Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/2007 of 15 November 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products originating in Norway
Date: 2007-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, agricultural product, customs duties, customs regulations, fishery product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1337/2007

of 15 November 2007

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain fishery
products originating in Norway

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of 10
April 1995 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery
products originating in Norway (1), and in particular Article
5(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the European
Economic Area was agreed by the EEA Enlargement
Agreement, signed between the European Community
Iceland, Liechtenstein and
and its Member States,
Norway and the EEA Applicant Countries on 25 July
2007.

Pending the completion of the procedures required for
the adoption of
the EEA Enlargement Agreement of
2007, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters was agreed, which provides for a provisional
the EEA Enlargement Agreement. That
application of
Agreement has been approved by Council Decision
2007/566/EC of 23 July 2007 on the signing and the
provisional application of an Agreement on the partici-
pation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the
European Economic Area and four related agreements (2).

The EEA Enlargement Agreement provides for an addi-
tional Protocol to the EC-Norway Free Trade Agreement
of 1973. This additional Protocol provides for new
annual duty free tariff quotas and for changes
to
existing annual duty free tariff quotas at import into
the Community of certain fish and fishery products origi-
nating in Norway.

of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (3) provides for a system of
tariff quotas designed to be used
management of
following the chronological order of dates of acceptance
of the customs declarations. For reasons of simplification
the same system should apply for
the tariff quotas
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 992/95.

in the additional
Certain tariff quotas provided for
Protocol
should be regarded initially as non-critical
within the meaning of Article 308c of Regulation (EEC)
No 2454/93. Therefore, Articles 308(c)(2) and (3) of that
Regulation should not apply for these tariff quotas.

for

the tariff
In accordance with the additional Protocol
quotas volumes
the year 2007 should not be
reduced in proportion to the part of that year which
elapsed before the tariff quotas apply, while on the
other hand the tariff quotas volumes for the year 2009
should be reduced in proportion to the part of 2009
during which no tariff quotas apply.

In accordance with Decision 2007/566/EC the new tariff
quotas and the changes to existing tariff quotas have to
apply from 1 September 2007. This Regulation should
therefore apply from the same date and enter into force
immediately.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

Article 1

To implement
provided for in the additional Protocol,
to amend Regulation (EC) No 992/95.

the new and changed tariff quotas
it is necessary

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation

The tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0745 and 09.0758
listed in Annex I shall not apply for the period of 1 January
to 31 December 2008.’

(1) OJ L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1920/2004 (OJ L 331, 5.11.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 221, 25.8.2007, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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2. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

3. Annexes I and II are amended as set out in the Annex to this

Regulation.

‘Article 3

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

However, Article 308c(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 shall not apply to the tariff quotas with order
numbers 09.0850, 09.0851, 09.0852, 09.0854, 09.0855
and 09.0856.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2007.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

(a) The following rows are inserted:

Order No

CN code

Description of products

Quota volume

Quota duty
(%)

‘09.0850 (*)

0303 74 30 Mackerel of the species Scomber
japonicus,

scombrus or Scomber
frozen

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
9 300 tonnes

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
9 300 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
3 100 tonnes

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
1 800 tonnes

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
1 800 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
600 tonnes

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
600 tonnes

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
600 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
200 tonnes

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
2 200 tonnes

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
2 200 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
734 tonnes

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
2 000 tonnes

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
2 000 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
667 tonnes

From 1.9. to 31.12.2007:
2 000 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

09.0851 (*)

0303 51 00

Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea
pallasii), frozen

09.0852 (**)

0304 29 75
ex 0304 99 23

and flaps of herring
Fillets
(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii),
frozen

09.0853

0303 79 98

Other fish, frozen

09.0854

0303 29 00

Other salmonidae, frozen

09.0855

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

and prawns, peeled
or
prepared

frozen,

Shrimps
and
preserved

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Order No

CN code

Description of products

Quota volume

09.0856

09.0858

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

and prawns, peeled
or
prepared

frozen,

Shrimps
and
preserved

and prawns, peeled
or
prepared

frozen,

Shrimps
and
preserved

From 1.1. to 31.12.2008:
10 000 tonnes

From 1.1. to 30.4.2009:
667 tonnes

Quota duty
(%)

0

0

(*) As the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of this tariff quota shall not be granted for goods declared

for release for free circulation during this period.

(**) As for goods of CN code 0304 99 23, the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of this tariff quota shall

not be granted for these goods declared for release for free circulation during this period.’

(b) The row for order number 09.0758 is replaced by the following:

‘09.0758

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

and prawns, peeled
or
prepared

frozen,

Shrimps
and
preserved

2 500 tonnes

0’

(c) The rows for the CN code ex 0303 74 30 with order numbers 09.0754, 09.0760, 09.0763 and 09.0778 is

replaced by the following:

Mackerel of the species Scomber
japonicus,
scombrus or Scomber
frozen

‘09.0763

0303 74 30

09.0778

0303 74 30

09.0760

0303 74 30

09.0857

0303 74 30

From 16.6.2007 to
15.6.2008:

From 16.6. to 30.9.2007:
7 500

From 1.10. to 31.12.2007:
15 500

From 1.1. to 14.2.2008:
7 500

From 16.6.2008 onwards:

From 16.6.2008 to
14.2.2009: 30 500

(d) The rows for order number 09.0752 and 09.0756 are replaced by the following:

‘09.0752

0303 51 00

Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea
pallasii), frozen (*)

44 000 tonnes

09.0756

0304 29 75

Fillets
(Clupea
harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen

herring

of

67 000 tonnes

0

0

0

0’

0

0

ex 0304 99 23

(butterflies)
Flaps of herring
(Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii),
frozen (**)

(*) As the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of this tariff quota shall not be granted for goods declared

for release for free circulation during this period.

(**) As for goods of CN code 0304 99 23, the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of this tariff quota shall

not be granted for these goods declared for release for free circulation during this period.’

(e) Footnote (a) at the end of the table is deleted.

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(2) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

(a) The rows for order numbers 09.0745, 09.0756 and 09.0758 are replaced by the following:

Order No

CN codes

TARIC codes

‘09.0756

09.0745

09.0758

ex 0304 99 23

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

0304 99 23 10
0304 99 23 20
0304 99 23 30

1605 20 10 20
1605 20 10 40
1605 20 10 91
1605 20 91 20
1605 20 91 40
1605 20 91 91
1605 20 99 20
1605 20 99 40
1605 20 99 91

1605 20 10 20
1605 20 10 40
1605 20 10 91
1605 20 91 20
1605 20 91 40
1605 20 91 91
1605 20 99 20
1605 20 99 40
1605 20 99 91’

(b) The following rows are inserted:

Order No

CN codes

TARIC codes

‘09.0852

09.0855

09.0856

09.0858

ex 0304 99 23

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

ex 1605 20 10
ex 1605 20 91
ex 1605 20 99

0304 99 23 10
0304 99 23 20
0304 99 23 30

1605 20 10 20
1605 20 10 40
1605 20 10 91
1605 20 91 20
1605 20 91 40
1605 20 91 91
1605 20 99 20
1605 20 99 40
1605 20 99 91

1605 20 10 20
1605 20 10 40
1605 20 10 91
1605 20 91 20
1605 20 91 40
1605 20 91 91
1605 20 99 20
1605 20 99 40
1605 20 99 91

1605 20 10 20
1605 20 10 40
1605 20 10 91
1605 20 91 20
1605 20 91 40
1605 20 91 91
1605 20 99 20
1605 20 99 40
1605 20 99 91’

(c) The rows for order numbers 09.0752, 09.0754, 09.0760, 09.0763 and 09.0778 are deleted.