prop · GG03165 · 1992-12-31 00:00:00 — 2301.20 - Flours, meals and pellets of fish or ofcrustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 23.09 Preparations of a kind used inanimal ex 2309.90 - other: - - Fish solubles Unless otherwise mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 4,after aid measures to the fishing sector shall fall under thedisciplines of Article 19 of the Agreement and its interpretation in . The following aid measures to the fishing sectorare considered normally not to be in accordance with the Agreement: general aid measures concerning the sector as a whole andwhich are not fully directed towards structural measures in accordance with theprovisions of paragraph (c)(ii) of ; - tax concessions other than those that directly offsetcost disadvantages clearly linked to special conditions prevailirg in thefishing sector; social measures if the subsidy element of such measuresexceeds what is generaUy applied in other sectors, taking into account thespecial conditions prevailing in the fishing sector. The following aid measures shall normally be considered to be in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Agreement: Aid measures in the form of lowest permitted domesticfirst hand sales priees for fish and the purchase of surpluses that are appliedin order to offset serious märket disturbances; regional aid measures to the extent that they arenecessary for maintaining fishing activities in regions that are to anabove-average degree dependent on sueh activities and where income from fishingis clearly below the national average in the fishing sector. Such regionalneasures shall not more than offset cost disadvantages in relation to otherlocations for fisheries. States Parties to the Agreement introducing ormaintaining sueh measures shall, in accordance with the provisions of ,provide sufficient information on the regional situation leading to theintroduction or maintenance of such measures. The following aid measures are considered not to bein accordance with the Agreement: aid in accordance with paragraph (c)(vi) of , asconcerns the fishing sector; aid in accordance with paragraph (c)(viii) of ,as concerns fishing activities. may maintain customs duties on imports of thefollowing products originating in : HS heading No. ex 03.01 to 03.05 other freshwater fish than eels andsalmon 03.05 Fish, dried, salted or in brine;smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smokingprocess; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption: ex 0305.4 2 - - Smoked herring other than kippers ex 0305.49 - - Other smoked saltwater fish 16.04 Prepared or preserved fish; eaviarand eaviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs: Fish,whole or in pieces, but not minced: 1604.12 - - Herrings Thesearrangements shall be taken up for a review before 1 January 1996 with the viewto endeavour to improve trade in fish. may maintain customs duties on imports for the following fish and othermarine products originating in : ex15.16 Fats and oils for human consumption Onthe following products originating in may temporarily maintainits present regime. Not later than on the date of entry into force of theAgreement present a fixed timetable for the elimination of theseexemptions. ex03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish filletsand other fish meat of heading No. ex03.03 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets andother fish meat of heading No. Fishfillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen -Fresh orchilled fillets of -Fresh orchilled fillets of Baltic herring (The term "fillet" shall also cover filletswhere the two sides are joined together, for example, by the back or thebelly.) and may maintain customs duties on imports of thefollowing products originating in : ex 03.01 to 03.05 Fish, except ex 03.04 frozen fillets,other than saltwater fish, eels and These arrangements shall be taken up for a review before 1January 1996 with the view to endeavour to improve trade in fish. and may maintain customs duties on imports andcharges having equivalent effect for the following fish and other marineproducts originating in : ex Chapter15 ex Chapter 23 Fats andoils for human consumption Feedingstuffs for production animals. 1992/93:165 11 Onthe following products originating in may until 31 December 1993apply quantitative restrictions on imports, in so far as this may be necessaryto avoid serious disturbances in the Swedish märket. ex03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish filletsand other fish meat of heading No. may retain customs duties on imports of the following productsoriginating in the EFTA States: 03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish filletsand other fish meat of heading No. 03.02.61- - Sardines, sardinella brisling or sprats ex 03.02.69 ---- Other: 03.03 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets andother fish meat of heading No. 03.03.71- - Sardines, sardinella brisling or sprats03.03.74 - - Mackerel 03.03.79 - other: - - Carp 16.04 Prepared or preserved fish; eaviarand eaviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs: 16.04.13 - - Sardines, sardinella and brisling sprats 16.04.15 ----- Mackerel The arrangements referred to above shall be taken upfor review before 1 January 1996 in order to obtain for these products theobjectives of the Agreement as laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 1 thereof. som avses i artikel 2 punkt c) Prop.1992/93:165 Bilaga 11 1.Om inte annatstadgas i denna bilaga omfattas fisk och andra produkter, som upptasnedan, av avtalets bestämmelser. 2.Den dag däavtalet träder ikraft skall - om inte annat anges nedan - alla importtullar ochavgifter med motsvarande verkan avvecklas för dessa produkter med ursprung iEFTA-staterna och i . 02.08 Annat kött och andra ätbara djurdelar,färska, kylda eller frysta; ur 0208.90 - andra slag: Kapitel 3 Fisksamt kräftdjur, blötdjur och andra ryggradslösa vattendjur 15.04 Fetter och oljor av fisk ellerhavsdäggdjur samt fraktioner av sådana fetter eller oljor, även raffinerade men inte kemisktmodifierade 15.16 Animaliska och vegetabiliska fetteroch oljor samt fraktioner av sådana fetter eller oljor, som helt eller delvis hydrerats,omförestrats (även internt) eller elaidiniserats, även raffinerade men intevidare bearbetade: ur 1516.10 - animaliska fetter och oljor samt fraktionerav sådana fetter eller oljor: erhållna uteslutande frän fisk eller havsdäggdjur' 16.03 Extrakter och safter av kött, fisk,kräftdjur, blötdjur eller andra rygg radslösa vattendjur: ur 16.03 -extrakter och safter av valkött, fisk, kräftdjur, blötdjur eller andra 16.4Fisk, bereddeller konserverad; kaviar 16.5Kräftdjur,blötdjur och andra ryggradslösa vattendjur, beredda eller konserverade 23-01 Mjöl och pelletar av kött ellerandra djurdelar eller av fisk, kräftdjur, blötdjur eller andra ryggradslösa vattendjur, otjänligatill människoföda; grevar: ur 2301.10 - mjöl och pelletar av kött eller andradjurdelar; grevar: mjöl av val' 2301.20 - mjöl och pelletar av fisk eller avkräftdjur, blötdjur eller andra ryggradslösa vattendjur 23.09 Beredningar av sådana slag som används vidutfodring av djur: ur 2309.90 - andra slag: -"fish solubles" Om inte annat nämns i punkterna 2-4 skall efter den 31december 1993 stödåtgärder till fiskerinäringen falla under artikel 19 iavtalet jämte överenskomna tolkningsregler i bilaga XII. ' Importförbud för produkter av val tillämpas av ,, , och på grund av CITES konventionen Följandestödåtgärder till fiskerinäringen anses normalt oförenliga med Prop.1992/93:165 avtalet: Bilaga II -Generella stödåtgärder beträffande fiskerinäringen somhelhet och vilka inte fullt riktas mot strukturåtgärder enligt bestämmelserna ipunkt c) ii) i bilaga XII. -Skattccftergifter andra än sådana som direkt utjämnarkostnadsnackdelar som klart är knutna till speciella villkor som gäller ifiskerinäringen. -Sociala ätgärder, om stödmomentet i sådana ätgärderöverstiger det som vanligen tillämpas i andra branscher, med hänsyn tagen tillde speciella villkor som räder i fiskerinäringen. Följande stödåtgärder skall normalt anses förenliga medavtalets bestäm melser i artikel 19: -Stödåtgärder i formav lägst tillåtna inhemska försäljningspris i första ledet för fisk och inköpav överskott som tillämpas för att utjämna allvarliga marknadsstörningar. -Regionalastödåtgärder i den utsträckning de är nödvändiga för att behållafiskeverksamheten i regioner som till en mer än genomsnittlig grad är beroendeav sådan verksamhet och där inkomsten av fisket ligger klart under detnationella genomsnittet i fiskerinäringen. Sådana regionala åtgärder skall intemer än utjämna kostnadsnackdelarna i förhållande till annan fiskerilokalisering.Avtalsslutande land som inför eller vidmakthåller sådana ätgärder skall, enligtbestämmelserna i bilaga XII tillhandahälla tillräcklig information om denregionala situation som leder till införande eller vidmakthållande av sådanaåtgärder. Följande stödåtgärder anses oförenliga med avtalet: - Stöd enligt punkt c) vi) i bilaga XII i vad avserfiskerinäringen. -Stöd enligt punkt c) viii) i bilaga XII i vad avser fiskeriverksamhet. (Artiklarna 3-5 utelämnade här.) För följande produkter med ursprung i fär Sverigetill och med tillämpa kvantitativa restriktioner förimport i den utsträckning det är nödvändigt för att undvika allvarligastörningar på den svenska marknaden. Tulltaxenr/ Varuslag HS nr ur 03.02 Fisk,färsk eller kyld, med undantag av fiskfiléer och annat fiskkött en- ligt nr 03.04: Prop.1992/93:165 Bilaga II Artikel 7 får behålla importtullar på följande produktermed ursprung i EFTA-staterna. 