CELEX: 51995PC0484
Language: en
Date: 1995-10-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for live horses originating in Iceland

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    Brussels, 19.10.1995
                                                    COM(95) 484fmal
                                                    95/ 0259 (ACC)
                                    Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
     amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the
administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural andfisheryproducts
originating in Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community
                   tariff quotas for live horses originating in Iceland
                           (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1  By Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 the Community undertook to open
   Community tariff quotas for a number of agricultural and fishery products originating
   in Norway.
   The quotas are opened in accordance with the provisions of the Preferential
   Agreement of 14 May 1973 between the Community and Norway.
   The Agreement was amended by Council Decision 86/557/EEC following the
   accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community.
   The Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden requires further adjustment of
   the above Preferential Agreement as from 1 January this year, to take into account
   the trade arrangements for fishery products between the three new Member States
    and Norway.
3.  Consequently, the Community has concluded an Additional protocol to the
    Agreement with Norway under which the Community opens tariff quotas for certain
    fishery products originating in Norway from 1 January to 31 December each year.
    As it was not possible to begin implementing these measures before 1 July, provision
    has to be made to open quotas for six months, but for the full annual volume.
4.  Furthermore, the Community has concluded Agreements in the form of exchange of
    letters with Iceland, Norway and Switzerland on certain agricultural products. These
    Agreements are the result of negotiations held in order to take over bilateral
    concessions which had existed between the three new Member States and those three
    countries before the enlargement. In the abovementioned Agreements the Community
    has notably undertaken to open from 1 January 1995 annual Community tariff quotas
    at zero duty for certain fats and oils of fish originating in Norway and for live horses
    originating in Iceland.
                                              A
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a Council Regulation
         amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the
   administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products
   originating in Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community
                         tariff quotas for live horses originating in Iceland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of
10 April 19951 Community tariff quotas have been opened for certain agricultural and
fishery products originating in Norway; whereas the quotas were granted under an
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
concluded on 14 May 19732; whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to
the Community, an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters was concluded between
the Community and Norway and approved by Council Decision 86/557/EEC3;
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the abovementioned
quotas have to be adjusted to take into account, inter alia, the existing trade arrangements
for fishery products between these countries and Norway;
Whereas an Additional Protocol to the above Agreement has therefore been concluded
between the Community and Norway and approved by a Council Decision4; whereas by
the provisions of this Protocol the Community has undertaken to open, each year and
 subject to certain conditions, Community tariff quotas at zero duty for a number of fishery
 products originating in Norway;
 Whereas the tariff quotas should accordingly be opened from 1 January to 31 December
 each year; whereas it has not been possible to implement these concessions before 1 July
 this year and therefore, exceptionally for 1995, provision must be made for the quotas to
 be opened for the period from 1 July to 31 December, but for the full annual volume,
 Whereas Agreements in the form of exchange of letters for certain agricultural products
 were concluded between the Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Iceland,
 the Kingdom of Norway and Switzerland, on the other hand, and approved by Council
 Decision 95/           /CE5; whereas in the abovementioned Agreements the Community has
 undertaken to open from 1 January 1995 annual Community tariff quotas at zero duty for
 certain agricultural products from Iceland and Norway.
  (1) OJ No L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1.
  (2) OJ No L 171, 27.6.1993, p. 2.
  (3) OJ No L 328, 22.11.1986, p. 76.
  (4) OJ No L 187, 8.8.1995, p. 15
  (5) OJ No L
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                Article 1
Council Regulation (EC) n° 992/95 shall be modified as follows:
1.        In the Title, the following phrase shall be added: "and opening and providing for
          the administration of Community tariff quotas for live horses originating in
          Iceland"
2.        Annexes I and II shall be replaced by Annexes I and II of this Regulation; Annex
          III shall be added.
3.        In Article 1 (3) shall be replaced by the following text :
"The provisions of the Protocol defining the concept of originating products and setting
out the arrangements for administrative cooperation6 annexed to the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, as amended by the
provisions of Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement, shall apply."
4.        In Article 1 (4) shall be added as follows:
"The provisions of the Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and
setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation as amended at last by
Decision No. 1/94 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee of the 8 March 19947 shall apply."
                                                Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
Annexes I and II shall apply from 1 January 1995 or during the periods indicated in Annex
I; Annex III shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
(6) OJ No L 171, 27.6.1973, p. 1, as amended by Decision No 1/94 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee
     (OJ No L 204, 6.8.1994 p. 90) and further amended by the Additional Protocol (OJ No L 187, 8.8.95,
     p. 15).
 (7) OJ No L 204, 6.8.1994, p. 62
 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX I
                                    Products originating in Norway
  Order  CodeNC(l)                                      Description                     Amount of   Quota duty
   No                                                                                       quotas
                                                                                           (tones0)   (%)
09.0701  ex 1504 20 10   Oils and fats of marine animals, other than whale oil and           1 000     8,5
         ex 1504 30 19   spem oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg
         ex 1516 10 90
          0305           Fish, dried, salted, or in brine ; smoked fish, whether or not
                         cooked before or during the smoking process ; fish meal fit
                         for human consumption :
                         - Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked :
          0305 51        - - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) :
09.0703   ex0305 5190
                                  Excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
          0305 59        —Other :                                                           13 250      0
                               Fish of the species Boreogadus saida :
          0305 59 19
                         From 1 April to 31 December
                          Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar
                         substitutes prepared from fish eggs ;
          ex 1604 13 90       Other :
                                Sardinella ; brisling or sprats excluding raw fillets
                                 merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether
                                 or not prefried in oil, deep-frozen
                               Other :
          1604 19 92
                                  macrocephalus)
 09.0711  ex 1604 19 93          Coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding smoked               400      5,8
                                  coalfish
           1604 19 94             Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)
           1604 19 95
                                  pollack(Pollachius pollachius)
           1604 19 98            Other
          ex 1604 20 90   Fish other than herring and smoked saithe :
                          -Other than mackerel
                          -Mackarel (Scomber australasicus)                                             ,0
  (1) See Taric codes in Annex
 ---pagebreak---  Order No       CNcode(l)           description                                          Amount of quotas Quota duty
                                                                                         (tonne)          (%)
 09.0715        0302 11 00         trout, fresh or chilled
                                                                                               500 (2)             0
                0303 21 00          frozen trout
 09.0716        0302 12 00         salmon, fresh or chilled                                   6 100(2)             0
  09.0717       0303 10 00         frozen Pacific salmon                                       580 (2)             0
                ex 0303 22 00      frozen Atlantic salmon
  09.0718       0304 10 13         salmon fillets, fresh or chilled
                                                                                               610(2)              0
                0304 20 13          frozen salmon fillets
  09.0719       0302 19 00          other Salmonidae, fresh or chilled                         670 (2)             0
                0303 29 00          other frozen Salmonidae
  09.0720       0302 69 45          ling, fresh or chilled                                      370 (2)            0
  09.0721       0302 22 00          plaice, fresh or chilled
                0302 23 00          sole, fresh or chilled
                0302 29 10          megrim, fresh or chilled
                0302 29 90          other
                0303 39 10          frozen flounder                                             250 (2)
                0303 39 20          frozen megrim                                                                  0
                0303 39 30          frozen fish of the genus Rhombosolea
                0303 39 80          other
                0302 69 65          hake, fresh or chilled
                0302 69 81          monkfish, fresh or chilled
                0302 69 86          southern blue whiting, fresh or chilled
                0302 69 87          fresh or chilled sword fish
                0302 69 91          fresh or chilled horse mackerel
                0302 69 92          pink cusk-eel, fresh or chilled
                0302 69 93          fish of the species Kathetostoma giganteum
                0302 69 96          other
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II.
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year.
                                                                    r
 ---pagebreak---   Order No      CNcode(l)            Description                                               Amount of quotas Quota duty
                                                                                               (tonnes)         [%)
 S09.0722       W04 90 35            Erozcn meat of cod and of fuh of tfae species Borcogadb;
                0304 90 38           aida                                                            500(2)            0
                3304 90 39           other
                0304 90 41           Irozen coalfish meat
                0304 90 45           frozen haddock meat
                0304 90 47           iozen hake meat
                0304 90 49           frozen hake meat
                0304 90 59           frozen meat of blue whiting
                0304 90 61           •neat of Alaska pollack, frozen
                0304 90 65           neat of swordfish, frozen
                ex0304 90 97         frozen meat of saltwater fish, excluding mackerel
  09.0723       0302 40 90           lemngs, fresh or chilled from 16 June to                          800             0
                                     14 February                                                        (3)
                0303 50 90           frozen herrings, from 16 June to 14 February
  09.0724       0302 64 90           mackerel,freshor chilled, from 16 June to                         260             0
                                     14 February                                                        (3)
  09.0725       0303 74 19           frozen maokerel, from 16 June to 14 February                       100            0
                                                                                                        (3)
  09.0726       0302 69 31           redflsh (Sebastes spp.),
                0302 69 33           fresh or chilled                                                130 (2)           0
                0303 79 35           redlish (Sebastcs spp.).
                0303 79 37           frozen
(1) See Taric codes in Annex U.
(2) Volumes applicable trorn 1 July to 31 December 95 and after I January to 31 December of each year.
(3) Volumes applicable from 1 July 1995.
 ---pagebreak---   )rder No     KJN code ( 1 )      Description                                                      Amount of quotasjQuota duty
                                                                                                    (tonnes)         (%)
 109.0727      K)304 10 19          illets of other freshwater fish, fresh or chilled
               W304 20 19           rozen fillets of other freshwater fish                               110(2)
 K)9.0728      0304 10 33          fillets of coalfish, fresh or chilled                                  180(2)
               0304 10 35          fillets of redfish, fresh or chilled
               0304 10 38          other
 K)9.0729      0304 10 92                                                                                 130(2)
               0304 10 93         paps of herring, fresh or chilled
               0304 10 98         other
 W9.0730       0304 20 21          frozen fillets of cod and offish of the species Boreogadus saida
               0304 20 29          frozen coalfish fillets
               0304 20 31          frozen haddock fillets
               0304 20 33          frozen fillets of redfish                                            9 000 (2)
                0304 20 35         frozen filet of the species Scbastcs marinas
                0304 20 37
                0304 20 57         frozen hake fillets (genus Merluccius)
                0304 20 59         frozen hake fillets (genus Urophycis)
                0304 20 71         frozen plaice fillets
                0304 20 83         frozen fillets of monkfish
                0304 20 85         frozen fillets of Alaska pollack
                0304 20 87         frozen fillets of swordfish
                0304 20 91         frozen fillets of blue grenadier
                0304 20 96         other
 09.0731       fex0305 20 00       livers and roes, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked            1 900 (2)
 W9.0732       »305 41 00          smoked salmon                                                          450 (2)
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II.
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year.
                                                                        \
 ---pagebreak---   Order No     CNcode(l)             Description                                                  Amount of quotas Quota duty
                                                                                                  (tonnes)         (%)
  09.0733      0305 42 00           smoked herring
               0305 49 10           smoked lesser or Greenland halibut                                 140(2)             0
               0305 49 20           smoiccd Atlantic halibut
               0305 49 30           smoked mackerel
               0305 49 40           smoked trout
               0305 49 50           smoked eel
               0305 49 90           other smoked fish
  09.0734      0305 69 90           other fish, salted but not dried or smoked and
                                     fish in brine                                                     250 (2)            0
  09.0735      0305 6100             iierrings, salted but not dried or smoked and herrings            1440(2)            0
                                    in brine
  09.0736      0306 13 10            frozen Pandalidac shrimps                                         950 (2)            0
               0306 19 30            frozen Norway lobsters
  09.0737      ex 0306 23 10         Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen                                    800(2)             0
  09.0738      ex0306 23 10(a)       Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for processing (a)                900(2)             0
               0306 29 30            Norway lobsters, not frozen
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II.
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year.
(a)    Checks on compliance with this use shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant Community provisions.
                                                                      t
 ---pagebreak---  Order No      CNcode(l)           description                                                Amount of quotas Quota duty
                                                                                              (tonnes)         (%)
 09.0739       1604 1100          prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces
                                                                                                    170(2)            0
 09.0740       1604 12 91         prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces, in
               1604 12 99         airtight containers; other                                      3 000 (2)           0
 09.0741       1604 13 90          prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling
                                  or sprats, whole or in pieces                                     180(2)            0
 09.0742       1604 15 11         prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces
               1604 15 19                                                                           130(2)            0
 09.0743       1604 19 92          prepared or preserved cod, whole or in pieces
               1604 19 93          prepared or preserved coalfish
               1604 19 94          prepared or preserved hake
               1604 19 95          prepared or conserved Alaska pollack and pollack
               1604 19 98          other fish, prepared or preserved                               5 500(2)           0
                1604 20 90         prepared or preserved meat of other fish
  09.0744       1604 20 10         prepared or preserved salmon meat                                300 (2)            0
  09.0745       exl605 20 10
                exl605 20 91       peeled and frozen shrimps and prawns                            5 500 (2)           0
                exl605 20 99
  09.0746       exl605 20 10
                exl605 20 91       shrimps and prawns other than frozen and peeled                 1 000 (2)           0
                exl605 20 99
(1) See Taric codes in Annex II.
(2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year.
 ---pagebreak--- Order No       CNcode(l)             Description                                                         Amount of     Quota duty
                                                                                                       quotas (tonnes)    (%)
09.0747        2301 20 00            flours, meals and pellets, offish or of crustaceans, molluscs or
                                     other aquatic invertebrates                                         28 000 (2)         0
09.0748        1605 10 00            prepared or preserved crab                                            50(2)            0
09.0751        ex 0704 10 10         Cauliflowers, fresh or chilled, from 1 August to                       2000            0
                                     31 October
09 0753        ex 0704 90 90         Broccoli, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October                  1000            0
09.0755        ex 0704 90 90         China cabbages, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to                       3000            0
                                     28 February
09 0757            0809 20 51        Cherries, fresh, from 16 July to 31 August                              600            0
                   0809 20 59                                                                                             (3)
                   0809 20 61
                   0809 20 69
                ex 0809 20 71
                ex 0809 20 79
09.0759         ex 0809 40 30        Plums and sloes, fresh, from 1 September to 15 October                  600            0
                ex 0809 40 40                                                                                              (3)
                ex 0809 40 90
09.0761         ex0810 10 10         Strawberries, fresh,from 15 July to 31 July                             750            0
09.0762         ex 0810 10 90        Strawberries, fresh, from 1 August to 15 September                      750            0
09.0775         1504 10 10           Fish-liver oils and their fractions, of a vitamin A                     103            0
                                     content not exceeding 2500 UJ/g
09.0776         1504 20 10           Solid fractions fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other       384            0
                                     than liver oils
09.0777         1516 10 90           Animal fats and oils and their fractions                               5141            0
  (1) See Taric codes in Annex II.
  (2) Volumes applicable from 1 July to 31 December 95 and after 1 January to 31 December of each year.
