Commission Regulation (EC) No 1753/2006 of 28 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95

29.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 331/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1753/2006
of 28 November 2006
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 of 14 April 1997 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1/2006 of the EC-Denmark/Faroe Islands Joint Committee of 13 July 2006 (2) has amended Table II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part, by increasing the annual tariff quota for shrimps, prawns and Norway lobsters, prepared or preserved, from 3 000 to 4 000 tonnes. That Decision took effect on 1 September 2006.
(2) The volume of the annual tariff quota for shrimps, prawns and Norway lobsters, listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 under order number 09.0679, should be amended to take account of that increase.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,