Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 of  8 June 2006  opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain prepared or preserved fish
Date: 2006-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Thailand, fish product, preserved product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 847/2006

of 8 June 2006

opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain prepared or
preserved fish

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 2006/324/EC of 27 February
2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of
the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of
Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the
course of their accession to the European Union (1), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

the Republic of Malta,

the Republic of Hungary,
the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the
European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I
to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (3), provides for the entry into force of the new
its publication in the
tariff quotas four weeks after
Official
therefore this
Commission implementing Regulation should apply
from the same date.

the European Union,

Journal of

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1) Within the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Thailand approved by the Council by its
Decision 2006/324/EC, provision is made for two new
annual tariff quotas for certain prepared or preserved
fish.

1.
An annual tariff quota of 2 558 tonnes with exemption of
customs duties shall be opened for Community imports of
prepared or preserved fish of tunas, skipjack or other fish of
the genus Euthynnus, other than whole or in pieces,
falling
within CN code 1604 20 70.

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Agreement provides that a certain volume of each
tariff quota should be allocated to the Kingdom of
Thailand and the remaining part of each tariff quota
should be open to imports of all countries.

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
the
management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used
following the chronological order of dates of customs
declarations.

Community

Customs

Code (2)

codified

Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006 of 27 February
2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand
pursuant to Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to
the modification of concessions in the schedules of the
Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania,

(1) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 402/2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 35).

2.
An annual tariff quota of 2 275 tonnes with exemption of
customs duties shall be opened for Community imports of
prepared or preserved fish of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the
species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish of the
species Orcynopsis unicolor, other than whole or in pieces,
falling within CN code 1604 20 50.

Article 2

The tariff quotas set out in Article 1 shall apply as follows:

1. of the tariff quota of 2 558 tonnes in Article 1(1), 1 816
tonnes shall apply within order number 09.0704 to imports
originating in Thailand, and the remaining part, notably 742
tonnes, shall apply within order number 09.0705 to imports
originating in all countries;

2. of the tariff quota of 2 275 tonnes in Article 1(2), 1 410
tonnes shall apply within order number 09.0706 to imports
originating in Thailand, and the remaining part, notably 865
tonnes, shall apply within order number 09.0707 to imports
originating in all countries.

(3) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 1.

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Article 3

Article 4

The origin shall be determined in accordance with the

1.
provisions in force in the Community.

The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed by
the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and
308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 5

Qualification for the share of the tariff quotas allocated to
2.
to presentation of a certificate of
Thailand shall be subject
origin meeting the conditions laid down in Article 47 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93.

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

It shall apply with effect from 2 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2006.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission