
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1219 of 26 July 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland, and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (d) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) By Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 2016, the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland.

(2) The text of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland (‘the Additional Protocol’) which is attached to Decision (EU) 2016/837 provides for the renewal of three duty-free tariff quotas that ended on 30 April 2014 and for one new duty-free tariff quota for release for free circulation in the European Union of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland.

(3) In accordance with the Additional Protocol, the volumes of the tariff quotas covering the period from 1 May 2014 until the date on which the provisional application of the Additional Protocol becomes effective shall be proportionally allocated and made available for the period from the date of provisional application of the Additional Protocol until 30 April 2021. The Additional Protocol does not provide for any carrying-over of remaining volumes in a tariff quota to a subsequent application period.

(4) It is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 499/96 in order to implement the tariff quotas laid down in the Additional Protocol.

(5) The tariff quotas should apply from the date on which the provisional application of the Additional Protocol becomes effective until 30 April 2021. This Regulation should therefore apply from the date of provisional application of the Additional Protocol laid down in Article 3 of Decision (EU) 2016/837.

(6) Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and ended the system of reference prices for fishery products. It is therefore necessary to delete the condition laid down in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 499/96 on respecting reference prices.

(7) Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and setting out the methods of administrative cooperation has been amended by Decision No 1/2016 of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee of 17 February 2016. It is therefore necessary to provide that Protocol 3 as amended is to apply.

(8) Rules on the management of tariff quotas are laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 replacing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 from 1 May 2016. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 499/96 should be amended to take account of the new rules.

(9) The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 499/96 should be amended in order to take account of amendments of the Combined Nomenclature codes (‘CN codes’) laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 and of the Taric subdivisions. For reasons of clarity it is appropriate to replace the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 499/96 in its entirety.

(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 499/96 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 1 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 2 is deleted,
((b)) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee No 1/2016, shall apply.';
((2)) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.';
((3)) Article 3 is deleted;
((4)) The Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 July 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX


‘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 subdivision Description of products Quota period Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified) Quota duty (%)
09.0792 ex 0303 51 00 1020 Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture From 1.1 to 31.12 950 0
09.0812 0303 51 00  Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding livers and roes From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 1 050 0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 1 400
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 1 400
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 1 400
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 1 400
09.0793 0302 13 000302 14 000304 41 000304 81 00  Fresh or chilled fish (excluding livers and roes) and fresh or chilled or frozen fillets of:Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) From 1.1 to 31.12 50 0
09.0794   Fresh or chilled: From 1.1 to 31.12 250 0
0302 23 00  Sole (Solea spp.)
0302 24 000302 29  Turbot (Psetta maxima), megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish
ex 0302 56 00 10 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
  Frozen:
0303 32 00  Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
0303 55 30  Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
ex 0303 55 90 90 Other fish, excluding horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)
0303 56 00  Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
0303 69 900303 89 90  Other fish
0303 82 00  Rays and skates (Rajidae)
0303 83 00  Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0303 84 90  Sea bass other than European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
0303 89 55  Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)
  Fresh or chilled fillets of:
0304 31 00  Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
0304 32 00  Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
0304 33 00  Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
0304 39 00  Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0304 42 50  Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
0304 49 10  Other freshwater fish
0304 43 00  Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmide and Citharidae)
0304 44 30  Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
0304 44 90  Other fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
0304 45 00  Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
0304 46 00  Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0304 49 50  Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
ex 0304 49 90 304050607090 Other fish excluding herring and mackerel
  Fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled of:
0304 53 00  Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
0304 54 00  Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
0304 55 00  Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
0304 59 90  Other fish, excluding freshwater fish and flaps of herring
  Frozen fillets of:
0304 61 00  Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
0304 62 00  Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
0304 63 00  Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
0304 69 00  Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0304 82 50  Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
0304 89 10  Other freshwater fish
  Frozen meat of:
0304 95 21  Cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
0304 95 25  Cod of the species Gadus morhua
0304 95 29  Cod of the species Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida
0304 95 40  Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
0304 95 50  Hake of the genus Merluccius
0304 95 60  Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Gadus poutassou)
ex 0304 95 90 1113171990 Other fish, excluding hake of the genus Urophycis spp.
ex 0304 99 99 202530405065697090 Other fish, excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)
09.0811 0304 49 50  Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 2 211 0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 2 948
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 2 948
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 2 948
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 2 948
09.0795 0305 61 00  Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked, and herring in brine From 1.1 to 31.12 1 750 0
09.0796 0306 15 90  Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters From 1.1 to 31.12 50 0
09.0810 0306 15 90  Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), excluding smoked Norway lobsters From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 1 106 0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 1 474
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 1 474
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 1 474
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 1 474
09.0797 1604 12 911604 12 99  Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces but not minced, excluding fillets of herring, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 2 400 0
09.0798 1604 17 001604 19 97  Prepared or preserved eels and other prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces but not minced From 1.1 to 31.12 50 0
ex 1604 20 90 203035506090 Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel
09.0700 1604 20 90  Other prepared or preserved fish From 1.8.2016 to 30.4.2017 2 764 0
From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018 3 685
From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019 3 685
From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020 3 685
From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 3 685


