# 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, Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2794 for shrimps and prawns of the species Pandalus borealis and Pandalus montagui, cooked and peeled, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 30 000 tonnes per year, shall be 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.
2. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2788 for herrings, of a weight exceeding 100 g per piece or flaps of a weight exceeding 80 g per piece, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 17 500 tonnes per year, shall be 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. However, no automatic reduction shall apply where the available balance of that tariff quota at the relevant moment is lower than or equal to 12 000 tonnes.
3. The tariff quota applicable under order number 09.2792 for herrings, spiced and/or vinegar-cured, in brine, preserved in barrels of at least 70 kg net drained weight, for processing, set in the Annex to this Regulation at 15 000 tonnes per year, shall be 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. However, no automatic reduction shall apply where the available balance of that tariff quota at the relevant moment is lower than or equal to 7 500 tonnes.
4. The Commission shall without undue delay inform Member States that the conditions established in paragraphs 1 to 3 have been fulfilled and shall publish information on the newly applicable tariff quota in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2265/article/3 (the official version)
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