Agreement on the European Economic Area - Protocol 9 on trade in fish and other marine products
Date: 1992-05-02
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Subjects: European Economic Area, fishery product, fishery resources, marine mammal, multilateral agreement, protocol to an agreement, tariff policy













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21994A0103(10)

Agreement on the European Economic Area - Protocol 9 on trade in fish and other marine products  


Official Journal L 001 , 03/01/1994 P. 0160 - 0167 





PROTOCOL 9on trade in  Fish and other marine productsArticle 1 1.  Without prejudice to the provisions  referred to in Appendix 1, the EFTA States shall upon entry into force of the Agreement abolish  customs duties on imports and charges having equivalent effect on the products listed in Table I of  Appendix 2. 2.  Without prejudice to the provisions referred to in Appendix 1, the EFTA States shall apply no  quantitative restrictions on imports or measures having equivalent effect on the products listed in  Table I of Appendix 2. In this context the provisions of Article 13 of the Agreement shall apply. Article 2 1.  The Community shall, upon the entry into force of the Agreement, abolish customs  duties on imports and charges having equivalent effect on the products listed in Table II of  Appendix 2. 2.  The Community shall reduce customs duties on the products listed in Table III of Appendix 2  progressively in accordance with the following timetable: (a)  on 1 January 1993 each duty shall be reduced to 86% of the basic duty; (b)  four further reductions of 14% each of the basic duty shall be made on 1 January 1994, 1  January 1995, 1 January 1996 and 1 January 1997. 3.  The basic duties to which the successive reductions provided for in paragraph 2 are to be  applied shall, for each product, be the duties bound by the Community under the General Agreement  on Tariffs and Trade, or, where the duty is not bound, the autonomous duty on 1 January 1992.  Should, after 1 January 1992, any tariff reductions resulting from the multilateral trade  negotiations of the Uruguay Round become applicable, such reduced duties shall be used as the basic  duties. Whenever in the context of bilateral agreements between the Community and individual EFTA States  reduced duties exist for certain products, those duties shall be considered as the basic duties for  each of the EFTA States concerned. 4.  The rates of duty calculated in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be applied by rounding  down to the first decimal place by deleting the second decimal. 5.  The Community shall apply no quantitative restrictions on imports or measures having equivalent  effect on the products listed in Appendix 2. In this context the provisions of Article 13 of the  Agreement shall apply. Article 3 The provisions of Articles 1 and 2 shall apply to products originating in the  Contracting Parties. The rules of origin are set out in Protocol 4 of the Agreement. Article 4 1.  Aid granted through State resources to the fisheries sector which distorts  competition shall be abolished. 2.  Legislation relating to the market organization in the fisheries sector shall be adjusted so as  not to distort competition. 3.  The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to ensure conditions of competition which will enable  the other Contracting Parties to refrain from the application of anti-dumping measures and  countervailing duties. Article 5 The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure that all fishing  vessels flying the flag of other Contracting Parties enjoy access equal to that of their own  vessels to ports and first-stage marketing installations together with all associated equipment and  technical installations. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a Contracting  Party may refuse landings of fish from a fish stock of common interest over the management of which  there is serious disagreement. Article 6 Should the necessary legislative adaptations not have been effected to the satisfaction  of the Contracting Parties at the time of entry into force of the Agreement, any points at issue  may be put to the EEA Joint Committee. In the event of failure to reach agreement, the provisions  of Article 114 of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis. Article 7 The provisions of the agreements listed in Appendix 3 shall prevail over provisions of  this Protocol to the extent they grant to the EFTA States concerned more favourable trade regimes  than this Protocol. APPENDIX 1 Article 1 On the following products Finland may temporarily maintain  its present regime. Not later than 31 December 1992 Finland shall present a fixed timetable for the  elimination of these exemptions. >TABLE>Article 2 1.  Liechtenstein and Switzerland may maintain customs duties on  imports of the following products. >TABLE>These arrangements shall be taken up for a review before 1 January 1993. 2.  Without prejudice to possible tariffication resulting from the multilateral trade negotiations  of the Uruguay Round, Liechtenstein and Switzerland may maintain variable levies in the context of  their agricultural policy for the following fish and other marine products. >TABLE>Article 3 1.  On the following products Sweden may until 31 December 1993 apply  quantitative restrictions on imports, in so far as this may be necessary to avoid serious  disturbances in the Swedish market. >TABLE>2.  As long as Finland temporarily maintains its present regime with regard to  Baltic herring, Sweden may apply quantitative restrictions on imports of that product when  originating in Finland. APPENDIX 2 TABLE I>TABLE>TABLE II>TABLE  POSITION>TABLE IIIIn each of the following headings, the concessions granted  by the Community shall not include any products specified in Table II or in the attachment to Table  III. >TABLE>>TABLE> APPENDIX 3 Agreements between the Community and individual EFTA States, as referred to in  Article 7: -  Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden, signed on 22 July  1972, and a subsequent Exchange of Letters concerning agriculture and fisheries, signed on 14 July  1986; -  Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation, signed on 22 July  1972, and a subsequent Exchange of Letters concerning agriculture and fisheries, signed on 14 July  1986; -  Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, signed on 14 May  1973, and a subsequent Exchange of Letters concerning agriculture and fisheries, signed on 14 July  1986; -  Article 1 of Protocol No 6 of the Agreement, between the European Economic Community and the  Republic of Iceland, signed on 22 July 1972.