1. Products originating in Albania and listed in the Annex which are released for free circulation in the Community shall benefit from a reduced or a zero-rate customs duty, at the levels and within the limits of the annual Community tariff quotas specified in that Annex.
Those products shall be accompanied by proof of origin as provided for in Protocol No 4 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and to the Interim Agreement.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products referred to in paragraph 1 have equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.
1 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.
2 Communications relating to the management of tariff quotas between the Member States and the Commission shall be transmitted as far as possible, electronically.
1. The individual tariff quota volume for prepared or preserved anchovies referred to in the Annex under order No 09.1505 may be increased every year and for the first time for 2007 until the yearly volume of the quota has reached 1 600 tonnes or the parties agree to apply other arrangements.
2. The annual increase referred to in paragraph 1 may be applied only if at least 80 % of the volume opened within the previous year has been used.
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 December 2006.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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 CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS
Order No
CN Code
TARIC subdivision
Description
Quota volume
Rate of duty
09.1500
0301 91 10
Trout ( Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Onchorhynchus 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
From 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 50 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 50 tonnes
Free
0301 91 90
0302 11 10
0302 11 20
0302 11 80
0303 21 10
0303 21 20
0303 21 80
0304 10 15
0304 10 17
ex 0304 10 19
40
ex 0304 10 91
10
0304 20 15
0304 20 17
ex 0304 20 19
50
ex 0304 90 10
11 , 17 , 40
ex 0305 10 00
10
ex 0305 30 90
50
0305 49 45
ex 0305 59 80
61
ex 0305 69 80
61
09.1501
0301 93 00
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
From 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 20 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 20 tonnes
Free
0302 69 11
0303 79 11
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
09.1502
ex 0301 99 90
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
From 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 20 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 20 tonnes
Free
0302 69 61
0303 79 71
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
09.1503
ex 0301 99 90
22
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 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 20 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 20 tonnes
Free
0302 69 94
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
09.1504
1604 13 11
Prepared or preserved sardines
Form 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 100 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 100 tonnes
6 %
1604 13 19
ex 1604 20 50
10 , 19
09.1505
1604 16 00
Prepared or preserved anchovies
From 1 December 2006 to 31 December 2006: 1 000 tonnes
from 1 January to 31 December 2007 and for every year thereafter: 1 000 tonnes ( 1 )
Free
1604 20 40
( 1 ) From the 1st of January 2007 the yearly volume of the quota will be increased by 200 tonnes provided that at least 80 % of the previous year's quota has been used by 31 December of that year. This mechanism will apply until such time as the yearly volume of the quota has reached 1 600 tonnes or the Parties agree to apply other arrangements.
