GILLOT

The President

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000 (OJ L 188,
26.7.2000, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

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ANNEX

Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Annual amount
of quota
(in tons)

Quota duty
(%)

Quota period

09.2758

ex 0302 70 00

20

09.2765

ex 0305 62 00

09.2785

ex 0305 69 10

ex 0307 49 59
ex 0307 99 11

09.2786

ex 0307 49 59
ex 0307 99 11

09.2788

ex 0302 40 00
ex 0303 50 00
ex 0304 10 97
ex 0304 90 22

09.2790

ex 1604 14 16

09.2792

ex 1604 12 99

20
25
29
10

10
10

20
20

10
10
20
10

20
95

10

09.2794

ex 1605 20 99

45

Cod livers (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macro-
cephalus) and fish liver of the species Boreogadus
saida, fresh or chilled, for processing (a) (b)
Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocepha-
lus) and fish of
saida,
salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for
processing (a) (b)

the species Boreogadus

Tubes of squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding
Ommastrephes sagittatus —, Nototodarus spp., Sepi-
oteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, for process-
ing (a) (b)

Squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding Ommas-
trephes sagittatus —, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis
spp.) and Illex spp., frozen whole, tentacles and
fins, for processing (a) (b)

Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), whole,
head included, of a weight exceeding 140 g per
piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per
piece ), excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or
frozen, for processing (a) (b)

Fillets known as ‘loins’ of tunas and skipjack, for
processing (a) (b)

Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine,
preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained
weight, for processing (a) (b)

Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus boreal-
is; cooked and peeled, for processing (a) (b)

300

10 000

0

0

11 000

3,5

500

20 000

4 000

5 000

5 000

3

0

6

6

6

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.11.2001-
31.12.2001
1.11.2002-
31.12.2002
1.11.2003-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

1.1.2001-
31.12.2003

(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
(b) This quota is available for products intended to undergo any operation, unless it is solely for one or more of the following operations:

— cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,
— cutting (excluding dicing, filleting, production of flaps or cutting of frozen blocks or splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks),
— sampling, sorting,
— labelling,
— packing,
— chilling,
— freezing,
— deep freezing,
— thawing, separation.
The quota is not available for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations) which gives quota entitlement, where such treatment (or
operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The reduction of customs duties shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption.