CELEX: 51994PC0641
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings and establishing Community surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                                    COM(94) 641 final
                                                    Brussels, 19.12.1994
                                                    94/0309 (ACC)
                                Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                opening and providing for the administration of
                    Community tariff quotas and ceilings and
                    establishing Community surveillance for
        certainfishandfisheryproducts originating in the Faroe Islands
        and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas
                     (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.         Council Decision No 91/668/EEC concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the
            European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the
            Faroe Islands provided for customs duties to be abolished from 1 January 1992 on imports into
            thcCommunity of the fish and fishery products listed in Annexes I, II and III
2.          The attached annexes show how the abolition of customs duties applies to products of this kind
            originating in the Faroes:
            Annex I covers products subject to Community tariff quotas.
            Annex 2 covers products subject to Community tariff ceilings.
            Annex 3 covers products subject to Community statistical surveillance.
3.         The preferential rates of duty specified in Annexes I, II and III apply only if the free-at-frontier
           price determined by the Member States in accordance with.Article 22 of Regulation (EEC)
           No 3759/92, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93, is at least equal to the reference
           price set or to be set by the Community for the products or categories of products concerned.
4.           Following ^ Council Decision .         concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form
     of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community . the Government of Denmark, and
     the home Government of the Faroe Islands amending the tables of the Annex to Piotocol I of the
     Agiccmcnt of 2 December 1991 l>ctwccn llic liuiopcan liconomic Community, the Government ol
     Denmark, and the home Government of the Faroe Islands , certain amendments were brought in the tabic
     of products listed in Annex I;
5.         Since the Agreement provides for tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance for an
           indefinite period, a multiannual Regulation would be the most effective and simplest way of
           implementing the measures concerned.
6.         On the other hand, given that amendments may need to be made each year as a result of changes
           to the Combined Nomenclature, the TARIC, Council legislation implementing decisions taken
           by the EEC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee and any changes made to the Agreement itself, it is
           proposed that the Council empower the Commission to implement such changes by means of a
           Regulation for the duration of the Agreement. The Commission would be assisted in-this task by
           the Customs Code Committee, whose advice would be sought in line with the procedure set out
           in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 the tariff and statistical nomenclature
           and on the Common Customs Tariff.
7.         With regard to Community tariff quotas, the proposal provides for Member States to draw the
           amounts they need to cover actual imports from the quotas.
8.         As to the administration of the tariff ceilings, it is proposed to establish a surveillance system for
           imports of products listed in Annex II and to empower the Commission to restore the customs
           duties in certain circumstances. This involves the adoption of common specific rules to be
           applied by all Member States consistently in a context of close cooperation between the
           competent departments of the Member States and the Commission.
9.         The statistical surveillance proposed for certain products does not involve the adoption of
           common rules other than those currently applied uniformly by all the Member States in the field
           of the Community's external trade statistics.
This sums up the purpose of the attached proposal.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                   Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                                opening and providing for the administration of
                                     Community tariff quotas and ceilings
                                  and establishing Community surveillance for
                       certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
                      and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas
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 proposal from the Commission,                                             \
Whereas Articles 3 and 8 of the Council Decision 91/668/EEC of 2 December 1991 concerning the
conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark
and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, provided for the abolition of customs duties applicable
to imports into the Community of Ten of certain fish andfisheryproducts listed in Protocol 1 attached to
the said Decision; whereas the abolition is subject to Community tariff quotas and ceilings and, for some
of these products, Community statistical surveillance; whereas the said Community tariff quotas and
ceilings in respect of products originating in the Faroe Islands were therefore to be opened for the
volumes indicated respectively in Annexes I and II, and Community statistical surveillance established in
respect of the products listed in Annex III;
Whereas the preferential rates of duty indicated in Annexes I, II and III apply only where the
free-at-frontier price determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and
acquaculture is at least equal to the reference price set, or to be set, by the Community for the products or
categories of products concerned;
Whereas following Council Decision nr           /94 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form
of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark, and
the home Government of the Faroe Islands amending the tables of the Annex to Protocol 1 of the
Agreement of 2 December 1991 between the European Economic Community, the Government of
Denmark, and the home Government of the Faroe Islands, certain amendments were brought in the table
of products listed in Annex I;
Whereas, for reasons of simplification; provision should be made to empower the Commission to give
effect, following receipt of the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, to necessary amendments and
technical adaptations of this regulation arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and
TARIC codes and to adaptations of volume, periods and quota rates arising from decisions by the Council
or by the Commission;
Whereas this Regulation must apply subject to any amendment of the existing Agreement between the
Community and the Faroe Islands which may specify the products eligible for tariff quotas or subject to
statistical surveillance, quota-volumes, duties and tariff periods, and any eligibility criteria; whereas
provision should therefore be made for the Commission to make corresponding amendments to this
Regulation and the annexes thereto, after first having obtained the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee;
          OJNrL 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
          OJ Nr L 388, 31.12.1992, p.l. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (OJ
          Nr. L 172, 15.7.1993, p. 1).
          OJNr.L         ,                     ,p.
                                                        %
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the Agreement provides for tariff quotas, tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance for an
 indefinite period; whereas, therefore, to make its implementation more efficient and simpler, this
 Regulation should apply on a multiannual basis;
 Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas in respect of the products listed in Annex I should be
 ensured for all Community importers and the rates of duty laid down for the quotas should be applied
 consistently to all imports of the products in question in all Member States until the quotas are exhausted;
 Whereas Community should take the decision to open tariff quotas in the execution of its international
 obligations; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no
 reason why the Member States should not be authorized to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary
quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration does, however, require
close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be able to. monitor the
rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas, in respect of products listed in Annex II and subject to Community tariff ceilings, Community
surveillance may be effected by charging imports of these products against the ceilings at Community
level as and when the products are presented at customs and declared for free circulation; whereas this
method of administering the ceilings should enable customs duties to be restored as soon as the ceilings in
question are reached at Community level;
Whereas this method of administering the ceilings calls for close and speedy cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor the level reached by imports charged
against the ceilings and inform the Member States accordingly; whereas this cooperation should be close
enough to allow the Commission to take the appropriate steps to restore customs duties as soon as one of
the ceilings is reached;
Whereas, for the products listed in Annex III, it would seem appropriate to have recourse to the system of
statistical surveillance administered by the Commission pursuant to the relevant provisions of Regulations
(EEC) No 2Ô58/874 and (EEC) No 1736/75,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                   Article 1
From 1 January to 31 December each year, the customs duty applicable to imports into the Community of
products listed in Annex I and originating in the Faroe Islands shall be suspended at the levels and within
the limits of the Community tariff quotas specified therein.
                                                   Article 2
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take any
appropriate administrative measure to ensure efficient operation.
                                                   Article 3
Where an importer enters a product covered by this Regulation for free circulation in a Member State
accompanied by a request for preferential treatment and by a movement certificate, and his declaration is
accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission
accordingly, draw a quantity from the quota concerned to satisfy the requirement.
          OJNr. L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
          OJNr. L 183, 14.7.1975, p.3.
                                                       3
 ---pagebreak--- Applications for drawings from the quotas shall indicate the date on which the declarations were accepted
and shall be sent to the Commission forthwith.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission on the basis of the date when the declarations for free
circulation were accepted by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, provided the
available balance is sufficient.
Where a Member State fails to use the quantities drawn it shall return them as soon as possible to the
relevant quota.
Where the quantities applied for are in excess of the available balance, allocation shall be made in
proportion to the requirements. The Member States shall be informed by the Commission of the quantities
drawn.
                                                   Article 4                                  V"
1. From 1 January to 31 December each year imports into the Community of certain products originating
in the Faroe Islands, listed in Annexes II and III, shall be subject respectively to import ceilings and
Community surveillance.
The description of the products referred to in the first subparagraph, the ceilings and the customs duty
applicable are specified in the said Annexes.
2. Imports shall be charged against the ceilings as and when the products are presented to customs under
cover of declarations for free circulation accompanied by a movement certificate complying with the rules
laid down in the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of
administrative cooperation, attached to Council Decision 91/668/EEC.
Goods may be charged against the ceiling only if the movement certificate is presented before the date
when collection of customs duty is resumed.
Utilization of ceilings shall be recorded at Community level on the basis of imports charged against them
as specified in the first and second subparagraphs.
Member States shall inform the Commission of any import operation carried out in accordance with the
procedure determined above at the intervals and within the deadlines laid down in paragraph 4.
3. As soon as the ceilings are reached, the Commission may, by adopting a Regulation, resume the
collection of the customs duties applicable to third countries until the end of the calendar year.
4. Member States shall send the Commission, no later than the 15th of each month, the statements
showing the quantities charged during the preceding month.
5. The statistical surveillance provided for in respect of products specified in Annex Hi to this Regulation
shall be carried out at Community level on the basis of imports charged as specified in the first
subparagraph of paragraph 2 and notified to the Statistical Office of the European Communities pursuant
to Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 and (EEC) No 1736/75.
                                                   Article 5
1.        The provisions necessary to apply this Regulation, in particular:
          (a)       any technical amendments and adaptations which may be needed as a result of changes
                    to the Combined Nomenclature or TARIC codes;
                                                       ¥
 ---pagebreak---            (b)      any adaptations needed following a change to the Agreement between the European
                    Community and the Faroe Islands, as approved by an act of the Council,
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 6(2).
2.         The provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 do not authorize the Commission to:
           — carry over preferential quantities from one quota period to another,
           — amend the timetables laid down in the Agreements or protocols,
           — transfer quantities from one quota to another,
           — open and administer quotas resulting from new agreements,
           — adopt legislation affecting the administration of quotas subject to import certificates
                                                     Article 6
1.        The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established b^ Article 247 of
          Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 6
2.        The Commission's representative shall submit a proposal to the Committee concerning the
          measures to be taken. The Committee shall give its opinion on the proposal within a time limit to
          be specified at the Chairman's discretion, depending on the urgency of the matter in question.
          The Committee shall give its opinion by a majority vote as laid down in Article 148(2) of the
          Treaty for acts which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. In
          Committee votes, the Member States' votes shall be weighted according to the method given in
          Article 148(2). The Chairman shall not vote.
          The measures adopted by the Commission shall apply with immediate effect. However, if they
          differ from the Committee's opinion, the Commission shall immediately submit the proposed
          measures to the Council anddelay their implementation for three months from the date of
          submission.
          The Council may take a different decision, by a qualified majority, within the time limit specified
          in the previous subparagraph.
3.        The Committee may examine any question concerning the application or adaptation of this
          Regulation which is raised by its chair either at the latter s initiative or at the request of a
          Member Slate.
                                                     Article 7
Rates of duty specified in Annexes I, II and III shall apply only where the free-at-frontier price
determined by Member States in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 3759/92 and (EEC) No 1891/93
is at least equal to the reference price set or to be set by the Community in respect of the products or
categories of products concerned.
                                                     Article 8
The Commission shall adopt all appropriate measures, in close cooperation with the Member States, to
apply this Regulation.
          OJNr.L302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
                                                        5
 ---pagebreak---                                                   Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.
It 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
                                                      *r
 ---pagebreak---                                                            ANNEXI
                               On certain fish and fishery products subject to tariff quotas
            CNcode             TARIC      Description                                                  Rate of   Tariff
                               sub-                                                                    duty      quota
                               division                                                                          (tonnes)
09.0671       0301                        Live fish:                                                             700'
                                           - Other live fish:
            ex03019100         •10        - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki,
                                          Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae):
                                              - Trout (Salmo gairdneri)
              0302                        Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other
                                          fish meat of heading No 0304:
                                          - Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
            exD302 11 00 *10              - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki,
                                          Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae): *
                                               - Trout (Salmo gairdneri)
              0303                        Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat
                                          of heading No 0304:
                                          - Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
            ex 0303 21 00       '10       - - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki,
                                          Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae):
                                               - Trout (Salmo gairdneri)
              0304                        Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not
                                          minced), fresh, chilled or frozen:
              0304 10                     - Fresh or chilled:
                                          - - Fillets:
                                          - Of freshwater fish:
            ex 0304 10 11        10                Of trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo
                                          clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae).
                                                   - Of trout (Salmo gairdneri)
              0304 20                     - Frozen fillets:
                                          - - Of freshwater fish:
            ex 0304 20 11       '10       - Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo
                                          clarki, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae).
                                                 - Of trout (Salmo gairdneri)
              0304 09                     -Other:
            ex 0304 09 10       •11       - Offreshwaterfish:
                                                - Of trout (Salmo gairdneri)
      Figures refer to the commercial presentation 'whole and gutted'. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a
      coefficient of 2 shall be applied for quantities drawn from the respective tariff quota reference ceiling.
