COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 28.06.1995 
COM(95) 308 final 
95/0174 (ACC) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY CONSEQUENT ON THE 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBUC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBUC OF FINLAND AND THE 
KINGDOM OF SWEDEN TO THE COMMUNITY 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom 
of Sweden, it is necessary to adjust the arrangements for the import into the EU of certain 
fish products from Norway. 
The Council authorized the Commission to negotiate with Norway and the negotiations have 
led to a draft Additional Protocol to the 1973 Norway-EC trade agreement. This Protocol 
includes tariff quotas based on imports into the three new Member States from Norway, as 
well as provisions on rules of origin. 
The Council is invited to approve the conclusion of the Additional Protocol in sufficient time 
to allow entry into force on 1 July 1995. 
PROPOSAL 
FORA 
COUNCIL DECISION 
on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European 
Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Republic of 
Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Community 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 
Having regard to die Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
113 thereof and 228 (3) first sub-paragraph thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, >w •= 
Whereas it is necessary to approve the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the 
European Community and the Kingdom of Norway (1), signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973, 
to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the 
Kingdom of Sweden to the Community, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the 
Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of 
Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the 
Community. 
The text of the protocol is attached to this Decision. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 5 of the 
Protocol. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
(1 ) OJ No L171, 27.6.1973, p.2 
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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
to the agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent 
on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of 
Sweden to the Community: 
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 
of the one part, 
and 
THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY 
of the other part, 
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement beween the European Community and the Kingdom 
of Norway signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973, hereinafter called the "Agreement"; 
HAVING REGARD to the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and 
the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union on 1 January 1995; 
CONSIDERING that in order to maintain trade flows between Norway on the one hand and 
the new Member States on the other hand, it is necessary to make adjustments to the 
arrangements to trade in fisheries between Norway and the Community; 
HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the adjustments to the Agreement 
consequent on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the 
Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, AND TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL : 
Article 1 
The text of the Agreement, the Annexes and Protocols, which form an integral part thereof, 
the Final Act and the declarations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in the Finnish and 
Swedish languages and those texts shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts. 
The Joint Committee shall approve the Finnish and Swedish texts. 
Article 2 
The special provisions applicable to imports into the Community of certain fish products 
originating in Norway are laid down in Annex I to this Protocol. 
Article 3 
The provisions of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" 
and methods of administrative cooperation shall be amended in accordance with Annex II to 
this Protocol. 
Article 4 
The Annexes to this Protocol form an integral part thereof. This Protocol forms an integral 
part of the Agreement. 
Article 5 
This Protocol shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own 
procedures. It shall enter into force on 1 July 1995, provided that the Contracting Parties 
have notified each other before that date that the procedures necessary to this end have been 
completed. After that date, the Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the second 
month following such notification. 
Article 6 
This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate, in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, 
German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of 
these texts being equally authentic. 
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Annex 1 
TARIFF OUOTAS : NORWAY 
List of products referred to in Article 2 
Products originating in Norway for which the Community grants tariff quotas. 
IF 0303 21 00 
EST: 
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0304 10 13 
0304 20 13 
0302 19 00 
0303 29 00 frozen trout 
salmon, fresh or chilled 
frozen Pacific salmon 
frozen Atlantic salmon 
salmon fillets, fresh or chilled 
frozen salmon fillets 
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other frozen Salmonidae 
0302 69 45 ling, fresh or chilled <">IJ<Yt"A a 
(in tonnes) 
500 
580 
610 
670 
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10 CODES 
0304 90 35 
0304 90 38 
0304 90 39 
0304 90 41 
0304 90 45 
0304 90 47 
0304 90 49 
0304 90 59 
0304 90 61 
0304 90 65 
ex 0304 90 
97 
0302 40 90 
0303 50 90 
0302 64 90 
0303 74 19 
0302 69 31 
0302 69 33 
0303 79 35 
0303 79 37 *RQmjer 
frozen meat of cod and of fish of the 
species Boreogadus saida 
frozen coalfish meat 
frozen haddock meat 
frozen hake meat 
frozen meat of blue whiting 
frozen meat ÔT saltwater 
excluding mackerel fish, 
herrings, fresh or chilled, 16/6 to 14/2 
frozen herrings, 16/6 to 14/2 
mackerel, fresh or chilled, 16/6 to 
14/2 
frozen mackerel, 16/6 to 14/2 
redfish, fresh or chilled 
frozen redfish QUOTA 
(in tonnes) 
500 
800 
260 fcO 
100 
130 
. 
