Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery products to Union processors from 2013 to 2015 amending Regulations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 1344/2011 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1062/2009
Date: 2012-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, fishery product, import (EU), sea fish, tariff quota

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 3.7.2012  
COM(2012) 357 final 

2012/0174 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery products to Union 
processors from 2013 to 2015 amending Regulations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 
1344/2011 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1062/2009 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

The  scope  of  the  Common  Fisheries  Policy  (CFP)  extends  to  European  Union 
autonomous  trade  measures  for  fishery  and  aquaculture  products.  Since  the  CFP  is 
currently  being  reformed,  the  autonomous  trade  measures  applicable  to  fishery 
products  should  be  also  revised  to  ensure  further  simplification,  flexibility, 
transparency and coherence in line with the objectives of the CFP reform.1  

The  EU  supply  of  certain  fishery  products  largely  relies  on  imports.  In  the  last  15 
years  the  EU  has  become  more  dependent  on  imports  to  meet  its  consumption  of 
fishery products: the EU self-sufficiency rate for fishery products has decreased from 
57%  to  38%.  The  main  purpose  of  the  autonomous  trade  measures  for  fishery  and 
aquaculture  products  is  to  enable  the  EU  fish  processing  industry  to  import  third 
countries' raw materials under reduced or duty-free duties for further processing. 

The present Regulation will replace, merge and amend, as appropriate, three existing 
regimes for autonomous quotas and suspensions for fishery products, notably:  

Council Regulation (EC) No 1062/2009 of 26 October 2009 opening and providing 
for  the  management  of  autonomous  Community  tariff  quotas  for  certain  fishery 
products for the period 2010 to 2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 824/20072 to 
guarantee  the  appropriate  supply  conditions  of  certain  fishery  products  for  the  EU 
industry.  

Article 28 and Annex VI of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 
1999 on the Common Organisation of Markets in fishery and aquaculture products3 
establishing  a  regime  of  suspensions  of  tariff  duties  for  certain  fishery  products  (7 
products). 

Council  Regulation  (EU)  No  1344/2011  of  19  December  2011suspending  the 
autonomous  Common  Customs  Tariff  duties  on  certain  agricultural,  fishery  and 
industrial products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1255/964 containing a limited 
number of suspensions for fishery products (5 products).  

The existing suspensions will be transformed into quotas with volumes large enough 
to guarantee the predictability for EU processors.  

RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND 
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

1. 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

2. 

EU  processors  and  a  number  of  EU  Member  States  have  requested  the  continuation  of 
autonomous  trade  measures  for  fishery  products  in  order  to  guarantee  the  supply  of  the  EU 
fish processing industry. 

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See for more information about the reform of the CFP, i.a. Commission proposals, impact assessments: 
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/reform/index_en.htm  
OJ L 291, 7.11.2009, p. 8. 
OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. 
OJ L 349,31.12.2011, p. 1. 

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Consultations  with  EU  producers  and  processors  were  carried  out  from  September  2011  to 
February 2012 in the framework of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture.  

Consultations with EU Member States took place from October 2011 to January 2012 in the 
Committee foreseen in Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.  

Unilateral trade related measures applicable to fishery products were recently evaluated in the 
Impact  Assessment  of  the  Common  Organisation  of  Markets  (CMO).  In  addition  to  this,  as 
suspensions of fishery products of Council Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 are concerned, the 
future regime will be the transposition of an existing regime that it is revised every 6 months 
by the European Commission in consultation with EU Member States in the Economic Tariff 
Questions Group and in which fishery products represent an insignificant percentage.  

In  any  event,  the  main  impact  of  the  current  Regulation  is  the  loss  of  revenue  for  the  EU 
budget which in turn translates into duty preferences and competitive raw material for the EU 
processors of fishery products. On average imports under autonomous tariff quotas for fishery 
products  represent  an  estimated  4,5%  in  value  of  the  overall  EU  imports  of  fishery  and 
aquaculture products, whereas imports under suspensions for fishery and aquaculture products 
account for roughly 5,2% in value of all EU imports of fishery products. Autonomous tariff 
quotas  and  suspensions  of  fishery  and  aquaculture  products  represent  a  maximum  loss  of 
revenue for the EU budget of roughly € 175 million per year. 

However,  autonomous  tariff  quotas  and  suspensions  have  also  had  a  positive  impact  in  the 
competitiveness  of  the  EU  fish  processing  industry.  They  have  also  helped  to  maintain  and 
create jobs and production in some specific sectors and countries in the EU. 

