EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/2

PROTOCOL

to the stabilisation and association agreement between the European Communities and their member states, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,

THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

IRELAND,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

HUNGARY,

MALTA,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

ROMANIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, and

THE EUROPEAN UNION and THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the European Union’,

of the one part, and

MONTENEGRO,

of the other part,

Having regard to the accession of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as ‘Croatia’) to the European Union on 1 July 2013,

WHEREAS:

(1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the SAA’) was signed in Luxembourg on 15 October 2007 and entered into force on 1 May 2010.

(2) The Treaty concerning the accession of Croatia to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty of Accession’) was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011.

(3) Croatia acceded to the European Union on 1 July 2013.

(4) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession of Croatia, the accession of Croatia to the SAA is to be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to the SAA.

(5) Consultations pursuant to Article 39(3) of the SAA have taken place so as to ensure that account is taken of the mutual interests of the European Union and Montenegro stated in this Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION I

CONTRACTING PARTIES

Article 1

Croatia shall be Party to the SAA and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner as the other Member States of the European Union, of the texts of the SAA, as well as of the Joint Declarations, and the Unilateral Declarations annexed to the Final Act signed on the same date.

ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE SAA INCLUDING ITS ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS

SECTION II

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Article 2

Montenegrin concessions on agricultural products

1. In Article 27 of the SAA, a new paragraph is inserted:

‘3. From the entry into force of the Protocol to this Agreement taking account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, Montenegro shall apply the custom duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the European Union within the quantities indicated, listed in Annex III(d).’.

2. The text set out in Annex I to this Protocol shall be added as Annex III(d) to the SAA.

Article 3

Fisheries products

1. In Article 30 of the SAA, a new paragraph is inserted:

‘3. From the entry into force of the Protocol to this Agreement taking account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, Montenegro shall eliminate all customs duties and measures having equivalent effect on fish and fishery products originating in the Community other than those listed in Annex Va. Products listed in Annex V shall be subject to the provisions laid down therein.’.

2. The text set out in Annex II to this Protocol shall be added as Annex Va to the SAA.

Article 4

Montenegrin concessions on Processed Agricultural Products

The text set out in Annex III to this Protocol shall be added as Annex IIa to Protocol 1 to the SAA.

SECTION III

RULES OF ORIGIN

Article 5

Annex IV to Protocol 3 to the SAA shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Protocol.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

SECTION IV

Article 6

WTO

Montenegro undertakes that it shall not make any claim, request or referral nor modify or withdraw any concession pursuant to GATT 1994 Articles XXIV.6 and XXVIII in relation to this enlargement of the European Union.

Article 7

Proof of origin and administrative cooperation

1. Proofs of origin properly issued by either Montenegro or Croatia in the framework of preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them shall be accepted in the respective countries, provided that:

(a) the acquisition of such origin confers preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the preferential tariff measures contained in the SAA;

(b) the proof of origin and the transport documents were issued no later than the day before the date of accession;

(c) the proof of origin is submitted to the customs authorities within the period of four months from the date of accession.

Where goods were declared for importation in either Montenegro or Croatia, prior to the date of accession, under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between Montenegro and Croatia at that time, proof of origin issued retrospectively under those agreements or arrangements may also be accepted, provided that it is submitted to the customs authorities within a period of four months from the date of accession.

2. Montenegro and Croatia are authorised to retain the authorisations with which the status of ‘approved exporters’ has been granted in the framework of preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them, provided that:

(a) such a provision is also provided for in the agreement concluded prior to the date of Croatia’s accession between Montenegro and the European Union; and

(b) the approved exporters apply the rules of origin in force under that agreement.

These authorisations shall be replaced, no later than one year after the date of accession of Croatia, by new authorisations issued under the conditions of the SAA.

3. Requests for subsequent verification of proof of origin issued under the preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be accepted by the competent customs authorities of either Montenegro or Croatia for a period of three years after the issue of the proof of origin concerned and may be made by those authorities for a period of three years after acceptance of the proof of origin submitted to those authorities in support of an import declaration.

Article 8

Goods in transit

1. The provisions of the SAA may be applied to goods exported from either Montenegro to Croatia or from Croatia to Montenegro, which comply with the provisions of Protocol 3 to the SAA and that on the date of accession of Croatia are either en route or in temporary storage, in a customs warehouse or in a free zone in Montenegro or in Croatia.

2. Preferential treatment may be granted in such cases, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing country, within four months from the date of accession of Croatia, of a proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities of the exporting country.

Article 9

Quotas in 2013

For the year 2013, the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases of the volumes of existing tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before 1 July 2013.

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

SECTION V

Article 10

This Protocol and the Annexes thereto shall form an integral part of the SAA.

Article 11

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the European Union and its Member States and by Montenegro in accordance with their own procedures.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the corresponding procedures referred to in paragraph 1. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Article 12

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.

2. If not all the instruments of approval of this Protocol have been deposited before 1 July 2013, this Protocol shall apply provisionally with effect from 1 July 2013.

Article 13

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish languages and in the official language used in Montenegro, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 14

The text of the SAA, including the Annexes and Protocols which form an integral part thereof, and the Final Act together with the declarations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in the Croatian language, and those texts shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall approve those texts.

Съставено в Брюксел на осемнадесети декември две хиляди и тринадесета година. Hecho en Bruselas, el dieciocho de diciembre de dos mil trece. V Bruselu dne osmnáctého prosince dva tisíce třináct. Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den attende december to tusind og tretten. Geschehen zu Brüssel am achtzehnten Dezember zweitausenddreizehn. Kahe tuhande kolmeteistkümnenda aasta detsembrikuu kaheksateistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis. Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα οκτώ Δεκεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκατρία. Done at Brussels on the eighteenth day of December in the year two thousand and thirteen. Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-huit décembre deux mille treize. Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu osamnaestog prosinca dvije tisuće trinaeste. Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciotto dicembre duemilatredici. Briselē, divi tūkstoši trīspadsmitā gada astoņpadsmitajā decembrī. Priimta du tūkstančiai tryliktų metų gruodžio aštuonioliktą dieną Briuselyje. Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizenharmadik év december havának tizennyolcadik napján. Magħmul fi Brussell, fit-tmintax-il jum ta’ Diċembru tas-sena elfejn u tlettax. Gedaan te Brussel, de achttiende december tweeduizend dertien. Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia osiemnastego grudnia roku dwa tysiące trzynastego. Feito em Bruxelas, em dezoito de dezembro de dois mil e treze. Întocmit la Bruxelles la optsprezece decembrie două mii treisprezece. V Bruseli osemnásteho decembra dvetisíctrinásť. V Bruslju, dne osemnajstega decembra leta dva tisoč trinajst. Tehty Brysselissä kahdeksantenatoista päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolmetoista. Som skedde i Bryssel den artonde december tjugohundratretton. Sačinjeno u Briselu osamnaestog decembra dvije hiljade trinaeste. За държавите-членки Por los Estados miembros Za členské státy For medlemsstaterne Für die Mitgliedstaaten Liikmesriikide nimel Για τα κράτη μέλη For the Member States Pour les États membres Za države članice Per gli Stati membri Dalībvalstu vārdā – Valstybių narių vardu A tagállamok részéről Għall-Istati Membri Voor de lidstaten W imieniu Państw Członkowskich Pelos Estados-Membros Pentru statele membre Za členské štáty Za države članice Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta För medlemsstaterna Za države članice За Европейския съюз Por la Unión Europea Za Evropskou unii For Den Europæiske Union Für die Europäische Union Euroopa Liidu nimel Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση For the European Union Pour l'Union européenne Za Europsku uniju Per l'Unione europea Eiropas Savienības vārdā – Europos Sajungos vardu Az Európai Unió részéről Għall-Unjoni Ewropea Voor de Europese Unie W imieniu Unii Europejskiej Pela União Europeia Pentru Uniunea Europeană Za Európsku úniu Za Evropsko unijo Euroopan unionin puolesta För Europeiska unionen Za Evropsku uniju За Черна гора Por Montenegro Za Černou Horu For Montenegro Für Montenegro Montenegro nimel Για το Μαυροβουνίου For Montenegro Pour le Monténégro Za Crnu Goru Per il Montenegro Melnkalnes vārdā – Juodkalnijos vardu Montenegró részéről Għall-Montenegro Voor Montenegro W imieniu Czarnogóry Pelo Montenegro Pentru Muntenegru Za Čiernu Horu Za Črno goro Montenegron puolesta För Montenegro Za Crnu Goru

ANNEX I ‘ANNEX III(d) Montenegrin tariff concessions for agricultural primary products originating in the European Union (referred to in Article 27(3)) (Custom duties (ad valorem and/or specific duties) as indicated will be applied for the products listed in this annex within the quantities indicated for each product from the date of entry into force of this Protocol) CN code 2013 Description Annual quantity (in tons) Rate of in-quota duty (% of MFN) 0207 11 90 0207 12 90 0207 13 10 0207 13 30 0207 13 60 0207 13 99 0207 14 10 0207 14 30 0207 14 50 0207 14 60 0207 14 99 Poultry 500 20 % 0406 10 20 0406 10 80 0406 30 31 0406 40 50 0406 90 78 0406 90 88 0406 90 99 Cheese 65 30 % 1602 20 90 1602 32 11 1602 32 19 1602 32 30 1602 32 90 1602 41 10 1602 49 15 1602 49 30 1602 50 31 1602 50 95 Preparations of meat 130 30 %’

ANNEX II ‘ANNEX Va Montenegrin Concessions for European Union Fishery Products referred to in Article 30(3) of this Agreement Imports into Montenegro of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the quotas set out below: CN code 2013 Description Annual quantity (in tons) Rate of in-quota duty 1604 13 11 1604 13 19 1604 13 90 Prepared and preserved sardines 200 0 % (duty-free) 1604 14 11 1604 14 16 1604 14 18 Prepared and preserved tunas and skipjack; fillets of tuna known as “loins” 75 0 % (duty-free) 1604 15 11 1604 15 19 Prepared and preserved mackerel 30 0 % (duty-free)’

ANNEX III (Products referred to in Article 25 of the SAA) ‘ANNEX IIa TO PROTOCOL 1 Tariff quotas applicable to goods originating in the European Union on import into Montenegro CN code 2013 Description Annual quantity (in litres) Rate of in-quota duty 2201 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; 0 % 2201 10 Mineral water and aerated water 240 000 Ex22 01 90 Other 2201900010 Regular natural water in packing 430 000 2202 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009 810 000 0 %’