13 
14 
15 CODES 
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0304 20 19 
0304 10 33 
0304 10 35 
0304 10 38 
0304 10 92 
0304 10 93 
0304 1098 * PRODUCT 
Fillets of other freshwater fish, Fresh 
or chilled 
Frozen fillets of other freshwater fish 
fillets of saltwater fish, fresh or 
chilled 
meat or1 saltwater fish, fresh or chilled I' ' <*Wttx 
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16 
17 
18 CN 
CODES 
0304 20 21 
0304 20 29 
0304 20 31 
0304 20 33 
0304 20 57 
0304 20 59 
0304 20 71 
0304 20 85 
0304 20 87 
0304 20 91 
0304 20 96 
0304 20 35 
0304 20 37 
0304 20 83 
ex0305 20 00 PRODUCT 
frozen fillets of cod and of fish of the 
species Boreogadus s ai da 
frozen coalfish fillets 
frozen haddock fillets 
frozen hake fillets 
frozen plaice fillets 
frozen fillets of saltwater fish 
frozen redfish fillets 
frozen monkfish fillets 
livers and roes, dried, salted or in 
brine, but not smoked 
0305 41 00 smoked salmon qucrmmmm 
(in tonnes) 
9.000 
1.900 
450 * 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 as 
CODES 
0305 42 00 
0305 49 10 
0305 49 20 
0305 49 40 
0305 49 50 
0305 49 90 
0305 49 30 
0305 69 90 
0305 61 00 
0306 13 10 
0306 19 30 
ex 0306 23 
10 
ex 0306 23 
10 
0306 29 30 PRODUCT 
smoked herring 
smoked Greenland halibut 
smoked Atlantic halibut 
smoked trout 
smoked eels 
other smoked fish 
smoked mackerel 
other fish salted but not dried or 
smoked and fish in brine 
herrings, salted but not dried or 
smoked and herrings in brine 
frozen Pandalidae shrimps 
frozen Norway lobsters 
Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, 
boiled on board 
Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for 
processing 
Norway lobsters, not frozen (in tonnes) 
140 
250 
1.440 
950 
800 
900 * 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 CN 
CODES 
1604 11 00 
1604 12 91 
1604 12 99 
1604 13 90 
1604 15 11 
1604 15 19 
1604 19 92 
1604 19 93 
1604 19 94 
1604 19 95 
1604 19 98 
1604 20 90 
1604 20 10 PHODVCT 
prepared or preserved salmon, whole 
or in pieces 
prepared or preserved herrings, whole 
or in pieces 
prepared or preserved sardinella, 
brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces 
prepared or preserved mackerel, 
whole or in pieces 
prepared or preserved fish, whole or 
in pieces 
prepared or preserved meat of other 
fish 
prepared or preserved salmon meat QUOTA 
(in tonnes) 
170 
3.000 
180 
130 
5.500 
300 3 
PRODUCT CN 
CODES 
prepared or preserved shrimps and QUOTA 
(in tonnes) 
5.500 peeled frozen 
1.000 other 31 1605 20 10 
1605 20 91 
1605 20 99 prawns 
32 2301 20 00 flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates 28.000 
prepared or preserved crab 33 1605 10 00 50 
These tariff quotas apply from 1 January to 31 December each year, except for 1995 when they will apply from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 
1995. For the amount indicated for each product group, Community imports originating in Norway can be released for free circulation at 0% 
import duty. 
ANNEXEE 
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exCh. 3 
1604 
ex 1605 
ex 2301 Description of 
product. 
(2) 
Fish and 
crustaceans, 
molluscs and other 
aquatic invertebrates 
Prepared or 
preserved fish, 
caviare and caviare 
substitutes prepared 
from fish eggs 
Crustaceans and 
molluscs, prepared 
or preserved 
Whale meal; tiroirs, 
meals and pellets of 
fish or of 
crustaceans, 
molluscs or other 
aquatic invertebrates Working or processing carried out on non-
originatmg materials that confers 
originating status 
(3) or (4) 
manufacture in 
which all the 
materials of Chapter 
3 used must be 
wholly obtained 
Mamifacluie in 
Which all! the Hsu oi 
fish eggs used must 
be 'wholly obtained 
Manufacture in 
which all the 
crustaceans or 
molluscs must be 
wholle obtained 
Manufacture in 
which all the 
materials of Chapter 
3 used must be 
wholly obtained 
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