Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/653 of 24 April 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 as regards the Union tariff quotas for certain prepared or preserved fish

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/653
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   An annual tariff quota of 754 tonnes with exemption of customs duties shall be opened for Union imports of prepared or preserved fish of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus , fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor , other than whole or in pieces, falling within CN code 1604 20 50.’;

(2)

in Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.

of the tariff quota of 754 tonnes in Article 1(2), 123 tonnes shall apply within order number 09.0706 to imports originating in Thailand, and the remaining part, notably 631 tonnes, shall apply within order number 09.0707 to imports originating in all countries.’.

Article 2

1.   By way of derogation from Article 1, where for a tariff rate quota the quota period begins before the date from which Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/216 applies and ends after that date, the apportionment of the tariff rate quota concerned shall be made by applying the EU-27 percentage to a basis consisting of the quantities of that tariff rate quota available after the last allocation.

2.   Within 2 working days of the date of application of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/216, the Commission shall publish, by means of an appropriate web publication, the quantities available on that date.

Article 3

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 the date from which Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/216 applies.