Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2006 of 18 December 2006 opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in Albania

1 Products originating in Albania and listed in the Annex which are released for free circulation in the Community shall benefit from a reduced or a zero-rate customs duty, at the levels and within the limits of the annual Community tariff quotas specified in that Annex. Those products shall be accompanied by proof of origin as provided for in Protocol No 4 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and to the Interim Agreement.

2 Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products referred to in paragraph 1 have equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.

1 The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

2 Communications relating to the management of tariff quotas between the Member States and the Commission shall be transmitted as far as possible, electronically.

1 The individual tariff quota volume for prepared or preserved anchovies referred to in the Annex under order No 09.1505 may be increased every year and for the first time for 2007 until the yearly volume of the quota has reached 1600 tonnes or the parties agree to apply other arrangements.

2 The annual increase referred to in paragraph 1 may be applied only if at least 80 % of the volume opened within the previous year has been used.

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 December 2006.