
Article 1 
Import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be reduced or suspended within the tariff quotas at the rates, for the periods and up to the amounts indicated therein.
Article 2 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 308a and 308b and Article 308c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3 

1. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2794 for shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 30 000 tonnes per year, shall be automatically reduced to 7 000 tonnes per year starting from 1 January of the year following that in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first.
2. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2788 for herrings, of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 17 500 tonnes per year, shall be automatically reduced to 12 000 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first. However, no automatic reduction shall apply where the available balance of that tariff quota at the relevant moment is lower than or equal to 12 000 tonnes.
3. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2792 for herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 15 000 tonnes per year, shall be automatically reduced to 7 500 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first. However, no automatic reduction shall apply where the available balance of that tariff quota at the relevant moment is lower than or equal to 7 500 tonnes.
4. The Commission shall without undue delay inform Member States that the conditions established in paragraphs 1 to 3 have been fulfilled and shall publish information on the newly applicable tariff quota in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 

1. Without undue delay, the Commission shall ascertain whether, as of 30 September of the relevant calendar year, 80 % of the annual tariff quota in respect of a fishery product to which this Article applies in accordance with the Annex has been used. If that is the case, the annual tariff quota set in the Annex shall be deemed to be automatically increased by 20 %. The increased annual tariff quota shall be the applicable tariff quota in respect of that fishery product for the relevant calendar year.
2. At the request of at least one Member State and without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Commission shall ascertain whether 80 % of the annual tariff quota in respect of a fishery product to which this Article applies in accordance with the Annex has been used prior to 30 September of the relevant calendar year. If that is the case, paragraph 1 shall apply.
3. The Commission shall without undue delay inform Member States that the conditions established in paragraphs 1 or 2 have been fulfilled and shall publish information on the newly applicable tariff quota in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
4. No further increase may apply for the relevant calendar year to a tariff quota increased according to paragraph 1.
Article 5 
The Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States shall cooperate closely to ensure the proper management and control of the application of this Regulation.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX

Order No CN code TARIC subdivision Description Annual amount of quota (tonnes) Quota duty Quota period
09.2759 ex 0302 51 10 20 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 75 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0302 51 90 10
ex 0302 59 10 10
ex 0303 63 10 10
ex 0303 63 30 10
ex 0303 63 90 10
ex 0303 69 10 10
09.2765 ex 0305 62 00 20 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 4 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
25
29
ex 0305 69 10 10
09.2776 ex 0304 71 10 10 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and frozen meat, for processing 38 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0304 71 90 10
ex 0304 95 21 10
ex 0304 95 25 10
09.2761 ex 0304 79 50 10 Blue grenadier (Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing 17 500 0 % 1.1.2016–31.12.2018
ex 0304 79 90 1117
ex 0304 95 90 1117
09.2798 ex 0306 16 99 20 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, in shells, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 10 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
30
ex 0306 26 90 12
14
92
93
09.2794 ex 1605 21 90 45 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing 30 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
62
ex 1605 29 00 50
55
09.2800 ex 1605 21 90 55 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus jordani, cooked and peeled, for processing 3 500 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 1605 29 00 60
09.2802 ex 0306 17 92 20 Shrimps and prawns of the species Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, not cooked, for processing 40 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2016
ex 0306 27 99 30 30 000 1.1.2017-31.12.20171.1.2018-31.12.2018
09.2760 ex 0303 66 11 10 Hake (Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.) and pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes and Genypterus capensis), frozen, for processing 15 000 0 % 1.1.2016–31.12.2018
ex 0303 66 12 10
ex 0303 66 13 10
ex 0303 66 19 11
91
ex 0303 89 70 10
ex 0303 89 90 30
09.2774 ex 0304 74 19 10 North Pacific hake (Merluccius productus), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing 15 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0304 95 50 10
09.2770 ex 0305 63 00 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing 2 500 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
09.2754 ex 0303 89 45 10 Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita and Engraulis capensis), frozen, for processing 1 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
09.2788 ex 0302 41 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 17 500 0 % 1.10.2016-31.12.20161.10.2017-31.12.20171.10.2018-31.12.2018
ex 0303 51 00 10
ex 0304 59 50 10
ex 0304 99 23 10
09.2792 ex 1604 12 99 11 Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing 15 000 5 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
09.2790 ex 1604 14 26 10 Fillets known as ‘loins’ of tunas and skipjack, for processing 25 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 1604 14 36 10
ex 1604 14 46 11
21
91
09.2785 ex 0307 49 59 10 Pod of squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) — Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing 40 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0307 99 11 10
ex 0307 99 17 21
09.2786 ex 0307 49 59 20 Squid (Ommastrephes spp., Todarodes spp. — excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) — Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, whole or tentacles and fins, for processing 1 500 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0307 99 11 20
ex 0307 99 17 29
09.2777 ex 0303 67 00 10 Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing 300 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0304 75 00 10
ex 0304 94 90 10
09.2772 ex 0304 93 10 10 Surimi, frozen, for processing 60 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0304 94 10 10
ex 0304 95 10 10
ex 0304 99 10 10
09.2746 ex 0302 89 90 30 Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, chilled, for processing 1 500 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
09.2748 ex 0302 90 00 95 Hard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, salted or in brine, for processing 7 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0303 90 90 91
ex 0305 20 00 30
09.2750 ex 1604 32 00 20 Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for processing of caviar substitutes 3 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
09.2778 ex 0304 83 90 21 Flatfish, frozen fillets and other fish meat (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), for processing 5 000 0 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0304 99 99 65
09.2824 ex 0302 52 00 10 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), fresh, chilled or frozen with heads off, gilled and gutted, for processing 5 000 2,6 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0303 64 00 10
09.2826 ex 0306 17 99 10 Shrimps and prawns of the species Pleoticus muelleri, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing 10 000 4,2 % 1.1.2016-31.12.2018
ex 0306 27 99 20









