2007/671/EC: Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee of 8 October 2007 amending Protocol 4 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part
Date: 2007-10-08
Institutions: EC–Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee
Subjects: Denmark, European Community, Faroes, animal nutrition, fish, protocol to an agreement, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

DECISION No 1/2007 OF THE EC/DENMARK-FAEROE ISLANDS JOINT COMMITTEE

of 8 October 2007

amending Protocol 4 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the
Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part

(2007/671/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Agreement, will regularly exchange information to that
purpose.

Having regard to the Agreement between the European
Community, of
and the Government of
Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of
the other part (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and
in particular Article 34(1) thereof,

the one part,

(7)

Article 1 of Protocol 4 should be amended,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

Protocol 4 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

Under Article 1 of Protocol 4 to the Agreement, the
Community has granted tariff concessions for Faeroese
fish feed, in respect of an annual tariff quota of 5 000
tonnes.

1. In Article 1 the text

in the table relating to CN codes
ex 2309 90 10, ex 2309 90 31 and ex 2309 90 41 shall be
replaced by the following text:

Under Decision No 2/98 of
the EC/Denmark-Faeroe
Islands Joint Committee (2), this tariff quota has been
increased to 10 000 tonnes
from 1 January 2000
onwards.

The Faeroe authorities have put forward a request for
increasing the tariff concessions from the Community
for these products.

A doubling of the existing annual tariff quota should be
allowed.

Fish feed, which benefits from the preferential
regime, may not contain added gluten.

import

This quota is subject
Committee,

in accordance with Article 31(2) of

to a review clause. The Joint
the

(1) OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 263, 26.9.1998, p. 37.

‘CN code

Description

Rate of
duty

Tariff quota
(in tonnes)

ex 2309 90 10 (*)
ex 2309 90 31 (*)
ex 2309 90 41 (*)

Fish feed

0

20 000

(*) Fish feed that benefit from the preferential import regime may not contain
added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present in the cereals that
may enter in the compounding of this feed.’

2. The following text shall be added to Article 1:

‘As regards the tariff quota opened for fish feed under CN
codes ex 2309 90 10, ex 2309 90 31 and ex 2309 90 41:

1. Faeroe authorities shall certify that fish feed exported to
the EU under this preferential quota does not contain
added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present
in the cereals that may enter in the compounding of the
fish feed. The European Community may proceed to
controls in the Faeroe Islands of the compounding of
the fish feed, especially its gluten content.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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2. The conduct of controls of the compounding of fish feed
is detailed in Annex 1 to this Protocol. If the inspection
brings evidence that the conditions required for granting
this trade preference are not met, the Commission may
long as no proper
suspend this preference for as
conditions are in place.’

3. The attached Annex 1 shall be Annexed:

Article 3

The volume increase of the tariff quota for the calendar year
2007 shall be calculated pro rata temporis as of 1 December
2007.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the
second month following its adoption.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2007.

The Joint Committee shall monitor the utilisation of this tariff
quota. Depending on the utilisation of
the quota and the
evolution of market conditions,
the Joint Committee shall
review this tariff quota in four years time.

For the Joint Committee
The President

Leopoldo RUBINACCI

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Conduct of the controls of the compounding of fish feed

Article 1

Færoe authorities shall communicate to the Commission the control provisions they have adopted as regards Articles 1
and 2 of this decision. Færoe authorities shall make available to the Commission all information necessary for the control
of the gluten content of fish feed exported to the EU and shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate the checks the
Commission deems appropriate in this connection.

Article 2

The European Community may proceed with controls of fish feed compound in the Færoe Islands. Fish feed undertakings
shall give immediate access to their factories and to their stock records in order to allow inspectors to trace the raw
materials that have been used. Inspectors shall be allowed to take samples for analysis.

Inspectors shall be entitled to control the compounding of fish feed, the raw and processed materials, and the books and
other documents, including documents and metadata drawn up or received or recorded on an electronic medium, relating
to stock records.

Inspections shall be carried out by experts of the Commission or of the Member States, herein referred to as the
“inspectors”. The experts from the Member States who are to be entrusted with the task of carrying out these inspections
shall be appointed by the Commission.

Article 3

Article 4

Those inspections shall be made on behalf of the Community, which shall bear the expenditure incurred by their
inspectors.

Inspectors shall

inform Færoe authorities of an inspection so that Færoe agents may take part in such inspections.

Detailed arrangements on the way the controls are carried out may be conducted directly by the Commission with Færoe
authorities.’

Article 5