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 Romania, of the other part
Date: 2004-01-15
Institutions: European Community, Romania
Subjects: Romania, association agreement (EU), customs duties, 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 Agree-
ment establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and Romania, of the other part

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

of the one part,

and

ROMANIA,

of the other part,

Whereas:

(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and Romania, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Europe Agreement’, was signed in Brus-
sels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995.

(2) Chapter III of the Europe Agreement provides for negotiations to conclude reciprocal tariff concessions in the fish-

eries sector.

(3) To this effect technical negotiations based on Article 24 of the Europe Agreement were carried out and successfully
concluded between the Community and Romania to agree on reciprocal tariff concessions in the fisheries sector.

(4) The negotiated concessions in the fisheries sector modify the bilateral concessions granted under the Agreement,
which should, therefore, be amended by means of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement.

(5) The Community and Romania also agreed on implementing the negotiated tariff concessions as soon as possible on
a gradual basis, having decided to apply the agreed tariff concessions with a view to establishing fully liberalised
trade in fish and fishery products,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 2

The customs duties applied respectively by the Community and
Romania for fish and fishery products as defined in Article 1 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (1), originating in
Romania or the Community with the exception of products
mentioned in Article 2 of this Protocol, shall be progressively
reduced according to the following timetable:

(a) from the date of entry into force of this Protocol, to 75 %

of the basic customs duties;

(b) from 1 January 2005, to 50 % of the basic customs duties;

(c) from 1 January 2006, to 25 % of the basic customs duties;

(d) from 1 January 2007, to 0 % of the basic customs duties.

The basic customs duties to which the successive reductions
referred to in this Article will be applied will be the MFN duties
applicable at the time of entry into force of this Protocol.

The customs duties applied by the Community and Romania to
products originating in Romania and the Community respec-
tively falling under CN codes (2) 0301 93 00, 0302 11 10,
0302 61 80,
0302 11 20,
0303 21 20,
0302 69 11,
0303 79 11,
0303 21 80,
0304 10 19,
0303 79 65,
0304 20 15,
0305 49 45,
0305 59 50, 0305 63 00, 0305 69 90, 1604 12, 1604 13,
1604 15 11, 1604 15 19, 1604 16 00, shall be progressively
reduced according to the following timetable:

0302 23 00,
0303 21 10,
0303 71 80,
0304 10 17,
0304 20 19,

0302 11 80,
0302 69 55,
0303 33 00,
0304 10 15,
0304 20 17,

(a) from 1 January 2007, to 75 % of the basic customs duties;

(b) from 1 January 2008, to 50 % of the basic customs duties;

(c) from 1 January 2009, to 25 % of the basic customs duties;

Any agreement on earlier application of full free trade in fish
and fishery products, with the exception of those mentioned in
Article 2, shall be implemented, if commonly agreed, in accord-
ance with Article 6 of this Protocol.

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(d) from 1 January 2010, to 0 % of the basic customs duties.

(2) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 of 1
August 2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 290, 28.10.2002, p. 1).

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The basic customs duties to which the successive reductions
referred to in this Article will be applied will be the MFN duties
applicable at the time of entry into force of this Protocol.

Article 3

The reductions referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be calcu-
lated using common mathematics principles
taking into
account that:

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

(b) all the figures which have 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

This Protocol shall
Agreement.

form an integral part of

the Europe

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 accomplishment of their internal procedures
for acceptance.

Article 6

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

Hecho en Bruselas, el quince de enero de dos mil cuatro.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den femtende januar to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am fünfzehnten Januar zweitausendundvier.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δεκαπέντε Ιανουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.
Done at Brussels on the fifteenth day of January in the year two thousand and four.

Fait à Bruxelles, le quinze janvier deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì quindici gennaio duemilaquattro.

Gedaan te Brussel, de vijftiende januari tweeduizendvier.

Feito em Bruxelas, em quinze de Janeiro de dois mil e quatro.

Tehty Brysselissä viidentenätoista päivänä tammikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.

Som skedde i Bryssel den femtonde januari tjugohundrafyra.
Încheiat la Bruxelles, în ziua de cincisprezece ianuarie, anul doua˘ mii patru.

Por la Comunidad Europea

På Det Europæiske Fællesskabs vegne

Für die Europäiche 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

Pentru Comunitatea europeana˘

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Por Rumania

På Rumæniens vegne

Für Rumänien
Για τη Ρουµανία

For Romania

Pour la Roumanie

Per la Romania

Voor Roemenië

Pela Roménia

Romanian puolesta

På Rumäniens vägnar

Pentru România