      Note new scintific names:
      Obsolete scientific name New name
      Salmo gairdneri                        Oncorhynchus mykiss
      Salmo clarki                           Oncorhynchus clarki
      Salmo aguabonita                       Oncorhynchus aguabonita
      Salmo gilae                            Oncorhynchus gilae
                                                             H
 ---pagebreak--- B Order       CNcode              TARIC      Description                                                 Rate of     Tariff
 No                               sub-                                                                   duty        quota
                                  division                                                                           (tonnes)
  09.0673        0301                        Live fish:                                                              4 900J
                                              - Other live fish:
                 0301 99                      - - Other:
                                              - Freshwater fish:
               ex030199 11         •10                Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic
                                             salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho
                                             hucho):10
                                                      - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
                 0302                        Fish,freshor chilled, excluding fish fillets and other
                                             fish meat of heading No 0304 :
                                             - Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:                '
               ex 0302 12 00      *11        - - Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic
                                  •13        salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho
                                  •15        hucho).
                                  •19             - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
                 0303                        Fish,frozen,excluding fish fillets and other fish meat
                                             of heading No 0304:
                                             - Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
               ex 0303 22 00      •20        - - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon
                                             (Hucho hucho):
                                                  - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salart
 09.0673         0304                        Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not
 (cont'd)                                    minced),fresh,chilled or frozen:
                 0304 10                     - Eresh or chilled:
                                             --Fillets:
                                             - -.- Offreshwaterfish:
              ex030410 13           10                Of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic
                                             salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho
                                             hucho).
                                                      - Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
                 0304 20                      -Frozen fillets:
                                              - Offreshwaterfish:
               ex 0304 20 13      •10         - Of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic
                                              salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho
                                              hucho).
                                                      - Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
                 0304 09                      -Other:
               ex 0304 90 10       '13        - Offreshwaterfish:
                                                    - Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
 1        Figures refer to the commercial presentation 'whole and gutted'. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a
          coefficient of 2 shall be applied for quantities drawn from the respective tariff quota reference ceiling.
3-      Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception of the species listed in footnote n 2, also Oncorhynchus apache and
        Oncorhynchus chryogaster.
         Note new scientific names:
         Obsolete scientific name                          New name
          Salmo gairdneri                                   Oncorhynchus mykiss
          Salmo clarki                                      Oncorhynchus clarki
          Salmo aguabonita                                  Oncorhynchus aguabonita
          Salmo gilae                                       Oncorhynchus
                                                                    •>    gilae
                                                                          ~                    . ^        .    ».        v    J
 10       Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception of the species listed in footnote 2, also Oncorhynchus apache and
          Oncorhynchus chryogaster.
                                                                     $
 ---pagebreak--- Order   CNcode        TARIC    Description                                        Rate of Tariff
No                    sub-                                                        duty    quota
                      division                                                            (tonnes)
09.0675   1604                 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar              400
                               substitutes prepared from fish eggs:
                               - Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:
        ex 1604 11 00 *30       - - Salmon:
                                   - Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)                0
          1604 19              - - Other:
        ex 1604 19 10 •10      - - - Salmonidae, other than salmon:
                                     - Trout (Salmo gairdneri)                    0
          1604 20              - Other prepared or preserved fish:
        ex 1604 20 10 •30      - Of salmon:
                                     - Of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
        ex 1604 20 30 •10      - Of salmonidae, other than salmon:
                                     - Of trout (Salmo gairdneri)                 0
09.0677   1604                 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar              150
                               substitutes prepared from fish eggs:
                               - Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:
           1604 12              - - Herrings:
           1604 12 10           - Fillets, raw merely coated with batter or
                               breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, deep
                               frozen                                             0
           1604 15             - - Mackerel:
                               - Of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber
                               japonicus
        ex 1604 15 11 *10      <• — Fillets:
                                       - Of the species Scomber scombrus          0
        ex 1604 15 19 *10      - - - - Other:
                                       - Of the species Scomber scombrus          0
                                                 3
 ---pagebreak--- Order   CNcode         TARIC    Description                                             Rate of Tariff
No                     sub-                                                             duty    quota
                       division                                                                 (tonnes) *
           1604 20              - Other prepared or preserved fish:
        ex 1604 20 05  •10      - - Preparations of surimi:
                                — Of herring and mackerel                               0           •/»
                       •40      — Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species
        ex 1604 20 50
                                          Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish
                                          of the species Orcynopxis unicolor:
                                       - Of mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus    0
                                - - - O f other fish                                    0
        ex 1604 20 90
                       •10               Of herring                                     0
           1604 19              - - Other:
                                - - - Other:
                                         Other:
           1604 19 92                     Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus                  1200
                                                macrocephalus)                          0
           1604 19 93                     Coalfish (Pollachius virens)                  0
           1604 19 94                     Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)        0
