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    Consolidated text: Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland

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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 499/96

    of 19 March 1996

    ►M3  opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland ◄

    (OJ L 075 23.3.1996, p. 8)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

      No

    page

    date

     M1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1921/2004 of 25 October 2004

      L 331

    5

    5.11.2004

     M2

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1314/2007 of 8 November 2007

      L 291

    13

    9.11.2007

    ►M3

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 185/2011 of 25 February 2011

      L 53

    36

    26.2.2011

     M4

    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 725/2014 of 30 June 2014

      L 192

    40

    1.7.2014

    ►M5

    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1219 of 26 July 2016

      L 201

    2

    27.7.2016




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    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 499/96

    of 19 March 1996

    ►M3  opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland ◄



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    Article 1

    1.  
    When products originating in Iceland listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the European Union, they shall be eligible for exemption of customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas, during the periods and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.

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    3.  
    Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee No 1/2016, shall apply ( 1 ).

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    4.  
    The benefit of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0792 and 09.0812 shall not be granted for goods declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June.

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    Article 2

    The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 ( 2 ).

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    Article 4

    Each Member State shall guarantee importers of the products in question equal and continuous access to the quotas as long as the balance of the corresponding quota volume allows.

    Article 5

    1.  

    The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular:

    (a) 

    the amendments and technical adaptations, in so far as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes;

    (b) 

    the necessary adaptations resulting from the conclusion by the Council of protocols or Exchanges of Letters between the Community and Iceland in the framework of the Agreement referred to in this Regulation;

    (c) 

    the prorogation of tariff measures conforming to the provisions contained in the Agreement referred to in this Regulation;

    (d) 

    the necessary adaptations of volumes, periods and quota duty arising from decisions adopted by the Council; and

    (e) 

    the amendments to this Regulation necessary for the putting into practice of any other act within the framework of the Agreement referred to in this Regulation

    shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2).

    2.  

    The provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not authorize the Commission to:

    — 
    carry over a balance of preferential quantities from one quota period to another,
    — 
    modify the timetable laid out in the agreements or protocols,
    — 
    transfer quantities from one quota to another,
    — 
    open and manage quotas resulting from new agreements,
    — 
    adopt legislation effecting the management of quotas which are the subject of certificates of importation.

    Article 6

    1.  
    The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 ( 3 ).
    2.  
    The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on a draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.

    The Commission shall adopt the measures, which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event:

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    the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication,
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    the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the first paragraph.
    3.  
    The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State.

    Article 7

    Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.

    Article 8

    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.

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    ANNEX

    Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.



    Order No

    CN code

    TARIC subdivision

    Description of products

    Quota period

    Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)

    Quota duty (%)

    09.0792

    ex 0303 51 00

    10

    20

    Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture (1) (2)

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    950

    0

    09.0812

    0303 51 00

     

    Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes (2)

    From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017

    1 050

    0

    From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

    1 400

    From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

    1 400

    From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

    1 400

    From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

    1 400

    09.0793

    0302 13 00

    0302 14 00

    0304 41 00

    0304 81 00

     

    Fresh or chilled fish (excluding livers and roes) and fresh or chilled or frozen fillets of:

    Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    50

    0

    09.0794

     

     

    Fresh or chilled:

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    250

    0

    0302 23 00

     

    Sole (Solea spp.)

    0302 24 00

    0302 29

     

    Turbot (Psetta maxima), megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish

    ex 0302 56 00

    10

    Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)

     

     

    Frozen:

    0303 32 00

     

    Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

    0303 55 30

     

    Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)

    ex 0303 55 90

    90

    Other fish, excluding horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)

    0303 56 00

     

    Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

    0303 69 90

    0303 89 90

     

    Other fish

    0303 82 00

     

    Rays and skates (Rajidae)

    0303 83 00

     

    Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

    0303 84 90

     

    Sea bass other than European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

    0303 89 55

     

    Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

     

     

    Fresh or chilled fillets of:

    0304 31 00

     

    Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

    0304 32 00

     

    Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)

    0304 33 00

     

    Nile perch (Lates niloticus)

    0304 39 00

     

    Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)

    0304 42 50

     

    Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster

    0304 49 10

     

    Other freshwater fish

    0304 43 00

     

    Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae)

    0304 44 30

     

    Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

    0304 44 90

     

    Other fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida

    0304 45 00

     

    Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

    0304 46 00

     

    Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

    0304 49 50

     

    Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

    ex 0304 49 90

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    90

    Other fish excluding herring and mackerel

     

     

    Fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled of:

    0304 53 00

     

    Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae

    0304 54 00

     

    Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

    0304 55 00

     

    Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

    0304 59 90

     

    Other fish, excluding freshwater fish and flaps of herring

     

     

    Frozen fillets of:

    0304 61 00

     

    Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

    0304 62 00

     

    Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)

    0304 63 00

     

    Nile perch (Lates niloticus)

    0304 69 00

     

    Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)

    0304 82 50

     

    Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster

    0304 89 10

     

    Other freshwater fish

     

     

    Frozen meat of:

    0304 95 21

     

    Cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus

    0304 95 25

     

    Cod of the species Gadus morhua

    0304 95 29

     

    Cod of the species Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida

    0304 95 40

     

    Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

    0304 95 50

     

    Hake of the genus Merluccius

    0304 95 60

     

    Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Gadus poutassou)

    ex 0304 95 90

    11

    13

    17

    19

    90

    Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp.

    ex 0304 99 99

    20

    25

    30

    40

    50

    65

    69

    70

    90

    Other fish, excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)

    09.0811

    0304 49 50

     

    Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled

    From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017

    2 211

    0

    From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

    2 948

    From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

    2 948

    From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

    2 948

    From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

    2 948

    09.0795

    0305 61 00

     

    Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked, and herring in brine

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    1 750

    0

    09.0796

    0306 15 90

     

    Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    50

    0

    09.0810

    0306 15 90

     

    Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters

    From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017

    1 106

    0

    From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

    1 474

    From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

    1 474

    From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

    1 474

    From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

    1 474

    09.0797

    1604 12 91

    1604 12 99

     

    Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces but not minced, excluding fillets of herring, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    2 400

    0

    09.0798

    1604 17 00

    1604 19 97

     

    Prepared or preserved eels and other prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces but not minced

    From 1.1 to 31.12

    50

    0

    ex 1604 20 90

    20

    30

    35

    50

    60

    90

    Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel

    09.0700

    1604 20 90

     

    Other prepared or preserved fish

    From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017

    2 764

    0

    From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

    3 685

    From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

    3 685

    From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

    3 685

    From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

    3 685

    (1)   

    Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)).

    (2)   

    As the most-favoured nation (‘MFN’) duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation during this period.



    ( 1 ) Decision of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 17 February 2016 amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (OJ L 72, 17.3.2016, p. 66).

    ( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).

    ( 3 )  OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.

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