3. 

LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

Legal basis 

Article 31 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 

Subsidiarity principle 

Common  Customs  Tariff  duties  fall  under  the  exclusive  competence  of  the  Union.  The 
subsidiarity principle therefore does no apply for those provisions. 

Proportionality principle  

The proposal complies with the principle of proportionality for the following reason: 
The  Customs  Union  is  a  common  policy  and  should  therefore  be  implemented  through  a 
Regulation adopted by the Council.  

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

See the financial statement below.

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2012/0174 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery products to Union 
processors from 2013 to 2015 amending Regulations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 
1344/2011 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1062/2009 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 31 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission5, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The scope of the Common Fisheries Policy extends to autonomous trade measures for 
fishery and aquaculture products in the Union. Since the Common Fisheries Policy is 
being  reformed,  the  autonomous  trade  measures  should  be  also  revised  to  allow  for 
more  simplification,  transparency  and  coherence  in  line  with  the  objectives  of  the 
reform.  

Union  supplies  of  certain  fishery  products  currently  depend  on  imports  from  third 
countries.  In  the  last  15  years  the  Union  has  become  more  dependent  on  imports  to 
meet  its  consumption  of  fishery  products:  the  Union  self-sufficiency  rate  for  fishery 
products  has  decreased  from  57%  to  38%.  In  order  not  to  jeopardise  the  Union 
production  of  fishery  products  and  to  ensure  the  adequate  supply  to  the  Union 
processing  industry,  customs  duties  should  be  partially  or  totally  suspended  for  a 
number  of  products  withing  tariff  quotas  of  an  appropiate  volume.  To  guarantee  a 
level  playing  field  for  the  Union  producers,  the  sensitivity  of  individual  fishery 
products on the Union market should also be taken into consideration.  

Council Regulation (EC) No 1062/20096 opened and provided for the management of 
autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2010 
to 2012. In order to guarantee appropriate supply conditions for the Union industry for 
the  period  2013  to  2015,  that  Regulation  should  be  repealed  and  replaced  by  a  new 
regulation 

Article 28 of and Annex VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 
1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products7 
established suspensions of tariff duties for certain fishery products. Those suspensions 
will come to an end at the latest when the proposed new Regulation of the European 

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OJ … 
OJ L 291, 7.11.2009, p. 8. 
OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. 

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Parliament and the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and 
aquaculture  products8  becomes  applicable.  In  order  to  ensure  the  continuity  of  the 
Union  supplies  of  certain  fishery  products,  a  number  of  autonomous  tariff  quotas 
totally  or  partially  replacing  those  suspensions  should  be  established.  As  a 
consequence Article 28 of and Annex VI to Regulation (EC) N° 104/2000 should be 
deleted. The new autonomous tariff quotas should have a sufficient volume in order to 
guarantee the predictability and the continuity of the imports.  

Council  Regulation  (EU)  No 1344/2011  of  19 December  2011  suspending  the 
autonomous  Common  Customs  Tariff  duties  on  certain  agricultural,  fishery  and 
industrial  products  and  repealing  Regulation  (EC)  No 1255/969  contains  a  limited 
number  of  suspensions  for  fishery  products.  In  order  to  improve  the  coherence  and 
streamline the system and procedures of the Union autonomous preferences for fishery 
products, a number of autonomous tariff quotas replacing those suspensions should be 
established. As a consequence the entries concerning fishery products in the Annex to 
Regulation (EC) No 1344/2011 should be deleted. The new autonomous tariff quotas 
should  have  a  sufficient  volume  in  order  to  guarantee  the  predictability  and  the 
continuity of the imports.  

Equal  and  uninterrupted  access  to  the  tariff  quotas  provided  for  in  this  Regulation 
should  be  ensured  for  all  Union  importers  and  the  rates  laid  down  for  the  quotas 
should be applied without interruption to all imports of the products concerned into all 
Member States until the tariff quotas have been used up. 

To ensure the efficiency of a common management of the tariff quotas, Member States 
should  be  permitted  to  draw  from  the  quota  amount  the  necessary  quantities 
corresponding to their actual imports. Since that method of management requires 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  should  inform  the  Member 
States accordingly.  

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for 
the  implementation  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2913/92  establishing  the 
Community Customs Code10 provides for a system of tariff quota management which 
follows  the  chronological  order  of  the  dates  of  acceptance  of  the  declarations  of 
release  for  free  circulation.  The  tariff  quotas  opened  by  this  Regulation  should  be 
managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with that system. 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

1. 

Import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be suspended within the tariff 
quotas, at the rates, for the periods and up to the amounts indicated therein. 

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COM/2011/0416 final. 
OJ L 349, 31.12.2011, p. 1. 
OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.  

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

Article 2  

The Commission and customs authorities of Member States shall cooperate closely to ensure 
the proper management and control of the application of this Regulation. 

Article 3 

1. Regulation (EC) No 1062/2009 is repealed. 

Article 4 

2. In Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, Article 28 and Annex VI are deleted.  

3.  In  the  Annex  to  Regulation  (EU)  No 1344/2011,  the  entries  concerning  fishery  products 
with TARIC codes 0302 89 90 30, 0302 90 00 95, 0303 90 90 91, 0305 20 00 11, 0305 20 00 
30, 1604 11 00 20, 1604 32 00 10, 1605 10 00 11 and 1605 10 00 19 are deleted. 

Article 5 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union.  

It shall apply from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015. 

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

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Description 

Cod  (Gadus  morhua,  Gadus  ogac,  Gadus 
macrocephalus)  and  fish  of  the  species 
Boreaogadus  saida,  excluding  livers  and 
roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 
(1) (2) 

Cod  (Gadus  morhua,  Gadus  ogac,  Gadus 
macrocephalus)  and  fish  of  the  species 
Boreogadus  saida,  salted  or  in  brine,  but 
not dried or smoked, for processing (1) (2) 

(Gadus 

Cod, 
Gadus 
macrocephalus),  frozen  fillets  and  frozen 
meat, for processing (1) (2) 

morhua, 

Annual 

amount of 

quota (tons) 

Quota 

duty 

Quota period 

60 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

2 600 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

23 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Blue  grenadier  (Macruronus  spp.),  frozen 
fillets and other frozen meat, for processing 
(1) (2) 

20 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Shrimps  and  prawns  of 
the  species 
Pandalus  borealis  whether  in  shell  or  not, 
fresh,  chilled  or  frozen  for  processing; 
cooked and peeled, for processing (1) (2) (4)  

33 300 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Shrimps  and  prawns  of 
the  species 
Pandalus  jordani,  cooked  and  peeled,  for 
processing (1) (2) (4) 

Shrimps  and  praws  of  the  specie  Penaeus 
Vannamei,  whether  in  shell  or  not,  fresh, 
chilled or frozen for processing (1) (2) 

5 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

20 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

spp. 

(Merluccius 

Hake 
excluding 
Merluccius  merluccius,  Urophycis  spp.), 
and  Pink  cusk-eel  (Genypterus  blacodes), 
frozen, for processing (1) (2) 

12 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Order No 

CN code 

TARIC 
code 

09.2759 

09.2765 

09.2776 

09.2761 

09.2794 

ex 0302 51 10 
ex 0302 51 90 
ex 0302 59 10 
ex 0303 63 10 
ex 0303 63 30 
ex 0303 63 90 
ex 0303 69 10 
ex 0305 62 00 

ex 0305 69 10 

ex 0304 71 10 
ex 0304 71 90 
ex 0304 95 21 
ex 0304 95 25 

ex 0304 79 50 
ex 0304 79 90 

ex 0304 99 99 

ex 0306 16 99 
ex 0306 26 90 

ex 1605 21 90 

ex 1605 29 00 

09.2800 

ex 16052190 
ex16052900  

09.2802 

ex 03061792 
ex 03062799 

09.2760 

ex 0303 66 11 
ex 0303 66 12 
ex 0303 66 13 
ex 0303 66 19 

ex 0303 89 70 

20 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
20 
25 
29 
10 

10 
10 
10 
10 

10 
11 
17 
85 

20 
12 
92 
45 

50 

55 
60 

10 
10 

10 
10 
10 
11 
91 
10 

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09.2774 

ex 0304 74 19 
ex 0304 95 50 

10 
20 

North Pacific hake (Merluccius productus), 
frozen fillets and other meat for processing 
(1) (2) 

