95/312/EC: Council Decision of 24 July 1995 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic 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 European Union
Date: 1995-07-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, agreement (EU), enlargement of the Union, fish product, fishery resources, tariff quota








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8.8.1995   


EN


Official Journal of the European Communities


L 187/14





COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 July 1995
on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic 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 European Union
(95/312/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228 (2) first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic 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 European Union;
Whereas this Additional Protocol should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic 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 European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Additional Protocol in order to bind the Community.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1995.


For the Council


The President

P. SOLBES MIRA




(1)  OJ No L 171, 27. 6. 1973, p. 2.


ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT
between the European Economic 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 European Union
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
of the one part,
and
THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY
of the other part,
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic 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 fishery products 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 fishery 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, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinticinco de julio de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den femogtyvende juli nitten hundrede og femoghalvfems.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am fünfundzwanzigsten Juli neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι πέντε Ιουλίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα πέντε.
Done at Brussels, on the twenty-fifth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.
Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-cinq juillet mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venticinque luglio millenovecentonovantacinque.
Gedaan te Brussel, de vijfentwintigste juli negentienhonderd vijfennegentig.
Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e cinco de Julho de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.
Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäviidentenä päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna tuhat yhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.
Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugofemte juli nittonhundranittiofem.
Utferdiget i Brussel den 25. juli 1995.

Por la Comunidad Europea
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα
For the European Community
Pour la Communauté européenne
Per la Comunità europea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
Pela Comunidade Europeia
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar





For Kongeriket Norge






ANNEX I
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
(Products originating in Norway for which the Community grants tariff quotas)








 


CN code


Description


Quotas (in tonnes)




1


0302 11 00


Trout, fresh or chilled


500




0303 21 00


Trout, frozen




2


0302 12 00


Salmon, fresh or chilled


6 100




3


0303 10 00


Pacific salmon, frozen


580




ex 0303 22 00


Atlantic salmon, frozen




4


0304 10 13


Salmon fillets, fresh or chilled


610




0304 20 13


Salmon fillets, frozen




5


0302 19 00


Other salmonidae, fresh or chilled


670




0303 29 00


Other salmonidae, frozen




6


0302 69 45


Ling, fresh or chilled


370




7


0302 22 00


Plaice, fresh or chilled


250




0302 23 00


Sole, fresh or chilled




0302 29 10
0302 29 90


Flat fish, fresh or chilled




0303 39 10
0303 39 20
0303 39 30
0303 39 80


Flat fish, frozen




0302 69 65


Hake, fresh or chilled




0302 69 81


Monkfish, fresh or chilled




0302 69 86
0302 69 87
0302 69 91
0302 69 92
0302 69 93
0302 69 96


Saltwater fish, fresh or chilled




8


0304 90 35
0304 90 38
0304 90 39


Frozen meat of cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida



500




0304 90 41


Frozen coalfish meat




0304 90 45


Frozen haddock meat




0304 90 47
0304 90 49


Frozen hake meat




0304 90 59


Frozen meat of blue whiting




0304 90 61
0304 90 65
ex 0304 90 97


Frozen meat of saltwater fish, excluding mackerel




9


0302 40 90


Herrings, fresh or chilled, from 16 June to 14 February


800




0302 50 90


Herrings, frozen, from 16 June to 14 February




10


0302 64 90


Mackerel, fresh or chilled, from 16 June to 14 February


260




11


0303 74 19


Mackerel, frozen, from 16 June to 14 February


100




12


0302 69 31
0302 69 33


Redfish, fresh or chilled


130




0303 79 35
0303 79 37


Redfish, frozen




13


0304 10 19


Fillets of other freshwater fish, fresh or chilled


110




0304 10 19


Fillets of other freshwater fish, frozen




14


0304 10 33
0304 10 35
0304 10 38


Fillets of saltwater fish, fresh or chilled


180




15


0304 10 92
0304 10 93
0304 10 98


Meat of saltwater fish, fresh or chilled


130




16


0304 20 21
0304 20 29


Frozen fillets of cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida



9 000




0304 20 31


Frozen coalfish fillets




0304 20 33


Frozen haddock fillets




0304 20 57
0304 20 59


Frozen hake fillets




0304 20 71


Frozen plaice fillets




0304 20 85
0304 20 87
0304 20 91
0304 20 96


Frozen fillets of saltwater fish




0304 20 35
0304 20 37


Frozen redfish fillets




0304 20 83


Frozen monkfish fillets




17


ex 0305 20 00


Livers and roes, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked


1 900




18


0305 41 00


Smoked salmon


450




19


0305 42 00


Smoked herring


140




0305 49 10


Smoked Greenland halibut




0305 49 20


Smoked Atlantic halibut




0305 49 30


Smoked mackerel




0305 49 40


Smoked trout




0305 49 50


Smoked eels




0305 49 90


Other smoked fish




20


0305 69 90


Other fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine


250




21


0305 61 00


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


1 440




22


0306 13 10


Pandalidae shrimps, frozen


950




0306 19 30


Norway lobsters, frozen




23


ex 0306 23 10


Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, boiled on board


800




24


ex 0306 23 10


Pandalidae shrimps, not frozen, for processing


900




0306 29 30


Norway lobsters, not frozen




25


1604 11 00


Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces


170




26


1604 12 91
1604 12 99


Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces


3 000




27


1604 13 90


Prepared or preserved sardinella, brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces


180




28


1604 15 11
1604 15 19


Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces


130




29


1604 19 92
1604 19 93
1604 19 94
1604 19 95
1604 19 98


Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces


5 500




1604 20 90


Prepared or preserved meat of other fish




30


1604 20 10


Prepared or preserved salmon meat


300




31


1605 20 10
1605 20 91
1605 20 99


Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved


5 500 peeled frozen 1 000 other




32


2301 20 00


Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates


28 000




33


1605 10 00


Crab, prepared or preserved


50




These tariff quotas apply from 1 January to 31 December each year, except for 1995 when they will apply from 1 July 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.


ANNEX II
The following text shall be inserted in Appendix II of Protocol 3:









‘HS heading No


Description of product


Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status




(1)


(2)


(3) or (4)




ex Chapter 3


Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates


Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained


 




1604


Prepared or preserved fish, caviare and caviare substitutes prepared from fish eggs


Manufacture in which all the fish or fish eggs must be wholly obtained


 




ex 1605


Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved


Manufacture in which all the crustaceans or molluscs must be wholly obtained


 




ex 2301


Whale meal; flours, meals and pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates


Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained’