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| 2.5.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 111/7 |
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2.5.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 111/7

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DECISION No 1/2018 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE

of 20 April 2018

amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended [2018/668]

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 (1), as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 26 October 2004 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (2) (‘Agreement’), and in particular Article 7 of its Protocol 2,

Whereas:

| (1) | For the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement, domestic reference prices have been fixed by the Contracting Parties. |
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(1)

For the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement, domestic reference prices have been fixed by the Contracting Parties.

| (2) | Actual prices have changed on the domestic markets of the Contracting Parties as regards raw materials for which price compensation measures are applied. |
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(2)

Actual prices have changed on the domestic markets of the Contracting Parties as regards raw materials for which price compensation measures are applied.

| (3) | It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices and amounts listed in Tables III and IV of Protocol No 2 accordingly, |
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(3)

It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices and amounts listed in Tables III and IV of Protocol No 2 accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Protocol 2 to the Agreement is amended as follows:

| (a) | Table III is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision; |
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(a)

Table III is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;

| (b) | in Table IV, point (b) is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision. |
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(b)

in Table IV, point (b) is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2018.

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2018.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

Lukas SIEGENTHALER

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(1)  
  OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.

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(2)  
  OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.

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ANNEX I

‘TABLE III

EU and Swiss domestic reference prices

| Agricultural raw material | Swiss domestic reference price
  CHF per 100 kg net | EU domestic reference price
  CHF per 100 kg net | Article 4(1)
  Applied on Swiss side Difference Swiss/EU reference price
  CHF per 100 kg net | Article 3(3)
  Applied on EU side Difference Swiss/EU reference price
  EUR per 100 kg net |
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| Common wheat | 50,55 | 20,58 | 29,95 | 0,00 |
| Durum wheat | — | — | 1,20 | 0,00 |
| Rye | 41,05 | 20,28 | 20,75 | 0,00 |
| Barley | — | — | — | — |
| Maize | — | — | — | — |
| Common wheat flour | 92,49 | 42,89 | 49,60 | 0,00 |
| Whole-milk powder | 585,28 | 358,72 | 226,55 | 0,00 |
| Skimmed-milk powder | 394,17 | 195,36 | 198,80 | 0,00 |
| Butter | 1 010,24 | 642,03 | 368,20 | 0,00 |
| White sugar | — | — | — | — |
| Eggs | — | — | 38,00 | 0,00 |
| Fresh potatoes | 40,93 | 22,50 | 18,45 | 0,00 |
| Vegetable fat | — | — | 170,00 | 0,00’. |

Agricultural raw material

Swiss domestic reference price

CHF per 100 kg net

EU domestic reference price

CHF per 100 kg net

Article 4(1)

Applied on Swiss side Difference Swiss/EU reference price

CHF per 100 kg net

Article 3(3)

Applied on EU side Difference Swiss/EU reference price

EUR per 100 kg net

Common wheat

50,55

20,58

29,95

0,00

Durum wheat

—

—

1,20

0,00

Rye

41,05

20,28

20,75

0,00

Barley

—

—

—

—

Maize

—

—

—

—

Common wheat flour

92,49

42,89

49,60

0,00

Whole-milk powder

585,28

358,72

226,55

0,00

Skimmed-milk powder

394,17

195,36

198,80

0,00

Butter

1 010,24

642,03

368,20

0,00

White sugar

—

—

—

—

Eggs

—

—

38,00

0,00

Fresh potatoes

40,93

22,50

18,45

0,00

Vegetable fat

—

—

170,00

0,00’.

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ANNEX II

| ‘(b) | Basic amounts for agricultural raw materials taken into account for the calculation of the agricultural components:







  Agricultural raw material | Applied basic amount on the Swiss side
  Art 3(2) | Applied basic amount on the EU side
  Art 4(2) |
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| CHF per 100 kg net | EUR per 100 kg net |
| Common wheat | 24,40 | 0,00 |
| Durum wheat | 1,00 | 0,00 |
| Rye | 16,90 | 0,00 |
| Barley | — | — |
| Maize | — | — |
| Common wheat flour | 40,40 | 0,00 |
| Whole-milk powder | 184,65 | 0,00 |
| Skimmed-milk powder | 162,00 | 0,00 |
| Butter | 300,10 | 0,00 |
| White sugar | — | — |
| Eggs | 30,95 | 0,00 |
| Fresh potatoes | 13,35 | 0,00 |
| Vegetable fat | 138,55 | 0,00’. |

‘(b)

Agricultural raw material

Applied basic amount on the Swiss side

Art 3(2)

Applied basic amount on the EU side

Art 4(2)

CHF per 100 kg net

EUR per 100 kg net

Common wheat

24,40

0,00

Durum wheat

1,00

0,00

Rye

16,90

0,00

Barley

—

—

Maize

—

—

Common wheat flour

40,40

0,00

Whole-milk powder

184,65

0,00

Skimmed-milk powder

162,00

0,00

Butter

300,10

0,00

White sugar

—

—

Eggs

30,95

0,00

Fresh potatoes

13,35

0,00

Vegetable fat

138,55

0,00’.

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