title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1607 of 24 October 2018 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural, processed agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway

text:
                  26.10.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 268/22

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1607
         of 24 October 2018
         amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural, processed agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of 10 April 1995 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a) and (b) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     In 2018, an agreement was concluded in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (2) (‘the 2018 Agreement’). It was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2018/760 (3).

                     (2)

                     Annex IV to the 2018 Agreement provides for new duty-free tariff quotas for release for free circulation in the Union of certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Norway, as well as for the increase in the volume of the tariff quota for CN code 2005 20 20 set out in Regulation (EC) No 992/95. It is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 992/95 to implement those provisions.

                     (3)

                     Regulation (EC) No 992/95 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 (4) set out tariff quotas for products originating in Norway falling within headings 0210 and 0204, respectively. Annex IV to the 2018 Agreement provides for the consolidation of those tariff quotas into a single tariff quota. Therefore, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 992/95 in order to implement the consolidation under a new tariff quota and to provide for the transition to the new tariff quota. Additionally, the tariff quota corresponding to heading 0210 should be deleted from Regulation (EC) No 992/95. The simultaneous deletion of the tariff quotas corresponding to heading 0204 from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 is provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1232 (5).

                     (4)

                     Regulation (EC) No 992/95 provides for the administration of tariff quotas which concern either products of CN Chapters 3, 15 and 16 related to fish or other agricultural products of CN Chapters 2, 6, 7, 8, 16, 20 and 23. Its Article 1(3) provides that the rules of origin applicable are those set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Norway Joint Committee No 1/2016 (6).

                     (5)

                     However, the 2018 Agreement sets out that in order to benefit from the concessions referred to in its Annex IV, products should comply with the rules of origin set out in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992 between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning certain arrangements in agriculture (7) (‘the 1992 Agreement’). Additionally, it provides that regarding the concept of sufficient working to confer the status of originating products, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area is to be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement (8) (9).

                     (6)

                     The tariff quotas set out in Regulation (EC) No 992/95 that concern products other than the products of CN Chapters 3, 15 and 16 are provided for either in the 1992 Agreement, or in the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (10), or in the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (11). All of those Agreements provide for the rules of origin set out in Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement to apply to the tariff quotas they concern. Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should therefore be amended to take account of the applicability of the rules of origin set out in Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement.

                     (7)

                     In order to take account of a large number of minor amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (12) and of the TARIC subdivisions, it is appropriate to replace the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 992/95. For reasons of clarity, the tariff quotas set out in Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should be divided into two separate Annexes according to the rules of origin set out in the agreements providing for the respective tariff quotas for fishery products and for agricultural products.

                     (8)

                     The tariff quotas set out in Annex IV to the 2018 Agreement are expressed as annual quantities; imports should therefore be managed on a calendar-year basis. However, as the 2018 Agreement only enters into force on 1 October 2018, the additional quantities for 2018 that are calculated pro rata, as well as the annual quantities for the following years, should be laid down in accordance with Annex IV to the 2018 Agreement.

                     (9)

                     The tariff quotas should be managed by the Commission on the basis of the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations for release for free circulation in accordance with the rules for the management of tariff quotas laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (13).

                     (10)

                     Regulation (EC) No 992/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (11)

                     The 2018 Agreement enters into force on 1 October 2018. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date.

                     (12)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        Article 1(3) is replaced by the following:

                           ‘3.   Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, as amended by Decision of the EU-Norway Joint Committee No 1/2016 (*1), shall apply to the tariff quotas set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

                           3a.   The rules of origin laid down in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992 between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning certain arrangements in agriculture (*2) (‘the 1992 Agreement’) shall apply to the tariff quotas set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
                           However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (*3), as that Protocol was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 71/2015 (*4), shall apply to those tariff quotas instead of the Appendix to the 1992 Agreement.

                           (*1)  Decision of the EU-Norway Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 8 February 2016 amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (OJ L 72, 17.3.2016, p. 63)."

                           (*2)  OJ L 109, 1.5.1993, p. 47,"

                           (*3)  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3,"

                           (*4)  Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 71/2015 of 20 March 2015 amending Protocol 4 (rules of origin) to the EEA Agreement [2016/754] (OJ L 129, 19.5.2016, p. 56).’;"

                        (2)

                        the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            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 October 2018.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 24 October 2018.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Jean-Claude JUNCKER

            (1)  OJ L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1.

            (2)  OJ L 129, 25.5.2018, p. 3.

