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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/2007

of 26 November 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector as regards an increase in the tariff quota concessions from the Community for the Faeroese fish feed falling under CN codes ex23099010, ex23099031 and ex23099041

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty [1],

Having regard to Council Decision 97/126/EC of 6 December 1996 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part [2],

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [3], and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision No 1/2005 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee [4] has amended Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part [5] (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"), approved by Council Decision 97/126/EC, as concerns the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation.

(2) The Council has decided on 13 June 2007 about the Community position concerning an amendment of Protocol 4 to the Agreement.

(3) Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee [6] amending Protocol 4 of the Agreement amends in particular the annual tariff quota quantity for quota order No 09.0689.

(4) Point 1 of the second paragraph of Article 1 of Protocol 4 of the Agreement as amended by Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee, provides that for this tariff quota opened for fish feed under CN codes ex23099010, ex23099031 and ex23099041, Faeroese authorities shall certify that fish feed exported to the EU under this preferential quota does not contain added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present in the cereals that may enter in the compounding of the fish feed.

(5) Article 3 of Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faeroe Islands Joint Committee provides that the volume increase of the tariff quota for the calendar year 2007 shall be calculated pro rata temporis as from 1 December 2007. The volume increase of the tariff quota for the calendar year 2007 should therefore be established at 833 tonnes.

(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 [7] should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

"3. The products imported under tariff quota 09.0689 shall be released into free circulation upon presentation of

(a) a proof of origin as it is established in Article 16 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part, concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, and

(b) a declaration in one of the texts in Annex V, attested by the following Faeroese Authority:

Heilsufr酶冒iliga starvsstovan/Food- veterinary and environmental agency

Falkavegur 6, 2. floor.

FO-100 T脫RSHAVN

FAEROE ISLANDS

Phone: 00 298 35 64 00

Fax: 00 298 35 64 01

Service phone: 00 298 55 64 03 (open until 23.00)

E-mail: HFS@HFS.FO

Web: www.hfs.fo"

2. the text in the Annex II relating to Order No 09.0689 is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;

3. the text in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex V.

Article 2

Notwithstanding the Article 1(2), the tariff quota for the calendar year 2007 shall be 10833 tonnes.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 December 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 151, 30.6.1968, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97).

[2] OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 1.

[3] OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6).

[4] OJ L 110, 24.4.2006, p. 1.

[5] OJ L 53, 22.2.1997, p. 2.

[6] OJ L 275, 19.10.2007, p. 32.

[7] OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 880/2007 (OJ L 194, 26.7.2007, p. 3).

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ANNEX I

Order No | CN code | Description | Tariff quota (in tonnes) | Rate of duty | Origin |

"09.0689 | ex23099010 [1] ex23099031 [1] ex23099041 [1] | Feedingstuffs for fish | 20000 | 0 | Faeroese |

[*] Fish feed that benefit from the preferential import regime may not contain added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present in the cereals that may enter in the compounding of this feed."

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ANNEX II

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"ANNEX V

DECLARATION BY FAEROESE AUTHORITIES

in Bulgarian : "袩褉芯写褍泻褌懈褌械 芯褌 褉懈斜邪, 锌褉械写薪邪蟹薪邪褔械薪懈 蟹邪 褏褉邪薪邪 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌薪懈, 懈蟹薪邪褋褟薪懈 蟹邪 袝小 锌芯 锌褉械褎械褉械薪褑懈邪谢薪懈 泻胁芯褌懈, 薪械 褋褗写褗褉卸邪褌 写芯斜邪胁褗褔械薪 谐谢褍褌械薪, 芯褋胁械薪 谐谢褍褌械薪邪, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌褉懈褋褗褋褌胁邪 械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪芯 胁 蟹褗褉薪械薪懈褌械 褏褉邪薪懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 胁谢褟蟹邪褌 胁 褋褗褋褌邪胁邪 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 锌褉芯写褍泻褌懈."

in Spanish : "Estos piensos para peces exportados a la UE al amparo del contingente preferencial no contienen gluten a帽adido, con excepci贸n del presente de manera natural en los cereales que puedan intervenir en su composici贸n."

in Czech : "Toto ryb铆 krmivo vyv谩啪ené do EU v r谩mci preferen膷n铆 kv贸ty neobsahuje p艡idan媒 lepek, krom臎 lepku p艡irozen臎 p艡铆tomného v obilovin谩ch, kter媒 se m暖啪e dostat do slo啪en铆 ryb铆ho krmiva."

in Danish : "Dette fiskefoder, der eksporteres til EU inden for rammerne af pr忙ferencetoldkontingentet, indeholder ikke anden gluten end den, der forekommer naturligt i det korn, der kan anvendes i fiskefodersammens忙tningen."

in German : "Dieses im Rahmen des Pr盲ferenzzollkontingents in die EU ausgef眉hrte Fischfutter enth盲lt au脽er dem Gluten, das von Natur aus in dem im Fischfutter enthaltenen Getreide vorhanden ist, kein zugesetztes Gluten."

in Estonian : "Sooduskvootide raames ELi eksporditud kalas枚枚t ei sisalda lisatud gluteeni peale teraviljas looduslikult esineva gluteeni, mis kokkusegamisel v玫ib sattuda kalas枚枚da sisse."

