Agreement in the form of an Exchange of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland - Agreed Minute
Date: 1999-07-15
Institutions: European Community, Iceland
Subjects: Iceland, Uruguay Round, agricultural product, alcoholic beverage, bilateral agreement, customs duties, import (EU), processed food product, protocol to an agreement, trade agreement (EU)

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AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part,
on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
Iceland

A. Letter from the Community

Brussels, 15 July 1999

Sir,

I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the European Community to the ‘Agreed Minutes' annexed
hereto concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Iceland.

I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of the Republic of Iceland with
the content of this letter.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the European Community

B. Letter from Iceland

Brussels, 15 July 1999

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today worded as follows:

‘I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the European Community to the “Agreed Minutes”
annexed hereto concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Iceland

I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of the Republic of Iceland
with the content of this letter.'

I have the honour to confirm the agreement of my Government with the content of your letter and to the
date proposed for the entry into force of the adjustments.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Republic of Iceland

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I.

INTRODUCTION

AGREED MINUTES

1) Following a number of meeting held between officials from the Commission of the EC and Iceland
it was agreed to submit to their respective authorities for approval a series of adjustments to the
import regimes applied respectively by the Community and Iceland for processed agricultural
products falling within the scope of Protocol 2 to the 1972 Free Trade Agreement.

These adjustments should enter into force on August 1999.

2) Both parties agreed that implementation of the Uruguay Round Settlement by both sides required
an adaptation of the duties applied in bilateral trade between the Community and Iceland. To this
end it was agreed to apply the duties set out below.

3) Both parties agreed to examine on a regular basis the functioning of this Agreement and the

possibility of improving it.

II.

ICELANDIC IMPORT REGIME

The duties (ISK/kg) applicable to the processed agricultural products covered by Protocol 2 of the
Agreement are as follows:

Tariff No

Description

Applied duty
(in ISK/kg)

0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or
acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

0403-1011

Yoghurt containing cocoa

0403-1012

Yoghurt containing fruit or nuts

0403-1021

Yoghurt as beverage containing cocoa

0403-1022

Yoghurt as beverage containing fruit or nuts

0403-9011

Other containing cocoa

0403-9012

Other containing fruit or nuts

0403-9021

Other as beverage containing cocoa

0403-9022

Other as beverage containing fruit or nuts

1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or
of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils
or their fractions of heading No 1516:

– Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

1517-1001

– – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milkfat

1517-9002

– – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milkfat

1806-2003

Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 90 % but more than 30 % of fresh
milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter, but not mixed with other substances

1806-2004

Containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk
powder

1806-2005

Other containing by weight more than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or
skimmed milk powder

1806-2006

Other containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed
milk powder

61

61

52

52

53

53

53

53

90

90

111

40

111

40

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Tariff No

Description

Applied duty
(in ISK/kg)

1806-3101

Filled chocolate in slabs or bars

1806-3109

Other filled in slabs or bars

1806-3202

Chocolate containing cocoa paste, sugar, cocoa, butter and milk powder, in slabs
or bars

1806-3203

Imitation chocolate in slabs or bars

1806-3209

Other not filled in blocks, slabs or bars

1806-9011

Prepared beverage materials mostly from goods in 0401-0404, containing by
weight 10 % or more of cocoa powder, containing sugar or other sweetening
material, and other materials and flavouring to less extent

1806-9022

Food specially prepared for dietetic purposes

1806-9023

Easter eggs

1806-9024

Ice-cream sauces and dips

1806-9025

Coated or covered, such as raisins, nuts, ‘puffed' cereals, liquorice, caramels and
jellies

1806-9026

Chocolate creams

1806-9027

Breakfast cereals

1806-9028

1806-9029

Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 90 % but at least 30 %, of fresh
milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter, but not mixed with other substances

Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or
skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter, but not mixed with other substances

1806-9039

Other

1901

food preparations of

Malt extract;
flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not
containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight
of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of
goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or
containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not
elsewhere specified or included:

