Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
Date: 1995-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, enlargement of the Union, fishery product, protocol to an agreement, tariff quota, trade agreement

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  23.11.1995 
COM(95) 587  final 

95/0293  (ACC) 

Proposal  for  a 

ÇQUNÇ& PECISIQN 

ON  THE  CONCLUSION  OF  THE  ADDITIONAL  PROTOCOL  TO  THE  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE 
EUROPEAN  COMMUNITY  AND  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  ICELAND  CONSEQUENT  ON  THE  ACCESSION 
OF  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  AUSTRIA,  THE  REPUBLIC  OF  FINLAND  AND  THE  KINGDOM  OF 
SWEDEN  TO  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION 

(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  Iceland. 

The  Council  authorized  the  Commission  to  negotiate  with-Iceland  and the  negotiations  have 
led  to  a  draft  Additional  Protocol  to  the  1972  Iceland-EC  trade  agreement.  This  Protocol 
includes  tariff  quotas  based  on  imports  into  the  three  new  Member  States  from  Iceland. 

The Council  is invited to approve the conclusion  of the Additional  Protocol  in sufficient  time 
to allow entry  into force  on  1 December  1995  with tariff  quotas applicable  retroactively  from 
1  January  1995. 

? 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

on  the  conclusion  of  the  Additional  Protocol  to  the  Agreement  between  the  European 
the  Republic  of 
Community  and  the  Republic  of  Iceland  consequent  on  the  accession  of 
Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  to  the  European  Union 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular  Article 
113  thereof  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  Republic  of  Iceland 
( 1 ), signed  in  Brussels  on  22  July  1972,  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  the  Additional  Protocol  should  be  approved, 

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS: 

Article  1 
The  Additional  Protocol  to  the  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the 
Republic  of  Iceland  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  authorised  to  designate  the  person  empowered  to  sign 
the  Additional  Protocol  in  order  to  bind  the  Community. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 
The  President 

(1) 

OJ  No  L301, 31.12.1972,  p.3 

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ADDITIONAL  PROTOCOL 

to the  agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Republic  of  Iceland  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  REPUBLIC  OF  ICELAND 

of  the  other  part, 

HAVING  REGARD  to  the  Agreement  beween  the  European  Community  and  the  Republic 
of  Iceland  signed  in  Brussels  on  22  July  1972,  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 Iceland  on the one hand  and the 
new  Member  States  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  necessary  to  make  adjustments  to  arrangements 
applicable to trade in fisheries  between  Iceland  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  Iceland  are  laid  down  in  the  Annex  to  this  Protocol. 

H 

Article  3 

The  Annex  to  this  Protocol  forms  an  integral  part  thereof.  This  Protocol  forms  an  integral 
part of  the  Agreement. 

Article  4 

This  Protocol  shall  be  approved  by  the  Contracting  Parties  in  accordance  with  their  own 
procedures. 
It  shall  enter  into  force  on  1  December  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.  It shall  be  applicable  as  from  1 January  1995. 

Article  5 

This  Protocol  is  drawn  up  in  duplicate,  in  the  Danish,  Dutch,  English,  Finnish,  French, 
German, Greek,  Italian, Portuguese,  Spanish,  Swedish  and Icelandic  languages,  each of  these 
texts  being  equally  authentic. 

X" 

Annex 

List of  products  referred  to in  Article 2 
(Products originating  in Iceland  for  which  the Community  grants tariff  quotas) 

CN  Code 

Description 

1 

0302  12  00 

Salmon,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  10  13 

Salmon  fillets,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  20  13 

Salmon  fillets,  frozen 

Quota 
(tonnes) 

50 

2 

0302  23  00 

Sole,  fresh  or  chilled 

250 

0302  29  10 

Megrim,  fresh  or  chilled 

0302  29  90 

Other  flat  fish,  fresh  or  chilled 

0302  69  85 

Blue  whiting,  fresh  or  chilled 

0303  32  00 

Plaice,  frozen 

0303  79  96 

Other  saltwater  fish,  frozen 

0304  10  19 

Fillets  of  other  freshwater  fish,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  10  33 

Fillets  of  coalfish,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  10  35 

Fillets  of  redfish,  fresh  or  chilled 

ex 
0304  10  38 

Fillets  of  other  saltwater  fish,  excluding  herring  and 
mackerel,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  10  98 

Meat  of  other  saltwater  fish,  fresh  or  chilled 

0304  20  19 

Fillets  of  other  freshwater  fish,  frozen 

0304  90  35 

Frozen  meat  of  cod  of  the  species  Gadus  macrocephaius 

0304  90  38 

Frozen  meat  of  cod  of  the  species  Gadus  morhua 

0304  90  39 

Frozen  meat  of  Gadus  ogac  and  of  fish  of  the  species 
Boreogadus  saida 

0304  90  41 

Frozen  meat  of  coalfish 

0304  90  47 

Frozen  meat  of  hake  of  the  genus  Merluccius 

0304  90  59 

Frozen  meat  of  blue  whiting 

ex 
0304  90  97 

3 

0305  61  00 

Frozen  meat  of  other  saltwater  fish,  excluding  mackerel 

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

4 

0306  19  30 

Norway  lobsters  frozen 

1750 

50 

Vo 

5 

1604  12  91 

Other  prepared  or  preserved  herrings,  in  airtight 
containers 

2400 

1604  12  99 

Other  prepared  or  preserved  herrings,  other 

é 

1604  19  98 

Prepared  or  preserved  other  fish,  whole  or  in  pieces 

50 

ex 
1604  20  90 

Prepared  or  preserved  meat  of  other  fish,  excluding 
herring  and  mackerel 

These  tariffs  apply  from  1 January  to  31  December  each  year.  For the  amount  indicated  for 
each  product  group,  Community  imports  originating  in  Iceland  can  be  released  for  free 
circulation  at 0% import  duty. 

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