in Greek : "螣喂 喂蠂胃蠀慰蟿蟻慰蠁苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚尉维纬慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螘螘 尾维蟽蔚喂 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟿喂渭畏蟽喂伪魏萎蟼 蟺慰蟽蠈蟽蟿蠅蟽畏蟼 未蔚谓 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽胃蔚蟿畏 纬位慰蠀蟿苇谓畏, 蔚蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓 蟿畏蟼 纬位慰蠀蟿苇谓畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺伪谓蟿维蟿伪喂 蠀蟺蠈 蠁蠀蟽喂魏萎 渭慰蟻蠁萎 蟽蟿伪 蟽喂蟿畏蟻维 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚谓未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位慰蠉谓 蟽蠀蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠉谓胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟿蠅谓 喂蠂胃蠀慰蟿蟻慰蠁蠋谓."

in English : "This fish feed exported to the EU under preferential quota does not contain added gluten, in addition to the gluten naturally present in the cereals that may enter in the compounding of the fish feed."

in French : "Ces aliments pour poissons exportés vers l'Union européenne dans le cadre du contingent préférentiel ne contiennent pas de gluten autre que celui naturellement présent dans les céréales qui peuvent entrer dans la composition des aliments pour poissons."

in Italian : "Gli alimenti per pesci esportati nell'UE nell'ambito del presente contingente preferenziale non contengono glutine aggiunto, oltre al glutine naturalmente presente nei cereali che possono entrare nella composizione degli alimenti per pesci."

in Latvian : "艩墨s preferenci膩l膩s kvotas ietvaros uz ES eksport膿tai zivju bar墨bai nav pievienots lipeklis papildus tam lipeklim, kas dabiski atrodams lab墨b膩 un var non膩kt zivju bar墨bas mais墨jum膩."

in Lithuanian : "艩iame 寞 ES pagal lengvatin臋 kvot膮 eksportuojamame 啪uv懦 pa拧are n臈ra prid臈ta daugiau glitimo, nei jo nat奴raliai yra gr奴duose, kurie gali b奴ti viena i拧 啪uv懦 pa拧aro sud臈tini懦 dali懦."

in Hungarian : "A preferenci谩lis v谩mkontingens keretében az EU-ba export谩lt halt谩p nem tartalmaz az 枚sszetev艖i k枚z枚tt szerepl艖 gabon谩kban természetesen jelen lév艖 gluténon fel眉l hozz谩adott glutént."

in Maltese : "Dan l-g魔alf tal-魔ut esportat g魔all-UE skond kwota preferenzjali ma fihx gluten mi偶jud, minbarra dak il-gluten li jinstab fi膵-膵ereali b'mod naturali, li jista' ji摹i m魔allat ma' l-g魔alf tal-魔ut."

in Dutch : "Dit visvoeder dat naar de EU wordt uitgevoerd in het kader van het preferenti毛le contingent, bevat geen toegevoegde gluten bovenop de gluten die van nature aanwezig zijn in het graan dat is gebruikt bij de samenstelling van het visvoeder."

in Polish : "Niniejszy wyw贸z paszy dla ryb do UE w ramach preferencyjnego kontyngentu nie zawiera dodatku glutenu, ponad t臋 ilo艣膰 glutenu, kt贸ra wyst臋puje naturalnie w zbo偶ach, kt贸re mog膮 wchodzi膰 w sk艂ad tej paszy."

in Portuguese : "Os alimentos para peixe exportados para a UE ao abrigo de contingentes preferenciais n茫o podem conter gl煤ten adicionado, para além do gl煤ten naturalmente presente nos cereais que podem entrar na composiç茫o dos alimentos para peixe."

in Romanian : "Aceast膬 hran膬 pentru pe葯ti exportat膬 卯n UE 卯n cadrul contingentului preferen葲ial nu con葲ine gluten ca aditiv, cu excep葲ia celui care se g膬se葯te 卯n mod natural 卯n cerealele care pot intra 卯n compozi葲ia acestor produse."

in Slovak : "Toto krmivo pre ryby vyv谩啪ané do E脷 v r谩mci preferen膷nej kv贸ty neobsahuje pridan媒 lepok in媒 ako lepok prirodzene obsiahnut媒 v obilnin谩ch, ktoré m么啪u tvori钮 zlo啪ku krmiva pre ryby."

in Slovenian : "Ta hrana za ribe, ki se izva啪a v EU v preferencialni kvoti, ne vsebuje dodanega glutena poleg tistega, ki je naravno prisoten v 啪itaricah, ki se lahko nahajajo v tej hrani."

in Finnish : "T盲ss盲 etuuskiinti枚ss盲 EU:hun viety kalanrehu ei sis盲ll盲 lis盲tty盲 gluteenia kalanrehun valmistuksessa mahdollisesti k盲ytett盲v盲ss盲 viljassa luonnostaan olevan gluteenin lis盲ksi."

in Swedish : "Detta fiskfoder, som exporteras till EU inom ramen f枚r en f枚rm氓nskvot, inneh氓ller inte tillsatser av gluten ut枚ver det gluten som f枚rekommer naturligt i den spannm氓l som kan ing氓 i fiskfodret." "

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