Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 291/2012 of 2 April 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway
Date: 2012-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, agricultural product, fishery product, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota








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3.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 96/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 291/2012
of 2 April 2012
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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

Whereas:







(1)


An Agreement has been concluded in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The Agreement was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision 2011/818/EU (2).












(2)


That Agreement provides further progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis and for new annual duty free tariff quotas at import into the European Union of certain agricultural products originating in Norway.












(3)


In order to implement the new tariff quotas provided for in the Agreement, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 992/95.












(4)


Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


In accordance with Decision 2011/818/EU the new tariff quotas are to apply from 1 January 2012. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date.












(6)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 April 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 327, 9.12.2011, p. 1.




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






(a)


the rows for order numbers 09.0701, 09.0751, 09.0757 and 09.0759 are replaced by the following:











Order No


CN code


TARIC subdivision


Description of products


Quota period


Quota volume
(in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)


Quota duty
(%)




‘09.0701


Ex 1504 20 10 


90 


Oils and fats of marine animals, other than whale oil and sperm oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg


From 1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


8,5 




Ex 1504 30 10 


99 




09.0751


Ex 0704 10 00 


90 


Cauliflowers


From 1.8 to 31.10


2 000 


0 




09.0757


Ex 0809 21 00 
Ex 0809 29 00 


 


Cherries, fresh


From 16.7 to 15.9


900 


0 (3)




09.0759


Ex 0809 40 05 


 


Plum, fresh, from 1 September to 15 October


From 1.9 to 15.10


600 


0 (3)’














(b)


the rows for order numbers 09.0753, 09.0755, 09.0775, 09.0777, 09.0781 and 09.0785 are deleted;










(c)


the following rows are inserted:











‘09.0815


0810 20 10 


 


Raspberries, fresh


From 1.1 to 31.12


400 


0 




09.0816


2005 20 20 


 


Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption


From 1.1 to 31.12


200 


0 




09.0817


2309 10 13 
2309 10 15 
2309 10 19 
2309 10 33 
2309 10 39 
2309 10 51 
2309 10 53 
2309 10 59 
2309 10 70 
2309 10 90 


 


Dog or cat food put up for retail sale


From 1.1 to 31.12


13 000 


0 ’