            (3)  Council Decision (EU) 2018/760 of 14 May 2018 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (OJ L 129, 25.5.2018, p. 1).

            (4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 of 20 December 2011 opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat (OJ L 338, 21.12.2011, p. 36).

            (5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1232 of 11 September 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 as regards Union tariff quotas for sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in Norway and in New Zealand (OJ L 231, 14.9.2018, p. 13).

            (6)  Decision of the EU-Norway Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 8 February 2016 amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (OJ L 72, 17.3.2016, p. 63).

            (7)  OJ L 109, 1.5.1993, p. 47.

            (8)  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.

            (9)  Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 71/2015 of 20 March 2015 amending Protocol 4 (rules of origin) to the EEA Agreement [2016/754] (OJ L 129, 19.5.2016, p. 56).

            (10)  OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 49.

            (11)  OJ L 327, 9.12.2011, p. 2.

            (12)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

            (13)  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. 58).

            ANNEX
            ‘

                     ANNEX I
                     Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN code and the corresponding description taken together.

                                 Order No

                                 CN code

                                 TARIC subdivision

                                 Description of products

                                 Quota period

                                 Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)

                                 Quota duty (%)

                                 09.0701

                                 ex

                                 1504 20 10

                                 90

                                 Oils and fats and their fractions of marine animals, other than whale oil and sperm oil, in packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 1 000

                                 8,5

                                 ex

                                 1504 30 10

                                 99

                                 09.0702

                                 0303 19 00

                                 Other frozen Salmonidae, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 2 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 35

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 3 000

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 3 000

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 3 000

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 3 000

                                 09.0703

                                 ex

                                 0305 51 90

                                 10
                                 20

                                 Dried, salted but not smoked cod, excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus

                                 From 1.4 to 31.12

                                 13 250

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0305 53 10

                                 90

                                 Dried, salted but not smoked fish of the species Boreogadus saida

                                 09.0710

                                 0303 51 00

                                 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes (1)

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 26 500

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 75

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 39 750

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 39 750

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 39 750

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 39 750

                                 09.0711

                                 Prepared or preserved fish:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 400

                                 3

                                 ex

                                 1604 13 90

                                 91
                                 92
                                 99

                                 Sardinella, brisling or sprats, excluding raw fillets merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, deep-frozen

                                 1604 17 00

                                 Eels

                                 1604 18 00

                                 Shark fins

                                 1604 19 92

                                 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)

                                 ex

                                 1604 19 93

                                 90

                                 Coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding smoked coalfish

                                 1604 19 94

                                 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)

                                 1604 19 95

                                 Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius)

                                 1604 19 97

                                 Other

                                 ex

                                 1604 20 90

                                 30
                                 35
                                 50
                                 60
                                 90

                                 Other prepared or preserved fish, excluding herring, mackerel and preserved smoked coalfish

                                 ex

                                 1604 20 90

                                 40

                                 Prepared or preserved mackerel (Scomber australasicus)

                                 10

                                 09.0712

                                 0303 54 10

                                 Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus or Scomber japonicus, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 25 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 40

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 37 500

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 37 500

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 37 500

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 37 500

                                 09.0713

                                 Frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes:

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 2 200

                                 0

                                 0303 55 30

                                 Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 3 300

                                 ex

                                 0303 55 90

                                 90

                                 Other fish of Trachurus spp., excluding Trachurus trachurus, Trachurus murphyi and horse mackerel (scad) (Caranx trachurus)

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 3 300

                                 0303 56 00

                                 Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 3 300

                                 0303 59 90
                                 0303 69 90
                                 0303 89 90

                                 Other fish

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 3 300

                                 0303 82 00

                                 Rays and skates (Rajidae)

                                 0303 89 55

                                 Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 85

                                 09.0714

                                 0304 86 00

                                 Fillets of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 55 600

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0304 99 23

                                 10
                                 20
                                 30

                                 Flaps of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) (butterflies), frozen (2)

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 83 400

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 83 400

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 83 400

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 83 400

                                 09.0715

                                 0302 11

                                 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 500

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 11
                                 19

                                 0303 14

                                 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 30

                                 09.0716

                                 0302 13 00
                                 0302 14 00

                                 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 6 100

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 30
                                 40

                                 09.0717

                                 Frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 580

                                 0

                                 0303 11 00

                                 Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka)

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 10

                                 0303 12 00

                                 Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 15

                                 ex
                                 ex

                                 0303 13 00
                                 0303 99 00

                                 10
                                 20

                                 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

                                 09.0718

                                 0304 41 00
                                 0304 81 00

                                 Fresh, chilled or frozen fillets of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 610

                                 0

                                 09.0719

                                 0302 19 00

                                 Other Salmonidae, fresh or chilled, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 670

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 45

                                 0303 19 00

                                 Other frozen Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes

                                 09.0720

                                 0302 59 40

                                 Ling (Molva spp.), fresh or chilled, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 370

                                 0

                                 09.0721

                                 Fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 250

                                 0

                                 0302 22 00

                                 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 79

                                 0302 23 00

                                 Sole (Solea spp.)

