Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Community, Iceland
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, agricultural product, agricultural trade, originating product, tariff exemption, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of
Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of
Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

AGREEMENT

A. Letter from the European Community

Brussels,

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the trade negotiations between the European Community and the Republic of
Iceland on agricultural products, held from 6 March 2005 to 14 December 2006, undertaken on the basis
of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

fostering a harmonious development of

the European
With the aim of
Community and the Republic of Iceland have agreed to additional bilateral trade preferences concerning
agricultural products, with due consideration to the respective agricultural policies and circumstances,
including the evolution of the bilateral trade and trade with other partners.

trade between the Parties,

I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:

1. From 1 March 2007, the European Community and the Republic of Iceland will reciprocally con-
solidate at bilateral level the existing zero duty lines, be it applied duties or existing concessions, and, if
not already at zero level, to reciprocally eliminate duties on bilateral imports, for all products orig-
inating in the parties, which are listed in Annex I.

2. From 1 March 2007,

the European Community will provide tariff quotas on imports into the

Community of products originating in Iceland, which are listed in Annex II.

3. From 1 March 2007, the Republic of Iceland will provide tariff quotas on imports into Iceland of

products originating in the Community, which are listed in Annex III.

4. From 1 March 2007 the Republic of Iceland will grant the European Community the preferential tariffs

listed in Annex IV.

These bilateral concessions replace and consolidate all existing bilateral concessions in agricultural
products that are currently in force, in application of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European
Economic Area (1).

5. The Republic of Iceland agrees to end its unilateral and temporary erga omnes reductions in applied

tariffs on agricultural products put in place in 2002 and prolonged so far on a yearly basis.

6. The provisions of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Iceland (2) concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of
cooperation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the products mentioned in Annexes I, II, III and IV.

7. The Parties will take steps to ensure that the benefits, which they grant each other, will not be

jeopardised by other restrictive import measures.

(1) Council Decision 81/359/EEC of 28 April 1981 (OJ L 137, 23.5.1981, p. 1).
Council Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 (OJ L 109, 1.5.1993, p. 1).
Council Decision 93/736/EC of 13 December 1993 (OJ L 346, 31.12.1993, p. 16).
Council Decision 95/582/EC of 20 December 1995 (OJ L 327, 30.12.1995, p. 17).

(2) Decision No 2/2005 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee of 22 December 2005 (OJ L 131, 18.5.2006, p. 1).

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8. The Parties agree to take the necessary steps in order to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in
such a way that imports may take place regularly and that the quantities agreed for import can
effectively be imported.

9. The Parties agree to strive for promoting trade of eco-friendly products and products with a geo-
graphical indication. The Parties agree to engage in further bilateral discussion with a view to better
understanding respective legislation and registration procedures, in order to identify ways to enhance
the protection of geographical indications in the territories of both Parties.

10. The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products,

tariff quota
information concerning the respective domestic

management, price quotations and any useful
markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.

11. Consultations will be held at the request of either party on any question relating to the implementation
of the results of these negotiations. In case of difficulty in the implementation of the results of these
negotiations, these consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to the adoption of
appropriate corrective measures.

12. The first consultations relating to the results of these negotiations will be held before those im-
plementing arrangements are put in place, with a view to facilitating the smooth implementation of
these negotiations.

13. The results of these negotiations will be implemented as from 1 March 2007 (1). Where necessary, tariff

quotas will be opened on a pro-rata basis.

14. The Parties agree to resume bilateral negotiations in the framework of Article 19 of the Agreement on
the European Economic Area in two years' time, with particular consideration to the outcome of the
WTO negotiation process in agriculture.

I have the honour to confirm that the European Community is in agreement with the contents of this letter.

I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Republic of Iceland is in agreement
with the above.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

(1) The opening of the EC tariff quotas will be made as from 1 July, on the basis of nine months quantities for 2007.

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Съставено в Брюксел на двадесет и втори февруари две хиляди и седма година

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintidós de febrero del dos mil siete.
V Bruselu dne dvacátého druhého února dva tisíce sedm.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den toogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am zweiundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.
Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kaheteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι δύο Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.
Done at Brussels, on the twenty-second day of February in the Year two thousand and seven.
Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-deux février deux mille sept.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventidue febbraio duemilasette.
Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit otrajā februārī.
Priimta du tūkstančiai septintų metų vasario dvidešimt antrą dieną Briuselyje.
Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hetedik év február huszonkettedik napján.
Magħmul fi Brussel, fit-tnejn u għoxrin jum ta' Frart tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa
Gedaan te Brussel, de tweeëntwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.
Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego drugiego lutego roku dwa tysiące siódmego.
Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e dois de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.
Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci și doi februarie două mii șapte.
V Bruseli dňa dvadsiateho druhého februára dvetisícsedem.
V Bruslju, dvaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč sedem.
Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenätoisena päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.
Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoandra februari tjugohundrasju.

