2000A1621 — EN — 01.01.2010 — 001.003

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EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT

establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part







THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, IRELAND, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, and THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’, of the one part, and THE STATE OF ISRAEL, hereinafter referred to as ‘Israel’, of the other part, CONSIDERING the importance of the existing traditional links between the Community, its Member States and Israel, and the common values that they share; CONSIDERING that the Community, its Member States and Israel wish to strengthen those links and to establish lasting relations, based on reciprocity and partnership, and promote a further integration of Israel's economy into the European economy; CONSIDERING the importance which the Parties attach to the principle of economic freedom and to the principles of the United Nations Charter, particularly the observance of human rights and democracy, which form the very basis of the Association; CONSCIOUS of the need to associate their efforts to strengthen political stability and economic development through the encouragement of regional cooperation; DESIROUS of establishing and developing regular political dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest; DESIROUS of maintaining and intensifying a dialogue on economic, scientific, technological, cultural, audiovisual and social matters to the benefit of the Parties; CONSIDERING the respective commitments of the Community and Israel to free trade, and in particular to compliance with the rights and obligations arising out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) as it results from the negotiations of the Uruguay Round; CONVINCED that the Association Agreement will create a new climate for their economic relations and in particular for the development of trade, investment and economic and technological cooperation, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:







Article 1

1. An association is hereby established between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Israel, of the other part.

2. The aims of this Agreement are:

— to provide an appropriate framework for political dialogue, allowing the development of close political relations between the Parties,

— through the expansion, inter alia, of trade in goods and services, the reciprocal liberalisation of the right of establishment, the further progressive liberalisation of public procurement, the free movement of capital and the intensification of cooperation in science and technology to promote the harmonious development of economic relations between the Community and Israel and thus to foster in the Community and in Israel the advance of economic activity, the improvement of living and employment conditions, and increased productivity and financial stability,

— to encourage regional cooperation with a view to the consolidation of peaceful coexistence and economic and political stability,

— to promote cooperation in other areas which are of reciprocal interest.

Article 2

Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement.







TITLE I

POLITICAL DIALOGUE

Article 3

1. A regular political dialogue shall be established between the Parties. It shall strengthen their relations, contribute to the development of a lasting partnership and increase mutual understanding and solidarity.

2. The political dialogue and cooperation shall in particular:

— develop better mutual understanding and an increasing convergence of positions on international issues, and in particular on those issues likely to have substantial effects on one or the other Party,

— enable each Party to consider the position and interests of the other,

— enhance regional security and stability.

Article 4

The political dialogue shall cover all subjects of common interest, and shall aim to open the way to new forms of cooperation with a view to common goals, in particular peace, security and democracy.

Article 5

1. The political dialogue shall facilitate the pursuit of joint initiatives and shall take place in particular:

(a) at ministerial level;

(b) at senior official level (political directors) between representatives of Israel, of the one part, and of the Council Presidency and the Commission, of the other;

(c) by taking full advantage of all diplomatic channels including regular briefings by officials, consultations on the occasion of international meetings and contacts between diplomatic representatives in third countries;

(d) by providing regular information to Israel on issues relating to the common foreign and security policy, which shall be reciprocated;

(e) by any other means which would make a useful contribution to consolidating, developing and stepping up this dialogue.

2. There shall be a political dialogue between the European Parliament and the Israeli Knesset.







TITLE II

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS







CHAPTER 1

BASIC PRINCIPLES

Article 6

1. The free trade area between the Community and Israel shall be reinforced according to the modalities set out in this Agreement and in conformity with the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994 and of other multilateral agreements on trade in goods annexed to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO), hereinafter referred to as the ‘GATT’.

2. The Combined Nomenclature and the Israeli customs tariff shall be used for the classification of goods in trade between the Parties.







CHAPTER 2

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Article 7

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The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products originating in the Community and in Israel other than those listed in chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) and of the Israeli customs tariff, and those listed in Annex 1(1)(ii) to the Agreement on Agriculture of the GATT.

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Article 8

Customs duties on imports and exports, and any charges having equivalent effect, shall be prohibited between the Community and Israel. This shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.

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CHAPTER 3

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

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Article 10

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The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products originating in the Community and in Israel listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) and of the Israeli customs tariff, and in Annex 1(1)(ii) to the Agreement on Agriculture of the GATT.

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Article 11

The Community and Israel shall progressively establish a greater liberalisation of their trade in agricultural products of interest to both Parties. From 1 January 2000 the Community and Israel shall examine the situation in order to determine the measures to be applied by the Community and Israel from 1 January 2001 in accordance with this objective.

Article 12

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Agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in Israel, on importation into the Community, shall be subject to the arrangements set out in Protocols 1 and 3.

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Article 13

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Agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the Community, on importation into Israel, shall be subject to the arrangements set out in Protocols 2 and 3.

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Article 14

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The European Community and Israel shall meet three years from the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters signed at Brussels on 4 November 2009, which corresponds to the seventeenth day of Heshvan 5770 in the Hebrew calendar, to consider the possibility of granting each other further concessions of trade in agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products.

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CHAPTER 4

COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 16

Quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect shall be prohibited between the Community and Israel.

Article 17

Quantitative restrictions on exports and all measures having equivalent effect shall be prohibited between the Community and Israel.

Article 18

1. Products originating in Israel shall not on importation into the Community be accorded a treatment more favourable than that which the Member States apply among themselves.

2. Application of the provisions of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands.

Article 19

1. The Parties shall refrain from any measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly, discrimination between the products of one Party and like products originating in the territory of the other Party.

2. Products exported to the territory of one of the Parties may not benefit from repayment of indirect internal taxation in excess of the amount of indirect taxation imposed on them directly or indirectly.

Article 20

1. In the event of specific rules being established as a result of the implementation of its agricultural policy or of any alteration of the current rules or in the event of any alteration or extension of the provisions relating to the implementation of the agricultural policy, the Party in question may amend the arrangements resulting from the Agreement in respect of the products which are the subject of those rules or alterations.

2. In such cases the Party in question shall take due account of the interests of the other Party. To this end the Parties may consult each other within the Association Council.

Article 21

1. The Agreement shall not preclude the maintenance or establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for frontier trade, except in so far as they alter the trade arrangements provided for in the Agreement.

2. Consultation between the Community and Israel shall take place within the Association Council concerning agreements establishing customs unions or free trade areas and, where required, on other major issues related to their respective trade policy with third countries. In particular, in the event of a third country acceding to the European Union, such consultation shall take place so as to ensure that account can be taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Israel.

Article 22

If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT, it may take appropriate measures against this practice in accordance with the Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT and with its relevant internal legislation, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 25.

Article 23

Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:

— serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products in the territory of one of the Parties, or

— serious disturbances in any sector of the economy, or

— difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region,

the Community or Israel may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 25.

Article 24

Where compliance with the provisions of Article 17 leads to:

(i) re-export towards a third country against which the exporting Party maintains, for the product concerned, quantitative export restrictions, export duties, or measures having equivalent effect, or

(ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to the exporting Party,

and where the situations referred to above give rise, or are likely to give rise, to major difficulties for the exporting Party, that Party may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 25. The measures shall be non-discriminatory and be eliminated when conditions no longer justify their maintenance.

Article 25

1. In the event of the Community or Israel subjecting imports of products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in Article 23, to an administrative procedure, the purpose of which is to provide rapid information on the trend of trade flows, it shall inform the other Party.

2. In the cases specified in Articles 22, 23 and 24, before taking the measures provided for therein or, as soon as possible in cases to which paragraph 3(d) applies, the Party in question shall supply the Association Committee with all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.

In the selection of appropriate measures, priority shall be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.

The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to the Association Committee and shall be the subject of periodical consultations within the Committee, particularly with a view to their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.

3. For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) as regards Article 22, the Association Committee shall be informed of the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing Party have initiated an investigation. If no end has been put to the dumping or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the notification being made, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures;

(b) as regards Article 23, the difficulties arising from the situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee, which may take any decision needed to put an end to such difficulties. If the Association Committee or the exporting Party has not taken a decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures must not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the difficulties which have arisen;

(c) as regards Article 24, the difficulties arising from the situations referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee. The Association Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within 30 days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting Party may apply appropriate measures on the exportation of the product concerned;

(d) where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible, the Party concerned may, in the situations specified in Articles 22, 23 and 24 apply forthwith such precautionary measures as are strictly necessary to remedy the situation, and shall inform the other Party immediately.

Article 26

When one or more Member States of the Community or Israel is in serious balance of payments difficulties or under threat thereof, the Community or Israel, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the conditions laid down within the framework of the GATT and with Articles VIII and XIV of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, adopt restrictive measures which shall be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. The Community or Israel, as the case may be, shall inform the other Party forthwith and present to the other Party, as soon as possible, a time schedule for their removal.

Article 27

Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value; the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property or rules concerning gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.

Article 28

The concept of ‘originating products’ for the application of this title and the methods of administrative cooperation relating to them are set out in Protocol 4.







TITLE III

RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPLY OF SERVICES

Article 29

1. The Parties agree to widen the scope of the Agreement to cover the right of establishment of firms of one Party in the territory of another Party and the liberalisation of the provision of services by one Party's firms to consumers of services in the other.

2. The Association Council shall make the necessary recommendations for the implementation of the objective described in paragraph 1.

In making such recommendations, the Association Council shall take account of past experience of implementation of the reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment and of the obligations of each Party under the General Agreement on Trade in Services, hereinafter referred to as the ‘GATS’, particularly those in Article V of the latter.

3. The Association Council shall make a first assessment of the achievement of this objective no later than three years after the Agreement enters into force.

Article 30

1. At the outset, each of the Parties reaffirms its obligations under the GATS, particularly the obligation to grant reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment in the services sectors covered by that obligation.

2. In accordance with the GATS, this treatment shall not apply to:

(a) advantages accorded by either Party under the terms of an agreement of the type defined in Article V of the GATS nor to measures taken on the basis of such an agreement;

(b) other advantages granted in accordance with the list of most-favoured-nation exemptions annexed by either Party to the GATS.







TITLE IV

CAPITAL MOVEMENTS, PAYMENTS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, COMPETITION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY







CHAPTER 1

CAPITAL MOVEMENTS AND PAYMENTS

Article 31

Within the framework of the provisions of this Agreement, and subject to the provisions of Articles 33 and 34, there shall be no restrictions between the Community of the one part, and Israel of the other part, on the movement of capital and no discrimination based on the nationality or on the place of residence of their nationals or on the place where such capital is invested.

Article 32

Current payments connected with the movement of goods, persons, services or capital within the framework of this Agreement shall be free of all restrictions.

Article 33

Subject to other provisions in this Agreement and other international obligations of the Community and Israel, the provisions of Articles 31 and 32 shall be without prejudice to the application of any restriction which exists between them on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, in respect of the movement of capital between them involving direct investment, including in real estate, establishment, the provision of financial services or the admission of securities to capital markets.

However, the transfer abroad of investments made in Israel by Community residents or in the Community by Israeli residents and of any profit stemming therefrom shall not be affected.

Article 34

Where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of capital between the Community and Israel cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties for the operation of exchange rate policy or monetary policy in the Community or Israel, the Community or Israel respectively may, in conformity within the conditions laid down within the framework of the GATS and with Articles VIII and XIV of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, take safeguard measures with regard to movements of capital between the Community and Israel for a period not exceeding six months if such measures are strictly necessary.







CHAPTER 2

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Article 35

The Parties shall take measures with a view to a mutual opening of their respective government procurement markets and the procurement markets of undertakings operating in the utilities sectors for purchase of goods, works and services beyond the scope of what has been mutually and reciprocally covered under the Government Procurement Agreement concluded in the framework of the WTO.







CHAPTER 3

COMPETITION

Article 36

1. The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade between the Community and Israel:

(i) all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;

(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territories of the Community or Israel as a whole or in a substantial part thereof;

(iii) any public aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods.

2. The Association Council shall, within three years of the entry into force of the Agreement, adopt by decision the necessary rules for the implementation of paragraph 1.

Until these rules are adopted, the provisions of the Agreement on interpretation and application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the GATT shall be applied as the rules for the implementation of paragraph 1(iii).

3. Each Party shall ensure transparency in the area of public aid, inter alia, by reporting annually to the other Party on the total amount and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request, information on aid schemes. Upon request by one Party, the other Party shall provide information on particular individual cases of public aid.

4. With regard to agricultural products referred to in Title II, Chapter 3, paragraph 1(iii) does not apply.

5. If the Community or Israel considers that a particular practice is incompatible with the terms of paragraph 1 and:

— is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 2, or

— in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other Party or material injury to its domestic industry, including its services industry,

it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Association Committee or after 30 working days following referral for such consultation.

With reference to practices incompatible with paragraph 1(iii), such appropriate measures, when the GATT is applicable to them, may only be adopted in accordance with the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the GATT or by any other relevant instrument negotiated under its auspices and applicable to the Parties.

6. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in accordance with paragraph 2, the Parties shall exchange information taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of professional and business secrecy.

Article 37

1. The Member States and Israel shall progressively adjust any State monopolies of a commercial character, so as to ensure that, by the end of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and Israel.

2. The Association Committee shall be informed about the measures adopted to implement this objective.

Article 38

With regard to public undertakings and undertakings to which special or exclusive rights have been granted, the Association Council shall ensure that as from the fifth year following the date of entry into force of this Agreement there is neither enacted nor maintained any measure distorting trade between the Community and Israel to an extent contrary to the Parties' interests. This provision should not obstruct the performance in law or in fact of the particular tasks assigned to those undertakings.







CHAPTER 4

INTELLECTUAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Article 39

1. Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and of Annex VII, the Parties shall grant and ensure adequate and effective protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights in accordance with the highest international standards, including effective means of enforcing such rights.

2. The implementation of this Article and of Annex VII shall be regularly reviewed by the Parties. If problems in the area of intellectual, industrial and commercial property affecting trading conditions were to occur, urgent consultation within the Association Committee shall be undertaken, at the request of either Party, with a view to reaching mutually satisfactory solutions.







TITLE V

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

Article 40

The Parties undertake to intensify scientific and technological cooperation. Detailed arrangements for the implementation of this objective shall be set out in separate agreements concluded for this purpose.







TITLE VI

ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Article 41

Objectives

The Community and Israel undertake to promote economic cooperation to their mutual benefit and on the basis of reciprocity in accordance with the overall objectives of the Agreement.

Article 42

Scope

1. Cooperation shall focus principally on sectors relevant to the rapprochement of the economies of the Community and Israel or producing growth or employment. The main sectors of cooperation are set out in Articles 44 to 57, without prejudice to the possibility of including cooperation in other sectors of interest to the Parties.

2. Conservation of the environment and ecological balance shall be taken into account in the implementation of the various sectors of economic cooperation to which it is relevant.

Article 43

Methods and Modalities

Economic cooperation shall be implemented in particular by:

(a) a regular economic dialogue between the Parties, which covers all areas of economic policy and, in particular, fiscal policy, balance of payments and monetary policy, and which shall enhance close collaboration between the authorities concerned with economic policy, each in their respective areas of competence within the Association Council or any other forum designated by the Association Council;

(b) a regular exchange of information and ideas in every sector of cooperation including meetings of officials and experts;

(c) transfer of advice, expertise and training;

(d) implementation of joint actions such as seminars and workshops;

(e) technical, administrative and regulatory assistance;

(f) the dissemination of information on cooperation.

Article 44

Regional cooperation

The Parties shall encourage operations designed to promote regional cooperation.

Article 45

Industrial cooperation

The Parties shall promote cooperation in particular in the following areas:

— industrial cooperation between economic operators in the Community and in Israel, including access for Israel to Community networks for the rapprochement of businesses and decentralised cooperation,

— diversification of industrial output in Israel,

— cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises in the Community and Israel,

— easier access to investment finance,

— information and support services,

— stimulation of innovation.

Article 46

Agriculture

The Parties shall focus cooperation in particular on:

— support for policies implemented by them to diversify production,

— promotion of environment-friendly agriculture,

— closer relations between businesses, groups and organisations representing trades and professions in Israel and in the Community on a voluntary basis,

— technical assistance and training,

— harmonisation of phytosanitary and veterinary standards,

— integrated rural development, including improvement in basic services and development of associated economic activities,

— cooperation among rural regions, exchange of experience and know-how concerning rural development.

Article 47

Standards

The Parties shall aim to reduce differences in standardisation and conformity assessment. To this end the Parties shall conclude where appropriate agreements on mutual recognition in the field of conformity assessment.

Article 48

Financial services

The Parties shall cooperate, where appropriate through the conclusion of agreements, on the adoption of common rules and standards, inter alia, for accounting and for supervisory and regulatory systems of banking, insurance and other financial sectors.

Article 49

Customs

1. The Parties commit themselves to developing customs cooperation to ensure that the provisions on trade are observed. For this purpose they shall establish a dialogue on customs matters.

2. Cooperation shall focus on the simplification and computerisation of customs procedures, which shall, in particular, take the form of exchange of information among experts and vocational training.

3. Without prejudice to other forms of cooperation envisaged in this agreement, notably for the fight against drugs and money laundering, the Parties' administrations shall provide mutual assistance in accordance with the provisions of Protocol 5.

Article 50

Environment

1. The Parties shall promote cooperation in the tasks of preventing deterioration of the environment, controlling pollution and ensuring the rational use of natural resources, with a view to ensuring sustainable development and promoting regional environmental projects.

2. Cooperation shall focus, in particular, on:

— desertification,

— the quality of Mediterranean water and the control and prevention of marine pollution,

— waste management,

— salinisation,

— environmental management of sensitive coastal areas,

— environmental education and awareness,

— the use of advanced tools of environmental management, environmental monitoring methods and surveillance, including the use of environmental information systems (EIS) and environmental impact assessment,

— the impact of industrial development on the environment in general and the safety of industrial facilities in particular,

— the impact of agriculture on soil and water quality.

Article 51

Energy

1. The Parties consider that global warming and the depletion of fossil fuel sources are a serious threat to mankind. The Parties shall therefore cooperate with a view to developing sources of renewable energy, to ensure the use of fuels with the purpose of limiting pollution of the environment and promoting energy conservation.

2. The Parties shall endeavour to encourage operations designed to favour regional cooperation on matters such as transit of gas, oil and electricity.

Article 52

Information infrastructures and telecommunications

The Parties shall promote cooperation in the development of information infrastructures and telecommunications to their mutual benefit. Cooperation shall focus primarily on pursuing actions related to research and technological development, harmonisation of standards and modernisation of technology.

Article 53

Transport

1. The Parties shall promote cooperation in the field of transport and related infrastructure, in order to improve the efficiency of movement of passengers and of goods, both at bilateral and regional level.

2. Cooperation shall focus, in particular, on:

— achieving high standards of safety and security in maritime and air transport; for this purpose the Parties shall establish consultations at expert level to exchange information,

— standardisation of technical equipment, in particular in combined, multimodal transport and transhipment,

— promotion of joint technological and research programmes.

Article 54

Tourism

The Parties shall exchange information on planned tourism development and tourism marketing projects, tourism shows, exhibitions, conventions and publications.

Article 55

Approximation of laws

The Parties shall use their best endeavours to approximate their respective laws in order to facilitate the implementation of this Agreement.

Article 56

Drugs and money laundering

1. The Parties shall cooperate with a view in particular to:

— improving the effectiveness of policies and measures to counter the supply of, and illicit trafficking in, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the reduction of the abuse of these products,

— encouraging a joint approach to reducing demand,

— preventing the use of the Parties' financial systems to launder capital arising from criminal activities in general and drug trafficking in particular.

2. Cooperation shall take the form of exchange of information and, where appropriate, joint activities on:

— drafting and implementation of national legislation,

— monitoring trade in precursors,

— establishment of social and health institutions and information systems and the implementation of projects along these lines, including training and research projects,

— implementation of the highest possible international standards relating to the fight against money laundering and the misuse of chemical precursors, in particular those adopted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Chemical Action Task Force (CATF).

3. The Parties shall determine together, in accordance with their respective legislation, the strategies and cooperation methods appropriate for attaining these objectives. Their operations, other than joint operations, shall form the subject of consultations and close coordination.

The relevant public and private sector bodies, in accordance with their own powers, working with the competent bodies of Israel, the Community and its Member States, may take part in these operations.

Article 57

Migration

The Parties shall cooperate with a view in particular to:

— defining areas of mutual interest concerning policies on immigration,

— increasing the effectiveness of measures aimed at preventing or curbing illegal migratory flows.







TITLE VII

COOPERATION ON AUDIOVISUAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

Article 58

1. The Parties shall undertake to promote cooperation in the audiovisual sector to their mutual benefit.

2. The Parties shall seek ways of associating Israel with Community initiatives in this sector, thus enabling cooperation in such areas as coproduction, training, development and distribution.

Article 59

The Parties shall promote cooperation on education, training and youth exchange. The areas of cooperation may include in particular: youth exchanges, cooperation among universities and other educational/training institutions, language training, translation and other ways of promoting better mutual understanding of their respective cultures.

Article 60

The Parties shall promote cultural cooperation. The areas of cooperation may include in particular translation, exchange of works of art and artists, conservation and restoration of historic and cultural monuments and sites, training of persons working in the cultural field, the organisation of European-oriented cultural events, raising mutual awareness and contributing to the dissemination of information on outstanding cultural events.

Article 61

The Parties shall promote activities of mutual interest in the field of information and communication.

