Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2057 of 13 October 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2022-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: crustacean, fish, fish product, fishery product, frozen product, import (EU), originating product, refrigerated product, tariff quota, third country








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26.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 276/37








            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/2057
of 13 October 2022
         
amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period
(Text with EEA relevance)


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 Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


Union supplies of certain fishery products currently depend on imports from third countries. Over recent decades, the Union has become more dependent on imports to meet its consumption of fishery products. In order not to jeopardise the Union production of fishery products and to ensure an adequate supply to the Union processing industry, import duties should be suspended or reduced for a number of fishery products within tariff quotas of an appropriate volume.












(2)


Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 (1) opens and provides for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2021-2023. Appropriate volumes have been decided for each tariff quota to ensure an adequate supply to the Union processing industry for that period.












(3)


On 19 July 2021, Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 was amended by Council Regulation 2021/1203 (2) adding, among others, new quotas valid until 31 October 2022, due to the expiry of bilateral protocols with the Republic of Iceland and with the Kingdom of Norway providing for quotas for certain fish and fishery products.












(4)


However, the negotiations of new additional protocols with the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway providing for quotas for certain fish and fishery products will not be concluded before 31 October 2022.












(5)


It is therefore necessary to establish new quotas valid until the end of the application of Regulation (EU) 2020/1706.












(6)


For reasons of urgency in order to avoid a shortage of duty-free fisheries materials for processing in the Union, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 is amended in accordance with 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 November 2022.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2022.


For the Council


The President

P. BLAŽEK
            





(1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 of 13 November 2020 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period (OJ L 385, 17.11.2020, p. 3).

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1203 of 19 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 as regards inclusion of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products (OJ L 261, 22.7.2021, p. 1).




ANNEX
In the table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/1706, the following entries are added:











Order no


CN code


TARIC code


Description


Annual amount of quota (tonnes)  (1)



Quota duty


Quota period




09.2509


ex 1604 12 91 


13


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


17 500  (net drained weight)


0  %


1.11.2022–31.12.2023




93




ex 1604 12 99 


16




17




09.2510


ex 0303 51 00 


10


Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing (2)



11 670 


0  %


1.11.2022–31.12.2023




20




09.2512


 


 


Frozen fish, for processing


3 850 


0  %


1.11.2022–31.12.2023




0303 55 30 


10


Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)




ex 0303 55 90 


95


Other fish of Trachurus spp., excluding Trachurus trachurus, Trachurus murphyi and horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)




0303 56 00 


10


Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)




0303 69 90 


10


Other fish




0303 89 90 


11




21




30




91




0303 82 00 


10


Rays and skates (Rajidae)




0303 89 55 


10


Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)




09.2513


0304 86 00 


20


Fillets of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing


29 170 


0  %


1.11.2022–31.12.2023




ex 0304 99 23 


10


Flaps of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) (butterflies), frozen, for processing (2)





20




09.2514


0304 49 50 


10


Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled, for processing


1 520 


0  %


1.11.2022–31.12.2023






(1)  Expressed in net weight unless otherwise stated.

(2)  From 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation.