Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2002 of 17 April 2002 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain fisheries products from Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Date: 2002-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, crustacean, fish, fish product, originating product, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18.4.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 660/2002

of 17 April 2002

opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain fisheries products from
Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27
November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries
and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Asso-
ciation Decision’) (1), and in particular Article 36(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 36(3)(a) of Decision 2001/822/EC provides that
from 1 February 2002 certain fisheries products in free
circulation in Greenland or Saint Pierre and Miquelon
and transhipped there may be accepted for import into
the Community free of customs duties, subject to certain
conditions and within certain annual limits. In particular
the products must be accompanied by an export certifi-
cate issued in accordance with the provisions laid down
in Annex IV to the Decision.

limits

annual

should be managed by

the
The
Community authorities and the Member State in accord-
ance with the management system for tariff quotas
provided for
in Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (2), as last amended by Regu-
lation 444/2002 (3).

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annual duty-free tariff quotas shall be opened for the products
referred to in the Annex to this Regulation which satisfy the
conditions laid down in Article 36 of Decision 2001/822/EC.

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed in
accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

The full annual volume of the tariff quotas shall be opened in
2002.

Article 4

This Regulation enter into force on the day following its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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ANNEX

Products referred to in Article 1

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products in this Annex is to be taken as having no more than an indicative value, the coverage of the tariff quotas being
determined by the CN codes. Where an ex CN code is indicated, the coverage of the tariff quota concerned is determined
by application of that CN code and the corresponding description taken together.

Order No

CN code

TARIC
code

Description of goods

09.0692

0303 31 10

ex 0304 20 95

* 10

09.1641

0306 13 10

0302 21 10
0303 31 10
0305 49 10

0306 12
0306 13

0306 22 91
0306 22 99
0306 23

Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippo-
glossoides), frozen

Fish fillets, frozen: of halibut (Reinhardtius hippo-
glossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus
stenolepis)

Shrimps and prawns of the family Pandalidae,
whether in shell or not, frozen

Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius Hippo-
glossoides), fresh, chilled, frozen or smoked

Lobsters (Homarus spp.), shrimps and prawns,
frozen

Lobsters, (Homarus spp.), shrimps and prawns,
not frozen

Country or
territory of
transhipment

Annual
volume
(in tonnes)

Greenland

10 000

Saint Pierre
and
Miquelon

2 000