Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part
Date: 2001-12-20
Institutions: European Community, Hungary
Subjects: Hungary, association agreement (EU), fish, fishery product, protocol to an agreement, tariff reduction

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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part

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

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

of the other part,

WHEREAS the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Europe Agreement’,
was signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991 and entered into force on 1 February 1994,

WHEREAS Chapter III of Title III of the Europe Agreement provides for negotiations to conclude reciprocal tariff
concessions in the fisheries sector,

WHEREAS technical negotiations based on Article 20(5) and Article 23 of the Europe Agreement have been carried out
and successfully concluded between the Community and the Republic of Hungary to agree on reciprocal tariff concessions
in the fisheries sector,

WHEREAS the negotiated concessions in the fisheries sector shall affect the bilateral concessions granted under the
Europe Agreement, which should, therefore, be amended by means of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of that
Agreement,

WHEREAS the Community and the Republic of Hungary 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

Article 3

From the date of entry into force of this Protocol for fish and
fishery products as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 104/2000, both Parties shall apply a 50 % reduction of
the tariff duties applied by the Community and Hungary
respectively for all fish and fishery products.

One year after the date of entry into force of this Protocol,
both Parties shall apply a further 25 % reduction of the tariff
duties as they were at the time of the entry into force of this
Protocol.

Hungary shall open an import ceiling of USD 40 million for
fishery products originating in the Community in 2001 and a
ceiling of USD 44 million in 2002. The ceiling and the corre-
sponding import licensing procedure shall be eliminated two
years after the entry into force of this Protocol. Products falling
within this category are specified in the Annex.

Hungary shall eliminate import licensing on imports of all
fishery products not listed in the Annex, originating in the
Community, at the entry into force of this Protocol.

Two years after the date of entry into force of this Protocol, or
if commonly agreed earlier, full free trade of all fish and fishery
products shall be applied. Any such agreement on earlier
application of full free trade of all fish and fishery products
shall be implemented in accordance with Article 6.

Article 2

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;

Article 4

the

product

Regarding
CN code
ex 1902 20 10 00 (Pasta stuffed only with fish) this Protocol
shall replace the concession concerning this product laid down
in Annex II to Protocol 3 to the Europe Agreement.

under Hungarian

Article 5

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.

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

Article 6

The Parties shall exchange information on those cases where
the above principles apply.

This Protocol may be amended by decision of the Association
Council.

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

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den tyvende december to tusind og en.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am zwanzigsten Dezember zweitausendundeins.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι ∆εκεµβρίου δύο χιλιάδες ένα.

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

Fait à Bruxelles,

le vingt décembre deux mille un.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venti dicembre duemilauno.

Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste december tweeduizendeneen.

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

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenä päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattayksi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugonde december tjugohundraett.

Készült Brüsszelben 2001 december 20.-án.

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

Az Európai Közösség részéről

Por el Gobierno de la República de Hungría

For Regeringen for Republikken Ungarn

Für die Regierung der Republik Ungarn

Για την Κυβέρνηση της ∆ηµοκρατίας της Ουγγαρίας

For the Government of the Republic of Hungary

Pour le gouvernement de la République de Hongrie

Per il governo della Repubblica di Ungheria

Voor de Regering van de Republiek Hongarĳe

Pelo Governo da República da Hungria

Unkarin tasavallan hallituksen puolesta

För Republiken Ungerns regering

A Magyar Köztársaság Kormánya részéről

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ANNEX

0305

Fish, fit for human consumption, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, fit for human consump-
tion, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of
fish, fit for human consumption

0305 30

Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, not smoked

ex 0305 30 11 00

Fillets of cod ‘Gadus macrocephalus’, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked

ex 0305 30 19 00

Fillets of cod ‘Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac’ and of fish of the species ‘Boreogadus saida’, dried, salted
or in brine, but not smoked

ex 0305 30 30 00

Fillets of Pacific salmon ‘Oncorhynchus spp.’ of Atlantic salmon ‘Salmo salar’ and Danube salmon
‘Hucho hucho’, salted or in brine, but not smoked

ex 0305 30 50 00

Fillets of lesser or Greenland halibut ‘Reinhardtius hippoglossoides’, salted or in brine, but not
smoked

0305 30 90

Other:

ex 0305 30 90 01

Fillets of fish, dried, salted or in brine, but smoked of salmon and herrings

ex 0305 30 90 99

Fillets of fish, dried, salted or in brine, but smoked of other fish

Fish, dried or smoked inclusive fillets

0305 41 00 00

Pacific salmon ‘Oncorhynchus spp.’, Atlantic salmon ‘Salmo salar’ and Danube salmon ‘Hucho
hucho’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 42 00 00

Herrings ‘Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49

Other:

0305 49 10 00

Lesser or Greenland halibut, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49 20 00

Atlantic halibut ‘Hippoglossus hippoglossus’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49 30 00

Mackerel

‘Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49 45 00

Trout ‘Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhyn-
chus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49 50 00

Eels ‘Anguilla spp.’, smoked,

inclusive fillets

0305 49 80

Other:

0305 49 80 01

Sardinia

0305 49 80 99

Other:

0305 61 00 00

Herrings ‘Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii’, salted or in brine only

0305 62 00 00

Cod ‘Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus’, salted or in brine only

0305 63 00 00

Anchovies ‘Engraulis spp.’, salted or in brine only

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0305 69

Other:

0305 69 10 00

Fish of the species Boreogadus saida, salted or in brine only

0305 69 20 00

Lesser or Greenland halibut ‘Reinhardtius hippoglossoides’ and Pacific halibut ‘Hippoglossus stenole-
pis’, salted or in brine only (exclusive fillets)

0305 69 30 00

Atlantic halibut ‘Hippoglossus hippoglossus’, salted or in brine only (exclusive fillets)

0305 69 50 00

Pacific salmon ‘Oncorhynchus spp.’, Atlantic salmon ‘Salmo salar’ and Danube salmon ‘Hucho
hucho’, salted or in brine only (exclusive fillets)

0305 69 90

Other:

0305 69 90 01

Sardinia

0305 69 90 99

Other:

1604

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar och caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

Fish, whole or in pieces (exclusive minced)

1604 11 00 00

Salmon

1604 12

Herrings

1604 12 10 00

Fillets of herring, raw, merely coated with butter or breadcrumbs, whether or not prefried in oil,
frozen

Other:

1604 12 91 00

In airtight containers

1604 12 99 00

Other:

1604 13

Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats

Sardinia

1604 13 11 00

In olive oil

1604 13 19 00

Other:

1604 13 90 00

Other:

1604 14

Tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito

Tunas, skipjack

1604 14 11 00

In vegetable oil

Other:

1604 14 16 00

Loins

1604 14 18 00

Other:

1604 14 90 00

Bonito ‘Sarda spp.’

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1604 15

Mackerel

Of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus

1604 15 11 00

Fillets

1604 15 19 00

Other:

1604 15 90 00

Of species Scomber australasicus

1604 16 00 00

Anchovies:

1604 19

Other:

1604 19 10 00

Salmonidae (excl. salmon)

Fish of the species Euthynnus (exclusive skipjack [Euthynnus Katsuwonus pelamis])

1604 19 31 00

Loins

1604 19 39 00

Other:

1604 19 50 00

Fish of species Orcynopsis unicolor

Other:

1604 19 91 00

Deep frozen raw fish fillets, coated with batter or breadcrumbs

Other:

1604 19 92 00

Cod of the species Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus

1604 19 93 00

Coalfish ‘Pollachius virens’

1604 19 94 00

Hake ‘Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.’

1604 19 95 00

Alaska pollack ‘Theragra chalcogramma’ and pollack ‘Pollachius pollachius’

1604 19 98 00

Other:

1604 20

Prepared or preserved fish

1604 20 05 00

Preparations of surimi

Other:

1604 20 10 00

Of salmon

1604 20 30 00

Of salmonidae (exclusive salmon)

1604 20 40 00

Anchovies:

1604 20 50 00

Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus and fish of
species Orcynopsis unicolor

1604 20 70 00

Of tunas, skipjack or other fish of the genus ‘Euthynnus’

1604 20 90 00

Of other fish