Commission Regulation (EU) No 230/2011 of 9 March 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway

1 When products originating in Norway listed in the Annex are put into free circulation in the European Union, they shall be eligible for exemption from customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas, during the periods and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.

2 Imports of the fish and fishery products listed in the Annex shall qualify for the tariff quotas mentioned in paragraph 1 only if the declared customs value is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or to be fixed, in accordance with Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products .

3 The provisions of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway defining the concept of originating products and setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation, as last amended by Decision No 1/2005 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee of 20 December 2005 , shall apply.

4 The benefit of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0710 and 09.0712 shall not be granted to goods declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June. Furthermore, the benefit of the tariff quota with order number 09.0714 shall not be granted to goods with CN code 03049923 declared for release for free circulation during the period 15 February to 15 June.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 March 2011.