Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3165 of 18 December 2024 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland
Date: 2024-12-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, common organisation of markets, fishery product, import (EU), originating product, protocol to an agreement, sea fish, tariff quota




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2024/3165


19.12.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3165
of 18 December 2024
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996, opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland (1), and in particular Article 5(1), points (a) and (d), thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision of 21 April 2016 (2), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland (‘the 2016-2021 Additional Protocol’).












(2)


The 2016-2021 Additional Protocol provides for the renewal of three duty-free tariff quotas that ended on 30 April 2014 and for one new duty-free tariff quota for release for free circulation in the European Union of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland, until 30 April 2021.












(3)


The 2016-2021 Additional Protocol further provides that the volumes of the tariff quotas covering the period from 1 May 2014 until the date on which its provisional application becomes effective are to be proportionally allocated and made available for the period from the date that it applies provisionally until 30 April 2021. It does not provide for any carrying-over of remaining volumes in a tariff quota to a subsequent application period.












(4)


In 2024, a new Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (‘the 2025-2028 Additional Protocol’) was concluded concerning special provisions applicable to imports into the Union of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland (3). The Annex thereto provides for annual duty-free tariff quotas for release for free circulation in the Union.












(5)


The annual duty-free tariff quotas set out in the 2025-2028 Additional Protocol are to apply from day the provisional application of 2025-2028 Additional Protocol becomes effective, until 30 April 2028. It further provides that the tariff quota volumes covering the period from 1 May 2021 until the day the 2025-2028 Additional Protocol applies provisionally are to be proportionally allocated annually from 1 May to 30 April each year until 30 April 2028.












(6)


The 2025-2028 Additional Protocol also provides for the transfer of the unused accumulated quota volumes of these tariff quotas for a period of up to two years following the end of its application, but no longer than the provisional application of a subsequent protocol establishing duty-free quotas for the same products.












(7)


The 2025-2028 Additional Protocol is to enter into force provisionally on 1 January 2025.












(8)


In order to ensure that the tariff quotas are available from the date of the provisional entry into force of the 2025-2028 Additional Protocol, the tariff quotas provided for in this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2025.












(9)


It is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 499/96 in order to implement the tariff quotas laid down in the 2025-2028 Additional Protocol.












(10)


Regulation (EC) No 499/96 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(11)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 499/96 is amended as follows:






(1)


In Article 1, the following paragraph is added:

‘5.   The tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0834 to 09.0841 shall cover the period from 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2028. In case these tariff quotas are not exhausted during this period and in case any subsequent protocol establishing duty-free tariff quotas for the same products is not provisionally applied, imports from Iceland can be made for the remaining accumulated quota volume of those quotas for up to two years following the end of this application period but not longer than the provisional application of any subsequent protocol establishing duty-free tariff quotas for the same products.’











(2)


In the Annex after order number 09.0700, the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added.






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 2025.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 75, 23.3.1996, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/499/2016-08-01.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland (OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/837/oj).

(3)  Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (OJ L, 2024/2601, 8.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/prot/2024/2601/oj).




ANNEX












Order No


 


CN code


TARIC subdi-vision


Description of products


Quota period


Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)


Quota duty (%)




09.0839


 


0303 51 00 


 


Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen2



From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025


280 


0




From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026


840 




From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027


840 




From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


840 




09.0840


 


0304 49 50 


 


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


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025


1 750 


0




From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026


5 250 




From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027


5 250 




From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


5 250 




09.0841


 


0306 15 00 


 


Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025


70 


0




From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026


210 




From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027


210 




From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


210 




09.0834


 


1604 19 92 
1604 20 90 


 


Preparations of cod and other fish


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025


1 400 


0




From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026


4 200 




From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027


4 200 




From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


4 200 




09.0835


 


 


 



Fresh or chilled:


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025
From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026
From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027
From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


3 850 
11 550 
11 550 
11 550 


0




 


0302 23 00 


 


Sole (Solea spp.)




 


0302 24 00 
0302 29 


 


Turbot (Psetta maxima)
Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish




 


0302 59 90 


 


Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae




 


0302 82 00 


 


Rays and skates (Rajidae)




 


0302 89 50 


 


Monkfish (Lophius spp.)




 


0302 89 90 


 


Other fresh or chilled fish




 


 


 



Frozen:





 


0303 32 00 


 


Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)




 


0303 39 85 


 


Flatfish




ex


0303 59 90 


10


Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger spp.)




 


0303 69 90 


 


Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae




 


0303 82 00 


 


Rays and skates (Rajidae)




 


0303 89 90 


 


Other fish




 


0303 99 00 


 


Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal




 


 


 



Fresh or chilled fillets of:





 


0304 43 00 


 


Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae)




ex


0304 44 90 


90


Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae




 


0304 46 00 


 


Toothfish




 


0304 49 10 


 


Freshwater fish




 


0304 49 90 


 


Other fish, not elsewher specified




 


 


 


 




 


0304 95 10 


 


Frozen surimi




 


 


 


 




09.0836


 


0305 39 10 
0305 42 00 
0305 69 50 
0305 41 00 


 


Fillets of salmon salted or in brine, but not smoked
Smoked herring
Salmon only salted or in brine
Smoked salmon, including fillets


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025
From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026
From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027
From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


35 
105 
105 
105 


0




09.0837


 


0305 72 00 
0305 79 00 
0305 43 00 
0305 49 80 
1604 11 00 
1604 20 10 
1605 61 00 
1605 62 00 


 


Fish heads, tails and maws, smoked, dried, salted or in brine
Fish fins and other edible fish offal, smoked, dried, salted or in brine
Smoked trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
Other smoked fish
Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces, but not minced
Other prepared or preserved salmon
Prepared or preserved sea cucumbers
Prepared or preserved sea urchins


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025
From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026
From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027
From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


1 365 
4 095 
4 095 
4 095 


 




09.0838


 


0302 22 00 
0302 59 20 
0304 49 10 
0304 52 00 
0304 89 10 
0305 69 80 
0304 82 10 
0304 82 90 
0302 59 40 
0305 53 90 
0303 14 20 
0303 14 90 
0302 14 00 
0303 13 00 
0304 41 00 
0304 81 00 


 


Fresh or chilled plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Fresh or chilled whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Fresh or chilled fillets of freshwater fish, not elsewhere specified
Fresh or chilled meat, whether or not minced, of Salmonidae
Frozen fillets of freshwater fish, not elsewhere specified
Other fish, only salted or in brine
Frozen fillets of trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae)
Fresh or chilled ling (Molva spp.)
Dried fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod
Frozen trout ‘Oncorhynchus mykiss’, with heads and gills on, gutted
Fresh or chilled Atlantic salmon ‘Salmo salar’ and Danube salmon ‘Hucho hucho’
Frozen Atlantic salmon ‘Salmo salar’ and Danube salmon ‘Hucho hucho’
Fresh or chilled fillets of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
Frozen fillets of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)


From 1.1.2025 to 30.4.2025
From 1.5.2025 to 30.4.2026
From 1.5.2026 to 30.4.2027
From 1.5.2027 to 30.4.2028


1 750 
5 250 
5 250 
5 250 


0







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/3165/oj
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