Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 847/2006
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 1 054 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 1 054 tonnes in Article 1(2), 423 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 third countries except the United Kingdom.’.
Transitional provisions for the ongoing tariff quota period
1. The volume available for the remainder of the tariff quota period that is ongoing on the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be the difference between the quota volume as amended by this Regulation and the quota volume already allocated before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2. If upon the entry into force of this Regulation, the quota applicable on 13 December 2021 was exhausted, the new quota volume available shall be allocated to operators following the chronological order of the acceptance dates of their customs declarations for release for free circulation. Operators who imported their goods during the ongoing tariff quota period, but before the entry into force of this Regulation, without benefitting from the tariff quota shall be reimbursed, at their request and to the extent that the balance of the tariff quota so permits, the difference in duty already paid.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