03.02 Fisk, färsk eller kyld, medundantag av fiskfiléer och annat fiskkölt en- ligt nr 03.04: 0302.11 --öring och regnbåge 0302.61 äkta sardiner samt sardineller ochskarpsill 0302.64 - - makrill ur 0302.69 --andraslag: - karp Fisk, fryst, med undantag av fiskfiléer och annat fiskkött enligt - - öring och regnbåge - - äkta sardiner samt sardineller och skarpsill - - andra slag: Fisk, beredd eller konserverad; kaviar: äkta sardiner samt sardineller och skarpsill Ovannämnda arrangemang skall tas upp till revideringföre för att för dessa produkter uppnå de syften i avtaletsom fastställs i artikel 1 punkt 1. 1992/93:165 Protocol B CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF"ORIGINATING PRODUCTS" AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CO-OPERATION TITLE I Definition of the concept of "originatingproducts" For the purpose of implementing the Agreement, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, the following products shall be considered as products originating in a State Party to this Agreement: (a)productswholly obtained in that State within the meaning of Artiele 4; (b)productsobtained in that State incorporating materials which have not been whollyobtained there, provided that: (i) such materials have undergone sufficient working orprocessing in that State within the meaning of Article 5, or that (ii) sueh materials originate, within the meaning of thisProtocol, in any of the other States Parties to this Agreement, or that (iii)such materials originate in in applicationof the origin rules in the Agreement establishing a Free Trade Area between theEFTA States on the one side and on the other, in so far as the saidrules are identical to those of this Protocol. For products obtained in the provisions of paragraph 1 (b) (iii) may be applied only on condition that the necessary administrative co-operation between and for the implementation of these provisions has been established in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol. Prop.1992/93:165 ProtocolB Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (b)(ii) and (iii) of paragraph l of Article 1, products originating within themeaning of this Protocol, in any State Party to this Agreement or in Bulgariain application of the origin rules referred to in sub-paragraph (b) (iii) ofparagraph 1 of Article 1, and exported from one State to another in the samestate or having undergone in the exporting State no working or processing goingbeyond that referred to in paragraph 5 of Artiele 5, retain their origin. For the purpose of implementing paragraph 1, whereproducts originating in two or more of the States Parties to this Agreement orin one or more of the States Parties to this Agreement and/or are usedand those products have undergone no working or processing in the exportingState going beyond that referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 5, the origin isdetermined by the product with the highest customs value or, if this is notknown and cannot be ascertained, with the highest first ascertainable pricepaid for the products in that State. (This Protocol does not contain an Article 3) The following shall be considered as obtained in aState Party to this Agreement within the meaning of sub-paragraph (a) ofparagraph 1 of Article 1: (a)mineralproducts extracted from its soil or from its seabed; (b)vegetableproducts harvested there; (c)live animalsborn and raised there; (d) products from live animals raised there; 1992/93:165 Protocol B (e) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there; (f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea by its ; (g) products made aboard its factory ships exclusively from products referred to in sub paragraph (f); (h) used articles coUected there fit only for therecovery of raw materials, subject to Note 5a on used tyres contained in AnnexI to this Protocol; (i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturingoperations conducted there; (j) goods produced there exclusively from productsspecified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i). The expressions "Chapters" and"headings" used in this Protocol shall mean the Chapters and theheadings (four digit codes) used in the Nomenclature which makes up the"Harmonized Commodity Description and " (hereinafterreferred to as the or HS). The expression"classified" shall refer to the classifieation of a product ormaterial under a particular heading. For the purposes of Article 1, non-originatingmaterials are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed when theproduct obtained is classified within a heading which is different from thosein which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture areclassified, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. For a product mentioned in columns 1 and 2 of the Listin this Protocol, theconditions set out in column 3 for the product concerned must be fulfilledinstead of the rule in paragraph 2. 