  (3) The specific additional duty shall be applied
                                                                              A&
 ---pagebreak---                  ANNEXE II
                Tarie Codes
Order numbers  CN Codes       TARIC Codes
09.0701        ex 1504 20 10   1504 20 10*90
               ex 1504 30 19   1504 30 19*90
               ex 1516 10 90   1516 10 90*11
09.0703         ex 0305 51 90  0305 51 90*10
                                         *20
                ex 1604 13 90  1604 13 90*91
                                         *99
09.0711         ex 1604 19 93   1604 19 93*90
                ex 1604 20 90   1604 20 90*30
                                         *40
                                         *90
09.0717         ex 03032200    03032200*21
                                         23
                                         25
                                         29
09.0722         ex 03049097    03049097*31
                                         39
                                         50
                                         60
                                         70
                                         80
                                         90
 09.0731        ex 03052000     03052000*11
                                          19
                                          93
                                          98
 09.0737         ex 03062310    03062310*20
                                          95
 09.0738         ex 03062310    03062310*11
                                          91
              I               1
                        yu
 ---pagebreak--- Order   I CN Codes      I TARIC Codes
09.0745   ex 16052010     16052010+20
                                    91
          ex 16052091     16052091*20
                                    91
          ex 16052099     16052099*20
                                    91
09.0746   ex 16052010     16052010*30
                                    96
                                    99
          ex 16052091     16052091*30
                                    96
                                    99
          ex 16052099     16052099*30
                                    96
                                    99
09.0751   ex 0704 10 10   0704 10 10*30
09.0753   ex 0704 90 90    0704 90 90*13
09.0755   ex 0704 90 90    0704 90 90*92
                                     •94
                                     *97
09.0757   ex 0809 20 71   0809 20 71 * 10
          ex 0809 20 79   0809 20 79*11
                          0809 20 79*19
09.0759   ex 0809 40 30    0809 40 30*51
                                     *52
                                     •53
                                     *54
                                     •55
                                     •56
          ex 0809 40 40    0809 40 40*20
          ex 0809 40 90     0809 40 90*50
09.0761   ex 0809 10 10    0810 10 10*60
                                     +80
09.0762   ex 0810 10 90    0810 10 90*12
                                     *J4
09.0777   ex 1516 10 90    1516 1090*11
                                      *19
                   /<L.
 ---pagebreak---                                    ANNEX III
                          Products originating in Iceland
Oder    CN Codes   Description                            Amount of    Quota
Number                                                    quotas       duty
                                                              (pieces)      (%)
09.0791 0101 19 10 Live horses                                   100   relief from
        0101 19 90                                                     customs duty
                                          1^>
 ---pagebreak---                                      FINANCIAL STATEMENT
     1        Budget heading involved:      Chap. 12, Art. 120
    2.       Legal basis: Article 113
    3.       Title:        Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council
             Regulation (EC) No 992/95 opening and providing for the administration of
             Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in
             Norway and opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
             quotas for live horses originating in Iceland
    4.       Objective: To honour the undertakings given by the Community
    5.       Loss of revenue: ECU 3 213 670
Description                 Quantity    Average       Normal        Duty           Loss of
                            (t)         price (ECU) average rate    applicable     revenue
                                                      ofduty(%)     to quota (%) (ECU)
Fresh or chilled fish       9 080       2 703          11.2         P              274 880
Frozen fish                 2 610       2 561          11.3         0              75 531
Fish fillets and other      10 530      2 492          11.5         0              301 760
fish meat
Fish, dried, salted or      4 180       7 739          13           0              420 537
in brine
Crustaceans                 2 650       3 582          15           0              143 884
Prepared or preserved 9 280             3 400          17.56        0              554 053
fish
Prepared or                 6 550        5 868         17.2         0              672 619
preserved crustaceans
Fish flours and meals       28 000       425           2            0              238 000
Fish-liver oils              103         988           5,6          0              5 698
Other fats and oils of      5 525        527           16           0              465 868
fish
Live horses                  100 heads 3 600           16,9         0              60 840
                                         Ecu/head
                                                                                 ECU 3 213 670
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