Council Regulation (EC) No 655/2000 of 27 March 2000 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products
31. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 80/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 655/2000 of 27 March 2000 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, (4) (5) 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 Community Customs Code (1), has codified the manage- ment tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations. rules for Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation for European industry it is necessary to invoke the ground of urgency referred to in point I(3) of the Addi- tional Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, (1) (2) (3) supplies of Community certain fishery products currently depend on imports from third countries. 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 appropriate volume. In order not to jeopardise the development prospects of this production in the Community and to ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user industries, it is advisable to open those quotas, applying customs duties varied accordingly to sensitivity of the different products on the Community market. It is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers 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. The decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community. 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. However, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The import duties on the goods 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-fron- tier price, which is determined by the Member States in accord- ance with Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (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 administered 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. (1) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1662/99 (OJ L 197, 29. 7. 1999, p. 25). (2) OJ L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15). L 80/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 3. 2000 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 April 2000. Article 4 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 March 2000. For the Council The President F. GOMES 31. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 80/3 ANNEX Order No CN code Taric code Description Amount of quota (tonnes) Quota duty (%) Quota period 90 000 3 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, presented fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) 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 macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, frozen, for processing (a) (c) 8 000 09. 2758 ex 0302 70 00 20 Cod livers (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macroce- phalus) and fish liver of the species Boreogadus saida, fresh or chilled, for processing (a) (b) 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 macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing (a) (b) Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis, in shell, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) 12 000 300 8 000 3 0 0 0 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 09. 2779 ex 0304 90 05 10 Surimi, frozen, for processing (a) (b) 16 000 3,5 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 09. 2780 ex 0304 20 91 ex 0304 90 97 09. 2785 ex 0307 49 59 ex 0307 99 11 10 60 10 10 09. 2786 ex 0307 49 59 ex 0307 99 11 20 20 Frozen blue grenadier fillets Macruronus novaezealan- diae) and other frozen meat of blue grenadier, for processing (a) (b) 20 000 3,5 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 squid (Ommastrephes Tubes of excluding Ommastrephes sagittatus, Nototodarus spp. , Sepioteuthis spp. ) and Illex spp. , frozen, for processing (a) (b) spp. Squid (Ommastrephes spp. excluding Ommastrephes sagittatus, Nototodarus spp. , Sepioteuthis spp. ) and Illex for spp. , processing (a) (b) frozen whole, tentacles fins, and 11 000 3,5 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 500 3 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 09. 2788 ex 0302 40 00 ex 0303 50 00 ex 0304 10 97 ex 0304 90 22 10 10 20 10 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), whole, head included, of a weight exceeding 140 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece), excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing (a) (b) 20 000 0 1. 11. to 31. 12. 2000 L 80/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 3. 2000 Order No CN code Taric code Description 09. 2790 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 least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing (a) (b) Amount of quota (tonnes) 4 000 5 000 09. 2794 ex 1605 20 99 45 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis, cooked and peeled, for processing (a) (b) 5 000 Quota duty (%) Quota period 6 6 6 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 1. 4. to 31. 12. 2000 (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: — cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading, — cutting (excluding dicing, filleting, production of flaps or cutting of frozen blocks or splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks), — sampling, sorting, — labelling, — packing, — chilling, — freezing, — deep freezing, — 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