RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG64/4/Add.1
29 April 2002
(02-2440)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ESTONIA AND THE
FAROE ISLANDS (GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK)
Questions and Replies
Addendum
This document reproduces additional questions addressed to the Parties and the responses
submitted.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
3. Scope
Has consideration been given to the inclusion of further agricultural products within the
FTA (as per Article 28) and if so, is there a timetable for advancing these discussions?
All Agricultural products except those covered by Protocol 1 to the Agreement (attached) are
already covered by the Agreement.  The Parties have at the moment no intentions of changing
Protocol 1.  In fact, this Agreement is  basically a genuine free-trade Agreement.
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import Restrictions
What are the MFN tariffs the Faroe Islands apply to these products and what
proportion of the Faroe Island's agricultural imports from Estonia consist of these products?
Faroese import rules do not differentiate between imports from different third countries.
There is at the moment no Faroese agricultural import from Estonia.  It is not clear from the questionon which specific products information is being requested.
5. Safeguards
Have any safeguards measures been taken (Article 7)?  If so on what products and what
measures were taken?
So far, it has not been necessary to use the safeguard measures.WT/REG64/4/Add.1
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7. Subsidies and State-aid
Has any progress been made in developing rules on the granting of State-aid and are
any details available on the rules (Article 22)?
So far, there has regrettably not been any such progress.
9. Other
Which products are currently subject to state monopolies (Article 14)?
In the Faroe Islands alcoholic beverages and pharmaceutical products are subject to state
monopolies.WT/REG64/4/Add.1
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PROTOCOL 1
1. The Contracting Parties shall continue in their efforts with a view to achieve further
liberalization of trade in agricultural products within the framework of their respective agriculturalpolicies and their international commitments.
2. Taking into account that the Faroe Islands have maintained tariffs and duties on import of the
following agricultural goods:
CN code Description
0204 Meat of sheep and goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
02068099 Edible offal of sheet and goats, fresh or chilled02069099 Edible offal of sheep and goats, frozen02109011 Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, with bone in02109060 Edible meat offal of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
ex 02109090 Edible flours and meals of meat and meat offal, of sheep and goats
0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter
0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified
milk and cream, whether or not concentrat ed or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter of flavored or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
ex 1601 Sausages or similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood;  food preparations based
on these products:
- of sheep and goats
ex 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
- Of sheep and goats
In order to take account of differences in the cost of processed agricultural goods, this
Agreement does not preclude:
(a) the levying, on import, of an agricult ural component or fixed amount, or the
application of internal price compensation measures;
(b) the application of measures adopted on export.
3. Taking into account the Estonia customs tariff structure on the date of entry into force of this
Agreement, where no customs duties are applied for agricultural products, in the event that as a result
of Estonians accession to the WTO a new tariff regime for the agricultural products is established,WT/REG64/4/Add.1
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Estonia may, by way of derogation from the provisions of this Article and pursuant to the
implementation of its agricultural policy introduce customs duties on a limited number of agricultural
products originating in the Faroe Islands.
4. With reference to paragraph 3 of this Protocol, customs duties on imports may be introduced
by Estonia during the first two years following the entry into force of this Agreement and after
consultations in the Joint Committee.  If necessary the period of two years may be prolonged by one
year by the decision of the Joint Committee.
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