За Европейската общност

Por la Comunidad Europea
Za Evropské společenství
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft
Euroopa Ühenduse nimel
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community
Pour la Communauté européenne
Per la Comunità europea
Eiropas Kopienas vārdā
Europos bendrijos vardu
az Európai Közösség részéről
Għall-Kominità Ewropea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej
Pela Communidade Europeia
Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
Za Európske spoločenstvo
za Evropsko skupnost
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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Bilateral trade in products of the following chapters or parts of chapters is freed:

ANNEX I

ex Chapter 1, Live animals:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0101

Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies

0101

Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies

ex Chapter 2, Meat and edible meat offal:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

ex 0208.9008

carcasses and half-carcasses of reindeer
meat, frozen

ex 0208 90 60

carcasses and half-carcasses of reindeer
meat, frozen

ex Chapter 4, Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or
included:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0409

Natural honey

0409 00 00

Natural honey

0410

Edible products of animal origin, not
elsewhere specified or included

0410 00 00

Edible products of animal origin, not
elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 5 (1), Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

ex Chapter 6, Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0601

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,
crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in
growth or in flower; chicory plants
and roots other than roots of heading
1212

0601

tubers,

and rhizomes, dormant,

tuberous roots, corms,
Bulbs,
in
crowns
in flower; chicory plants
growth or
and roots other than roots of heading
1212

ex 0602

Other live plants (including their
roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom
spawn:

ex 0602

Other live plants (including their roots),
cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn:

– Other than other potted indoor

plants not exceeding 1 m in height
(tariff heading 0602.9095)

ex 0602 90 91
ex 0602 90 99

ex 0603

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind
suitable for bouquets or for orna-
mental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed,
bleached, impregnated or otherwise
prepared:

ex 0603

Other indoor plants, other than cacti
the
and thickleaves, potted plants of
genus Bromelia, the plants Erica gracilis
and calluna,
and other potted
orchids
plants not exceeding 1 m in height

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind
suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
purposes,
fresh, dried, dyed, bleached,
impregnated or otherwise prepared:

0603.1001

– – Imported from 1 December to 30

ex 0603 10 20

April

Carnations, fresh, other than imported
from 1 May to 30 November

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Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0603.1003

– Of the genera Protea, Banksis, Leuca-

0603 10 30

Orchids

dendron and Brunia

Fresh flowers of
Banksia,
Forsythia

Leucadendron,

the genera Protea,
and
Brunia

ex 0603 10 80

0603.1004

– Cut branches with berries or fruit on,
not edible, of the genera: Ligustrum,
Callicarpa, Gossypium, Hypericum, Ilex
or Symphoricarpos

0603.1005

– Flowers of Orchids

0603.1006

– Forsythia

0603.9000

– Other

0603 90 00

Other

0604

0604

Foliage, branches and other parts of
plants, without flowers or flower buds,
and grasses, mosses and lichens, being
goods of a kind suitable for bouquets
or for ornamental purposes, fresh,
dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or
otherwise prepared

Foliage, branches and other parts of
plants, without flowers or flower buds,
and grasses, mosses and lichens, being
goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or
fresh, dried,
for ornamental purposes,
dyed,
or
bleached,
otherwise prepared

impregnated

ex Chapter 7, Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0702

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

ex 0703

ex 0704

Onions, shallots, garlic and other
alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled

ex 0703

Onions,
alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled

shallots,

garlic

and

other

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale
and similar edible brassicas, fresh or
chilled:

ex 0704

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale
and similar edible brassicas,
fresh or
chilled:

0704.2000

– Brussels sprouts

0704 20 00

Brussels sprouts

0704.9005

– – Curly kale (brassica oleracea acepjala)

Other, excluding Chinese cabbage

0704.9009

– – Other

ex 0704 90 90

0705

ex 0706

Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory
(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled:

0705

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify,
celeriac, radishes and similar edible
roots, fresh or chilled:

ex 0706

Lettuce
(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled

(Lactuca

sativa)

and chicory

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify,
celeriac,
edible
roots, fresh or chilled:

and similar

radishes

0706.9009

– Other

0706 90

Other

0707

0708

Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or
chilled:

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or
unshelled, fresh or chilled

0707

0708

Cucumbers
chilled

and gherkins,

fresh or

Leguminous
vegetables,
unshelled, fresh or chilled

shelled

or

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Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

ex 0709

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

ex 0709

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

0709.10

– Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled

0709 10 00

Globe artichokes

0709.20

– Asparagus, fresh or chilled

0709 20 00

Asparagus

0709.30

– Aubergines (eggplants)

0709 30 00

Aubergines (eggplants)

0709.52

– – Truffles, fresh or chilled

0709 52 00

Truffles

0709.60

– Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the

0709 60

genus Pimenta

Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the
genus Pimenta

0709.70

– Spinach, N-Z spinach and orache
spinach (garden spinach), fresh or
chilled

0709 70 00

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and
orache spinach (garden spinach)

0709.9001

– – Sweet corn

0709 90 60

Sweet corn

0709.9002

– – Courgettes

0709 90 70

Courgettes

0709.9003

– – Olives

Olives:

0709 90 31 — For uses other than the production

of oil

0709 90 39 — Other

0709.9004

– – Parsley (percille)

