EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 328/39

AGREEMENT

in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the Agreement

Brussels, 14 July 1986

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed this day, and to the negotiations which have taken place between the Community and the Swiss Confederation on transitional customs arrangements to be applied to trade between Spain and Portugal, on the one hand, and Switzerland on the other, in respect of non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the abovementioned Agreement.

For the products listed in Annexes I and II, I hereby confirm that the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will gradually eliminate the difference which exists between the basic duty as defined in accordance with Articles 4 and 10 of the Additional Protocol and the Common Customs Tariff so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in that Tariff. This elimination shall for Spain take place in steps of 10 %, 12,5 %, 15 %, 15 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 % and 10 %, respectively. For Portugal the elimination shall take place in steps of 10 %, 10 %, 15 %, 15 %, 10 %, 10 %, 15 % and 15 %, respectively.

From 1 March 1986, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by the Kingdom of Spain.

From 1 March 1986, the Portuguese Republic shall apply a duty reducing by 10 % the difference between the basic duty and the duty in the Common Customs Tariff. From 1 January 1987, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ by more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by Portugal.

The Swiss Confederation will proceed likewise in respect of the products listed in Annex III originating in Portugal, so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in the Customs Tariff of Switzerland.

This Exchange of Letters shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.

I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Republic of Austria is in agreement with the above.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Communities

Brussels, 14 July 1986

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:

‘I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed this day, and to the negotiations which have taken place between the Community and the Swiss Confederation on transitional customs arrangements to be applied to trade between Spain and Portugal, on the one hand, and Switzerland on the other, in respect of non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the abovementioned Agreement. For the products listed in Annexes I and II, I hereby confirm that the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will gradually eliminate the difference which exists between basic duty as defined in accordance with Articles 4 and 10 of the Additional Protocol and the Common Customs Tariff so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in that Tariff. This elimination shall for Spain take place in steps of 10%, 12,5 %, 15 %, 15 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 % and 10 %, respectively. For Portugal the elimination shall take place in steps of 10 %, 10 %, 15 %, 15 %, 10 %, 10 %, 15 % and 15 %, respectively. From 1 March 1986, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by the Kingdom of Spain. From 1 March 1986, the Portuguese Republic shall apply a duty reducing by 10 % the difference between the basic duty and the duty in the Common Customs Tariff. From 1 January 1987, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ by more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by Portugal. The Swiss Confederation will proceed likewise in respect of the products listed in Annex III originating in Portugal, so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in the Customs Tariff of Switzerland. This Exchange of Letters shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures. I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Swiss Confederation is in agreement with the above.’

I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the contents of your letter.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Swiss Confederation

ANNEX I SPAIN CCT heading No Description 21.05 Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form; homogenized composite food preparations: B. Homogenized composite food preparations 21.06 Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders: C. Prepared baking powders 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: G. Other: I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of such fats: a) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): ex 1. Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of starch: — Food preparations being substitutes for human milk and used for the treatment of metabolic changes in infants, and certain other food preparations

ANNEX II PORTUGAL CCT heading No Description 05.03 Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material: B. Other 05.07 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers: A. Bed feathers; down: II. Other B. Other 05.13 Natural sponges: B. Other 13.02 Shellac, seed lac, stick lac and other lacs; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams: A. Conifer resins 13.03 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products: A. Vegetable saps and extracts: III. Of quassia amara IV. Of liquorice V. Of pyrethrum and of the roots of plants containing rotenone VI. Of hops VII. Intermixtures of vegetable extracts, for the manufacture of beverages or of food preparations VIII. Other: a) Medicinal B. Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: ex I. Dry: — excluding pectic substances ex II. Other: — excluding pectic substances C. Agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products: I. Agar-agar II. Mucilages and thickeners extracted from locust beans or locust bean seeds 14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed, osier, reeds, rushes, rattans, bamboos, raffia and lime bark): A. Osier: II. Other B. Ceral straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed 15.05 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) 15.06 Other animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste) 15.08 Animal and vegetable oils, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown or polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise modified 15.10 Fatty acids; acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols: A. Stearic acid B. Oleic acid ex C. Other fatty acids; acid oils from refining — excluding products obtained from pinewood, of a fatty acid content of 90 % or more by weight D. Fatty alcohols 15.11 Glycerol and glycerol lyes 15.15 Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured; beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not coloured: A. Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured B. Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not coloured: II. Other 15.16 Vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured: B. Other 15.17 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes: A. Degras 18.03 Cocoa paste (in bulk or in block), whether or not defatted 18.04 Cocoa butter (fat or oil) 18.05 Cocoa powder, unsweetened 21.02 Extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: A. Extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates B. Extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or mate and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates C. Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes: I. Roasted chicory D. Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes: I. Of roasted chicory 21.03 Mustard flour and prepared mustard 21.05 Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form; homogenised composite food preparations: B. Homogenised composite food preparations 21.06 Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders: A. Active natural yeasts: I. Culture yeast III. Other C. Prepared baking powders 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: G. Other: I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1,5 % by weight of such fats: a) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): ex 1. Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of starch: — excluding protein hydrolysates and yeast autolysates 22.01 Waters, including spa waters and aerated waters; ice and snow: A. Spa waters, natural or artificial; aerated waters 22.02 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No 20.07: ex A. Not containing milk or milkfats: — not containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) 22.08 Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, undenatured, of an alcoholic strength of 80 % vol or higher; denatured spirits (including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits) of any strength: ex A. Denatured spirits (including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits) of any strength: — other than obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex II to the EEC Treaty ex B. Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, undenatured, of an alcoholic strength of 80 % vol or higher: — other than obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex II to the EEC Treaty 22.09 Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08); liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages: A. Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08), in containers holding: ex I. Two litres or less: — other than obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex II to the EEC Treaty ex II. More than two litres: — other than obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex II to the EEC Treaty B. Compound alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages: II. Other C. Spirituous beverages: I. Rum, arrack and tafia II. Gin III. Whisky IV. Vodka with an alcoholic strength of 45,4 % vol or less and plum, pear or cherry spirit (excluding liqueurs) V. Other, in containers holding: ex a) Two litres or less: — excluding those containing eggs or egg yolk and /or sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) ex b) More than two litres: — excluding those containing eggs or egg yolk and/or sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) 24.02 Manufactured tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences