When products originating in Iceland listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the European Union, they shall be eligible for exemption of customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas, during the periods and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.
Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland
Council Regulation (EC) No 499/96 of 19 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas of the Union for certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland
Article 1
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Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Iceland Joint Committee No 1/2016, shall apply(2).
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The benefit of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0792 and 09.0812 shall not be granted for goods declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June.
Article 2
The tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447(3).
Article 3
Where the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0810, 09.0811 and 09.0812 will not be fully exhausted for the tariff quota period from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011, the remaining volume shall be carried over to the corresponding tariff quotas for the period 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012.
For this purpose drawings on the tariff quotas applicable from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011 shall be stopped on the second working day in the Commission following 1 September 2011. On the following working day, the unused balances of these tariff quotas shall be made available under the corresponding tariff quota applicable from 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012.
From the second working day in the Commission following 1 September 2011 no retroactive drawings and no returns shall be possible on the particular tariff quotas applicable from 1 March 2011 to 30 April 2011.
Article 4
Each Member State shall guarantee importers of the products in question equal and continuous access to the quotas as long as the balance of the corresponding quota volume allows.
Article 5
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The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular:
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the amendments and technical adaptations, in so far as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes;
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the necessary adaptations resulting from the conclusion by the Council of protocols or Exchanges of Letters between the Community and Iceland in the framework of the Agreement referred to in this Regulation;
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the prorogation of tariff measures conforming to the provisions contained in the Agreement referred to in this Regulation;
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the necessary adaptations of volumes, periods and quota duty arising from decisions adopted by the Council; and
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the amendments to this Regulation necessary for the putting into practice of any other act within the framework of the Agreement referred to in this Regulation
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2).
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The provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not authorize the Commission to:
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carry over a balance of preferential quantities from one quota period to another,
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modify the timetable laid out in the agreements or protocols,
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transfer quantities from one quota to another,
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open and manage quotas resulting from new agreements,
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adopt legislation effecting the management of quotas which are the subject of certificates of importation.