{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2265/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2265/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/2265",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 of 7 December 2015 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016-2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2265",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Expressed in net weight, unless otherwise stated.\nThe tariff quota is subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.\nThe tariff quota is not available for products intended solely for one or more of the following operations:\ncleaning, gutting, tailing, heading,\ncutting,\nrepacking of frozen IQF (individually quick frozen) fillets,\nsampling, sorting,\nlabelling,\npacking,\nchilling,\nfreezing,\ndeep freezing,\nglazing,\nthawing,\nseparation.\nThe tariff quota is not available for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment or operations which give quota entitlement, where such treatment or operations are carried out at retail or catering level. The reduction of import duties shall apply only for products intended for human consumption.\nThe tariff quota is, however, available for materials intended for one or more of the following operations:\ndicing,\ncutting into rings, cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 0307 49 59, 0307 99 11, 0307 99 17,\nfilleting,\nproduction of flaps,\ncutting of frozen blocks,\nsplitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks,\nslicing for materials under CN codes ex 0303 66 11 , 0303 66 12 , 0303 66 13 , 0303 66 19 , 0303 89 70 , 0303 89 90 .\nProducts under CN codes 0306 16 99 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 0306 26 90 (TARIC subdivisions 12, 14, 92 and 93), 1605 21 90 (TARIC subdivisions 45, 55 and 62), 1605 29 00 (TARIC subdivisions 50, 55 and 60), 0306 17 92 (TARIC subdivision 20), 0306 27 99 (TARIC subdivision 30), 0306 17 99 (TARIC subdivision 10) and 0306 27 99 (TARIC subdivision 20) shall, notwithstanding footnote (2), qualify for the quota if they undergo the operation of subjecting the shrimps and prawns to processing treatment by packaging gases as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives ( OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16 ).\nTariff quota 09.2794 is automatically reduced to 7 000 tonnes per year starting from 1 January of the year following that in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first.\nTariff quota 09.2788 is automatically reduced to 12 000 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first.\nTariff quota 09.2792 is automatically reduced to 7 500 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first.\nExpressed in net drained weight.\nBody of cephalopod or the squid headless and without tentacle, with skin and fins.\nArticle 4 applies.\nOrder No\nCN code\nTARIC subdivision\nDescription\nAnnual amount of quota (tonnes)\nQuota duty\nQuota period\n09.2759\nex 0302 51 10\n20\nCod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, excluding livers and roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing\n75 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0302 51 90\n10\nex 0302 59 10\n10\nex 0303 63 10\n10\nex 0303 63 30\n10\nex 0303 63 90\n10\nex 0303 69 10\n10\n09.2765\nex 0305 62 00\n20\nCod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing\n4 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n25\n29\nex 0305 69 10\n10\n09.2776\nex 0304 71 10\n10\nCod (Gadus morhua, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen fillets and frozen meat, for processing\n38 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0304 71 90\n10\nex 0304 95 21\n10\nex 0304 95 25\n10\n09.2761\nex 0304 79 50\n10\nBlue grenadier ( Macruronus spp.), frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing\n17 500\n0 %\n1.1.2016 – 31.12.2018\nex 0304 79 90\n11\n17\nex 0304 95 90\n11\n17\n09.2798\nex 0306 16 99\n20\nShrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, in shells, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing\n10 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n30\nex 0306 26 90\n12\n14\n92\n93\n09.2794\nex 1605 21 90\n45\nShrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing\n30 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n62\nex 1605 29 00\n50\n55\n09.2800\nex 1605 21 90\n55\nShrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus jordani, cooked and peeled, for processing\n3 500\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 1605 29 00\n60\n09.2802\nex 0306 17 92\n20\nShrimps and prawns of the species Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, not cooked, for processing\n40 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2016\nex 0306 27 99\n30\n30 000\n1.1.2017-31.12.2017\n1.1.2018-31.12.2018\n09.2760\nex 0303 66 11\n10\nHake ( Merluccius spp. excluding Merluccius merluccius , Urophycis spp.) and pink cusk-eel ( Genypterus blacodes and Genypterus capensis ), frozen, for processing\n15 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016 – 31.12.2018\nex 0303 66 12\n10\nex 0303 66 13\n10\nex 0303 66 19\n11\n91\nex 0303 89 70\n10\nex 0303 89 90\n30\n09.2774\nex 0304 74 19\n10\nNorth Pacific hake (Merluccius productus), frozen fillets and other meat, for processing\n15 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0304 95 50\n10\n09.2770\nex 0305 63 00\n10\nAnchovies (Engraulis anchoita), salted or in brine, but not dried or smoked, for processing\n2 500\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n09.2754\nex 0303 89 45\n10\nAnchovies (Engraulis anchoita and Engraulis capensis), frozen, for processing\n1 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n09.2788\nex 0302 41 00\n10\nHerrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, excluding livers and roes, for processing\n17 500\n0 %\n1.10.2016-31.12.2016\n1.10.2017-31.12.2017\n1.10.2018-31.12.2018\nex 0303 51 00\n10\nex 0304 59 50\n10\nex 0304 99 23\n10\n09.2792\nex 1604 12 99\n11\nHerrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing\n15 000\n5 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n09.2790\nex 1604 14 26\n10\nFillets known as ‘loins’ of tunas and skipjack, for processing\n25 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 1604 14 36\n10\nex 1604 14 46\n11\n21\n91\n09.2785\nex 0307 49 59\n10\nPod of squid (Ommastrephes