Regulation (EC) No 499/96 is amended as follows:
1.
the title is replaced by the following:
‘opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland’;
2.
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
1. When products originating in Iceland listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the European Union, they shall be eligible for exemption of customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas, during the periods and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.
2. Imports of the fish and fishery products listed in the Annex shall qualify for the tariff 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 Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products ( *1 ) .
3. Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation, as last amended by Decision No 2/2005 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee of 22 December 2005 ( *2 ) shall apply.
4. The benefit of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0792 and 09.0812 shall not be granted for goods declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June.
( *1 )
OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22 ."
( *2 )
OJ L 131, 18.5.2006, p. 1 .’;"
3.
in Article 2, the second paragraph, is replaced by the following:
‘However, Article 308c(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall not apply to the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0810, 09.0811 and 09.0812.’;
4.
Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
Where the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0810, 09.0811 and 09.0812 will not be fully exhausted for the tariff quota period from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011, the remaining volume shall be carried over to the corresponding tariff quotas for the period 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012.
For this purpose drawings on the tariff quotas applicable from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011 shall be stopped on the second working day in the Commission following 1 September 2011. On the following working day, the unused balances of these tariff quotas shall be made available under the corresponding tariff quota applicable from 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012.
From the second working day in the Commission following 1 September 2011 no retroactive drawings and no returns shall be possible on the particular tariff quotas applicable from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011.’;
5.
the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 March 2011.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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
10
20
Herrings of the species Clupea harengus or Clupea pallasii , frozen, excluding livers and roes, for industrial manufacture ( 1 )
( 1 )
From 1.1 to 31.12
950
0
09.0812
0303 51 00
Herrings of the species Clupea harengus or Clupea pallasii , frozen, excluding livers and roes ( 1 )
From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011
1 900
0
From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012
950
From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013
950
From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014
950
09.0793
0302 12 00
0304 19 13
0304 29 13
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
0302 23 00
Sole ( Solea spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
From 1.1 to 31.12
250
0
0302 29
Megrim ( Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
ex 0302 69 82
10
Blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou ), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
0303 32 00
Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ), frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
0303 62 00
0303 79 98
Toothfish ( Dissostichus spp.) and other saltwater fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
0304 19 01
0304 19 03
0304 19 18
Fillets of Nile perch ( Lates niloticus ), of pangasius ( Pangasius spp.) and of other freshwater fish, fresh or chilled
0304 19 33
Fillets of coalfish ( Pollachius virens ), fresh or chilled
0304 19 35
Fillets of redfish ( Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled
0304 11 10
0304 12 10
Fillets of swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) and of toothfish ( Dissostichus spp.), fresh or chilled
ex 0304 19 39
10
20
60
70
75
80
85
90
Other fish fillets, other than herring and mackerel, fresh or chilled
0304 11 90
0304 12 90
0304 19 99
Other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled
0304 29 01
0304 29 03
0304 29 05
0304 29 18
Frozen fillets of Nile perch ( Lates niloticus ), of pangasius ( Pangasius spp.), of tilapia ( Oreochromis spp.) and of other freshwater fish
0304 99 31
Frozen meat of cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
0304 99 33
Frozen meat of cod of the species Gadus morhua
0304 99 39
Frozen meat of cod of the species Gadus ogac and frozen fish meat of the species Boreogadus saida
0304 99 41
Frozen meat of coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
ex 0304 99 51
11
15
Frozen meat of hake ( Merluccius spp.)
0304 99 71
Frozen meat of blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou )
ex 0304 99 99
20
25
30
40
50
60
65
69
70
81
89
90
Other frozen fish meat, except mackerel
09.0811
0304 19 35
Fillets of redfish ( Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled
From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011
1 500
0
From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012
750
From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013
750
From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014
750
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 19 30
Frozen Norway lobsters ( Nephrops norvegicus )
From 1.1 to 31.12
50
0
09.0810
0306 19 30
Frozen Norway lobsters ( Nephrops norvegicus )
From 1.3.2011 to 30.4.2011
1 040
0
From 1.5.2011 to 30.4.2012
520
From 1.5.2012 to 30.4.2013
520
From 1.5.2013 to 30.4.2014
520
09.0797
1604 12 91
1604 12 99
Other prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces but not minced
From 1.1 to 31.12
2 400
0
09.0798
1604 19 98
Other prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces but not minced
From 1.1 to 31.12
50
0
ex 1604 20 90
20
30
35
50
60
90
Other prepared or preserved fish, except herring and mackerel
( 1 ) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 ( OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1 )).
( 1 ) As the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for free circulation during this period.’
