Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2002 of 17 April 2002 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain fisheries products from Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2002
of 17 April 2002
opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain fisheries products from Greenland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ("Overseas Association Decision")(1), and in particular Article 36(3)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 36(3)(a) of Decision 2001/822/EC provides that from 1 February 2002 certain fisheries products in free circulation in Greenland or Saint Pierre and Miquelon and transhipped there may be accepted for import into the Community free of customs duties, subject to certain conditions and within certain annual limits. In particular the products must be accompanied by an export certificate issued in accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex IV to the Decision.
(2) The annual limits should be managed by the Community authorities and the Member State in accordance with the management system for tariff quotas provided for in Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(2), as last amended by Regulation 444/2002(3).
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,