12 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

09.2770 

ex 0305 63 00 

10 

09.2788 

ex 0302 41 00 
ex 0303 51 00 
ex 0304 59 50 
ex 0304 86 00 
ex 0304 99 23 

09.2792 

ex 1604 12 99 

09.2790 

ex 1604 14 16 

09.2762 

ex 0306 11 90 
ex 0306 21 90 

09.2785 

ex 0307 49 59 
ex 0307 99 11 

09.2786 

ex 0307 49 59 
ex 0307 99 11 

09.2777 

09.2772 

ex 0303 67 00 
ex 0304 75 00 
ex 0304 94 90 

ex 0304 93 10 
ex 0304 94 10 
ex 0304 95 10 
ex 0304 99 10 

09.2746 

ex 0302 89 90 

09.2748 

ex 0302 90 00 
ex 0303 90 90 
ex 0305 20 00 

10 
10 
10 
10 
10 

31 
41 

20 
30 
40 
95 

10 
10 

10 
10 

20 
20 

10 
20 
20 

10 
10 
10 
10 

30 

95 
91 
11 

Anchovies  (Engraulis  anchoita),  salted  or 
in  brine,  but  not  dried  or  smoked,  for 
processing (1) (2) 

(Clupea  harengus,  Clupea 
Herrings 
pallasii),  of  a weight  exceeding 100  g  per 
piece  or  flaps  of  a  weight  exceeding  80  g 
per  piece,  excluding  livers  and  roes,  for 
processing (1) (2) 

1 500 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

15 000 

0% 

1.10.2013-31.12.2013 
1.10.2014-31.12.2014 
1.10.2015-31.12.2015 

Herrings,  spiced  and/or  vinegar-cured,  in 
brine for processing (1) (2)  

10 000 

6% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Filets  known  as  ‘loins’  of  tunas  and 
skipjack, for processing (1) (2) 

20 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Rock 
lobster  and  other  sea  crawfish 
(Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), 
live, chilled, frozen, for processing (1) (2) (3)  

Pod  (5)  of  squid  (Ommastrephes  spp.  - 
excluding  Ommastrephes  sagittatus 
-, 
Nototodarus  spp.,  Sepioteuthis  spp.)  and 
Illex  spp.,  frozen,  with  skin  and  fins,  for 
processing (1) (2) 

Squid  (Ommastrephes  spp.  -  excluding 
Ommastrephes  sagittatus  -,  Nototodarus 
spp.,  Sepioteuthis  spp.)  and  Illex  spp., 
frozen,  whole  or  tentacles  and  fins,  for 
processing (1) (2) 

Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma), 
frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat 
for processing (1) (2) 

200 

6% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

45 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

2 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

260 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Surimi, frozen, for processing (1) (2) 

40 000 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), 
fresh, chilled, for processing (1) (2) 

1 500 

Hard  fish  roes,  fresh,  chilled  or  frozen, 
salted or in brine 

10 000 

0% 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

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09.2750 

ex 1604 32 00 

10 

09.2764 

ex 1604 11 00 

20 

09.2784 

ex 1605 10 00 

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Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent 
organs  and  simply  salted  or  in  brine,  for 
processing (1)  
Pacific  salmon  (Oncorhynchus  spp.),  for 
the  processing  industry  for  manufacture 
into pastes or spreads (1) 
Crabs of  the  species  “King” (Paralithodes 
camchaticus),  “Hanasaki”  (Paralithodes 
brevipes), “Kegani” (Erimacrus isenbecki), 
“Queen” and “Snow” (Chionoecetes spp.), 
“Red”  (Geryon  quinquedens),  “Rough 
stone”  (Neolithodes  asperrimus),  Lithodes 
santolla,  “Mud”  (Scylla  serrata),  “Blue” 
(Portunus spp.), simply boiled in water and 
in 
shelled,  whether  or  not 
immediate packings of a net content of 2 kg 
or more 

frozen, 

5 000 

1 200 

2 500 

0% 

0% 

0% 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

1.1.2013-31.12.2015 

(1) The quota is subject to the conditions laid down in the Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2454/93).  

(2)  The  quota  is  not  available  for  products  intended  solely  for  one  or  more  of  the  following 
operations: 

cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading, 
cutting (excluding dicing, filleting, production of flaps or cutting of frozen blocks or splitting 
of frozen interleaved fillet blocks), 
sampling, sorting, 
labelling, 
packing, 
chilling, 
freezing, 
deep freezing, 
thawing, 
separation. 

The  quota  is  not  available  for  products  intended  to  undergo  treatment  or  operations  which 
give quota entitlement, where such treatment or operations are carried out at retail or catering 
level.  

