28.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 353/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1412/2013 of 17 December 2013 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Union tariff quotas for imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands from 2014 to 2020 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (3) In July 2010 and June 2012, the Spanish authorities submitted reports on the implementation of the Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 21: ;s;ge;)sgre{«;rre&i to mn {\rtlc}lle 3 of Regt&laﬁoq (EC) N()f Union, and in particular Article 349 thereof, th / - 1he Commission has examined the impact o ose measures on the basis of those reports. Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national () The reports suhmltted by the .Spamsh authorm.es parliaments, included information on the utilisation rate of the tariff quotas for the period from 2007 to 2011. That information showed that, on average, over that period, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, the tariff quota with order number 09.2997 was almost fully utilised, and that the tariff quota with order number Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and 09.2651 was not exhausted. Social Committee, After consulting the Committee of the Regions, (5)  Since the tariff quota with order number 09.2997 was almost fully utilised, and the non-exhaustion of the tariff Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure, quota with order number 09.2651 could be linked to temporary and exogenous factors, it is appropriate to set the volume of the tariff quotas at the same level. Whereas: (1) The exceptional geographical situation of the Canary Islands in relation to the sources of supply of certain (6)  The sharp decline in local demand for products covered fishery products which are essential for domestic by the tariff quota with order number 092651, due to consumption entails additional costs for that sector. the difficult economic conditions in the Canary Islands That natural handicap, recognised by Article 349 of the following the economic and financial crises, may explain Treaty, resulting from the Canary Islands’ insularity, the under-utilisation of that tariff quota. remoteness and outermost location can be remedied, inter alia, by temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of the products in question from third countries within autonomous Union tariff quotas of an appropriate (7)  In September 2012, Spain requested the extension of volume. Union tariff quotas for imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands, in accordance with (2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 645/2008 () opened and Article 349 of the Treaty. provided for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas on imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands for the period from ) o 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. (8)  Tariff quotas similar to those opened pursuant to Regu- (") Council Regulation (EC) No 645/2008 of 8 July 2008 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas on imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands, OJ L 180, 9.7.2008, p. 1. lation (EC) No 645/2008 for certain fishery products are justified as they would cover the needs of the Canary Islands’ domestic market, while ensuring that flows of reduced-duty imports into the Union remain predictable and clearly identifiable.