           1604 19 95                     Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and
                                                pollack (Pollachius pollachius)         0
           1604 19 98                     Other                                         0
           1604 20              - Other prepared or preserved fish:
        ex 1604 20 05           - Preparations of surimi:
        ex 1604 20 05  *90      - - - Other than of herring and mackerel
                                                                                        0
            1604 20 90          ---Ofotherfish
        ex 1604 20 90  •90      - Of other than herring
                                                                                        0
09.0679    1605                  Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates,          2 000
                                 prepared or preserved:
           1605 20               - Shrimps and prawns:
           1605 20 10            - - In airtight containers
                                 - - Other:                                             0
           1605 20 91            - In immediate packings of a net content not
                                 exceeding 2 kg                                         0
         ex 1605 20 99           - - - Other                                            0
         ex 1605 40 00  •20      - Other crustaceans:
                                    - Nephrops norvegicus                                0
                                                     A&
 ---pagebreak---                                                                              ANNEX II
                                              On certain fishery products subject to Community tariff ceilings
Order     CNcode              TARIC                                                                                                         Rate of                  Amount of
No                            sub-                  Description                                                                             duty                    tariff ceiling
                                                                                                                                                                     (in tonnes)
                              division
            0302                                       Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets .ind other fish                                                 2 000 ( ')
 17.0011
                                                       meat of heading No 0304:
            0302 40                                    — Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding
                                                           livers and roes:
            0302 40 90
                                                       — — From 16 June to 14 February
            0303
                                                       Fish, fr07.cn, excluding fish fillets and other hsh moat of
                                                       heading No 0304:
           0303 50
                                                      — Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding
                                                           livers and roes:
           0303 50 90*
                                                       — — From 16 June to 14 February
           0304
                                                       Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),
           0304 20                                     fresh, chilled or frozen:
           0304 20 75                                 — Frozen fillets:
                                                      — — Of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
                                                      — Other:
                                                               Other:
           0304 90 25
                                                      — — — Of herring (Clupa harengus, Clupea pallasii):
                                                      — — — — — From 16 June to 14 February
 17.0013     0302                                      Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish                                                  3 000
                                                       meat of heading No 0304:
             0302 64
                                                      — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus. Scomber australasicus.
                                                               Scomber japonicus):
          ex 0302 64 90          • 10
                                                      — — — From 16 June to 14 February:
                                                                   — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
  17.0015     0304                                     Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),                                                      2 S 000
                                                       fresh, chilled of frozen:
              0304 20                                 — Frozen fillets:
              0304 20 31
                                                      — — Of coalfish (Pollachius i/irens)
              0304 90
                                                       — Other:
                                                               Other.
              0304 90 41
                                                       — — — Of coalfish (Pollachius virens)
                                                                                                                       de 0 504, a coetlioeni of 2 shall l>c applied toi <|iianini
            (') Figures refer t<i the commercial presentation whole and R " " « l - l o r imports fallmp w.rlnn IfS >,
                d r a w n from the respective tariff quota reference ceilme,
                                                                                         y"
 ---pagebreak--- Order       CNcode             TARIC                                                                                                 Rate of                 Amount of
No                             sub-               Description                                                                        duty                   tariff ceiling
                              division                                                                                                                       (in tonnes)
17.0017        0305                               Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not                                                5 000
                                                  cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit
                                                  for human consumption:
               0305 30                            — Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked:
               0305 30 50                         — — Of lesser or Greenland halibut                    (Reinhardtius
                                                             hippoglossoidcs), salted or in brine
               0j?05 30 90                                   Other
17.0019        0305                                Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not                                               ioop
                                                  cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit
                                                   for human consumption:
                                                  — Smoked fish, including fillets:
           ex 0305 41 00|        • 10              — — Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Atlantic salmon
                                                             (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon                  (Hucho
                                                             hucho) (3):
                                                             — Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
               0305 49                                       Other:
                0305 49 "10                        — — — Lesser           or    Greenland    halibut    (Reinhardtius
                                                                 hippoglossoidcs)
                0305 49 20
                                   -to             — — -- Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
           ex 0305 49 30
                                                   — — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber
                                                                 australasicus, Scomber japonicus):
                                  • 10
                                                   — — — — Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
           ex 0305 49 40
                                                   — — Trout (Salmo trutta, Salmo gairdneri, Salmo clarki,
                                                             Salmo aguabonita, Salmo gilae) (2):
                0305 49 50                         — — — Ttout (Salmo gairdneri)
                0305 49 90                                       Eels (Anguilla spp.)
