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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)596final
Brussels,23September 1982
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concluding anagreement basedonnegotiations between
NorwayandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
ontradeincheese
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

CONCLUSION OFATEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN
NORWAY AND THE COMMUNITY ONJOINT DISCIPLINE
INTHEIR TRADE INCHEESE
(Commission Communication totheCouncil )
TheCommission hereby transmits totheCouncil :
(a)areport ontheoutcome ofthenegotiations between Norway andthe
Community ontrade incheese (Annex A);
(b)adraft agreement comprising agreed minutes ,atemporary arrangement
andanexchange ofletters (Annex B).
TheCommission recommends that theCouncil approve theagreement ,and
accordingly submits herewith adraft decision concluding the
agreement (Annex C).

Annex Apage !
Report onthe
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NORWAY
AND THE COMMUNITY ONTRADE INCHEESE
1.Following aNorwegian request theCommission ,asauthorized bythe
Council on14December 1980 ,opened negotiations with Norway to
discuss thesituation with regard totrade incheese .
Both parties expressed dissatisfaction with thesituation .They
agreed that theexisting import arrangements were outofline with
thecurrent market situation andshould bebrought into line with
actual circumstances .Inorder toencourage theorderly development
oftrade inthis sector ,Norway andtheCommunity considered that the
consumer ,inaddition todomestically produced cheese ,should be
offered other types andvarieties ofimported cheese .Itwasthought
preferable toadopt aprovisional ,pragmatic solution ,rather than to
seek adefinitive newarrangement which would bedifficult toobtain
inthepresent economic circumstances .
2.Theresult ofthenegotiations was athree-year temporary arrangement
providing for theexpansion andstabilization oftwo-way trade ata
given volume and theestablishment andmutual assurance ofasatisfactory
situation ofcompetition based onanewjoint discipline clause .
3.Thedelegations considered that they hadcome toabalanced agreement
satisfactory toboth sides .They initialled theagreed minutes
(Annex B)inGeneva on7July andundertook tosubmit them totheir
respective authorities forapproval .
4.Atameeting held inGeneva onthesame day ,7July ,theArticle 113
Committee ,which wasclosely involved atall stages ofthetalks ,
was infavour ofconcluding theagreement .

AnnexBpage1
AGREED MINUTES
Negotiations between theNorwegian andCommission
Delegations ontrade incheese
TheNorwegian Delegation and theDelegation oftheCommission ofthe
European Communities have reached agreement onthefollowing :
(i)Atemporary arrangement between Norway and theEuropean Economic
Community onjoint discipline intheir trade incheese (Annex 1).
(ii)Anexchange ofletters between theCommission oftheEuropean
Communities andNorway onmonetary compensatory amounts (Annex 2).
They have agreed tosubmit the said agreement totheir respective
authorities forapproval .
Done atGeneva ,7July 1982
For theNorwegian Delegation For theDelegation ofthe
Commission oftheEuropean
Communities
(signed ) (signed )

AnnexIpage1
TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN NORWAY AND THE EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ONJOINT DISCIPLINE INTHEIR TRADE
INCHEESE
1.Desiring topromote theharmonious development oftheir trade in
agricultural products inline with their agricultural policies ,the
European Economic Community andNorway held consultations regarding
their trade incheese .
Inthecourse ofthese consultations theparties noted that the
development oftheir reciprocal import andexport trade incheese had
notbeen satisfactory .Inorder toencourage theharmonious
expansion oftheir trade inthis sector ,Norway andtheCommunity
consider that itmight bedesirable tooffer consumers further types
andvarieties ofimported cheese inaddition tohome-produced cheeses .
2.Both parties agreed that inorder toachieve this ,suitable adjustments
should bemade totheir import arrangements .
Inthecurrent state ofthecheese market they considered it
preferable initially toseek apractical temporary solution rather
than tochange thesaid arrangements definitively .
3.Norway and theCommunity agreed toconclude atemporary arrangement to
runfrom 1January 1983 to31December 1985 ,containing thefollowing
provisions :
(a)trade incheese between theCommunity andNorway will be
organized inthree stages from 1January 1983 to31December 1985
asfollows :

