2008/957/EC: Decision No 2/2008 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee of 20 November 2008 amending Tables I and II of the Annex to Protocol 1 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: 2008-11-20
Institutions: EC–Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee
Subjects: Denmark, European Community, Faroes, customs duties, fishery product, import, joint committee (EU), sea fish, trade agreement (EU)

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ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

DECISION No 2/2008 OF THE EC/DENMARK-FAEROE ISLANDS JOINT COMMITTEE

of 20 November 2008

amending Tables I and II of the Annex to Protocol 1 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

(2008/957/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European
and the Government of
Community, 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement specifies the
customs duties and other conditions to be applied on
import into the Community of certain fish and fishery
products originating in and coming from the Faeroes.

this Annex,

Under
granted
concessions for a number of fishery products from the
Faeroe Islands.

the Community has

(3)

(4)

The authorities of the Faeroe Islands have requested that
salted and dried coalfish (Pollachius
virens), common
whelk (Buccinum undatum) and crab (Geryon affinis) be
added to the list,
in Table I of the Annex to Protocol
1, of fishery products that may be imported free of duty
into the Community.

It is reasonable to include these fishery products in this
Table. They should, however, be subject to a tariff quota
which is to be added to Table II of
the Annex to
Protocol 1,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Table I of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement shall be
amended by the inclusion of the following rows:

‘0305

Fish, dried, salted or in brine, smoked fish, whether or not cooked before
or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for
human consumption:

– Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked:

0305 59

– – Other:

0305 59 80

– – – Other:

ex 0305 59 80

– – – – Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

0

TQ No 5

0306

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,
live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling
in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours,
meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption:

– Frozen:

0306 14

– – Crabs:

0306 14 90

– – – Other:

ex 0306 14 90

– – – – Crabs of the species Geryon affinis

0

TQ No 6

(1) OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 2.

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0307

Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted
or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs,
live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and
pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human
consumption:

– Other, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other

than crustaceans, fit for human consumption:

0307 91 00

– – Live, fresh or chilled:

ex 0307 91 00

– – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0

TQ No 7

0307 99

– – Other:

– – – Frozen:

0307 99 18

– – – – Other:

ex 0307 99 18

– – – – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0

TQ No 7

1605

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or
preserved:

1605 90

– Other

– – Molluscs:

1605 90 30

– – – Other:

ex 1605 90 30

– – – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0

TQ No 7’

Table II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement shall be amended by the inclusion of the following
rows:

Article 2

‘0305

Fish, dried, salted or in brine, smoked fish, whether or not cooked before
or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for
human consumption:

– Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked:

0305 59

– – Other:

0305 59 80

– – – Other:

ex 0305 59 80

– – – – Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

0306

live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,
salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling
in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours,
meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption:

0

TQ No 5 (1)
750

– Frozen:

0306 14

– – Crabs:

0306 14 90

– – – Other:

ex 0306 14 90

– – – – Crabs of the species Geryon affinis

0

TQ No 6 (1)
750

0307

Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted
or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs,
live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and
pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human
consumption:

– Other, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other

than crustaceans, fit for human consumption:

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0307 91 00

– – Live, fresh or chilled:

ex 0307 91 00

– – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0307 99

– – Other:

– – – Frozen:

0307 99 18

– – – – Other:

ex 0307 99 18

– – – – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0

0

TQ No 7 (1)
1 200

TQ No 7 (1)
1 200

1605

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or
preserved:

1605 90

– Other

– – Molluscs:

1605 90 30

– – – Other:

ex 1605 90 30

– – – – Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

0

TQ No 7 (1)
1 200

(1) For the year 2008, the volumes of the tariff quotas should be calculated pro rata to the basic volumes in proportion to the part of that

year which elapsed before the tariff quotas apply.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Article 3

It shall apply from 1 September 2008.

Done at Tórshavn, 5 November 2008.

For the Joint Committee
The Chairman

Herluf SIGVALDSSON