Article 62

Cooperation shall be implemented in particular through:

(a) a regular dialogue between the Parties;

(b) a regular exchange of information and ideas in every sector of cooperation including meetings of officials and experts;

(c) transfer of advice, expertise and training;

(d) implementation of joint actions such as seminars and workshops;

(e) technical, administrative and regulatory assistance;

(f) the dissemination of information on cooperation initiatives.







TITLE VIII

SOCIAL MATTERS

Article 63

1. The Parties shall conduct a dialogue covering all aspects of mutual interest. The dialogue shall cover in particular questions relating to social problems of post-industrial societies, such as unemployment, rehabilitation of disabled people, equal treatment for men and women, labour relations, vocational training, work safety and hygiene, etc.

2. Cooperation will take place through experts' meetings, seminars and workshops.

Article 64

1. In order to coordinate the social security regimes of Israeli workers legally employed on the territory of a Member State and of their family members legally resident there, the following provisions should apply, subject to the conditions and modalities applicable in each Member State:

— all periods of insurance, employment or residence fulfilled by such workers in the different Member States shall be totalled for the purposes of the establishment of the right to old age, invalidity and survivors' pensions and allowances and for the purposes of medical care for themselves and their families,

— all pensions and allowances for old age, survivors, accident at work, occupational illness or invalidity, with the exception of non-contributory payments, shall benefit from free transfer to Israel at the rate applicable resulting from the legislation of the liable Member State(s),

— the workers concerned shall receive family allowances for the members of their family referred to above.

2. Israel shall grant to workers who are nationals of a Member State legally employed on its territory and to their family members legally resident there a treatment similar to that referred to in paragraph 1, second and third indents, subject to the conditions and modalities applicable in Israel.

Article 65

1. The Association Council shall decide on the provisions for the implementation of the objectives contained in Article 64.

2. The Association Council shall decide on the modalities of administrative cooperation to guarantee the management and control necessary for the implementation of the provisions contained in paragraph 1.

Article 66

The arrangements decided by the Association Council, in accordance with Article 65, shall in no way affect the rights and obligations resulting from bilateral agreements between Israel and the Member States where these agreements provide for a more favourable treatment of Israeli nationals or for nationals of the Member States.







TITLE IX

INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 67

An Association Council is hereby established which shall meet at ministerial level once a year and when circumstances require, at the initiative of its Chairman and in accordance with the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure. It shall examine any major issues arising within the framework of this Agreement and any other bilateral or international issues of mutual interest.

Article 68

1. The Association Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Union and members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and members of the Government of the State of Israel, on the other.

2. The Association Council shall establish its Rules of Procedure.

3. Members of the Association Council may arrange to be represented in accordance with the provisions laid down in its Rules of Procedure.

4. The Association Council shall be chaired in turn by a member of the Council of the European Union and a member of the Government of the State of Israel, in accordance with the provisions laid down in its Rules of Procedure.

Article 69

1. The Association Council shall, for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases provided for therein.

These decisions shall be binding on the Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken. The Association Council may also make appropriate recommendations.

2. The Association Council shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between the Parties.

Article 70

1. Subject to the powers of the Association Council, an Association Committee is hereby established which shall be responsible for the implementation of the Agreement.

2. The Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee, in full or in part, any of its powers.

Article 71

1. The Association Committee, which shall meet at official level, shall consist of representatives of the members of the Council of the European Union and of members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of representatives of the Government of the State of Israel, on the other.

2. The Association Committee shall establish its Rules of Procedure.

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Article 72

1. The Association Committee shall have the power to take decisions for the management of the Agreement as well as in those areas in which the Association Council has delegated its powers to it.

These decisions shall be binding on the Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken.

2. The Association Committee shall draw up its decisions by agreement between the Parties.

Article 73

The Association Council may decide to set up any working group or body necessary for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 74

The Association Council shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate cooperation and contacts between the European Parliament and the Knesset of the State of Israel, and between the Economic and Social Committee of the Community and the Economic and Social Council of Israel.

Article 75

1. Each of the Parties may refer to the Association Council any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this Agreement.

2. The Association Council may settle the dispute by means of a decision.

3. Each Party shall be bound to take the measures involved in carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.

4. In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other Party must then appoint a second arbitrator within two months. For the application of this procedure, the Community and the Member States shall be deemed to be one Party to the dispute.

The Association Council shall appoint a third arbitrator.

The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.

Each party to the dispute must take the steps required to implement the decision of the arbitrators.

Article 76

Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking any measures:

(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential security interests;

(b) which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions or war materials or to research, development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for specifically military purposes;

(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.

Article 77

In the fields covered by this Agreement, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein:

— the arrangements applied by Israel in respect of the Community shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals, or their companies or firms,

— the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of Israel shall not give rise to discrimination between Israeli nationals or its companies or firms.

Article 78

As regards direct taxation, nothing in the Agreement shall have the effect of:

— extending the fiscal advantages granted by either Party in any international agreement or arrangement by which it is bound,

— preventing the adoption or application by either Party of any measure aimed at preventing the avoidance or the evasion of taxes,

— opposing the right of either Party to apply the relevant provisions of its tax legislation to taxpayers whose position, as regards place of residence, is not identical.

Article 79

1. The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

2. If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Association Council with all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.

In the selection of measures, priority shall be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.

These measures shall be notified immediately to the Association Council and shall be the subject of consultations within the Association Council if the other Party so requests.

Article 80

Protocols 1 to 5, Annexes I to VII shall form an integral part of this Agreement. Declarations and Exchanges of Letters shall appear in the Final Act, which shall form an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 81

For the purpose of this Agreement the term ‘Parties’ shall mean the Community, or the Member States, or the Community and the Member States, in accordance with their respective powers, of the one part, and Israel of the other part.

Article 82

The Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period.

Each of the Parties may denounce the Agreement by notifying the other Party. The Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date of such notification.

Article 83

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Coal And Steel Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand, to the territory of the State of Israel.

Article 84

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Hebrew languages; each of these texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Article 85

This Agreement shall be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures.

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.

Upon its entry into force this Agreement shall replace the Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel, and the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 11 May 1975.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de noviembre de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den tyvende november nitten hundrede og femoghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am zwanzigsten November neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι Νοεμβρίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα πέντε.

Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of November in the year one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt novembre mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venti novembre millenovecentonovantacinque.

Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste november negentienhonderdvijfennegentig.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Novembro de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenä päivänä marraskuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugonde november nittonhundranittiofem.

Pour le Royaume de Belgique

Voor het Koninkrijk België

Für das Königreich Belgien

Cette signature engage également la Communauté française, la Communauté flamande, la Communauté germanophone, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franstalige Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.

Diese Unterschrift verbindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt.

På Kongeriget Danmarks vegne

Für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Για την Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

Por el Reino de España

Pour la République française

Thar cheann na hÉireann

For Ireland

Per la Repubblica italiana

Pour le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

Für die Republik Österreich

Pela República Portuguesa

Suomen tasavallan puolesta

För Konungariket Sverige

For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Por las Comunidades Europeas

For De Europæiske Fællesskaber

Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften

Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες

For the European Communities

Pour les Communautés européennes

Per le Comunità europee

Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen

Pelas Comunidades Europeias

Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar

LIST OF ANNEXES







Annex VII Intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights referred to in Article 39

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ANNEX VII

INTELLECTUAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 39

1. By the end of the third year after the entry into force of the Agreement, Israel shall accede to the following multilateral conventions on intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights to which Member States are parties or which are de facto applied by Member States: — Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act, 1971), — Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979), — Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid, 1989), — Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, modified in 1980), — Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington, 1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984). The Association Council may decide that this paragraph shall apply to other multilateral conventions in this field.

