Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2057 of 13 October 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 periodText with EEA relevance.

Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2057 of 13 October 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period (Text with EEA relevance) 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. Over recent decades, 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 suspended or reduced for a number of fishery products within tariff quotas of an appropriate volume. (2) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 of 13 November 2020 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the 2021-2023 period (OJ L 385, 17.11.2020, p. 3). opens and provides for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2021-2023. Appropriate volumes have been decided for each tariff quota to ensure an adequate supply to the Union processing industry for that period. (3) On 19 July 2021, Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 was amended by Council Regulation 2021/1203 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1203 of 19 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 as regards inclusion of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products (OJ L 261, 22.7.2021, p. 1). adding, among others, new quotas valid until 31 October 2022, due to the expiry of bilateral protocols with the Republic of Iceland and with the Kingdom of Norway providing for quotas for certain fish and fishery products. (4) However, the negotiations of new additional protocols with the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway providing for quotas for certain fish and fishery products will not be concluded before 31 October 2022. (5) It is therefore necessary to establish new quotas valid until the end of the application of Regulation (EU) 2020/1706. (6) For reasons of urgency in order to avoid a shortage of duty-free fisheries materials for processing in the Union, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/1706 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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 1 November 2022. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2022. For the Council The President P. Blažek

Annex

ANNEX In the table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/1706, the following entries are added: Expressed in net weight unless otherwise stated. From 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation. Order noCN codeTARIC codeDescriptionAnnual amount of quota (tonnes) Quota dutyQuota period09.2509ex1604129113Herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, for processing17500 (net drained weight)0 %1.11.2022–31.12.202393ex16041299161709.2510ex0303510010Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing116700 %1.11.2022–31.12.20232009.2512Frozen fish, for processing38500 %1.11.2022–31.12.20230303553010Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)ex0303559095Other fish of Trachurus spp., excluding Trachurus trachurus, Trachurus murphyi and horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)0303560010Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)0303699010Other fish03038990112130910303820010Rays and skates (Rajidae)0303895510Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)09.25130304860020Fillets of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, for processing291700 %1.11.2022–31.12.2023ex0304992310Flaps of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) (butterflies), frozen, for processing2009.25140304495010Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh or chilled, for processing15200 %1.11.2022–31.12.2023