Commission Regulation (EC) No 2471/1999 of 23 November 1999 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

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2471/1999
of 23 November 1999
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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 and ceilings, establishing Community surveillance 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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1034/98(2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,
(1) Whereas Decision No 1/99 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee(3) replaced Protocol 1 of the Agreement concerning the tariff treatment and arrangements applicable to certain fish and fishery products released for free circulation in the Community or imported into the Faroes;
(2) Whereas the new Protocol 1 abolished the clause on reference prices, Community tariff ceilings, and the statistical surveillance currently applied to certain fish and fishery products exempt from customs duties; whereas, therefore, Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should be amended to delete the Articles which introduced these measures, along with Annexes II and III thereto;
(3) Whereas the duty-free tariff quota for salmon (09.0673) has been replaced by unlimited duty-free imports; whereas most-favoured-nation (MFN) status has been restored for certain products which currently enjoy relief from duty under tariff quotas, notably prepared and preserved herring and mackerel (09.0677), hake fillets (09.0683), crab (09.0685) and mussels (09.0687); whereas tariff quotas remain for four other products; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should be amended to take account of these changes;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,