2. Israel shall ratify, by the end of the second year after the entry into force of the Agreement, the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 1961).

3. The Parties confirm the importance they attach to the obligations arising from the following multilateral conventions: — Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm Act, 1967, and amended in 1979), — Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks (Geneva, 1977, and amended in 1979), — International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (Geneva Act, 1991).

LIST OF PROTOCOLS







Protocol 1 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the European Community of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the State of Israel Protocol 2 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the State of Israel of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the European Community Protocol 3 concerning plant protection matters Protocol 4 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation Protocol 5 on mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs matters

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PROTOCOL 1

concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the European Community of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the State of Israel







1. The products listed in the Annex, originating in Israel, shall be admitted for import into the Community, subject to the conditions contained hereinafter and in the Annex.

2. From the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters signed at Brussels on 4 November 2009, which corresponds to the seventeenth day of Heshvan 5770 in the Hebrew calendar, (hereinafter ‘the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters’), customs duties and charges having equivalent effect (including their agriculture component), which are applicable on the import into the European Community of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in Israel shall be eliminated, except as otherwise provided for in Table 1 of the Annex.

3. For those products originating in Israel listed in Table 2 of the Annex, customs duties shall be eliminated or reduced within the limit of the tariff quotas listed in column ‘b’. Customs duties in respect of the quantities in excess of the quotas shall be reduced by the percentage listed in column ‘c’. For the first year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, the volume of tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volume, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the date of entry into force of that Agreement.

4. Notwithstanding the conditions under point 2 of this Protocol, for the products to which an entry price applies in accordance with Article 140a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ( 1 ), and for which the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a specific customs duty, the elimination applies only to the ad valorem part of the duty.

5. For those products originating in Israel listed in Table 3, customs duties shall be bound to the current applied duties listed in columns ‘a’ and ‘b’.

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ANNEX TO PROTOCOL 1

Table 1

Products not included in the table below are duty free. A preferential treatment for some of the products listed below is indicated in Tables 2 and 3.







CN Code (1) Description (2) 0105 12 00 Live turkeys weighing not more than 185 g 0207 27 Turkey cuts and offal, frozen 0207 33 0207 34 0207 35 0207 36 Meat of ducks, geese or guinea fowls ex 0302 69 99 ex 0303 79 98 ex 0304 19 99 ex 0304 29 99 ex 0305 30 90 Bogue (Boops boops): fresh or chilled; frozen; fillets, frozen, and other fish meat, fresh or chilled; fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked ex 0301 99 80 0302 69 61 0302 69 95 0303 79 71 ex 0303 79 98 ex 0304 19 39 ex 0304 19 99 ex 0304 29 99 ex 0304 99 99 ex 0305 10 00 ex 0305 30 90 ex 0305 49 80 ex 0305 59 80 ex 0305 69 80 Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.) and gilt-head sea breams (Sparus aurata): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh, chilled or frozen; dried, salted or in brine; smoked; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption ex 0301 99 80 0302 69 94 ex 0303 77 00 ex 0304 19 39 ex 0304 19 99 ex 0304 29 99 ex 0304 99 99 ex 0305 10 00 ex 0305 30 90 ex 0305 49 80 ex 0305 59 80 ex 0305 69 80 Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh, chilled or frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption 0404 10 Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0408 11 80 Egg yolks, dried, for human consumption, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0408 19 89 Egg yolks (other than liquid), frozen or otherwise preserved, suitable for human consumption, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. dried) 0408 91 80 Dried bird’s eggs, not in shell, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, suitable for human consumption (excl. egg yolks) 0409 00 00 Natural honey 0603 11 00 0603 12 00 0603 13 00 0603 14 00 0603 19 10 0603 19 90 Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh 0701 90 50 New potatoes, from 1 January to 30 June, fresh or chilled 0702 00 00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 0703 20 00 Garlic, fresh or chilled 0707 00 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled 0709 60 10 Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled 0709 90 70 Courgettes, fresh or chilled 0710 40 00 Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0710 90 00 Mixtures of vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0711 90 30 Sweet corn, provisionally preserved (for example by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 0712 90 30 Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared 0805 10 Oranges, fresh or dried 0805 20 10 Clementines, fresh or dried 0805 20 50 Mandarins and wilkings, fresh or dried 0806 10 10 Table grapes, fresh 0807 19 00 Melons, fresh, other than watermelons 0810 10 00 Fresh strawberries 1509 10 Virgin olive oil 1602 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood (excl. sausages and similar products, and meat extracts and juices) 1604 13 Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces, but not minced 1604 14 Prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack and bonito (Sarda spp.), whole or in pieces, but not minced 1604 15 Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces, but not minced 1604 19 31 Fillets known as ‘loins’ of fish of the genus Euthynnus, other than skipjack (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces, but not minced 1604 19 39 Prepared or preserved fish of the genus Euthynnus, other than skipjack (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis), whole or in pieces, but not minced, other than fillets known as ‘loins’ 1604 20 50 Prepared or preserved sardines, bonito, mackerel of species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor 1604 20 70 Prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack or other fish of genus Euthynnus 1701 Cane or beet sugar chemically pure sucrose, in solid form ex 17 02 Other sugars, including chemically pure maltose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey, caramel, with the exception of: chemically pure lactose of CN code 1702 11 00 ; chemically pure glucose of CN codes ex 1702 30 50 and ex 1702 30 90 ; and chemically pure fructose of CN code 1702 50 00 . 1704 10 90 Chewing gum whether or not sugar-coated, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) ex 1704 90 Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa; with the exception of: — liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances, falling within CN code 1704 90 10 ; — white chocolate falling within CN code 1704 90 30 ; — pastes including marzipan, in immediate packagings of a net content of 1 kg or more falling within CN code 1704 90 51 ; — marshmallows, being other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 45 % or less by weight of sugar (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) falling within CN code ex 1704 90 99 1806 10 20 Cocoa powder containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 1806 10 30 Cocoa powder containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 1806 10 90 Cocoa powder containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 1806 20 Other food preparations containing cocoa in block, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packagings, of a content exceeding 2 kg ex 1901 90 99 Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 , not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 1905 20 30 1905 20 90 Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 30 % or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 2001 90 30 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid 2002 90 91 2002 90 99 Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, with a dry matter content of more than 30 % by weight 2004 90 10 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen 2005 80 00 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen ex 2005 99 excluding 2005 99 50 and 2005 99 90 Other vegetables 2008 70 Canned peaches, including nectarines 2009 11 2009 12 00 2009 19 Orange juice ex 2009 90 Mixtures of citrus juices 2101 12 98 2101 20 98 Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté ex 2106 90 98 Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included (excluding protein concentrates and textured protein substances), containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009 2905 43 00 2905 44 Mannitol and D-glucitol (sorbitol) 3302 10 29 Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterizing a beverage, containing by weight, 1,5 % or more of milk fat, 5 % or more of sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % or more of glucose or starch 3501 10 50 3501 10 90 3501 90 90 Casein, other than for the manufacture of regenerated textile fibres, caseinates and other casein derivates 3502 11 90 Dried egg albumin, for human consumption 3502 19 90 Other egg albumin, for human consumption 3502 20 91 Dried milk albumin, for human consumption 3502 20 99 Other milk albumin, for human consumption ex 3505 10 3505 20 Dextrins, other modified starches, and glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches, excluding esterified and etherified starches of CN code 3505 10 50 3809 10 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceouos substances 3824 60 Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 (1) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 (OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1). (2) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN codes and corresponding description taken together.