spp. — excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) — Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, with skin and fins, for processing\n40 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0307 99 11\n10\nex 0307 99 17\n21\n09.2786\nex 0307 49 59\n20\nSquid (Ommastrephes spp., Todarodes spp. — excluding Todarodes sagittatus (synonym Ommastrephes sagittatus) — Nototodarus spp., Sepioteuthis spp.) and Illex spp., frozen, whole or tentacles and fins, for processing\n1 500\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0307 99 11\n20\nex 0307 99 17\n29\n09.2777\nex 0303 67 00\n10\nAlaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), frozen, frozen fillets and other frozen meat, for processing\n300 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0304 75 00\n10\nex 0304 94 90\n10\n09.2772\nex 0304 93 10\n10\nSurimi, frozen, for processing\n60 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0304 94 10\n10\nex 0304 95 10\n10\nex 0304 99 10\n10\n09.2746\nex 0302 89 90\n30\nSouthern red snapper (Lutjanus purpureus), fresh, chilled, for processing\n1 500\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n09.2748\nex 0302 90 00\n95\nHard fish roes, fresh, chilled or frozen, salted or in brine, for processing\n7 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0303 90 90\n91\nex 0305 20 00\n30\n09.2750\nex 1604 32 00\n20\nHard fish roes, washed, cleaned of adherent organs and simply salted or in brine, for processing of caviar substitutes\n3 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\n09.2778\nex 0304 83 90\n21\nFlatfish, frozen fillets and other fish meat (Limanda aspera, Lepidopsetta bilineata, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, Limanda ferruginea, Lepidopsetta polyxystra), for processing\n5 000\n0 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0304 99 99\n65\n09.2824\nex 0302 52 00\n10\nHaddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), fresh, chilled or frozen with heads off, gilled and gutted, for processing\n5 000\n2,6 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0303 64 00\n10\n09.2826\nex 0306 17 99\n10\nShrimps and prawns of the species Pleoticus muelleri, whether in shell or not, fresh, chilled or frozen, for processing\n10 000\n4,2 %\n1.1.2016-31.12.2018\nex 0306 27 99\n20",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1184 of 18 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016 to 2018."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1184 of 18 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016 to 2018."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 of 7 December 2015 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016-2018 (Official Journal of the European Union L 322 of 8 December 2015)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X2",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 of 7 December 2015 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016-2018 (Official Journal of the European Union L 322 of 8 December 2015)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Expressed in net weight, unless otherwise stated."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The tariff quota is subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The tariff quota is not available for products intended solely for one or more of the following operations: cleaning, gutting, tailing, heading, cutting, repacking of frozen IQF (individually quick frozen) fillets, sampling, sorting, labelling, packing, chilling, freezing, deep freezing, glazing, thawing, separation. The tariff quota is not available for products intended, in addition, to undergo treatment or operations which give quota entitlement, where such treatment or operations are carried out at retail or catering level. The reduction of import duties shall apply only for products intended for human consumption. The tariff quota is, however, available for materials intended for one or more of the following operations: dicing, cutting into rings, cutting into strips for materials under CN codes 0307 49 59, 0307 99 11, 0307 99 17, filleting, production of flaps, cutting of frozen blocks, splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks, slicing for materials under CN codes ex 0303 66 11 , 0303 66 12 , 0303 66 13 , 0303 66 19 , 0303 89 70 , 0303 89 90 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Article 4 applies."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Products under CN codes 0306 16 99 (TARIC subdivisions 20 and 30), 0306 26 90 (TARIC subdivisions 12, 14, 92 and 93), 1605 21 90 (TARIC subdivisions 45, 55 and 62), 1605 29 00 (TARIC subdivisions 50, 55 and 60), 0306 17 92 (TARIC subdivision 20), 0306 27 99 (TARIC subdivision 30), 0306 17 99 (TARIC subdivision 10) and 0306 27 99 (TARIC subdivision 20) shall, notwithstanding footnote (2), qualify for the quota if they undergo the operation of subjecting the shrimps and prawns to processing treatment by packaging gases as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives ( OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Tariff quota 09.2794 is automatically reduced to 7 000 tonnes per year starting from 1 January of the year following that in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Tariff quota 09.2788 is automatically reduced to 12 000 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Tariff quota 09.2792 is automatically reduced to 7 500 tonnes per year starting two months after the additional protocol to the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway that was negotiated in parallel to the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 enters into force or is applied provisionally, whichever occurs first."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Expressed in net drained weight."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Body of cephalopod or the squid headless and without tentacle, with skin and fins."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "addition",
      "affecting": "eur/2016/1184",
      "affecting_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1184 of 18 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2265 opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016 to 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2265/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:15.918174+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}