The quota is only available for products intended for human consumption. 

(3) Products under CN codes 0306 11 90 (TARIC code 10) and 0306 21 90 (TARIC code 10) 
shall,  notwithstanding  footnote  (2),  qualify  for  the  quota  if they  undergo  one  or  both  of  the 
following  operations:  dividing  the  frozen  product,  subjecting  the  frozen  product  to  heat 
treatment to enable the removal of internal waste material. 

(4) Products under CN codes 1605 21 90 (TARIC codes 45 and 55) and 1605 29 00 (TARIC 
codes 50 and 60) shall, notwithstanding footnote (2), qualify for the quota if they undergo the 
operation of subjecting the shrimps and prawns to processing treatment by packaging gases as 

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defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives11. 

(5) Body of cephalopod or the squid headless and without tentacle 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PROPOSALS HAVING A 
BUDGETARY IMPACT EXCLUSIVELY LIMITED TO THE REVENUE SIDE 

1. 

NAME OF THE PROPOSAL: 

Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade related measures to guarantee the supply 
of certain fishery products to EU processors from 2013 to 2015 

2. 

BUDGET LINES: 

Chapter and Article: Title 1, Chapter 12, Article 120. 

Amount budgeted for the year 2012: € 19.171.200.000 . 

3. 

FINANCIAL IMPACT  

(cid:133) 

Proposal has no financial implications 

Proposal has no financial impact on expenditure but has a financial impact on 

x 
revenue – the effect is as follows: 

Revenue12 

Year 2013 

Year 2014 

Year 2015 

(€ million to one decimal place)  

Impact 
resources 

on 

own 

- 170/year 

- 175.5/year 

- 180.7/year 

Budget 
line 

Article 
120 

4. 

ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES 

Checks on the end-use of some of the products covered by this Council Regulation 
will be carried out in accordance with Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation 
(EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of the Community 
Customs Code.  

5. 

OTHER REMARKS  

The  main  impact  of  the  Regulation  is  the  loss  of  revenue  for  the  European  Union. 
Taking the most recent complete statistics (2010) as a basis, the impact on the loss of 
revenue resulting from this Regulation may be estimated at € 170 million  for the first 
year of the triennial period beginning in 2013. The estimation for 2014 and 2015 are 
based on the loss of revenues for 2013, to which a 3% of inflation has been added. 

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Regarding  traditional  own  resources  (agricultural  duties,  sugar  levies,  customs  duties)  the  amounts 
indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 25% of collection costs. 

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The  loss  of  revenue  for  2013,  2014  and  2015  are  net  amounts,  i.e.  gross  amounts 
after deduction of 25% of collection costs. 

The  stated  amount  has  been  calculated  on  the  basis  of  MFN  duty  rates  and  full 
utilisation of quotas. It marks, therefore, the maximum level of loss of revenue since 
the Community grants more favourable trade preferences to different groups of third 
countries (GSP, GSP+, FTA) and, on average, quotas utilisation, for those products 
under quotas, is roughly 75%.  

Therefore the actual loss of revenue tends to result in a lower amount (estimated at € 
47  million)  since  MFN  duties  do  not  apply  across  the  board.  It  is  estimated  that 
imports of fishery products to the EU are levied an average duty of less than 3% ad 
valorem vis-à-vis the average MFN duty for fishery products of 10,9%.  

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FISH IMPORT QUOTA PROPOSAL 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2015 

ESTIMATION OF THEORETICAL LOSS OF REVENUE (based on 2010 
import data) 

Product description 

Proposal 2013 - 
2015 (t) 

Quota 
duty (%) 

MFN duty (%) 
(or estimated 
average when 
different 
duties apply) 

EU27 Import from EXTRA-EU in 2010 

Theoretical 

Quantity 

Value 

Unit Value 

in € 

( tons ) 

( 000 € ) 

( € / ton ) 

loss of 

revenue 

Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus 
ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 
and fish of the species 
Boreaogadus saida, excluding 
livers and roes, fresh, chilled 
or frozen, for processing  

Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus 
ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 
and fish of the species 
Boreogadus saida, salted or in 
brine, but not dried or smoked, 
for processing  

Cod, (Gadus morhua, Gadus 
macrocephalus), frozen fillets 
and frozen meat, for 
processing  

Blue grenadier (Macruronus 
spp.), frozen fillets and other 
frozen meat, for processing  