                                 0302 24 00

                                 Turbot (Psetta maxima)

                                 0302 29

                                 Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) and other flat fish

                                 0302 45

                                 Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

                                 0302 46 00

                                 Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

                                 0302 47 00

                                 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

                                 0302 49 90

                                 Other

                                 0302 54

                                 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 60

                                 ex

                                 0302 56 00

                                 20

                                 Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis)

                                 0302 59 90

                                 Other fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae

                                 0302 82 00

                                 Rays and skates (Rajidae)

                                 0302 83 00

                                 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

                                 0302 84

                                 Sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.)

                                 0302 85 30

                                 Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

                                 0302 85 90

                                 Other sea bream (Sparidae) excluding of the species Dentex dentex or Pagellus spp

                                 0302 89 50

                                 Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

                                 0302 89 60

                                 Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes)

                                 0302 89 90

                                 Other fish

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 71

                                 Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

                                 Frozen flat fish, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes:

                                 0303 34 00

                                 Turbot (Psetta maxima)

                                 0303 39 10

                                 Flounder (Platichtys flesus)

                                 0303 39 30

                                 Fish of the genus Rhombosolea

                                 0303 39 85

                                 Other flat fish, excluding halibut, plaice, sole, turbot, flounder, fish of the genus Rhombosolea and fish of the species Pelotreis flavilatus or Peltorhamphus novaezelandiae

                                 09.0722

                                 Frozen meat of:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 500

                                 0

                                 0304 91 00

                                 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

                                 0304 94 90

                                 Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding surimi

                                 0304 95 21
                                 0304 95 25
                                 0304 95 29
                                 0304 95 30
                                 0304 95 40
                                 0304 95 50
                                 0304 95 60
                                 0304 95 90

                                 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding surimi of subheading 0304 95 10

                                 0304 96

                                 Dogfish and other sharks

                                 0304 97 00

                                 Rays and skates (Rajidae)

                                 ex

                                 0304 99 99

                                 20
                                 25
                                 40
                                 50
                                 65
                                 69
                                 70
                                 90

                                 Other fish, excluding surimi and freshwater fish and excluding mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)

                                 09.0723

                                 0302 41 00

                                 Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 16.6 to 14.2

                                 800

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00
                                 0303 51 00

                                 55

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 75

                                 09.0724

                                 0302 44 00

                                 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), fresh or chilled, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 16.6 to 14.2

                                 260

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00

                                 20

                                 09.0725

                                 0303 54 10

                                 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber japonicus), frozen, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 16.6 to 14.2

                                 30 600

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 40

                                 09.0726

                                 0302 89 31
                                 0302 89 39

                                 Redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 130

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0302 99 00
                                 0303 89 31
                                 0303 89 39

                                 50

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 80

                                 09.0727

                                 Fresh or chilled and frozen fillets of:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 110

                                 0

                                 0304 31 00
                                 0304 61 00

                                 Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

                                 0304 32 00
                                 0304 62 00

                                 Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)

                                 0304 33 00
                                 0304 63 00

                                 Nile perch (Lates niloticus)

                                 0304 39 00
                                 0304 69 00

                                 Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), and snakeheads (Channa spp.)

                                 0304 42 50
                                 0304 82 50

                                 Trout of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster

                                 0304 49 10
                                 0304 89 10

                                 Other freshwater fish

                                 09.0728

                                 Fresh or chilled fillets of:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 180

                                 0

                                 0304 44 30

                                 Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

                                 0304 45 00

                                 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

                                 0304 46 00

                                 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

                                 0304 47

                                 Dogfish and other sharks

                                 0304 48 00

                                 Rays and skates (Rajidae)

                                 0304 49 50

                                 Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

                                 0304 49 90

                                 Other fish

                                 09.0729

                                 0304 53 00
                                 0304 56
                                 0304 57 00
                                 0304 59 90

                                 Fresh or chilled meat (whether or not minced) of fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae and of other fish than freshwater fish

