Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 as regards the opening and the increase of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products
Date: 2003-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common tariff policy, fishery product, import (EU), tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 1.8.2003
COM(2003) 474 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 as regards the opening and the increase
of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.

2.

3.

As  part  of  the  annual  overall  review  within  the  Council  concerning  the
granting  of  autonomous  preferences  for  fishery  products,  the  Commission
researched the markets and supply needs of user industries for 2003.

Having regard to the requirements of the internal and external policies of the
Community,  the  Commission  is  proposing  a  certain  number  of  tariff
measures and their increase, notably tariff quotas, to ensure  continuation of
Community  production  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  obligations  of  the
common organisation of the markets, and to ensure supply of the processing
industries while also taking into account the current and foreseeable situation
on the international market.

In  these  conditions,  the  tariff  quotas  for  the  products  specified  are  for
products which meet the conditions laid down as regards the reference prices
fixed, or to be fixed, and which are intended for processing.

This is the purpose of the following proposal.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 as regards the opening and the
increase of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery
products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Community  supplies  of  certain  fishery  products  currently  depend  on  imports
from third countries. It is therefore in the Community's interest to suspend in
part or in whole the customs duties for the products in question, in order not to
jeopardise the development prospects of the fish production in the Community
and to ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user industries. Council Regulation
(EC)  No  2803/2000  of  14  December  2000  opening  and  providing  for  the
administration  of  autonomous  Community  tariff  quotas  for  certain  fishery
products1 has therefore suspended tariff quota for certain fishery products for a
certain period.

The  Commission  has  researched  the  markets  and  supply  needs  of  user
industries  for  2003.  Having  regard  to  the  requirements  of  the  internal  and
external policies of the Community, certain new tariff quotas for the products
in question should be opened and certain existing quotas should be increased.
to ensure continuation of Community production.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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OJ L 331, 27.12.2000, p.61

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Article 1

In Regulation (EC) No 2803/2000 the Annex is amended as follows:

(1)

The  tariff  quotas  listed  in  the  Annex  to  this  Regulation  for  the  goods  and
quota periods set out in that Annex are added.

(2)

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2003:

(a)

the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2785 is fixed at 20.000 tonnes.

(b)

the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2786 is fixed at 1.500 tonnes.

(c)

the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2794 is fixed at 7.000 tonnes.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 August 2003. 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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ANNEX

Description

Amount
of quota
(in tons)

Quota
duty
(%)

50,000

0

Quota
period

1.1.2003 –
31.12.2003

Cod  (Gadus  morhua,  Gadus  ogac,
Gadus  macrocephalus), 
excluding
livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen,
for processing(a)(b)

(Merluccius 

Hake 
spp.  excluding
Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.),
frozen, for processing (a)(b)

20.000

0

1.1.2003 –
31.12.2003

Blue  grenadier 
frozen 
processing (a)(b)

fillets  and  other  meat, 

(Macruronus  spp.),
for

15.000

Rock  lobster  (Palinurus  spp.,  Panulirus
spp., 
for
spp.), 
Jasus 
processing (a)(b)

frozen, 

1.500

0

6

1.1.2003 –
31.12.2003

1.1.2003 -
31.12.2003

ex 0302 50 10

ex 0302 50 90

ex 0303 60 11

ex 0303 60 19

ex 0303 60 90

ex 0303 78 11
ex 0303 78 12
ex 0303 78 13
ex 0303 78 19

ex 0303 78 90

ex 0304 20 91

ex 0304 20 95

ex 0304 90 97

ex 0306 11 10

ex 0306 11 90

20

10

10

10

10

10
10
10
11
81
10

10

70

60

10

60

Order
No

 09.2759

09.2760

29.2761

29.2762

– 

– 

(a)
Community provisions.

Control  of  the  use  for  this  special  purpose  shall  be  carried  out  pursuant  to  the  relevant

(b)
or more of the following operations:

This quota is available for products intended to undergo any operation, unless it is solely for one

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

-

cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,

-
splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks),

cutting  (excluding  dicing,  filleting,  production  of  flaps  or  cutting  of  frozen  blocks  or

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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.

– 

(c)

The quota is available for products destined exclusively for salting and drying.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

5.0

5.1

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

BUDGET HEADING:
Chapter 12, Article 120 (1060)

DATE: 2003
APPROPRIATIONS:
2003

TITLE:
Proposal  for a Council Regulation amending  Regulation  (EC)  No  2803/2000  opening
and  providing  for  the  administration  of  autonomous  Community  tariff  quotas  for
certain fishery products

LEGAL BASIS:
Article 26 of the Treaty
AIMS:
To ensure that the Community processing industry is supplied on favorable terms.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

12 MONTH
PERIOD

CURRENT
FINANCIAL
YEAR

FOLLOWING
FINANCIAL
YEAR

CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
OTHER

EXPENDITURE
-
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
-
-
REVENUE
-
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
NATIONAL
-

OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC

(EURO
million)

 (EURO million)

 (EURO million)

- 27.1 crude

5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:

6.0

6.1

See annex
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF
THE CURRENT BUDGET?

6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3 WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS?
OBSERVATIONS:

YES

NO
NO
NO

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Effective from 1.1.2003:

Product
description

Variation in
quota volume
(tons)

Variation in
estimated price
(€)

Variation in
normal duty
(%)

Variation in
quota duty
(%)

Expected variation in the loss of
revenue in relation to the
previous quota period (in €)

Cod

09.2759

Hake

09.2760

+ 50.000
(initial volume:
0)

+ 20.000
(initial volume:
0)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

2.370)

12)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

1.932)

15)

Grenadier

09.2761

+ 15.000
(initial volume:
0)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

2.643)

7,5)

Lobster

09.2762

Squid

09.2785

Squid

09.2786

Shrimps

09.2794

+ 1.500
(initial volume:
0)

+ 9.000
(initial volume:
11.000)

+ 1.000
(initial volume:
500)

+ 2.000
( initial
volume: 5.000)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

20.462)

12,5)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

1.592)

8)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

902)

8)

0
(initial price:

0
(initial duty:

5.236)

20)

0

0

0

6

+ 14.220.000

+ 5.796.000

+ 2.973.375

+ 1.995.045

3,5

+ 644.760

3

6

+ 45.100

+ 1.466.080

Total  loss  of  revenue  in  relation  to  the  previous  quota  period:  +
27.140.360 € crude.

7.

FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES

Provisions  on  the  management  of  these  tariff  quotas  include  the  measures
necessary  for  preventing  frauds  and  irregularities  and  protecting  against
them.

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