1992/93:165 Protocol B For the products of Chapters 84 to 91 inclusive, as analtemative to satisfying the conditions set out in column 3, the exporter mayopt to apply the conditions set out in column 4 instead. For the purpose of implementing sub-paragraph (b) (i)of paragraph 1 of Article 1, the following shall still be considered asinsufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating product,whether or not there is a change of heading: (a)operations toensure the preservation of merchandise in good condition during transport andstorage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, ehilling, placing in salt, sulphurdioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and likeoperations); (b)simpleoperations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting,classifying, matching (ineluding the making-up of sets of articles), washing,painting, cutting up; (c) (i) changes of packaging and breaking up and assembly of consignments; (ii) simple placing in bottles, fläsks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards,etc, and all other simple packing operations; (d) affixing marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; (e) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixtures do not meet the conditions laid down in this Protocol to enable them to be considered as originating products; (f) simple assembly of parts of artides to constitute a complete article; (g) a combination of two or more operations specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f); (h) slaughter of animals. 1992/93:165 ProtocolB The tem "value" in the List in to this Protocol shall nean thecustoms value at the time of the import of the non-originating materials usedor, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainableprice paid for the materials in the territory concerned. Where the value of the originating materials used needs tobe established, this paragraph shall be applied mutatis mutandis. The term "ex-works price" in the List inAnnex IIshall mean theex-works price of the product obtained minus any internal taxes which are, ormay be, repaid when the product obtained is exported. Goods originating in the sense of this Protocol andconstituting a single shipment which is not split up may be transported throughterritory other than that of any State Party to this Agreement, or of Bulgariawith, should the occasion arise, transshipment or temporary warehousing in suehterritory, provided that the crossing of the latter territory is justified forgeographical reasons, that the goods have remained under the surveillance ofthe customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing, that theyhave not entered into the commerce of such countries or been delivered for homeuse there and have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading orany operation designed to preserve them in good condition. TITLE II Methods for administrative co-operation Originating products within the meaning of thisProtocol shall, on importation into a State Party to this Agreement, benefitfrom the Agreement upon submission of one of the following documents: 177 12 1992/93. 1992/93:165 ProtocolB (a)an ELTR.lmovement certificate, hereinafter referred to as an "Etni.lcertificate" or an EUR.l certificate, valid for a long term, and invoicesreferring to such certificate made out in accordance with Article 13. Aspecimen of the EUR.l certificate is given in to this Protocol; (b)an invoicebearing the exporter's declaration as given in to this Protocol, made out in accordance withArticle 13; (c)an invoicebearing the exporter's declaration as given in to this Protocol, made out by any exporter for anyconsignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating productswhose total value does not exceed 5,110 units of account. The following originating products within the meaningof this Protocol shall, on importation into a State Party to the Agreement,benefit from the Agreement without it being necessary to produce any of thedocuments referred to in paragraph 1: (a)products sentas small packages from private persons to private persons, provided that thevalue of the products does not exceed 365 units of account; (b)productsforming part of travellers' personal luggage, provided that the value of theproducts does not exceed 1,02 5 units of account. These provisions shall be applied only when such goods arenot imported by way of trade and have been declared as meeting the conditionsrequired for the application of the Agreement, and where there is no doubt asto the veracity of such declaration. Importations whieh are occasional and consist solely ofgoods