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 130

                                 0

                                 0304 59 50

                                 Flaps of herring, fresh or chilled (3)

                                 09.0730

                                 Frozen fillets of:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 9 000

                                 0

                                 0304 71

                                 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)

                                 0304 72 00

                                 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

                                 0304 73 00

                                 Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

                                 0304 74

                                 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)

                                 0304 75 00

                                 Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)

                                 0304 79 10

                                 Fish of the species Boreogadus saida

                                 0304 79 50

                                 Blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae)

                                 0304 79 90

                                 Other fish

                                 0304 83 10

                                 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

                                 ex

                                 0304 83 90

                                 11
                                 19
                                 90

                                 Other flat fish, excluding Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra

                                 0304 84 00

                                 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

                                 0304 85 00

                                 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)

                                 0304 88 90

                                 Rays and skates (Rajidae)

                                 0304 89 21
                                 0304 89 29

                                 Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

                                 0304 89 60

                                 Monkfish (Lophius spp.)

                                 ex

                                 0304 89 90

                                 10
                                 30
                                 40
                                 50
                                 60
                                 90

                                 Other fish, excluding Ray's bream (Brama spp.)

                                 09.0731

                                 ex

                                 0305 20 00

                                 11
                                 18
                                 19
                                 21
                                 30
                                 73
                                 75
                                 77
                                 79
                                 99

                                 Livers and roes of fish, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 1 900

                                 0

                                 09.0732

                                 0305 41 00

                                 Smoked Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), including fillets, other than edible fish offal

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 450

                                 0

                                 09.0733

                                 0305 42 00
                                 0305 43 00
                                 0305 44
                                 0305 49

                                 Smoked fish other than Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), including fillets, other than edible offal

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 140

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0305 71 00

                                 10

                                 Smoked shark fins

                                 09.0734

                                 Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 250

                                 0

                                 0305 64 00

                                 Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)

                                 ex

                                 0305 69 80

                                 20
                                 25
                                 30
                                 40
                                 50
                                 61
                                 64
                                 65
                                 67
                                 90

                                 Other fish, excluding Lesser or Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

                                 ex

                                 0305 71 00

                                 90

                                 Shark fins not smoked

                                 09.0735

                                 0305 61 00

                                 Herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), salted but not dried or smoked and herring in brine, other than edible fish offal

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 1 440

                                 0

                                 09.0736

                                 0306 15 00

                                 Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 950

                                 0

                                 0306 16 99
                                 0306 17 93

                                 Frozen Pandalidae shrimps, other than smoked

                                 09.0737

                                 ex

                                 0306 95 20

                                 10

                                 Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen boiled on board

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 800

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0306 95 30

                                 10

                                 09.0738

                                 0306 34 00
                                 0306 94 00

                                 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), not frozen

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 900

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0306 35 90

                                 12
                                 14
                                 20
                                 92
                                 93
                                 96

                                 Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for processing (4)

                                 ex

                                 0306 36 10

                                 11
                                 91

                                 ex

                                 0306 95 20

                                 21
                                 29

                                 ex

                                 0306 95 30

                                 21 ,
                                 29

                                 09.0739

                                 1604 11 00

                                 Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces, but not minced

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 170

                                 0

                                 09.0740

                                 1604 12 91
                                 1604 12 99

                                 Prepared or preserved herring, whole or in pieces, but not minced

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 3 000

                                 0

                                 09.0741

                                 1604 13 90

                                 Prepared or preserved sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces, but not minced

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 180

                                 0

                                 09.0742

                                 1604 15 11
                                 1604 15 19

                                 Prepared or preserved mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, whole or in pieces, but not minced

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 130

                                 0

                                 09.0743

                                 Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 5 500

                                 0

                                 1604 17 00

                                 Eels

                                 1604 18 00

                                 Shark fins

                                 1604 19 92

                                 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)

                                 1604 19 93

                                 Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

                                 1604 19 94

                                 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)

                                 1604 19 95

                                 Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)

                                 1604 19 97

                                 Other

                                 1604 20 90

                                 Prepared or preserved meat of other fish

                                 09.0744

                                 1604 20 10

                                 Prepared or preserved salmon meat

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 300

                                 0

                                 09.0745

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 10

                                 20
                                 40
                                 50
                                 91

                                 Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, peeled and frozen

                                 From 1.1. to 31.12

                                 8 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 90

                                 20
                                 40
                                 57
                                 60
                                 91

                                 ex

                                 1605 29 00

                                 20
                                 40
                                 45
                                 91

