Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/968 of 8 June 2017 granting Cape Verde a temporary derogation from the rules on preferential origin laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, in respect of prepared or preserved mackerel fillets and prepared or preserved frigate tuna or frigate mackerel fillets
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By way of derogation from Articles 41(b) and 45 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 ( 6 ) , prepared or preserved mackerel fillets and prepared or preserved frigate tuna or frigate mackerel fillets of CN code 1604 15 11 and ex 1604 19 97 produced in Cape Verde from non-originating fish shall be regarded as originating in Cape Verde in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 4 of this Regulation.
1. The derogation shall apply to products which have been both exported from Cape Verde and declared for release for free circulation in the Union during the period from 1 January 2017 until: (a) 31 December 2018 or (b) if the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Union and West Africa initialled on 30 March 2014 (‘EPA’) enters into force on or before 31 December 2018, then the day immediately preceding the date of entry into force of the EPA. 2. The derogation shall apply to products up to the annual quantity listed in the Annex. 3. Application of the derogation is subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 43 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.
The quantities set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 which govern the management of tariff quotas.
The derogation is granted on the following conditions: (1) The customs authorities of Cape Verde shall take the necessary steps to carry out quantitative checks on exports of the products referred to in Article 1. (2) The following shall be entered in box 4 of certificate of origin Form A issued by the competent authorities of Cape Verde pursuant to this Regulation: ‘Derogation — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/968’. (3) Every quarter, the competent authorities of Cape Verde shall forward to the Commission a statement of the quantities in respect of which certificates of origin Form A have been issued pursuant to this Regulation and the serial numbers of those certificates.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply as from 1 January 2017.
ANNEX Order No CN code Description of goods Periods Annual quantity (in tonnes net weight) 09.1647 1604 15 11 ex 1604 19 97 Prepared or preserved fillets of mackerel ( Scomber scombrus, Scomber japonicus, Scomber colias ) 1.1.2017 to the date determined in accordance with Article 2(1)(a) and (b) 2 500 09.1648 ex 1604 19 97 Prepared or preserved fillets of frigate tuna or frigate mackerel ( Auxis thazard, Auxis rochei ) 1.1.2017 to the date determined in accordance with Article 2(1)(a) and (b) 875
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