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 REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Date: 1995-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, agreement (EU), enlargement of the Union, fish product, fishery resources, tariff quota

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, 

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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 

3 

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. 

5" 

Annex  1 

TARIFF OUOTAS  : NORWAY 

List of products referred to  in  Article  2 
Products originating  in Norway  for  which  the  Community  grants tariff  quotas. 

0303 21  00 
EST: 

frozen  trout 
salmon,  fresh  or  chilled 
frozen  Pacific  salmon 

exÔ*Ô3 il ÔÔ 

0304  10  13 

frozen  Atlantic  salmon 
salmon  fillets,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  20  13 
0302  19  00 

frozen  salmon  fillets 
othêrSâlmômclâênSëshiô^hil^ 

0303  29  00 
0302  69  45 

other frozen  Salmonidae 
ling,  fresh  or  chilled 

IF 

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(in  tonnes) 

a 

500 

580 

610 

670 

370 

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QUOTA 
(in tonnes) 

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, 

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 

herrings, fresh or chilled, 16/6 to 14/2 

0303 50 90 

frozen  herrings,  16/6 to  14/2 

10 

0302 64 90 

mackerel,  fresh  or  chilled,  16/6  to 
14/2 
frozen  mackerel,  16/6 to  14/2 
redfish,  fresh  or  chilled 

0303 74 19 
0302 69 31 
0302 69 33 
0303 79 35 
0303 79 37 

frozen  redfish 

500 

800 

260 

100 

130 

fcO 

*  PRODUCT 

I' 

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Fillets  of  other  freshwater  fish,  Fresh 
or  chilled 
Frozen fillets of other freshwater  fish 
fillets  of  saltwater  fish,  fresh  or 
chilled 

no 

rar 

meat or1 saltwater fish, fresh  or chilled 

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. 

13 

CODES 
"w«naMw 

14 

15 

0304 20 19 
0304  10 33 
0304  10 35 
0304  10 38 

0304  10 92 
0304  10 93 
0304  1098 

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 

0305 41  00 

16 

17 

18 

PRODUCT 

qucrmmmm 
(in tonnes) 

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 
smoked salmon 

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 

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 

0305  61  00 

herrings,  salted  but  not  dried  or 
smoked  and  herrings  in  brine 

0306  13  10 
0306  19  30 

frozen  Pandalidae  shrimps 
frozen  Norway  lobsters 

ex 0306 23 
10 

ex 0306 23 
10 

0306  29  30 

Pandalidae 
boiled  on  board 

shrimps,  not 

frozen, 

Pandalidae  shrimps,  not  frozen,  for 
processing 
Norway  lobsters,  not  frozen 

(in  tonnes) 

140 

250 

1.440 

950 

800 

900 

* 

PHODVCT 

QUOTA 
(in  tonnes) 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

CN 
CODES 

1604  11  00 

prepared  or  preserved  salmon,  whole 
or  in  pieces 

1604  12  91 
1604  12  99 

prepared  or preserved  herrings, whole 
or  in  pieces 

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 

sardinella, 
prepared  or  preserved 
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 

30 

1604  20  10 

170 

3.000 

180 
130 

5.500 

300 

3 

CN 
CODES 
1605 20 10 
1605 20 91 

1605 20 99 

2301 20 00 

31 

32 

33 

1605  10 00 

PRODUCT 

prepared  or  preserved  shrimps  and 
prawns 

QUOTA 
(in  tonnes) 
5.500 peeled  frozen 
1.000  other 

flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates 
prepared or preserved  crab 

28.000 

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. 

.  ; 

.— 

HS Heading 

Description of 
product. 

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exCh.  3 

1604 

ex  1605 

ex 2301 

(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 

ANNEXEE 

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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