                                 09.0746

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 10

                                 30
                                 96
                                 99

                                 Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, other than peeled and frozen

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 1 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 90

                                 30
                                 45
                                 49
                                 55
                                 58
                                 62
                                 65
                                 96
                                 99

                                 ex

                                 1605 29 00

                                 30
                                 50
                                 55
                                 60
                                 96
                                 99

                                 09.0748

                                 1605 10 00

                                 Prepared or preserved crab

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 50

                                 0

                                 09.0749

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 10

                                 20
                                 40
                                 50
                                 91

                                 Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, peeled and frozen

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 7 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 1605 21 90

                                 20
                                 40
                                 57
                                 60
                                 91

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 10 500

                                 ex

                                 1605 29 00

                                 20
                                 40
                                 45
                                 91

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 10 500

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 10 500

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 10 500

                                 09.0750

                                 ex

                                 1604 12 91

                                 11
                                 91

                                 Herring, spiced and/or vinegar cured, in brine

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 11 400  tonnes net drained weight

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 1604 12 99

                                 11
                                 19

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 17 100  tonnes net drained weight

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 17 100  tonnes net drained weight

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 17 100  tonnes net drained weight

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 17 100  tonnes net drained weight

                                 09.0752

                                 0303 51 00

                                 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304  and excluding livers and roes

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 44 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0303 99 00

                                 75

                                 09.0756

                                 0304 86 00

                                 Fillets of herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 67 000

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0304 99 23

                                 10
                                 20
                                 30

                                 Flaps of herrings (butterflies) (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen

                                 09.0776

                                 1504 20 10

                                 Solid fractions of fats and oils of fish, other than liver oils

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12

                                 384

                                 0

                                 09.0818

                                 ex

                                 0304 89 49

                                 10
                                 20

                                 Fillets of mackerel, frozen

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 11 300

                                 0

                                 ex

                                 0304 99 99

                                 11

                                 Flaps of mackerel, frozen

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 16 950

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 16 950

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 16 950

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 16 950

                                 09.0819

                                 ex

                                 0304 49 90

                                 10

                                 Fillets of herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), fresh or chilled

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 9 000

                                 0

                                 0304 59 50

                                 Flaps of herring, fresh or chilled

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 13 500

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 13 500

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 13 500

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 13 500

                                 09.0820

                                 0305 10 00

                                 Flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption

                                 From 1.9.2016 to 30.4.2017

                                 1 000

                                 0

                                 From 1.5.2017 to 30.4.2018

                                 1 500

                                 From 1.5.2018 to 30.4.2019

                                 1 500

                                 From 1.5.2019 to 30.4.2020

                                 1 500

                                 From 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021

                                 1 500

                     ANNEX II
                     Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN code and the corresponding description taken together.

                                 Order No

                                 CN Code

                                 TARIC subdivision

                                 Description of Products

                                 Quota Period

                                 Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)

                                 Quota duty (%)

                                 09.0751

                                 ex

                                 0704 10 00

                                 90

                                 Cauliflowers, fresh or chilled

                                 From 1.8 to 31.10:

                                 2 000

                                 0

                                 09.0757

                                 0809 21 00
                                 0809 29 00

                                 Cherries, fresh

                                 From 16.7 to 15.9:

                                 900

                                 0 (5)

                                 09.0759

                                 0809 40 05

                                 Plums, fresh

                                 From 1.9 to 15.10:

                                 600

                                 0 (5)

                                 09.0761

                                 0810 10 00

                                 Strawberries, fresh

                                 From 9.6 to 31.7:

                                 900

                                 0

                                 09.0762

                                 0810 10 00

                                 Strawberries, fresh

                                 From 1.8 to 15.9:

                                 900

                                 0

                                 09.0783

                                 0705 11 00

                                 Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce), fresh or chilled

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 300

                                 0

                                 09.0784

                                 0705 19 00

                                 Other lettuce, fresh or chilled

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 300

                                 0

                                 09.0786

                                 0602 90 70

                                 Indoor plants: rooted cuttings and young plants, excluding cacti

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 EUR 544 848

                                 0

                                 09.0787

                                 1601

                                 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 300

                                 0

                                 09.0815

                                 0810 20 10

                                 Raspberries, fresh

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 400

                                 0

                                 09.0816

                                 2005 20 20

                                 Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption

                                 From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 200

                                 0

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 350

                                 09.0817

                                 2309 10 13
                                 2309 10 15
                                 2309 10 19
                                 2309 10 33
                                 2309 10 39
                                 2309 10 51
                                 2309 10 53
                                 2309 10 59
                                 2309 10 70
                                 2309 10 90

