Council Regulation (EC) No 745/1999 of 30 March 1999 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products
10. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 96/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 745/1999 of 30 March 1999 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Community supplies of certain fishery products currently depend on imports from third countries; whereas it is in the Community’s interest to suspend in part or in whole the customs duties for the products in question, within Community tariff quotas of an appro- priate volume; whereas, in order not to jeopardise the development prospects of this production in the Community and to ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user industries, is advisable to open those quotas, applying customs duties varied accordingly to sensitivity of the different products on the Community market; it Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure that all Community importers have equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; Whereas it is for the Community to decide on the opening of autonomous tariff quotas; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorising the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly; Community Customs Code (1) codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be suspended at the indicated duty rate for the periods and in the amounts indicated therein. 2. Imports of the products in question shall not be covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 unless the free-at-frontier price, which is determined in accord- ance with Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organ- isation of the market in fishery and aquaculture prod- ucts (2), is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or to be fixed, by the Community for the products under consideration of the categories of the products concerned. Article 2 The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be adminis- tered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Article 3 The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 April 1999. Whereas 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 (1) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 46/1999 (OJ L 10, 15. 1. 1999, p. 1). (2) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15). L 96/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 4. 1999 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 March 1999. For the Council The President K. -H. FUNKE 10. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 96/3 ANNEX CN code TARIC code Description Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroce- phalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, presented fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) Amount of quota (in tonnes) 67 000 Quota duty (%) 3 Quota period 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 Order No 09. 2753 09. 2756 ex 0302 50 10 ex 0302 50 90 ex 0302 69 35 ex 0303 60 11 ex 0303 60 19 ex 0303 60 90 ex 0303 79 41 ex 0303 60 11 ex 0303 60 19 ex 0303 60 90 ex 0303 79 41 *20 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 *10 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroce- phalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, frozen, for processing (a) (c) 8 000 2,5 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 09. 2758 ex 0302 70 00 *20 Cod livers (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish liver of the species Boreo- gadus saida, fresh or chilled, for processing (a) (b) 300 0 09. 2765 ex 0305 62 00 ex 0305 69 10 09. 2773 ex 0306 13 10 ex 0306 23 10 *20 *25 *29 *10 *10 *11 *91 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroce- phalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing (a) (b) 8 000 2,5 Shrimps borealis, processing (a) (b) and prawns of in shell, the species Pandalus for frozen, fresh, chilled or 12 000 0 09. 2779 ex 0304 90 05 *10 Surimi, frozen, for processing (a) (b) 15 000 09. 2780 ex 0304 20 91 ex 0304 90 97 09. 2785 ex 0307 49 59 ex 0307 99 11 *10 *60 *10 *10 Frozen blue grenadier fillets (Macruronus novaezea- landiae), and other frozen meat of blue grenadier, for processing (a) (b) 20 000 Tubes of squid (Ommastrephes spp. ü excluding spp. , Ommastrephes Sepioteuthis for processing (a) (b) sagittatus ü, Nototodarus and Illex spp. , frozen, spp. 09. 2786 ex 0307 49 59 ex 0307 99 11 *20 *20 Squid (Ommastrephes spp. ü excluding Ommastre- phes sagittatus ü, Nototodarus spp. , Sepioteuthis spp. ) and Illex spp. frozen whole, tentacles and fins, for processing (a) (b) 09. 2788 ex 0302 40 98 ex 0303 50 98 ex 0304 10 38 ex 0304 10 96 ex 0304 20 75 ex 0304 90 27 *10 *10 *30 *10 *10 *10 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), whole, fillets (6 to 12 pieces/kg) (3 to 7 pieces/kg) or including flaps, exluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) 3,5 3,5 11 000 3,5 500 20 000 3 0 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4. 1999 to 31. 3. 2000 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 11 to 31. 12. 1999 L 96/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 4. 1999 Order No CN code TARIC code Description 09. 2790 ex 1604 14 16 ex 1604 14 16 09. 2792 ex 1604 12 99 *20 *95 *10 Fillets known as ‘loins' of tunas and skipjack, for processing (a) (b) Herrings, spiced/vinegar cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at for processing (a) (b) least 70 kg net drained weight 09. 2794 ex 1605 20 99 *45 Shrimps borealis; cooked and peeled for processing (a) (b) the species Pandalus and prawns of Amount of quota (in tonnes) Quota duty (%) 1 200 4 000 4 000 6 6 6 Quota period 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 1. 4 to 31. 12. 1999 (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. (b) This quota is available for products intended to undergo any operation, unless it is solely for one or more of the following operations: ü cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading, ü cutting (excluding dicing, filleting, production of flaps or cutting of frozen blocks), ü sampling, sorting, ü labelling, ü packing, ü chilling, ü freezing, ü deep freezing, ü thawing, separation. The quota is not available for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment (or operations) which gives quota entitlement, where such treatment (or operations) is (are) carried out at retail or catering level. The reduction of customs duties shall apply only to fish intended for human consumption. (c) The quota is available for products destined exclusively for salting and drying