for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their familiesshall not be considered as importations by way of trade if it is evident fromthe nature and quantity of the goods that no commercial purpose is in view. Prop.1992/93:165 ProtocolB Amounts in the national currency of the exporting State Party to the Agreementequivalent to the amounts expressed in units of account shall be fixed by theexporting State and communicated to the other States Parties to the Agreement.When the amounts are higher than the corresponding amounts fixed by theimporting State, the importing State shall accept them if the goods areinvoiced in the currency of the exporting State. Ifthe goods are invoiced in the currency of another State Party to the Agreement,the importing State shall recognize the amount notified by the State concerned. The equivalent of a unit of account in the currencies of the States Parties tothe Agreement, shall be the amounts specified in to thisProtocol. The amounts expressed in units of account should be reviewed whenever necessarybut at least every second year. Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment,, apparatus or vehicle which are part of the normal equipment andincluded in the price thereof or are not separately invoiced are regarded asone with the piece of equipment, , apparatus or vehicle in question. Sets, within the meaning of General 3 of the , shall beregarded as originating when all component articles are originating products.Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originatingarticles, the set as a whole shall be regarded as originating provided that thevalue of the non-originating articles does not exceed 15 per cent of theex-works price of the set. An EUR.l certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of theexporting State when the goods to whieh it relätes are exported. It shallbe made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has beeneffected or ensured. The EUR.l certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of a StateParty to this Agreement if the goods 1992/93:165 Protocol B to be exported can be considered as products originatingin that State within the meaning of Article 1. The customs authorities of a State Party to thisAgreement may, provided that the goods to be covered by the Etn.l certifieatesare in its territory, issue ElTO.l certifieates under the conditions laid downin this Protocol if the goods to be exported can be considered as productsoriginating in a State Party to this Agreement or in within themeaning of Article 2. In such cases, the issue of the EUR.l certificate issubject to the presentation of the evidence of origin issued or made outpreviously. An Ein.l certificate may be issued only where it canserve as the documentary evidence required for the purpose of implementing thepreferential treatment provided for in this Agreement or the Agreement referredto in subparagraph (b) (iii) of paragraph 1 of Article 1. The date of issue of the EUR.l certificate must beindicated in the box on the ELTR.l certificate reserved for the customsauthorities. In exceptional circumstances an EUR.l certificate mayalso be issued after exportation of the goods to which it relätes if it was not issued at thetime of exportation because of errors, involuntary omissions or specialcircumstances. The customs authorities may issue an EUR.l certificateretrospectively only after verifying that the particulars supplied in theexporter's application agree with those on the corresponding document. EUR.l certifieates issued retrospectively must be endorsedwith one of the following phrases: "ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY","ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN", "DELIVRE APOSTERIORI", "NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT", "OTGEFID EFTIR k", "RILASCIATO APOSTERIORI", "UTSTEDT SENERE", "tTTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND","ELIBERAT A POSTERIORI". In the event of the theft, loss or destruction of an EUR.lcertificate, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued itfor a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in theirpossession. The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of thefollowing words: "DUPLICATE", "KAKSOISKAPPALE","DUPLICATA", "DUPLIKAT", "EFTIRRIT","DUPLICATO", "DUPLICAT". 1992/93:165 ProtocolB The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of theoriginal EUR.l certificate, shall take effect as from that date. The endorsements referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6shall be inserted in the "Remarks" box on the Etni.l certificate. 8.It shallalways be possible to replace one or more EUR.l certifieates by one or moreEUR.l certifieates, provided that this is done at the customs office where thegoods are located.