                                 Dog or cat food put up for retail sale

                                 From 1.1 to 31.12:

                                 13 000

                                 0

                                 09.0821

                                 2005 20 20

                                 Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 37,5

                                 0

                                 09.0822

                                 0207 14 30

                                 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen:

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 137,5

                                 0

                                 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

                                 Cuts with bone in, frozen
                                 Whole wings, with or without tips

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 550

                                 09.0823

                                 0207 14 70

                                 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen:

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 37,5

                                 0

                                 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

                                 Other cuts with bone in, frozen

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 150

                                 09.0824

                                 0204

                                 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 200 (6)

                                 0

                                 0210

                                 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 500

                                 09.0825

                                 0603 19 70

                                 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, other than Roses, Carnations, Orchids, Chrysantemums, Lilies (Lilium spp.), Gladioli and Ranunculi

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 125 000  EUR

                                 0

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 500 000  EUR

                                 09.0826

                                 1602

                                 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 75

                                 0

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 300

                                 09.0827

                                 2309 90 96

                                 Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding: other

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 50

                                 0

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 200

                                 09.0828

                                 3502 20

                                 Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives:

                                             —

                                             Milk albumin, including concentrates of two or more whey proteins

                                 From 1.10.2018 to 31.12.2018:

                                 125

                                 0

                                 For each calendar year from 1.1.2019:

                                 500

               ’

               (1)  As the Most-Favoured-Nation (‘MFN’) duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation during this period.

               (2)  As for goods of CN code 0304 99 23, the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for free circulation during this period.

               (3)  As for goods of CN code 0304 59 50, the MFN duty is free from 15 February to 15 June, the benefit of the tariff quota shall not be granted to goods declared for free circulation during this period.

               (4)  Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union [see Article 254 of 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)].

               (5)  The specific additional duty shall be applied.

               (6)  The volume of this quota for 2018 will be reduced by the amount allocated under tariff quota Order No 09.0782 for declarations that have an acceptance date within the period from 1.1.2018 to 30.9.2018.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1608 of 24 October 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin

text:
                  26.10.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 268/42

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1608
         of 24 October 2018
         amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular Article 5(6)(a) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.

                     (2)

                     Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account of variations in price according to origin.

                     (3)

                     Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (4)

                     Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 24 October 2018.

                  For the Commission,

                  On behalf of the President,

               Jerzy PLEWA

                  Director-General

                  Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

            (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

            (2)  OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.

            (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC (OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47).

            ANNEX
            ‘

                     ANNEX I

                                 CN code

                                 Description

                                 Representative price
                                 (EUR/100 kg)

                                 Security under Article 3
                                 (EUR/100 kg)

                                 Origin (1)

                                 0207 14 10

                                 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, boneless cuts, frozen

                                 287,2

                                 4

                                 AR

                                 238,7

                                 18

                                 BR

                                 338,7

                                 0

                                 CL

                                 226,6

                                 22

                                 TH

                                 0207 27 10

                                 Turkeys, boneless cuts, frozen

                                 318,4

                                 0

                                 BR

                                 333,3

                                 0

                                 CL

                                 1602 32 11

                                 Preparations of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked

                                 277,7

                                 3

                                 BR

               ’

               (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1648 of 29 October 2018 authorising the placing on the market of xylo-oligosaccharides as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance.)

text:
                  6.11.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 275/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1648
         of 29 October 2018
         authorising the placing on the market of xylo-oligosaccharides as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 provides that only novel foods authorised and included in the Union list may be placed on the market within the Union.

                     (2)

                     Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) establishing a Union list of authorised novel foods was adopted.

                     (3)

                     Pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission is to decide on the authorisation and on the placing on the Union market of a novel food and on the updating of the Union list.

                     (4)

                     On 4 May 2016, the company Longlive Europe Food Division Ltd (‘the Applicant’) submitted a request to the competent authority of Hungary to place xylo-oligosaccharides on the Union market as a novel food ingredient within the meaning of point (e) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). The application requests for xylo-oligosaccharides to be used in a number of food categories, namely, bakery and dairy products, fruit spreads, chocolate confectionery and soy-drinks for the general population.

                     (5)

                     Pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, any request for placing a novel food on the market within the Union submitted to a Member State in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97, and for which the final decision has not been taken before 1 January 2018, shall be treated as an application submitted under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

                     (6)

                     While the request for placing xylo-oligosaccharides on the market as a novel food within the Union was submitted to a Member State in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97, the application also meets the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

                     (7)

                     On 18 July 2016, the competent authority of Hungary issued its initial assessment report. In that report, it concluded that xylo-oligosaccharides meets the criteria for a novel food ingredient set out in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.

                     (8)

                     On 12 June 2017, the Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to the other Member States. Reasoned objections were raised by other Member States within the 60-day period laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 with regard to the specifications, stability, anticipated daily intake and toxicological studies.

                     (9)

                     In view of the objections raised by the other Member States, the Commission consulted the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) on 6 September 2017, asking it to carry out an additional assessment for xylo-oligosaccharides as a novel food ingredient in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 258/97.

                     (10)

                     On 27 June 2018, the Authority adopted the ‘Scientific Opinion on the safety of xylo-oligosaccharides as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283’ (4). This opinion is in line with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

                     (11)

                     That opinion gives sufficient grounds to establish that xylo-oligosaccharides in the proposed uses and use levels when used as an ingredient in bakery and dairy products, fruit spreads, chocolates and soy-drinks, complies with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

                     (12)

                     Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) lays down requirements for milk and milk products which apply to xylo-oligosaccharides when used as an ingredient in milk products. Pursuant to point 2 of Part III of Annex VII to that Regulation, xylo-oligosaccharides cannot be used in milk products to replace, in whole or in part, any milk constituent. The use of xylo-oligosaccharides as a novel food in milk products should therefore be limited accordingly.

                     (13)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1

               1.   Xylo-oligosaccharides as specified in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the Union list of authorised novel foods established in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.

               2.   The entry in the Union list referred to in the first paragraph shall include the conditions of use and labelling requirements laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

               3.   The authorisation provided for in this Article shall be without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

            Article 2
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 3
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 29 October 2018.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Jean-Claude JUNCKER

            (1)  OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1.

            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72).

            (3)  Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1).

            (4)  EFSA Journal 2018;16(7): 5361

            (5)  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).

            ANNEX
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        The following entry is inserted in Table 1 (Authorised novel foods) in alphabetical order:

                                    Authorised novel food

                                    Conditions under which the novel food may be used

                                    Additional specific labelling requirements

                                    Other requirements

                                    ‘Xylo-oligosaccharides

                                       Specified food category

                                       Maximum levels (**)

                                    The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be “Xylo-oligosaccharides”’

                                    White bread

                                    14 g/kg

                                    Whole meal bread

                                    14 g/kg

                                    Breakfast cereals

                                    14 g/kg

                                    Biscuits

                                    14 g/kg

                                    Soy drink

                                    3,5 g/kg

                                    Yoghurt (*)

                                    3,5 g/kg

                                    Fruit spreads

                                    30 g/kg

                                    Chocolate confectionery

                                    30 g/kg

                                                (*)

                                                When used in milk products xylo-oligosaccharides shall not replace, in whole or in part, any milk constituent

                                                (**)

                                                Maximum levels calculated on the basis of the specifications of Powder form 1.

                        (2)

                        The following entry is inserted in Table 2 (Specifications) in alphabetical order:

                                    Authorised Novel Food

                                    Specification

                                    ‘Xylo-oligosaccharides

                                       Description:

                                    The novel food is a mixture of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) which are obtained from corncobs (Zea mays subsp. mays) via hydrolysis by a xylanase from Trichoderma reesei followed by a purification process.

                                       Characteristics/Composition

                                    Parameter

                                    Powder form 1

                                    Powder form 2

                                    Syrup form

                                    Moisture (%)

                                    ≤ 5,0

                                    ≤ 5,0

                                    70-75

                                    Protein (g/100 g)

                                    < 0,2

                                    Ash (%)

                                    ≤ 0,3

                                    pH

                                    3,5-5,0

                                    Total carbohydrate content (g/100 g)

                                    ≥ 97

                                    ≥ 95

                                    ≥ 70

                                    XOS content (dry basis) (g/100 g)

                                    ≥ 95

                                    ≥ 70

                                    ≥ 70

                                    Other carbohydrates (g/100 g) (a)

                                    2,5-7,5

                                    2-16

                                    1,5-31,5

                                    Monosaccharides total (g/100 g)

                                    0-4,5

                                    0-13

                                    0-29

                                    Glucose (g/100 g)

                                    0-2

                                    0-5

                                    0-4

                                    Arabinose (g/100 g)

                                    0-1,5

                                    0-3

                                    0-10

                                    Xylose (g/100 g)

