Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/2007
of 26 November 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector as regards an increase in the tariff quota concessions from the Community for the Faeroese fish feed falling under CN codes ex 2309 90 10, ex 2309 90 31 and ex 2309 90 41
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty1,
Having regard to Council Decision 97/126/EC of 6 December 1996 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part2,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals3, and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Decision No 1/2005 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee4 has amended Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part5 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), approved by Council Decision 97/126/EC, as concerns the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation.
The Council has decided on 13 June 2007 about the Community position concerning an amendment of Protocol 4 to the Agreement.
Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee6 amending Protocol 4 of the Agreement amends in particular the annual tariff quota quantity for quota order No 09.0689.
Point 1 of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Protocol 4 of the Agreement as amended by Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee, provides that for this tariff quota opened for fish feed under CN codes ex 2309 90 10, ex 2309 90 31 and ex 2309 90 41, Faeroese authorities shall certify that fish feed exported to the EU under this preferential quota does not contain added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present in the cereals that may enter in the compounding of the fish feed.
Article 3 of Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee provides that the volume increase of the tariff quota for the calendar year 2007 shall be calculated pro rata temporis as from 1 December 2007. The volume increase of the tariff quota for the calendar year 2007 should therefore be established at 833 tonnes.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/20017 should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: