Additional Protocol fixing the provisions applicable to trade in certain fish and fishery products to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
Date: 2001-12-19
Institutions: European Community, Malta
Subjects: Malta, association agreement (EU), customs regulations, fish, fishery product, protocol to an agreement, tariff quota

9.1.2002

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fixing the provisions applicable to trade in certain fish and fishery products to the Agreement
establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malta’,

of the other part,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Communities and Malta, hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Association Agreement’, was signed in Valetta on 5 December 1970 and entered into force in
April 1971.

Council Regulation (EC) No 3010/95 totally or partially suspending the customs duties applicable to certain
products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Malta was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No
779/98.

Technical negotiations based on Article 2 of the Association Agreement have been carried out and successfully
concluded between the Community and Malta to agree on reciprocal tariff concessions in the fisheries sector.

Following the terms of Article 3(2) of that Association Agreement fish and fishery products originating in the
Community are imported duty-free into Malta.

The negotiated concessions in the fisheries sector should affect the bilateral concessions granted under the
Association Agreement, which should, therefore, be amended by means of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects
of the Association Agreement.

The Community and Malta also agreed on an administratively simple procedure for implementing the negotiated
tariff concessions as soon as possible on a gradual basis,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

the
From the date of entry into force of
the tariff
Community shall apply a one-third reduction of
duties for fish and fishery products as defined in Article 1 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, other
than those
mentioned in Article 2 of this Protocol.

this Protocol,

One year after the date of entry into force of this Protocol, the
Community shall apply a further one-third reduction of the
tariff duties applicable at the time of entry into force of this
Protocol.

Two years after the date of entry into force of this Protocol, full
free trade in all fish and fishery products shall be applied by
both Parties,

including for those mentioned in Article 2.

Article 2

the
From the date of entry into force of
Community shall open a Community tariff quota of 1 500
tonnes at 7,5 % for Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), Sea bream
(Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.) and Gilt-head seabreams
falling within subheadings 0302 69 94,
(Sparus
0302 69 61 and 0302 69 95 originating in Malta.

this Protocol,

aurata)

For quantities imported into the Community above the tariff
quotas, the provisions of Article 1 shall apply.

Article 3

The reductions referred to in Article 1 shall be calculated using
that:
common mathematical principles taking into account

(a) all the figures less than 50 (included) after the decimal
point shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number;

(b) all the figures more than 50 after the decimal point shall be

rounded up to the nearest whole number;

(c) all the tariffs below 2 % shall automatically be fixed at 0 %.

Article 4

If Malta's application for membership of the European Union is
suspended, both parties shall meet within a six-month period
to review this Protocol

in the light of the new situation.

Article 5

One year after the entry into force of this Protocol the tariff
quota shall be set at 1 750 tonnes at 0 %, it shall be eliminated
two years after the entry into force of this Protocol.

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
month following the date on which the Parties have notified
each other of the completion of the internal procedures neces-
sary for that purpose.

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Hecho en Bruselas, el diecinueve de diciembre del dos mil uno.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den nittende december to tusind og en.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am neunzehnten Dezember zweitausendundeins.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εννέα ∆εκεµβρίου δύο χιλιάδες ένα.

Done at Brussels on the nineteenth day of December in the year two thousand and one.

Fait à Bruxelles,

le dix-neuf décembre deux mille un.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciannove dicembre duemilauno.

Gedaan te Brussel, de negentiende december tweeduizendeneen.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezanove de Dezembro de dois mil e um.

Tehty Brysselissä yhdeksäntenätoista päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattayksi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den nittonde december tjugohundraett.

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 the Republic of Malta