                                    0-1,0

                                    0-5

                                    0-15

                                    Disaccharides total (g/100 g)

                                    27,5-48

                                    25-43

                                    26,5-42,5

                                    Xylobiose (XOS DP2) (g/100 g)

                                    25-45

                                    23-40

                                    25-40

                                    Cellobiose (g/100 g)

                                    2,5-3

                                    2-3

                                    1,5-2,5

                                    Oligosaccharides total (g/100 g)

                                    41-77

                                    36-72

                                    32-71

                                    xylotriose (XOS DP3) (g/100 g)

                                    27-35

                                    18-30

                                    18-30

                                    xylotetraose (XOS DP4) (g/100 g)

                                    10-20

                                    10-20

                                    8-20

                                    xylopentaose (XOS DP5) (g/100 g)

                                    3-10

                                    5-10

                                    3-10

                                    xylohexaose (XOS DP6) (g/100 g)

                                    1-5

                                    1-5

                                    1-5

                                    Xyloheptaose (XOS DP7) (g/100 g)

                                    0-7

                                    2-7

                                    2-6

                                    Maltodextrin (g/100 g) (b)

                                    0

                                    20-25

                                    0

                                    Copper (mg/kg)

                                    < 5,0

                                    Lead (mg/kg)

                                    < 0,5

                                    Arsenic (mg/kg)

                                    < 0,3

                                       Salmonella (CFU (c)/25 g)

                                    Negative

                                       E, coli (MPN (d)/100 g)

                                    Negative

                                    Yeast (CFU/g)

                                    < 10

                                    Mould (CFU/g)

                                    < 10

                                    DP: Degree of polymerization

                                                (a)

                                                Other carbohydrates include monosaccharides (glucose, xylose and arabinose) and cellobiose.

                                                (b)

                                                Maltodextrin content is calculated according to the amount added in the process.

                                                (c)

                                                CFU: Colony Forming Units.

                                                (d)

                                                MPN: Most Probable Number.’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1916 of 6 December 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance bispyribac (Text with EEA relevance.)

text:
                  7.12.2018

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 311/24

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1916
         of 6 December 2018
         amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance bispyribac
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 17 thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Part B of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) sets out the active substances approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

                     (2)

                     The approval period of the active substance bispyribac will expire on 31 July 2021.

                     (3)

                     Application for the renewal of the approval of the active substance was submitted in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (3). However, the approval is likely to expire for reasons beyond the control of the applicant before a decision on the renewal of the approval has been taken. It is therefore necessary to extend the approval period in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

                     (4)

                     In view of the time and resources necessary for completing the assessment of applications for renewal of approvals of large number of active substances the approvals of which are expiring between 2019 and 2021, Commission Implementing Decision C(2016)6104 (4) established a work programme grouping together similar active substances and setting priorities on the basis of safety concerns for human and animal health or the environment as provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

                     (5)

                     As the active substance included in this Regulation does not fall in the prioritised categories of Implementing Decision C(2016)6104, the approval period should be extended by two years, taking into account the current date of expiry, the fact that in accordance with Article 6(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 the supplementary dossier for an active substance is to be submitted no later than 30 months before expiry of the approval, the need to ensure a balanced distribution of responsibilities and work among Member States acting as rapporteurs and co-rapporteurs and the available resources necessary for assessment and decision-making. It is therefore appropriate to extend the approval period of the active substance bispyribac by two years.

                     (6)

                     In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where no supplementary dossier in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 is submitted no later than 30 months before the respective expiry date laid down in the Annex to this Regulation, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the earliest date thereafter.

                     (7)

                     In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where the Commission will adopt a Regulation providing that the approval of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is not renewed because the approval criteria are not satisfied, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the date of the entry into force of the Regulation providing that the approval of the active substance is not renewed, whichever date is later. As regards cases where the Commission will adopt a Regulation providing for the renewal of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation, the Commission will endeavour to set, as appropriate under the circumstances, the earliest possible application date.

                     (8)

                     Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (9)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 6 December 2018.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Jean-Claude JUNCKER

            (1)  OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.

            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1).

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 of 18 September 2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 252, 19.9.2012, p. 26).

            (4)  Commission Implementing Decision of 28 September 2016 on the establishment of a work programme for the assessment of applications for the renewal of approvals of active substances expiring in 2019, 2020 and 2021 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C 357, 29.9.2016, p. 9).

            ANNEX
            Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended as follows:
            In the sixth column, expiration of approval, of row 1, Bispyribac, the date is replaced by ‘31 July 2023’.