Annex Ipage 2
Ci)Norv .TSiiian import undertaking
Norway shall open anannual quota for imports ofcheeses of
all t/pesandvarieties *ofwhich theCommunity 'sshare
shall benot less than :
1. 1740 tonnes in1983
2. 1850 tonnes in1984
3. 1960 tonnes in1985 .
(ii)Community import undertaking
TheCommunity undertakes ,inrespect of:
2 ... ..3ex04.04 EIb)2whole Jarlsberg cheeses ,with rind ,of
aminimum fatcontent of45%byweight in
thedrymatter and ofadrymatter content ,
byweight ,ofnot less than 58% ,matured
for atleast three months ,
toopen anannual tariff quota of:
1. 1500 tonnes in 1983
2. 1600 tonnes in1984
3. 1700 tonnes in1985
subject toanimport duty of55ECU per 100kg.
(b)Should trade oneither side fail toreach these levels the
transition tothenext stage will not take place .
(c)Should thelevels setforimports into theCommunity and/or
Norway bereached during aquota year ,theparties shall ,atthe
request ofeither ,hold consultations toexamine themarket
situation and ,ifappropriate ,toalter byagreement thequantity
initially set .
'subject toanimport duty ofNkr1.20perkg.
2Bearing acertificate from theNorske Meieriers Salgssentral (Norwegian
dairy marketing association ).
3Whole cheeses ,with rind "means whole cheeses weighing from 9kgto
10kginclusive .
For thepurposes ofthese provisions ,"rind "isdefined asfollows :
Therind ofsuch cheeses istheouter layer formed from thecheese itself
having adistinctly more solid consistency and adistinctly darker colour .

Annex Ipage 3
4.Norway undertakes totake thenecessary steps toensure that :
(a)itsexports ofJarlsberg cheese totheCommunity donotexceed
theagreed levels (see3(a)(ii));
(b)import licences will beissued regularly andinsuch awaythat
theagreed quantities (see3(a)(i))canbeimported into Norway
from theCommunity .
5.TheCommunity andNorway shall seethat thereciprocal concessions are
notcompromised byother import measures .
6.Norway andtheCommunity undertake toseethat theprices charged by
their respective exporters arenotsuch astocause problems onthe
market oftheimporting country .
Inthat connection they agree tosetuptwo-way information and
cooperation machinery along thelines indicated intheannex tothis
Arrangement .
'Ifproblems arise because oftheprices being charged ,consultations
will beheld without delay attherequest ofeither party with theaim
oftaking suitable corrective action .
7.Theparties mayconsult atany time about theoperation ofthis
Arrangement and ifnecessary amend itbycommon accord totake
account ,inter alia ,ofthetrend ofmarket prices ,production ,
marketing andconsumption ofhome-produced andimported cheese .
8.Inorder tomaintain continuous cooperation intheday-to-day
management ofexport andimport operations ,theauthorities ofNorway
and theCommunity shall each appoint aDelegate .TheDelegates shall
keep each other notified ofthedevelopment oftrade with regard to
prices and the level ofsales .
9.Consultations shall take place inthefirst half of J985 todecide
whether andonwhat terms this Arrangement shall berenewed .
10.All theprovisions ofthis Arrangement shall come into effect onthe
same day .

ANNEX Ipage 4
ANNEX
Inorder toensure that theprices charged byexporters arenot such asto
cause problems onthemarket oftheimporting country ,thefollowing
information andcooperation machinery shall beestablished .
1.Norway shall furnish theCommission oftheEuropean Communities with
the following information :
twoweeks before the start ofeach calendar quarter ,aforecast ofof
Norwegian exports tctheCommunity forthesucceeding quarter ,giving
predicted quantities ,Norwegian free-at-frontier prices anddestinations ;
three weeks after theclose ofeach calendar quarter ,actual Norwegian
exports totheCommunity inthepreceding quarter ,giving quantities
exported ,actual Norwegian free-at-frontier prices andMember States of
destination .
2.TheCommission shall furnish price quotations quarterly andallother
relevant particulars ofthemarket inhome-produced andimported
cheeses .

ANNEX IIpage 1
Your Excellency ,
Ihave thehonour toconfirm that during thenegotiations for thetemporary
arrangement between Norway andtheEuropean Economic Community onjoint
discipline intheir trade incheese itwasagreed that nomonetary
compensatory amount would beapplied toimports into theCommunity of
Jarlsberg cheese from Norway for thelifetime ofthesaid arrangement .
However ,should thewaiving ofthemonetary compensatory amount lead tothe
displacement oftraditional trade flows toother Member States ,the
Community reserves theright ,after consulting with Norway ,tointroduce
such monetary compensatory amount .
Ishould beobliged ifyouwould acknowledge receipt ofthis letter .
4
Please accept ,Your Excellency ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .

ANNEXIIpage2
Sir ,
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter dated
which reads asfollows :
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .

Annex Cpage 1
RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
concluding anagreement based onnegotiations between
Norway and the European Economic Community ontrade
incheese
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Communities ,and
inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas theCommission ,asauthorized bytheCouncil on16December 1980 ,
hasheld negotiations with Norway ontrade incheese andhasreached a
satisfactory reciprocal agreement with that country ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :

Annex Cpage 2
Article 1
The agreement between Norway and theEuropean Economic Community comprising
i.atemporary arrangement between Norway and theCommunity onjoint
discipline intheir trade incheese ;
ii.anexchange ofletters concerning waiver ofthemonetary compensatory
amount onimportation into theCommunity ofJarlsberg cheese ,
ishereby approved onbehalf oftheCommunity .
The text oftheagreement isannexed tothis Decision .
Article 2
The president oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate theperson
empowered tosign theagreement inorder tobind theCommunity .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President