2006/92/EC: Decision No 1/2006 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of  31 January 2006  replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: EC–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agricultural trade, butter, cereals, egg, joint committee (EU), potato, powdered milk, reference price, sugar, tariff policy, vegetable fats

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COMMISSION

DECISION No 1/2006 OF THE EC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE

of 31 January 2006

replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2

(2006/92/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confed-
eration, of the other part signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972,
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the
Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation amending
the
provisions applicable to processed agricultural products signed
in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol No 2,
and in particular Article 7 thereof,

the Agreement

regards

as

Whereas:

(3)

It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices
and amounts listed in Tables III and IV(b) to Protocol
No 2 accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Table III and the table under Table IV point (b) of Protocol
No 2 are replaced by the tables in Annex I and Annex II to
this Decision.

Article 2

This decision shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.

(1)

(2)

the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the
internal reference prices are fixed for the

For
Agreement,
Contracting Parties by the Joint Committee.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2006.

Actual prices have changed on the domestic markets of
the Contracting Parties as regards raw materials for which
price compensation measures are applied.

For the Joint Committee
The Chairman

Bernhard MARFURT

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ANNEX I

‘TABLE III

EC and Swiss domestic reference prices

Agricultural raw material

Swiss domestic
reference price

EC domestic reference
price

Difference Swiss/EC
reference price

(in CHF per 100 kg net)

Common wheat
Durum wheat

Rye

Barley
Maize

Common wheat flour

Whole-milk powder
Skimmed-milk powder

Butter

White sugar
Eggs (1)
Fresh potatoes
Vegetable fat (2)

55,36
35,39

48,45

26,48
29,42

99,96

583,10
456,50

897,00
—

255,00

42,00

390,00

17,88
26,51

17,82

20,33
20,67

37,36

370,70
315,29

433,29
—

205,50

21,00

160,00

37,48
8,88

30,63

6,15
8,75

62,60

212,40
141,21

463,71

0,00
49,50

21,00

230,00

(1) Derived from the prices for liquid birds’ eggs, not in shell multiplied with factor 0,85.
(2) Prices for vegetable fats (for the baking and food industry) with 100 % fat content.’

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(b) The basic amounts for agricultural raw materials taken into account

for the calculation of

the agricultural

components:

ANNEX II
‘TABLE IV

Agricultural raw material

Common wheat

Durum wheat

Rye

Barley

Maize

Common wheat flour

Whole-milk powder

Skimmed-milk powder

Butter

White sugar

Eggs

Fresh potatoes

Vegetable fat

Applied basic
amount as from the
entry into force

(in CHF per 100 kg net)

Applied basic
amount as from
three years after the
entry into force

34,00

8,00

28,00

6,00

8,00

54,00

191,00

127,00

32,00

8,00

26,00

5,00

7,00

51,00

181,00

120,00

464,00 (1)

464,00 (1)

Zero

36,00

19,00

Zero

36,00

18,00

207,00

196,00

(1) Taking into account benefits from the aid for butter granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December
1997 and its successors, the applied basic amount of butter is not reduced compared to the price difference in Table III.’