
Article 1 

1. When products originating in Croatia and listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the Community, accompanied by a proof of origin as provided for in the Origin Protocol to the Interim Agreement and to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, they shall benefit from a reduced or a zero-rate of customs duty, at the levels and within the limits of the annual Community tariff quotas specified in that Annex.
2. The tariff quotas referred to in this Article shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
3. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.
4. Communications referring to the management of tariff quotas between the Member States and the Commission shall be effected, as far as possible, by telematic link.
Article 2 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
Article 3 
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 2002, and it shall remain in application upon the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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 Sub-division Description Annual tariff quota volume(net weight) Tariff quota duty
09.1581 0301 91 100301 91 900302 11 100302 11 200302 11 800303 21 100303 21 200303 21 800304 10 150304 10 17  Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine; smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption 30 tonnes Exemption
ex 0304 10 19 40
ex 0304 10 910304 20 150304 20 17 10
ex 0304 20 19 50
ex 0304 90 10 11, 17, 40
ex 0305 10 00 10
ex 0305 30 900305 49 45 50
ex 0305 59 80 61
ex 0305 69 80 61
09.1582 0301 93 000302 69 110303 79 11  Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine; smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption 210 tonnes Exemption
ex 0304 10 19 30
ex 0304 10 91 20
ex 0304 20 19 40
ex 0304 90 10 16
ex 0305 10 00 20
ex 0305 30 90 60
ex 0305 49 80 30
ex 0305 59 80 63
ex 0305 69 80 63
09.1583 ex 0301 99 900302 69 610303 79 71 80 Sea bream (Dentex dentex) and (Pagellus spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine; smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption 35 tonnes Exemption
ex 0304 10 38 80
ex 0304 10 98 77
ex 0304 20 94 50
ex 0304 90 97 82
ex 0305 10 00 30
ex 0305 30 90 70
ex 0305 49 80 40
ex 0305 59 80 65
ex 0305 69 80 65
09.1584 ex 0301 99 900302 69 94 15, 17, 28 Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine; smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption from 1 January to 31 December 2004: 550 tonnes + 66,66 tonnes increase from 1 May to 31 December 2004from 1 January to 31 December 2005 and for every year thereafter: 650 tonnes Exemption
ex 0303 77 00 10
ex 0304 10 38 85
ex 0304 10 98 79
ex 0304 20 94 60
ex 0304 90 97 84
ex 0305 10 00 40
ex 0305 30 90 80
ex 0305 49 80 50
ex 0305 59 80 67
ex 0305 69 80 67
09.1585 1604 13 111604 13 19  Prepared or preserved sardines from 1 January to 31 December 2004: 180 tonnes 6 %
ex 1604 20 50 10, 19
09.1586 1604 16 001604 20 40  Prepared or preserved anchovies from 1 January to 31 December 2004: 40 tonnes + 6,66 tonnes increase from 1 May to 31 December 2004 Exemption
09.1587 1604  Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs from 1 May to 31 December 2004: 860 tonnesfrom 1 January to 31 December 2005 and for every year thereafter: 1 550 tonnes Exemption
