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 Estonia, of the other part
Date: 2001-12-20
Institutions: Estonia, European Community
Subjects: Estonia, 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 Estonia, of the other part

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

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

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 Estonia, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Europe Agreement’,
was signed in Brussels on 12 June 1995 and entered into force in February 1998,

WHEREAS technical negotiations based on Article 19(4) and Article 22 of the Europe Agreement have been carried out
and successfully concluded between the Community and the Republic of Estonia 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 Estonia 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

Fish and fishery products are defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, which repeals
and replaces Council Regulation (EC) No 3759/92 that is referred to in Article 21 of the Europe Agreement.
Fishery products covers both products caught at sea or in inland waters and the products of aquaculture
listed below:

CN code

Description of goods

(a) 0301

Live fish

0302

0303

0304

(b) 0305

(c) 0306

0307

Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No 0304

Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No 0304

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen

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

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crusta-
ceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,
salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption

Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic
invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in
brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fir for human
consumption

(d)

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for
human consumption:

– Other:

– – Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of

Chapter 3:

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CN code

Description of goods

0511 91 10

– – – Fish waste

0511 91 90

– – – Other

(e) 1604

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

(f) 1605

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

(g)

(h)

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

– Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:

1902 20

– Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

1902 20 10

– – Containing more than 20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic inverte-

brates

Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or of meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other
aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves:

2301 20 00

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

Article 2

From the date of entry into force of this Protocol, both Parties shall apply full free trade for all the products
covered by Annex VI of the Europe Agreement and other concessions for fish and fishery products if
otherwise granted. From the date of entry into force of this Protocol, both Parties shall apply a one third
reduction of the tariff duties applied by the Community and the Republic of Estonia respectively for all the
remaining fish and fishery products as defined in Article 1 of this Protocol.

One year after the date of entry into force of this Protocol, both Parties shall apply a further one third
reduction of the tariff duties as they were at the time of 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 in
all fish and fishery products shall be applied. Any such agreement on earlier application of full free trade in
all fish and fishery products shall be implemented in accordance with Article 5.

Article 3

The reductions referred to in Article 2 shall be calculated by using common mathematical principles taking
into account that:

(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 % level by both Parties.

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

This Protocol will 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 necessary for that purpose.

Article 4

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

Article 5

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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.

Koostatud Brüsselis kahekümnendal detsembril kahetuhande esimesel aastal.

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

Euroopa Ühenduse nimel

Por el Gobierno de la República de Estonia

For Regeringen for Republikken Estland

Für die Regierung der Republik Estland

Για την Κυβέρνηση της ∆ηµοκρατίας της Εσθονίας

For the Government of the Republic of Estonia

Pour le gouvernement de la République d'Estonie

Per il governo della Repubblica di Estonia

Voor de Regering van de Republiek Estland

Pelo Governo da República da Estónia

Viron tasavallan hallituksen puolesta

För Republiken Estlands regering

Eesti Vabarrigi valitsuse nimel