                                                                 Other
17.0021         0302                                Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish
                                                                                                                                                               12 600<«)
                                                    meat of heading No 0304:
                                                    — Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
                0302 69                                       Other:
                                                    — — — — Rcdfish (Sebastes spp.):
    (a) The Taric codes are set out in Annex IV.
    (') Figures refer to the commercial presentation whole and gutted. For imports falling within HS code 0304, a coefficient of 3 shall he applied for quantities
         drawn from this reference ceiling.
     (-) Change of scientific names:
         Ohsolete scientific name                      Replaced hy
         Salmo xairtliieri                             ( hiioihynchus myltiss
         Salmo clarki                                  ( )>norhynchus clarki
         Saliito agHdhomUi                             ( )m orhynchus aguahomla
         Salmo gilae                                   Oncorhynchus gilae
     (') Oncorhynchus spp.: with the exception ot the species listed in footnote 2 as well as Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhvnchin chrysogaslc
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 ---pagebreak--- Order     CNcode        TARIC                                                                Rate of  Amount of
No                      sub-       Description                                                       tariff ceiling
                                                                                             duty
                        division                                                                      (in tonnes)
17.0021     0302 69 31                                Of the species Sebastes marinus
(cont'd)
         ex 0302 69 33   •10                          Other:
                                                      — Of the species Sebastes mcntella
            0303                 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of
                                 heading No 0304:
                                 — Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
            0303 79                       Other:
                                              Saltwater fish:
                                        :          Redfish (Sebastes spp.):
            0303 79 35                                Of the species Sebastes marinus
         ex 0303 79 37    •10                         Other:
                                                      — Of the species Sebastes mentella
            0304                 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),
                                 fresh, chilled or frozen:
             0304 10             — Fresh or chilled
                                          Fillets
                                              Other:
             0304 10 35                            Of red fish (Sebastes spp.)
             0304 20             — Frozen fillets:
                                          Of redfish (Sebastes spp.):
             0304 20 35                        Of the species $ebastes marinus
          ex 0304 20 37   «10                  Other:
                                              — Of the species Sebastes mentella
 17.0023     0304                Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),             3 000
                                 fresh, chilled or frozen:
             0304 10             — Fresh or chilled
                                      -   I.llels:
                                          ._ (),h cr:
             0304 10 33          —             — Of coalfish (Pollachius virens)
             0304 10 38                            Other
17.0025 \     0304                Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),                550
                                  fresh, chilled or frozen:
             0304 20              — Frozen fillets:
             0304 20 43                   Of ling (Molva spp.)