Table 2

For the following products a preferential treatment is provided in the form of tariff quotas and calendars as listed below:







CN Code (1) Description (2) a b c Reduction of the MFN customs duty (%) Tariff quota (Tonnes net weight, unless otherwise indicated) Reduction of the MFN customs duty beyond current tariff quota (%) 0105 12 00 Live turkeys weighing not more than 185 g 100 129 920 pieces — 0207 27 10 Boneless turkeys cuts, frozen 100 4 000 — 0207 27 30 0207 27 40 0207 27 50 0207 27 60 0207 27 70 Turkeys cuts with bone in, frozen ex 0207 33 Meat of ducks and geese, not cut in pieces, frozen 100 560 — ex 0207 35 Other meat and edible offal of ducks and geese, fresh or chilled ex 0207 36 Other meat and edible offal of ducks and geese, frozen 0404 10 Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 100 1 300 — 0603 11 00 0603 12 00 0603 13 00 0603 14 00 0603 19 10 0603 19 90 Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh 100 22 196 — 0603 19 90 Other fresh cut flowers and buds from 1 November to 15 April 100 7 840 — 0701 90 50 New potatoes, from 1 January to 30 June, fresh or chilled 100 33 936 — ex 0702 00 00 Cherry tomatoes, fresh or chilled (3) 100 28 000 — ex 0702 00 00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, other than cherry tomatoes 100 5 000 — 0707 00 05 Cucumbers, fresh or chilled 100 1 000 — 0709 60 10 Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled 100 17 248 40 0709 90 70 Courgettes, fresh or chilled, from 1 December to end February 100 — — 0710 40 00 2004 90 10 Sweet corn, frozen 100 % of the ad valorem part of the duty + 30 % of the agricultural component (5) 10 600 (6) 0711 90 30 2001 90 30 2005 80 00 Sweet corn, not frozen 100 % of the ad valorem part of the duty + 30 % of the agricultural component (5) 5 400 (6) 0712 90 30 Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared 100 1 200 — ex 0805 10 Oranges, fresh 100 224 000 (4) 60 ex 0805 20 10 ex 0805 20 50 Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh 100 40 000 60 ex 0805 20 10 ex 0805 20 50 Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh from 15 March to 30 September 100 15 680 60 0806 10 10 Table grapes, fresh from 1 April to 31 July 100 — — 0807 19 00 Other fresh melons (excl. watermelons), from 1 August to 31 May 100 30 000 50 0810 10 00 Strawberries fresh, from 1 November to 30 April 100 5 000 60 1602 31 19 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than exclusively uncooked turkey meat 100 5 000 — 1602 31 30 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal 1602 32 19 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than uncooked 100 2 000 — 1602 32 30 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal 1704 10 90 Chewing gum whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 100 100 (6) 1806 10 20 1806 10 30 1806 10 90 Cocoa powder containing 5 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 100 % of the ad valorem part of the duty + 15 % of the agricultural component (5) 2 500 (6) 1806 20 Other food preparations containing cocoa in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packagings, of a content exceeding 2 kg 1905 20 30 1905 20 90 Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 30 % or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 100 % of the ad valorem part of the duty + 30 % of the agricultural component (5) 3 200 (6) 2002 90 91 2002 90 99 Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, with a dry matter content of more than 30 % by weight 100 784 — ex 2008 70 71 Slices of peaches, fried in oil 100 112 — 2009 11 2009 12 00 2009 19 Orange juice 100 35 000 , of which, in packs of 2 L or less, not more than 21 280 70 ex 2009 90 Mixtures of citrus juices 100 19 656 — 2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009 100 6 212 hl — 3505 20 Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches 100 250 (6) (1) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 (OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1). (2) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN codes and corresponding description taken together. (3) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union provisions (Part 10 of Part B (Specific Marketing Standards) of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, as amended). (4) Within this tariff quota the specific duty provided in the Union’s list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero for the period from 1 December to 31 May, if the entry price is not less than EUR 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Commission and Israel. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply. (5) In this respect, ‘agricultural component’ is the specific part of the duty established in Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 (OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1). (6) For those products the applicable duty beyond the tariff quota is established in Table 3 of this Annex.

Table 3

For the following products customs duties shall be bound as listed below:







CN Code (1) Description (2) a b (3) Ad valorem component of the duty (%) Specific component of the duty 0710 40 00 Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen 0 EUR 9,4/100 kg net eda 0711 90 30 Sweet corn, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 0 EUR 9,4/100 kg net eda 1704 10 90 Chewing gum whether or not sugar-coated, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 EUR 30,90/100 kg net MAX 18,20 % ex 1704 90 Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa; with the exception of: — liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances, falling within CN code 1704 90 10 ; — white chocolate falling within CN code 1704 90 30 ; — pastes including marzipan, in immediate packagings of a net content of 1 kg or more falling within CN code 1704 90 51 . 0 EA MAX 18,7 % + AD S/Z 1806 10 20 Cocoa powder containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 EUR 25,2/100 kg net 1806 10 30 Cocoa powder containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 EUR 31,4/100 kg net 1806 10 90 Cocoa powder containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 EUR 41,9/100 kg net ex 1806 20 Other food preparations containing cocoa in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packagings, of a content exceeding 2 kg; with the exception of chocolate milk crumb falling within CN code 1806 20 70 0 EA MAX 18,7 % + AD S/Z 1806 20 70 Chocolate milk crumb 0 EA ex 1901 90 99 Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 , not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 EA 1905 20 30 Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 30 % or more but less than 50 % of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 EUR 24,6/100 kg net 1905 20 90 Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 50 % or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 EUR 31,4/100 kg net 2001 90 30 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid 0 EUR 9,4/100 kg, net eda 2004 90 10 Sweet corn, (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen 0 EUR 9,4/100 kg, net eda 2005 80 00 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen 0 EUR 9,4/100 kg, net eda 2101 12 98 Preparations with a basis of coffee 0 EA 2101 20 98 Preparations with a basis of tea or maté 0 EA ex 2106 90 98 Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included (excluding protein concentrates and textured protein substances), containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 EA 2905 43 00 Mannitol 0 EUR 125,8/100 kg net 2905 44 11 D-glucitol (sorbitol) in aqueous solution, containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 16,1/100 kg net 2905 44 19 D-glucitol (sorbitol) in aqueous solution, containing more than 2 % by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 37,8/100 kg net 2905 44 91 D-glucitol (sorbitol) other than in aqueous solution, containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 23/100 kg net 2905 44 99 D-glucitol (sorbitol) other than in aqueous solution, containing more than 2 % by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 53,7/100 kg net 3302 10 29 Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, containing, by weight, 1,5 % or more of milk fat, 5 % or more of sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % or more of glucose or starch 0 EA 3501 10 50 Casein, for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs or fodder and other than for the manufacture of regenerated textile fibres 3 % — 3501 10 90 Other casein 9 % — 3501 90 90 Caseinates and other casein derivates (other than casein glues) 6,4 % — 3505 10 10 Dextrins 0 EUR 17,7/100 kg net 3505 10 90 Other modified starches, other than esterified or etherified 0 EUR 17,7/100 kg net 3505 20 10 Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches, containing, by weight, less than 25 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 EUR 4,5/100 kg net MAX 11,5 % 3505 20 30 Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches, containing, by weight, 25 % or more but less than 55 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 EUR 8,9/100 kg net MAX 11,5 % 3505 20 50 Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches, containing, by weight, 55 % or more but less than 80 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 EUR 14,2/100 kg net MAX 11,5 % 3505 20 90 Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches, containing by weight 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 EUR 17,7/100 kg net MAX 11,5 % Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceouos substances: 3809 10 10 – Containing by weight of such substances less than 55 % 0 EUR 8,9/100 kg net MAX 12,8 % 3809 10 30 – Containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 % 0 EUR 12,4/100 kg net MAX 12,8 % 3809 10 50 – Containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less than 83 % 0 EUR 15,1/100 kg net MAX 12,8 % 3809 10 90 – Containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more 0 EUR 17,7/100 kg net MAX 12,8 % Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 : 3824 60 11 – in aqueous solution: – – Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 16,1/100 kg net 3824 60 19 – in aqueous solution: – – Containing more than 2 % by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 37,8/100 kg net 3824 60 91 – Other than in aqueous solution: – – Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 23/100 kg net 3824 60 99 – Other than in aqueous solution: – – Containing more than 2 % by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 EUR 53,7/100 kg net (1) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 (OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1). (2) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN codes and corresponding description taken together. (3) Where indicated, ‘EA’ and ‘AD S/Z’ refer to the agricultural component and additional duties for sugar, the amounts of which are fixed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 (OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1).

