Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1772 of 28 September 2017 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fishery products originating in Canada

Article 1

Union tariff quotas are opened for goods originating in Canada as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

The goods listed in the Annex originating in Canada and declared for release for free circulation in the Union shall, within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex, be exempted from the customs duties applicable to imports into the Union.

Article 3

The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 4

In order to be eligible to benefit from the tariff quotas set out in this Regulation, the goods listed in the Annex shall comply with the rules of origin set out in Annex 5 to the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures attached to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, and be accompanied by a valid origin declaration as set out in Annex 2 to that Protocol.

Article 5

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 21 September 2017.

ANNEX

ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products in the fourth column of the table is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value. The preferential scheme is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes set out in the second column of the table as applicable 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 codes and corresponding description of the products in the fourth column of the table taken together.
Order No
CN code
TARIC subdivision
Description of products
Quota period
Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
09.8400
ex 0201 10 00
93
Carcases and half-carcases of bison, fresh or chilled
From 21.9.2017 to 31.12.2017
841 tonnes carcass weight equivalent
From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018 and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
3 000 tonnes carcass weight equivalent
ex 0201 20 20
93
‘Compensated’ quarters of bison with bone in, fresh or chilled
ex 0201 20 30
93
Unseparated or separated forequarters of bison, with bone in, fresh or chilled
ex 0201 20 50
93
Unseparated or separated hindquarters of bison, with bone in, fresh or chilled
ex 0201 20 90
20
Other cuts of bison with bone in, fresh or chilled
ex 0201 30 00  ( 1 )
30
Boneless meat of bison, fresh or chilled
ex 0202 10 00
20
Carcases and half-carcases of bison, frozen
ex 0202 20 10
20
‘Compensated’ quarters of bison with bone in, frozen
ex 0202 20 30
20
Unseparated or separated forequarters of bison, with bone in, frozen
ex 0202 20 50
20
Unseparated or separated hindquarters of bison, with bone in, frozen
ex 0202 20 90
20
Other cuts of bison with bone in, frozen
ex 0202 30 10  ( 1 )
20
Forequarters, whole or cut into a maximum of five pieces, each quarter being in a single block; ‘compensated’ quarters in two blocks, one of which contains the forequarter, whole or cut into a maximum of five pieces, and the other, the hindquarter, excluding the tenderloin, in one piece, of bison, boneless and frozen
ex 0202 30 50  ( 1 )
20
Crop, chuck-and-blade and brisket cuts, of bison, boneless and frozen  ( 2 )
ex 0202 30 90  ( 1 )
20
Other boneless meat of bison, frozen
ex 0206 10 95
20
Thick skirt and thin skirt of bison, fresh or chilled
ex 0206 29 91
31
40
Thick skirt and thin skirt of bison, frozen
ex 0210 20 10
10
Meat of bison, with bone in, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
ex 0210 20 90  ( 3 )
91
Boneless meat of bison, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
ex 0210 99 51
10
Thick skirt and thin skirt of bison, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
ex 0210 99 59
10
Other offal of bison meat, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
09.8403
0304 71 90
Frozen fillets of cod of the species Gadus morhua and Gadus ogac
From 21.9.2017 to 31.12.2017
281
0304 79 10
Frozen fillets of Polar cod ( Boreogadus saida )
From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018 and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
1 000
09.8404  ( 4 )
Frozen, smoked shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared, in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 2 kg:
From 21.9.2017 to 31.12.2017
6 446
From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018 and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
23 000
ex 0306 16 91
10
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon
ex 0306 16 99
21
31
91
Other cold-water shrimps and prawns ( Pandalus spp.)
ex 0306 17 91
10
Deepwater rose shrimps ( Parapenaeus longirostris )
ex 0306 17 92
21
91
Shrimps of the genus Penaeus
ex 0306 17 93
10
Shrimps of the family Pandalidae , other than of the genus Pandalus
ex 0306 17 94
10
Shrimps of the genus Crangon , other than of the species Crangon crangon
ex 0306 17 99
11
91
Other
Not frozen, smoked shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared, in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 2 kg:
ex 0306 95 19
10
Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon
ex 0306 95 20
21
91
Other cold-water shrimps and prawns ( Pandalus spp.)
ex 0306 95 30
21
91
Shrimps of the family Pandalidae , other than of the genus Pandalus
ex 0306 95 40
10
Shrimps of the genus Crangon , other than of the species Crangon crangon
ex 0306 95 90
10
Other
1605 21 90
Prepared or preserved shrimps and prawns not in airtight containers, in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 2 kg
1605 29 00
Prepared or preserved shrimps and prawns in airtight containers
09.8405
0710 40 00
Sweetcorn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen
From 21.9.2017 to 31.12.2017
374
2005 80 00
Sweetcorn ( Zea mays var. saccharata ), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006
From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018
2 667
From 1.1.2019 to 31.12.2019
4 000
From 1.1.2020 to 31.12.2020
5 333
From 1.1.2021 to 31.12.2021
6 667
From 1.1.2022 to 31.12.2022 and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
8 000
( 1 )   At the declaration for release for free circulation of this product with a request to benefit from this tariff quota, the economic operator shall declare the order number 09.8401. The coefficient 1,3 shall be applied in the Commission's electronic quotas' system to convert the declared product net weight to carcass weight equivalent.
( 2 )   Entry under this subheading is subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity issued in accordance with the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 ( OJ L 15, 17.1.1981, p. 4 ).
( 3 )   At the declaration for release for free circulation of this product with a request to benefit from this tariff quota, the economic operator shall declare the order number 09.8402. The coefficient 1,35 shall be applied in the Commission's electronic quotas' system to convert the declared product net weight to carcass weight equivalent.
( 4 )   Prepared or preserved shrimps and prawns exported from Canada under the origin quota applicable under order number 09.8310 as provided under Section B of Appendix A (Origin Quotas) to Annex 5 (Product specific rules of origin) of the Protocol on rules of origin or origin procedures attached to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, shall not be imported into the Union under this tariff quota.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1772 of 28 September 2017 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fishery products originating in Canada

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