Shrimps and prawns of the 
species Pandalus borealis and 
Pandalus jordani whether in 
shell or not, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, in airtight container or 
not, or cooked, for processing  

Shrimps and prawns of the 
specie Penaeus Vannamei, 
whether in shell or not, fresh, 
chilled or frozen for processing 

Hake (Merluccius spp. 
excluding Merluccius 
merluccius, Urophycis spp.), 
and Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus 
blacodes), frozen, for 
processing  

Hake (Merluccius productus), 
frozen fillets and other meat 
for processing  

60.000 

12% 

0% 

56.842 

141.448 

2.488 

17.916.780 

2.600 

13% 

0% 

3.371 

12.456 

3.695 

1.248.926 

23.000 

7,5% 

0% 

20.000 

74.116 

3.706 

6.392.505 

20.000 

11,2% 

0% 

30.963 

48.350 

1.562 

3.497.852 

38.300 

20% 

0% 

20.627 

110.586 

5.361 

41.066.988 

20.000 

12% 

0% 

305.580 

1.623.166 

5.312 

12.748.224 

12.000 

15% 

0% 

9.837 

21.408 

2.176 

3.917.292 

12.000 

6,1% 

0% 

10.986 

18.651 

1.698 

1.242.721 

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Anchovies (Engraulis 
anchoita), salted or in brine, 
but not dried or smoked, for 
processing  

Herrings (Clupea harengus, 
Clupea pallasii), of a weight 
exceeding 100 g per piece or 
flaps of a weight exceeding 80 
g per piece, excluding livers 
and roes, for processing  

Herrings, spiced and/or 
vinegar-cured, in brine for 
processing  

Filets known as ‘loins’ of tunas 
and skipjack, for processing  

Rock lobster and other sea 
crawfish (Palinurus spp., 
Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), 
live, chilled, frozen, for 
processing  

Pod of squid (Ommastrephes 
spp. — excluding 
Ommastrephes sagittatus —, 
Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis 
spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, 
with skin and fins, for 
processing  

Squid (Ommastrephes spp. — 
excluding Ommastrephes 
sagittatus —, Nototodarus 
spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and 
Illex spp., frozen whole or 
tentacles and fins, for 
processing  

Alaska pollack (Theragra 
chalcogramma), frozen, frozen 
fillets and other frozen meat 
for processing  

1.500 

10% 

0% 

2.137 

3.920 

1.834 

275.152 

15.000 

15% 

0% 

14.770 

8.955 

606 

1.364.167 

10.000 

20% 

6% 

16.452 

20.181 

1.227 

1.717.323 

20.000 

24% 

0% 

33.153 

122.560 

3.697 

17.744.638 

200 

12,5% 

6% 

189 

2.899 

15.339 

199.402 

45.000 

8% 

0% 

27.935 

80.184 

2.870 

10.333.360 

2.000 

8% 

0% 

1.589 

2.061 

1.297 

207.527 

260.000 

11,2% 

0,0% 

216.956 

523.033 

2.411 

70.201.889 

Surimi, frozen, for processing  

40.000 

14,2% 

0% 

37.724 

77.191 

2.046 

11.622.439 

Southern red snapper 
(Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, 
chilled, for processing  

Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, salted or in brine 

Hard fish roes, washed, 
cleaned of adherent organs 
and simply salted or in brine, 
for processing  

Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus 
spp.), for the processing 
industry for manufacture into 
pastes or spreads  

1.500 

15% 

0% 

1.466 

3.297 

2.249 

506.020 

10.000 

10,5% 

0% 

9.076 

43.795 

4.825 

5.066.632 

5.000 

20% 

0% 

3.049 

55.335 

18.149 

18.148.573 

1.200 

5,5% 

0% 

876 

4.092 

4.671 

308.301 

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Crabs of the species “King” 
(Paralithodes camchaticus), 
“Hanasaki” (Paralithodes 
brevipes), “Kegani” (Erimacrus 
isenbecki), “Queen” and 
“Snow” (Chionoecetes spp.), 
“Red” (Geryon quinquedens), 
“Rough stone” (Neolithodes 
asperrimus), Lithodes santolla, 
“Mud” (Scylla serrata), “Blue” 
(Portunus spp.), simply boiled 
in water and shelled, whether 
or not frozen, in immediate 
packings of a net content of 2 
kg or more 

2.500 

8% 

0% 

1.979 

14.716 

7.436 

1.487.216 

GRANDTOTAL 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

227.213.927 

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