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PROTOCOL 2

concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the State of Israel of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the European Community







1. The products listed in the Annex originating in the Community shall be admitted for import into Israel subject to the conditions contained hereinafter and in the Annex.

2. From the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters signed at Brussels on 4 November 2009, which corresponds to the seventeenth day of Heshvan 5770 in the Hebrew calendar, (hereinafter the ‘Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters’) customs duties and charges having equivalent effect (including their agriculture component), which are applicable on the import into the State of Israel of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products originating in the European Community shall be eliminated, except for those products listed in Table 1 of the Annex.

3. For those products originating in the European Community listed in Table 2 of the Annex, customs duties shall be eliminated or reduced within the limits of the tariff quotas listed in column ‘b’. Customs duties in respect of the quantities in excess of the quotas shall be reduced by the percentage listed in column ‘c’. For the first year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, the volume of tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volume, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the date of entry into force of that Agreement.

4. For those products originating in the European Community listed in Table 3, applied ad valorem customs duties shall be bound within the limit listed in column ‘a’ and applied specific duties shall be bound within the limits listed in column ‘b’.

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ANNEX TO PROTOCOL 2

Table 1

Products not included in the table below are duty free. A preferential treatment for some of the products listed below is indicated in Tables 2 and 3.







HS or Israeli Code (1) Description (2) ex 0102 90 Live calves for slaughter 0104 10 Live sheep: 0104 10 20 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0104 10 90 – Other 0104 20 Live goats: 0104 20 90 – Other 0105 12 Live turkeys, weighing not more than 185 g: 0105 12 10 – Whose value does not exceed NIS 12 each 0105 12 80 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0105 19 Live ducks, geese and guinea fowls, weighing not more than 185 g: 0105 19 10 – Whose value does not exceed NIS 12 each 0105 19 80 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition Other: 0105 94 – Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus 0105 99 – Other 0106 32 90 Live psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) 0106 39 Live birds, other than birds of prey and psittaciformes: 0106 39 19 – Ornamental birds, song birds and pet birds 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 0206 10 Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 0206 80 00 Edible offal of sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen 0210 20 00 Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 0210 91 Of primates, salted, in brine, dried or smoked: 0210 91 10 – Meat and meat offal 0301 excluding: 0301 10 10 0301 91 10 0301 92 10 0301 92 90 0301 93 10 0301 94 10 0301 94 90 0301 95 10 0301 95 90 0301 99 10 Live fish 0302 excluding: 0302 40 20 0302 50 20 0302 62 20 0302 63 20 0302 64 10 0302 65 20 0302 66 10 0302 68 10 0302 70 10 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 0303 excluding: 0303 11 10 0303 19 10 0303 22 10 0303 29 10 0303 43 30 0303 51 10 0303 52 10 0303 71 30 0303 72 10 0303 73 10 0303 74 10 0303 75 10 0303 76 10 0303 78 10 0303 79 30 0303 79 51 0303 80 10 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 0304 excluding: 0304 11 10 0304 12 10 0304 19 22 0304 19 92 0304 22 00 0304 29 22 0304 29 42 0304 29 92 0304 91 10 0304 92 10 0304 99 20 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen 0305 41 00 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), smoked including fillets 0305 49 00 Other smoked fish, including fillets, other than Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) and Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 0306 excluding: 0306 11 10 0306 12 10 0306 14 20 0306 19 20 0306 21 10 0306 22 10 0306 24 20 0306 29 10 0306 29 92 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boil water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption 0307 excluding: 0307 10 20 0307 21 20 0307 29 20 0307 31 20 0307 39 20 0307 60 10 0307 60 92 0307 91 20 0307 99 20 Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption 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 concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa 0404 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads: 0405 10 – Butter: – – In packings of net content exceeding 1 kg: 0405 10 31 – – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0405 10 39 – – – Others – – In packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg: 0405 10 91 – – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0405 10 99 – – – Other 0405 20 – Dairy spreads: 0405 20 10 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0405 20 90 – – Other – Other fats and oils derived from milk: 0405 90 19 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0405 90 90 – – Others 0406 Cheese and curd 0407 excluding 0407 00 10 Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked 0408 Birds’ eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0409 Natural honey 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled: 0701 90 – Other than seed 0702 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 0703 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled 0704 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled 0705 11 0705 19 Lettuce, fresh or chilled 0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled 0708 excluding 0708 90 20 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled 0709 20 Asparagus, fresh or chilled 0709 30 Aubergines (egg plants), fresh or chilled 0709 40 Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled 0709 51 0709 59 Mushrooms, fresh or chilled: 0709 51 90 – Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 0709 59 90 – Other 0709 60 Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled 0709 70 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled 0709 90 Other fresh vegetables, fresh or chilled 0710 10 Potatoes (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0710 21 Shelled or unshelled peas (Pisum sativum) (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0710 22 Shelled or unshelled beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0710 29 excluding 0710 29 20 Other leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0710 30 Spinach, New Zeeland spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) (uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water), frozen 0710 40 Sweetcorn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water), frozen 0710 80 10 Frozen carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, (leek), cabbage, peppers, celery (eu 5) 0710 80 40 Frozen carrots Others frozen vegetables: 0710 80 80 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0710 80 90 – Others 0710 90 Mixtures of vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: 0711 20 – Olives 0711 40 – Cucumbers and gherkins 0711 90 – Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared: 0712 20 – Onions 0712 90 excluding 0712 90 40 0712 90 70 – Other dried vegetables, mixtures of vegetables 0713 20 Dried chickpeas (garbanzos) 0714 20 Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets 0802 11 90 Almonds in shell, fresh or dried 0802 12 90 Shelled almonds, fresh or dried 0802 31 0802 32 Walnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled 0802 60 Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled 0802 90 20 Pecans, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled Other nuts: 0802 90 92 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0802 90 99 – Other nuts 0803 00 10 Bananas, including plantains, fresh 0804 10 Dates fresh 0804 20 Fresh and dried figs 0804 30 10 Fresh pineapples 0804 40 10 Fresh avocados 0804 50 excluding 0804 50 90 Fresh guavas, mangos and mangosteens 0805 10 10 Fresh oranges 0805 20 10 Fresh mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids 0805 40 10 Fresh grapefruit, including pomelos 0805 50 10 Fresh lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia) 0805 90 11 Fresh ethrogs (Citrus medica), kumquats, and limes 0805 90 19 Others fresh citrus fruit 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried 0807 Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh 0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh 0810 10 Fresh strawberries 0810 20 Fresh raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries 0810 50 Fresh kiwifruit 0810 60 Fresh durians 0810 90 Other fresh fruits 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: 0811 10 – Strawberries – Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries: 0811 20 20 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0811 20 90 – – Others 0811 90 – Others, fruit and nuts 0812 Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 0813 20 Dried prunes: 0813 20 20 – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 0813 20 99 – Other 0813 40 00 Other dried fruit 0813 50 Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of chapter 08 0904 Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta 0910 10 91 Ginger which will be released from the months October to January 0910 99 90 Other spices 1001 Wheat and meslin 1005 90 10 Maize (corn) of the popcorn kind 1105 20 00 Flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes 1108 11 1108 12 1108 13 1108 14 1108 19 Starches 1202 10 00 Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken, in shell 1202 20 90 Shelled ground nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken 1206 00 90 Other sunflower seeds, whether or not broken 1207 20 00 Cotton seeds 1207 99 20 Castor oil seeds 1209 91 29 Pumpkin seeds 1209 99 20 Watermelon seeds 1404 90 19 Other pollen-not intended for animal feeding 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 1507 Soya bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1508 10 00 Crude groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1508 90 90 Others, groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified – non crude and non edible 1509 Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1510 Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509 1511 10 20 Crude palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1511 90 90 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, non crude and not edible 1512 11 1512 19 Sunflower seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof 1512 21 90 Crude cotton-seed oil and its fractions, wheter or not gossypol has been removed 1512 29 90 Cotton-seed oil and its fractions, wheter or not gossypol has been removed, non crude and not edible 1513 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1514 excluding 1514 91 19 1514 99 19 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 1515 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: – Linseed oil and its fractions: 1515 11 90 – – Crude oil, non edible 1515 19 90 – – Other, non edible – Maize (corn) oil and its fractions: 1515 21 20 – – Crude oil, non edible 1515 29 90 – – Other, non edible 1515 30 00 – Castor oil and its fractions 1515 50 90 – Others non edible, sesame oil and its fractions 1515 90 – Other: 1515 90 22 – – Other oils, of nuts or fruits pips or stones of detailed headings 0802 or 1212 1515 90 30 – – Others 1516 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or refined, but not further prepared: 1516 10 – Animal fats and oils and their fractions: 1516 10 11 – – Solid edible fats 1516 10 19 – – Others, solid fats 1516 20 – Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: 1516 20 19 – – Others, solid fats 1516 20 91 – – Castor oil 1516 20 92 – – Linseed oil 1516 20 99 – – Other 1517 90 21 Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 , containing olive oil 1517 90 22 Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 , containing soybean oil, sunflower oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, maize (corn) oil or rape oil 1518 00 21 Castor oil 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: 1602 20 91 – Of liver of any animal containing chicken liver 1602 20 99 – Of liver of any animal, others 1602 31 90 – Of turkeys 1602 32 90 – Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus 1602 39 90 – Of other of poultry of heading 0105 – Of swine: 1602 41 00 – – Hams and cuts thereof 1602 42 00 – – Shoulders and cuts thereof 1602 49 90 – – Other, including mixture ex 1602 50 – Of bovine animals: 1602 50 80 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 1602 50 91 – – Containing more than 20 % chicken meat by weight 1602 50 99 – – Other 1602 90 90 – Others, including preparations of blood of any animal 1603 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrates 1604 excluding 1604 11 20 1604 12 10 1604 19 20 1604 15 20 1604 20 10 1604 20 20 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs 1702 30 10 Glucose in liquid state 1704 10 90 Other chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated containing less than 10 % gum base by weight 1905 31 10 Sweet biscuits – Containing eggs at a rate of 10 % or more of the weight, but not less than 1,5 % of milk fats and not less than 2,5 % of milk proteins 1905 32 20 Waffles and wafers – others, without filling 1905 32 30 Waffles and wafers – with filling containing not less than 1,5 % of milk fats, and not less than 2,5 % milk proteins 1905 32 90 Waffles and wafers – others, with filling 1905 90 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers wares weather or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products, Others: 1905 90 30 – Pre cooked dough for the preparation of the products of heading 1905 1905 90 91 – Others, containing eggs at a rate of 10 % or more of the weight, but not less than 1,5 % of milk fats and not less than 2,5 % of milk proteins 1905 90 92 – Others, containing flour, which is not wheat flour, in a quantity exceeding 15 % of the total flour weight 2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid 2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006 : 2004 10 10 – Potatoes – products made from flour or of meal 2004 10 90 – Potatoes, others – Other vegetables products made from flour or of meal: 2004 90 11 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 2004 90 19 – – Others – Others vegetables: 2004 90 91 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 2004 90 93 – – Sweet corn 2004 90 94 – – Legumes 2004 90 99 – – Others vegetables 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 : 2005 20 10 – Potatoes – products made from flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets 2005 20 90 – Others, potatoes 2005 40 10 – Peas (Pisum sativum) – products made from flour or of meal 2005 40 90 – Others, peas (Pisum sativum) 2005 51 00 – Beans, shelled 2005 59 10 – Others beans,products made from flour or meal 2005 59 90 – Others beans 2005 60 00 – Asparagus 2005 70 – Olives 2005 80 – Baby corn, and others, sweet corn – Others vegetables: 2005 99 10 – – Products made from flour or of meal 2005 99 30 – – Carrots, except those of subheading 9020 2005 99 40 – – Chickpeas 2005 99 50 – – Cucumbers 2005 99 80 – – Within the framework of the Fifth Addition 2005 99 90 – – Others 2006 00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallised) 2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: 2007 91 00 – Citrus fruit 2007 99 excluding 2007 99 93 – Other 2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: 2008 11 – Groundnuts: 2008 11 20 – – Roasted 2008 11 90 – – Others 2008 19 32 – – Other almond, roasted 2008 19 39 – – Others, nuts, and other roasted seeds 2008 19 40 – Others, nuts, and other seeds — of an actual alcoholic strength by mass exceeding 2 % mas 2008 19 91 – Others, almonds 2008 19 99 – Others, nuts, and other seeds 2008 20 – Pineapples 2008 30 – Citrus fruit: 2008 30 20 – – Of an alcoholic strength by mass exceeding 2 % mas 2008 30 90 – – Other 2008 40 – Pears 2008 50 – Apricots 2008 60 – Cherries 2008 70 – Peaches including nectarines: 2008 70 20 – – Of an actual alcoholic s