Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2006 of 18 December 2006 opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Albania
Date: 2006-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Albania, fishery product, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1916/2006

of 18 December 2006

opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery
products originating in Albania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1616/2006 of 23
October 2006 on certain procedures for applying the Stabili-
sation and Association Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the Republic of Albania, of the other part, and for applying
the Interim Agreement between the European Community
and the Republic of Albania (1), and in particular Article 2
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Albania, of
the other
part (2), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement’, was signed in Luxembourg on
12 June 2006. The Stabilisation and Association
Agreement is in the process of ratification.

On 12 June 2006 the Council concluded an Interim
Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between
the European Community, of
the one part, and the
the other part (3), hereinafter
Republic of Albania, of
referred to as ‘the Interim Agreement’. The objective of
the Interim Agreement is to implement as speedily as
possible the trade and trade-related provisions of
the
Stabilisation and Association Agreement. The Interim
Agreement will enter into force on 1 December 2006.

In the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the
Interim Agreement it has been provided that certain fish
and fishery products originating in Albania may be
imported into the Community, within the limits of
Community tariff quotas, at a reduced or a zero-rate
customs duty.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The Community tariff quotas provided for in the Stabi-
lisation and Association Agreement and in the Interim
Agreement are annual and cover an indeterminate period.
It
is appropriate to provide the opening and the
management of those tariff quotas.

It is necessary to provide,
in accordance with Article
308a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93
laying down provisions
the implementation of
for
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (4),
the management
system for tariff quotas laid down in Regulation (EEC)
No 2454/93 is to be applied.

that

that

the rates

should ensure

laid down for

Member States
all Community
importers have equal and continuous access to the
tariff quotas and that
the
quotas are applied uninterruptedly to all imports of the
products concerned into all Member States until
the
quotas are exhausted. To ensure the efficiency of the
common management of these quotas, Member States
should be able to draw from the quota volumes the
necessary quantities corresponding to actual
imports.
Management should take place in close cooperation
between the Member States and the Commission. The
latter should be able to monitor the rate at which the
quotas are used up and to inform the Member States
accordingly. For reasons of speed and efficiency, commu-
nication between the Member States and the Commission
should, as far as possible, be transmitted electronically.

and the

In accordance with the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement
the quota
volumes for the year 2006 should be fixed on the full
amount of the basic quota volumes set out in Annex III
to those Agreements.

Interim Agreement,

This Regulation should apply on the date of entry into
force of the Interim Agreement and should remain in
application after the entry into force of the Stabilisation
and Association Agreement.

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

(1) OJ L 300, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 239, 1.9.2006, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006,
p. 35).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Products originating in Albania and listed in the Annex
1.
which are released for free circulation in the Community shall
benefit from a reduced or a zero-rate customs duty, at the levels
and within the limits of the annual Community tariff quotas
specified in that Annex.

Those products shall be accompanied by proof of origin as
provided for in Protocol No 4 to the Stabilisation and Asso-
ciation Agreement and to the Interim Agreement.

Each Member State shall ensure that

2.
importers of the
products referred to in paragraph 1 have equal and uninter-
rupted access to the tariff quotas as long as the balance of
the relevant quota volume so permits.

Article 2

tariff
Communications relating to the management of
2
quotas between the Member States and the Commission shall
be transmitted as far as possible, electronically.

Article 3

The individual

1.
tariff quota volume for prepared or
preserved anchovies referred to in the Annex under order No
09.1505 may be increased every year and for the first time for
2007 until the yearly volume of the quota has reached 1 600
tonnes or the parties agree to apply other arrangements.

The annual

2.
increase referred to in paragraph 1 may be
applied only if at least 80 % of the volume opened within the
previous year has been used.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

It shall apply from 1 December 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within
the context of this Annex, by the coverage of CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to
be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

Order No

CN Code

TARIC
subdivision

Description

Quota volume

Rate of duty

aguabonita, Oncorhynchus

Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus
gilae,
clarki, Oncorhynchus
chrysogaster):
Oncorhynchus apache and Onchorhynchus
live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine,
smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and
pellets, fit for human consumption

Free

From 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 50 tonnes

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 50 tonnes

Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in
brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals
and pellets, fit for human consumption

From 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 20 tonnes

Free

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 20 tonnes

Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.): live; fresh
or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked;
fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets,
fit for human consumption

Free

From 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 20 tonnes

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 20 tonnes

09.1500

09.1501

09.1502

0301 91 10
0301 91 90
0302 11 10
0302 11 20
0302 11 80
0303 21 10
0303 21 20
0303 21 80
0304 10 15
0304 10 17
ex 0304 10 19
ex 0304 10 91
0304 20 15
0304 20 17
ex 0304 20 19
ex 0304 90 10
ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
0305 49 45
ex 0305 59 80
ex 0305 69 80

0301 93 00
0302 69 11
0303 79 11
ex 0304 10 19
ex 0304 10 91
ex 0304 20 19
ex 0304 90 10
ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80
ex 0305 59 80
ex 0305 69 80

ex 0301 99 90
0302 69 61
0303 79 71
ex 0304 10 38
ex 0304 10 98
ex 0304 20 94
ex 0304 90 97
ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80
ex 0305 59 80
ex 0305 69 80

40
10

50
11, 17, 40
10
50

61
61

30
20
40
16
20
60
30
63
63

80

80
77
50
82
30
70
40
65
65

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Order No

CN Code

TARIC
subdivision

Description

Quota volume

Rate of duty

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax):
fresh or chilled;
frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and
other
for
human consumption

flours, meals and pellets,

fish meat;

live;

fit

09.1503

ex 0301 99 90
0302 69 94
ex 0303 77 00
ex 0304 10 38
ex 0304 10 98
ex 0304 20 94
ex 0304 90 97
ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80
ex 0305 59 80
ex 0305 69 80

22

10
85
79
60
84
40
80
50
67
67

09.1504

1604 13 11
1604 13 19
ex 1604 20 50

10, 19

Prepared or preserved sardines

09.1505

1604 16 00
1604 20 40

Prepared or preserved anchovies

Free

6 %

Free

From 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 20 tonnes

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 20 tonnes

Form 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 100 tonnes

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 100 tonnes

From 1 December
2006 to 31 December
2006: 1 000 tonnes

from 1 January to 31
December 2007 and
for every year
thereafter: 1 000
tonnes (1)

(1) From the 1st of January 2007 the yearly volume of the quota will be increased by 200 tonnes provided that at least 80 % of the previous year's quota has been used by
31 December of that year. This mechanism will apply until such time as the yearly volume of the quota has reached 1 600 tonnes or the Parties agree to apply other
arrangements.