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 ---pagebreak--- Order     CNcode       TARIC                                                                       Rate of  Amount of
No                     sub-     Description                                                        duty    tarfff ceiling
                                                                                                             (in tonnes)
                       division
17.0027     0304                  Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),                      U00
                                  fresh, chilled or frozen:
            0304*20               — Frozen fillets:
        |cx 0304 20 97  •40               Other:
                                          — Of blue whiting
            0304 90               — Other:
                                          Other:
            0304 90 59                            Of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or
                                                  Gadus poutassou)
17.0029 I   0305                 •Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not                   1400
                                  cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit
                                  for human consumption:
                                  — Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine:
            0305 69                       Other:
            0305 69 90                        Other
17.0031     0306                  Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled,
                                  frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked
                                  by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled,
                                  frozen, dried, salted or in brine:                                           11000
                                  — Frozen:
            0306 13                       Shrimps and prawns:
            0306 13 10                        Of the family pandalidae
17.0033     0305                  Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish whether or not                      500
                                  cooked berore or during the smoking process; fish meal fit
                                  for human consumption:
                                      Fish, salted but noi dried or smoked and fish in hunt':
            0305 61 00            — — I lerrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
            1604                  Prepared or preserved fish, caviar or caviar substitutes
                                  prepared from fish eggs:
                                  — Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:
            1604 12                       Herrings:
                                               Other:
            1604 12 91
            1604 12 99
                                                  In airtight containers
                                                  Other
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 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX     III
                               On fish subject to statistical surveillance
Order    CNcode       TARIC                                                                      Rate of
No                    sub-          Description                                                  duty
                      division
          0302                    Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish
                                  meat of heading No 0304:
                                  — Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae,         Cynoglossidae,
                                       Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding
                                       livers, and roes:
          0302 29                          Other:
17.0035   0302 29 90                           Other
                                  — Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
          0302 69                          Other:
                                               Saltwater fish:
17.0037   0302 69 91              '•— — Horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx          trachurus,
                                                   Trachurus trachurus)
          0302 69 97                               Other
          0303                    Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of
                                  heading No 0304
                                  — Other fish, excluding livers and roes:
          0303 79                 — — Other:
                                  — — — Saltwater fish:
17.0039   0303 79 91              — — — — Horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx               trachurus,
                                                   Trachurus trachurus)
          0303 79 97                               Other
          0304                    Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced),
                                   fresh, chilled or frozen:
          0304 20                 — Frozen fillets:
17.0041 ex 0304 20 97   •20                Other:
                        •50                — Other excluding blue whiting
                        •70
                        •90
          0304 90                 — Other:
                                           Other:
17.0043   0304 90 97                               Other
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 ---pagebreak---                                         FINANCIAL STATENfENT
1.       Budget heading concerned: Chapter 12, Article 120
2.       Legal basis: Article 113 of the Treaty.
3.       Description of tariff measures: Proposal for a Council Regulation
         opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings and
         establishing Commumty surveillance for certain fish andfisheryproducts originating in the
         Faroe Islands and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas
4.       Aim: Fulfilment of an obligation ensuingfroma Council Decision
5.       Method of calculation:
(a)      Tariff quotas
  Product        CNcode           Volume of      Rate of       CN rate of      Estimated    Loss of
  description                     quota           duty(%)      duty (%)        price        revenue
                                  (ECU/T)                                      (ECUflT)     (ECU)
  Trout          ex0301 91 00
  (salmo         ex0302 1100
  gairdneri)     ex0303 21 00              700.            0             12             441      37 044
                 ex0304 10 11
                 ex0304 20 11
                 ex0304 90 10                                             8
  Atlantic       ex0301 99 11
  salmon         ex0302 12 00
                 ex0303 22 00            4 900             0              2           5 566     545 468
                 ex0304 10 13
                 ex0304 20 13
                 ex0304 90 10                                             8           1606
  Prepared or    exl604H00                                              5.5
  preserved      exl604 19 10              400             0              7          10 364 -   248 736
  Atlantic       exl604 20 10                                           5.5
  salmon
                                                   M
 ---pagebreak---   Product        CNcode             Volume of       Rate of     CN rate of      Estimated         Loss of
  description                      quota            duty (%)    duty (%)        price             revenue
                                    (ECU/T)                                     (ECU/T)           (ECU)
 Herrings        ex0305 61 00                                              12             971
  and                1604 12 10                                            15           3 125
  prepared or    exl604 12 90                                              20           1781
  preserved      exl604 15 10              2000              0             25           3 149       1 237 565
  herrings           1604 19 91                                            15           4 873
                     1604 19 99                                            20           4 922
                 exl604 20 50                                              25           2 943
                     1604 20 90                                            20           4 290.
1 Shrimps            1605 20 00            2000              0             20           6 669'      2 546 800
  and      ^     exl605 40 00                                              20        .. 6 0 6 5 '
  nethrops "
  norvegicus
(b)      Tariff ceilings and statistical surveillance
         The tariff measures will not result in any additional loss of revenue.
6.       Loss of revenue
         The average annual loss of revenue is ECU 4 615 613.
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