G/AG/N/NOR/1/Add.2  
 
 
22 June  2020 
(20-4356)  Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following submission, dated 18 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Norway . The addendum to the notification concerns the administration of tariff  and other quota 
commitments (Table MA:1 ).  
 
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The addendum includes additional information on the tariff rate quotas allocated to specific 
WTO Members.  
  
 
  
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- 2 - Table MA: 1  
MARKET ACCESS: NORWAY  
Implementation of market access opportunities: Tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
NORQ009  Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen  0204  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
The tariff rate quota is allocated to Iceland.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
Import licences are allocated to the Norwegian meat industry by the 
Norwegian Agriculture Agency. Nortura is allocated 70 % of the quota and 
KLF 30 % according to instructions from the Ministry of Agriculture and 
Food.  
(c) Details of oth er arrangements (not involving import licences):  
None applicable . 
(d) Other information: Nortura is a member organization owned by 
18,300 meat  - and egg producing farmers from every part of Norway, and 
is the largest meat enterprise in Norway. KLF is an or ganisation for the 
the rest of the meat industry i Norway. The Norwegian Agriculture Agency 
can provide more details on the allocation of the quota.   
 
 
NORQ032  Cheese and curd  0406  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
2,480 tonnes of the tariff rate quota are allocated to the EU and 14  tonnes 
are allocated to Switzerland.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
The tariff rate quota of 2,480 tonnes of cheese from the EU is allocated by 
the Norwegian Agriculture Agency. In order to be allocated a quota for 
one year, an importer must have imported at least 15 tonnes of cheese 
during the qualification period which is the 24 last months up to the last 
quarter prior to the quota year in qyuestion. Applicat ions must be sent to 
the Norwegian Agriculture Agency by 1 October prior to the quotayear in 
question.The Norwegian Agriculture Agency will allocate the quota 
according to imported quantities per importer that has applied. All 
ordinary imports, classified as customs procedural code 40, on headins 
HS 04.06 are included in the calculation. No importer can be allocated 
more than 30 % of the tariff quota.The tariff rate quota of 14 tonnes of 
cheese from Switzerland is allocated through auctions held by the 
Norwe gian Agriculture Agency.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
None applicable . 
(d) Other information: The Norwegian Agriculture Agency can provide 
more details on the allocation of the quota.   
 
  
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- 3 - TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
NORQ168  Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne 
(alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, 
vetches and similar forage products, wheter or not 
in the form of pellets, other, other, hay  12149091   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
25,000 tonnes o f the tariff rate quota are allocated to the EU and 500 
tonnes are allocated to other member countries.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
Both the 25,000 tonnes alllocated to the EU and the 500 tonnes allocated 
to other member s are allocated through auctions held by the Norwegian 
Agriculture Agency.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
None applicable  
(d) Other information: The Norwegian Agriculture Agency can provide 
more details on the allocation  of the quota.   
 
 
 
 
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