Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1977 of 11 December 2018 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2019–2020

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1977 of 11 December 2018 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2019–2020 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) Union supplies of certain fishery products currently depend on imports from third countries. In the last 21 years, the Union has become more dependent on imports to meet its consumption of fishery products. In order not to jeopardise the Union production of fishery products and to ensure an adequate supply to the Union processing industry, import duties should be reduced or suspended for a number of fishery products within tariff quotas of an appropriate volume. To guarantee a level playing field for the Union producers, the sensitivity of individual fishery products on the Union market should be taken into consideration. (2) Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 of 7 December 2015 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016-2018 (OJ L 322, 8.12.2015, p. 4). , which was amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1184 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1184 of 18 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016 to 2018 (OJ L 196, 21.7.2016, p. 1). , opened and provided for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016–2018. Given that the period of application of Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 expires on 31 December 2018, a new Regulation providing for tariff quotas should be adopted for the period 2019–2020. (3) Equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas provided for in this Regulation should be ensured for all Union importers, and the rates laid down for the tariff quotas should be applied without interruption to all imports of the fishery products concerned into all Member States until the tariff quotas have been used up. (4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). provides for a system of tariff-quota management which follows the chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the customs declarations for release for free circulation. The tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with that system. (5) It is important to ensure transparency, predictability and legal certainty for all stakeholders. Since the tariff quotas are intended to ensure adequate supply to the Union processing industry, minimum treatment or operation should be required for quota entitlement.

(6) To ensure the efficiency of a common management of the tariff quotas, Member States should be permitted to draw from the tariff quota amount the necessary quantities corresponding to their actual imports. Since that method of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, the Commission should be able to monitor the rate at which the tariff quotas are used up and should inform the Member States accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import duties on the products listed in the Annex shall be reduced or suspended within the tariff quotas at the rates, for the periods and up to the amounts indicated therein.

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 3

The tariff quotas shall be subject to end-use customs supervision in accordance with Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1). .

Article 4

1. The reduction or suspension of import duties shall apply only to products intended for human consumption.
2. The tariff quotas shall not be available for those products whose processing is carried out at retail or catering level.
3. The tariff quotas shall not be available for products intended solely for one or more of the following operations: cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading; cutting; repacking of frozen IQF (individually quick frozen) fillets; sampling, sorting; labelling; packing; chilling; freezing; deep freezing; glazing; thawing; separation.
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, the tariff quotas shall be available for products intended for one or more of the following operations: dicing; cutting into rings and cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 03074391, 03074392, 03074399; filleting; production of flaps; cutting of frozen blocks; splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks to obtain individual fillets; slicing for materials under CN codes ex03036611, 03036612, 03036613, 03036619, 03038970, 03038990; subjecting products under CN codes 03061699 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 03061792 (TARIC subdivision 20), 03061799 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03063590 (TARIC subdivisions 12, 14, 92 and 93), 03063690 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 16052190 (TARIC subdivisions 45, 55 and 62) and 16052900 (TARIC subdivisions 50, 55 and 60) to processing treatment by packaging gases as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16). ; dividing the frozen product or subjecting the frozen product to heat treatment to enable the removal of internal waste material for materials under CN codes 03061110 (TARIC subdivision 10), 03061190 (TARIC subdivision 20) and 03063100 (TARIC subdivision 10).

Article 5

The Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States shall cooperate closely to ensure the proper management and control of the application of this Regulation.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 December 2018. For the Council The President G. Blümel

Annex

ANNEX Expressed in net weight, unless otherwise stated. Body of cephalopod or the squid headless and without tentacle, with skin and fins. This tariff quota (09.2784) is automatically deleted starting from 1 January of the year following that in which the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Vietnam enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first. Order NoCN codeTARIC codeDescriptionAnnual amount of quota (tonnes)Quota dutyQuota period09.2746ex0302899030Southern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, chilled, for processing15000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202009.2748ex0302910095Hard fish roes enclosed in the ovarian membrane, fresh, chilled or frozen, salted or in brine, for processing57000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0303919091ex030520003009.2750ex0305200035Hard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for the manufacture of caviar substitutes15000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202009.2754ex0303591010Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita and Engraulis capensis), frozen, for processing5000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202009.2759ex0302511020Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing950000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0302519010ex0302591010ex0303631010ex0303633010ex0303639010ex030369101009.2760ex0303661110Hake (Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius, Urophycis spp.), and pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes and Genypterus capensis), frozen, for processing120000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0303661210ex0303661310ex030366191191ex0303897010ex030389903009.2761ex0304795010Blue grenadier (Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing175000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex030479901117ex03049590111709.2765ex0305620020Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing35000 %1.1.2019-31.12.20202529ex0305691010 09.2770ex0305630010Anchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing25000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202009.2772ex0304931010Surimi, frozen, for processing600000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0304941010ex0304951010ex030499101009.2774ex0304741510North Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) and Argentine hake (Southwest Atlantic hake) (Merluccius hubbsi), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing250000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0304741910ex03049550102009.2776ex0304711010Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and frozen meat, for processing500000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0304719010ex0304952110ex030495251009.2777ex0303670010Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma), frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing3200000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0304750010ex030494901009.2778ex0304839021Flatfish, frozen fillets and other fish meat (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), for processing100000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex030499996509.2785ex0307439110Pod of squid (Ommastrephes spp. - excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing280000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0307439210ex030743992109.2786ex0307439120Squid (Ommastrephes spp. - excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) -, Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, whole or tentacles and fins, for processing50000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0307439220ex030743992909.2788ex0302410010Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, excluding livers and roes, for processing80000 %

1.10.2019-31.12.2019 1.10.2020-31.12.2020 ex0303510010ex0304595010ex0304992310 09.2790ex1604142610Fillets known as loins of tunas and skipjack, for processing300000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex1604143610ex160414461121929409.2794ex1605219045Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis, and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing70000 %1.1.2019-31.12.20206250ex160529005509.2798ex0306169920Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, in shells, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing40000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202030ex030635901214929309.2800ex1605219055Shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus jordani, cooked and peeled, for processing30000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex160529006009.2802ex0306179220Shrimps and prawns of the species Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, not cooked, for processing400000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex030636903009.2824ex0302520010Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) fresh, chilled or frozen with heads off, gilled and gutted, for processing35002,6 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex030364001009.2826ex0306179910Shrimps and prawns of the species Pleoticus muelleri, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing40000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex030636902009.2804ex1605400040Crayfish tails of the species Procambarus clarkii, cooked, for processing40000 %1.1.2019-31.12.202009.2762ex0306111010Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), live, chilled, frozen, for processing2006 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0306119020ex0306310010 09.2784ex1605100021Crabs of the species King (Paralithodes Camchaticus), Hansaki (Paralithodes brevipes), Kegani (Erimacrus isenbecki), Queen and Snow (Chionoecetes spp.), Red (Geryon quinquedens), Rough stone (Neolithodes asperrimus), Lithodes santolla, Mud (Scylla serrata), Blue (Portunus spp.), simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in immediate packings of a net content of 2 kg or more, for processing5000 %1.1.2019-31.12.20209509.2822ex0303110020Pacific Salmon, headed and gutted, frozen, of the species Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon (red salmon)) and Oncorhynchus kisutch, for processing100000 %1.1.2019-31.12.2020ex0303120020