1901-2012

– – – For the preparation of gingerbread and the like of heading No 1905.2000

1901-2013

– – – For the preparation of sweet biscuits of heading Nos 1905.3011 and

1905.3029 and the like

1901-2014

– – – For the preparation of ginger snaps of heading No 1905.3021

1901-2015

– – – For the preparation of waffles and wafers of heading No 1905.3030

1901-2016

– – – For the preparation of rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted bread of

heading No 1905.4000

1901-2017

– – – For the preparation of bread of heading No 1905.9011 with filling based

on butter or dairy products

1901-2018

– – – For the preparation of bread of heading No 1905.9019

1901-2019

– – – For the preparation of plain biscuits of heading No 1905.9020

1901-2022

– – – For the preparation of cakes and pastry of heading No 1905.9040

1901-2023

– – – Mixes and doughs, containing meat, for the production of pizza and the

like of heading No 1905.9051

1901-2024

– – – Mixes and doughs, containing ingredients other than meat, for the prepara-

tion of pizza and the like of heading No 1905.9059

1901-2029

– – – For the preparation of the products of heading No 1905.9090

52

52

48

40

21

22

18

49

40

54

49

—

120

44

48

25

17

30

10

15

40

5

5

34

99

54

44

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Tariff No

Description

Applied duty
(in ISK/kg)

1902

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or
lasagnes, gnocchi,
otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles,
ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared;

1902-1100

– – Containing eggs

1902-2022

– – – Stuffed pasta containing from 3 % up to 20 % by weight of sausage, meat,

meat offal, blood or any combination thereof

1902-2031

– – – Stuffed pasta containing more than 3 % by weight of cheese

1902-2042

– – – Pasta stuffed with cheese and meat, containing more than 3 % but not more

than 20 % of meat and cheese

1902-3021

– – – Other pasta containing more than 3 % but not more than 20 % by weight

of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood or any combination thereof

1902-3031

– – – Other pasta containing by weight more than 3 % cheese

1902-3041

– – – Containing meat and cheese that combined is more than 3 %, but not

more than 20 % by weight

1902-4021

– – – Couscous containing more than 3 % but not more than 20 % by weight of

sausage, meat, meat offal, blood or any combination thereof

1904-9001

– – Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereal products
containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % of meat

1905-3011

– – – Sweet biscuits coated or covered with chocolate or with fondants

containing cocoa

1905-3019

– – – Other coated or covered with chocolate or with fondants containing cocoa

– – :

– – – :

1905-3021

– – – – Ginger snaps

1905-3029

– – – – Other sweet biscuits and cookies

1905-3030

– – – – Other

1905-4000

– Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products:

– Other:

– – :

1905-9011

– – – Bread with a filling consisting essentially of butter or other dairy products

(for example garlic butter)

1905-9019

– – – Other

1905-9020

– – Plain biscuits

1905-9040

– – Cakes and pastry

– – :

. . . (pizza)

1905-9051

– – – Pies,

including pizza, containing meat

1905-9059

– – – Other

1905-9060

– – Snacks, such as flakes, screws, rings, cones, sticks, and the like

1905-9090

– – – – Other

8

42

36

42

42

36

42

42

42

17

16

32

19

11

16

40

5

5

36

99

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Tariff No

Description

Applied duty
(in ISK/kg)

2104

Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food prep-
arations:

2104-1001

– – Preparations of vegetable soups with the basic ingredients of flours, meal,

starch or malt extract

2104-1003

– – Canned fish soups

2104-1011

– – Other soups containing by weight more than 20 % meat

2104-1012

– – Other soups containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 %

meat

2104-1019

– – – Other soups

– – Other:

2104-1021

– – – Other containing by weight more than 20 % meat

2104-1022

– – – Other containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % meat

2104-1029

– – – Other

2106-9041

– – – Powder for making desserts in retail packings of 5 kg or less

2106-9049

– – – Powder for making desserts other

2106-9064

– – Containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % of meat

2202-9001

– – Other of dairy products with other ingredients, provided that the dairy

products are 75 % or more by weight excluding packing

3

28

80

45

21

80

45

21

68

68

42

42

III. COMMUNITY IMPORT REGIME

1) The following basic amounts shall be used for the calculation of the agricultural components and

the additional duties:

— Cereals (common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley and maize): EUR 7,817/100 kg
— Long grain husked rice: EUR 28,910/100 kg
— Whole milk powder: EUR 142,660/100 kg
— Skimmed-milk powder: EUR 118,800/100 kg
— Butter: EUR 207,333/100 kg
— Sugar: EUR 43,675/100 kg

2) The basic amounts laid down in point 1 may not be higher than those applied to third countries.

3) Annual quotas of 300, 400 and 500 tonnes will be opened by the Community respectively for

1999, 2000 and 2001 and the following years, for imports of:

— sugar confectionery products (including white chocolate) not containing cocoa falling within CN

code 1704 90

and

— chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa falling within CN codes 1806 32,

1806 90 and 1905 30.

The duties applicable to this quota will be the erga omnes duties reduced by 50 % with a
maximum of EUR 35,15/100 kg.

IV. SPIRITS

Both parties agreed to apply a duty free regime from the entry into force of this Agreement for goods
falling within CN codes 2208 50, 2208 60 and 2208 90.