
Article 1 

1. Import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be suspended, within tariff quotas, at the rates for the periods, and up to the amounts, indicated therein.
2. Imports of the products listed in the Annex shall be covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 only if the declared customs value is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or to be fixed, in accordance with Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.
Article 2 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3 
The Commission and the Member States shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
Article 4 

1. Customs duties for fishery products released into free circulation between 1 January 2007 and 17 July 2007 which fall within the product scope of one of the tariff quotas listed in the Annex may be reduced on request of the declarant in accordance with the rates of duty set out therein.
2. The request shall be submitted by 14 August 2007 to the customs office in charge of the release into free circulation of the product in question, indicating the quota concerned. It shall be accompanied with all relevant documentation which prove that the imported product falls within the scope of the quota and that it had been or will be used in accordance with the end use conditions set out in the Annex for the tariff quota concerned.
3. This Article shall apply only where the balance of the relevant tariff quota so permits at the date of acceptance of the duly justified request. Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 July 2007.
For the Council
The President
F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS
ANNEX

Order No CN code TARIC code Description Annual amount of quota (tons) Quota duty Quota period
09.2759 ex 0302 50 10 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 80 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0302 50 90 10
ex 0303 52 10 10
ex 0303 52 30 10
ex 0303 52 90 10
09.2765 ex 0305 62 00 202529 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 10 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0305 69 10 10
09.2761 ex 0304 29 91 10 Blue grenadier (Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing 20 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0304 29 99 4181
ex 0304 99 99 6081
09.2760 ex 0303 78 11 10 Hake (Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.), and Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes), frozen, for processing 15 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0303 78 12 10
ex 0303 78 13 10
ex 0303 78 19 1181
ex 0303 78 90 10
ex 0303 79 93 10
09.2766 ex 0304 29 99 71 Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing 2 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0304 99 99 91
09.2770 ex 0305 63 00 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 10 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
09.2788 ex 0302 40 00 10 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, excluding livers and roes, for processing 20 000 0 % 1.10.2007-31.12.2007
ex 0303 51 00 10 1.10.2008-31.12.2008
ex 0304 19 97 10 1.10.2009-31.12.2009
ex 0304 99 23 10
09.2792 ex 1604 12 99 10 Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing 10 000 6 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
09.2790 ex 1604 14 16 20 Filets known as ‘loins’ of tunas and skipjack, for processing 8 000 6 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2007
30 9 000 6 % 1.1.2008-31.12.2008
95 10 000 6 % 1.1.2009-31.12.2009
09.2762 ex 0306 11 10 10 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), frozen, for processing 1 500 6 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0306 11 90 10
09.2794 ex 1605 20 10 50 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis; cooked and peeled, for processing 20 000 6 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 1605 20 99 45
09.2785 ex 0307 49 59 10 Tubes of squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding Ommastrephes sagittatus —, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing 45 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0307 99 11 10
09.2786 ex 0307 49 59 20 Squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding Ommastrephes sagittatus —, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen whole or tentacles and fins, for processing 1 500 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0307 99 11 20
09.2772 ex 0304 99 10 10 Surimi, frozen, for processing 55 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
09.2774 ex 0304 29 58 10 Hake (Merluccius productus), frozen fillets for processing 15 000 4 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
09.2776 ex 0304 29 21 10 Cod, (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and meat, for processing 20 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0304 29 29 20
ex 0304 99 31 10
ex 0304 99 33 10
09.2778 ex 0304 29 99 65 Sole, frozen fillets and other fish meat (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus), for processing 5 000 0 % 1.1.2007-31.12.2009
ex 0304 99 99 65




The Commission and the Council re-state that the practice of glazing is to be associated with the freezing of the product and may thus not constitute a processing operation giving quota entitlement in the sense of footnote (b).