0709 90 90

Other

0709.9009

– – Other

ex 0710 (1)

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by
steaming or boiling in water), frozen:

ex 0710 (1)

Vegetables
steaming or boiling in water), frozen:

(uncooked or cooked by

Other than potatoes

0710 21 00

Peas (Pisum sativum)

0710 22 00

Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)

0710 29 00

Other

0710 30 00

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and
orache spinach (garden spinach)

0710 40 00

Sweetcorn

0710 80

Other vegetables

0710 90 00

Mixtures of vegetables

0711 (1)

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for
example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
brine, in sulphur water or in other
preservative solutions), but unsuitable
in that state for immediate
consumption

0711 (1)

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for
in
example, by sulphur dioxide gas,
in other
in sulphur water or
brine,
preservative solutions), but unsuitable
in that state for immediate consumption

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Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

0712

0713

0714

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced,
broken or in powder, but not further
prepared

Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled,
whether or not skinned or split

Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem
artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar
roots and tubers with high starch or
inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or
dried, whether or not sliced or in the
form of pellets; sago pith

0712

0713

0714

Dried vegetables, whole,
sliced,
broken or in powder, but not further
prepared

cut,

Dried leguminous vegetables,
whether or not skinned or split

shelled,

Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem arti-
chokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots
and tubers with high starch or inulin
content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried,
whether or not sliced or in the form of
pellets; sago pith

Chapter 8, Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

Chapter 9 (1), Coffee, tea, maté and spices

Chapter 10 (2), Cereals

Chapter 11 (2), Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Chapter 12 (2), Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw
and fodder

Chapter 13 (1), Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

Chapter 14 (1), Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 15 (1) (3), Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable
waxes

ex Chapter 18 (1), Cocoa and cocoa preparations:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

1801

1802

Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or
roasted

Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other
cocoa waste

1801

1802

Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or
roasted

Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other
cocoa waste

ex Chapter 20, Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

ex 2001 (1)

Vegetable, fruit, nuts and other edible
parts of plants, prepared or preserved
by vinegar or acetic acid:

ex 2001 (1)

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible
parts of plants, prepared or preserved by
vinegar or acetic acid:

2001.1000

– Cucumbers and gherkins

2001 10 00

Cucumbers and gherkins

– Other

2001 90

Other

2001.9005

– – Onion

2001 90 93

Onions

2001.9009

– – Other

2001 90 99

Other, excluding potatoes and products
thereof

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Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

2002

2003

Tomatoes prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid

2002

2003

2004 (1)

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, frozen:

2004 (1)

Tomatoes
preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

prepared

or

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
frozen, other than products of heading
2006:

2004.9002

– – Globe artichokes

ex 2004 90 98

Globe artichokes

2004.9003

– – Green or black olives

ex 2004 90 30

Green or black olives

2004.9004

– – Green peas and beans

2004 90 50

(Pisum sativum)

Peas
beans of the species Phaseolus spp.,
pod

and immature
in

2004.9005

– – Preparations with a basis of flours

ex 2004 90 98

of leguminous plants

Preparations with a basis of flours of
leguminous plants

2004.9009

– – Other

ex 2004 90 98

2005 (1)

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, not frozen:

2005 (1)

Other, excluding products containing
in a proportion of 3 % up to
meat
and including 20 % by weight

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
than products of
not
heading 2006:

frozen, other

2005.1000

– Homogenised vegetables

2005 10 00

Homogenised vegetables

2005.4000

– Peas (Pisum sativum)

2005 40 00

Peas (Pisum sativum)

– Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):

Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):

2005.5100

– Beans, shelled

2005 51 00

Beans, shelled

2005.5900

– – Other

2005 59 00

Other

2005.6000

– Asparagus

2005 60 00

Asparagus

2005.7000

– Olives

2005 70

Olives

– Other vegetables and mixtures of

2005 90

vegetables:

Other vegetables and mixtures of veg-
etables:

2005.9009

– Other

ex 2005 90 80

Other, excluding products containing
meat
in a proportion of 3 % up to
and including 20 % by weight

2008 (1)

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of
plants, otherwise prepared or
preserved, whether or not containing
added sugar or other sweetening
matter or spirit, not elsewhere
specified or included

2008 (1)

prepared

otherwise

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of
plants,
or
preserved, whether or not containing
sweetening
or
sugar
added
matter
elsewhere
spirit,
or
specified or included

other
not

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Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

2009

Fruit juices (including grape must) and
vegetable juices, unfermented and not
containing added spirit, whether or not
containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter

2009

ex Chapter 22, Beverages, spirits and vinegar:

Fruit juices (including grape must) and
vegetable juices, unfermented and not
containing added spirit, whether or not
other
added
containing
sweetening matter

sugar

or

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

2201

2204

Waters, including natural or artificial
mineral waters and aerated waters, not
containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice
and snow

2201

Waters,
including natural or artificial
mineral waters and aerated waters, not
other
containing
sweetening matter nor
ice
and snow

or
flavoured;

added

sugar

Wine of fresh grapes, including
fortified wines; grape must other than
that of heading 2009

2204

Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified
wines; grape must other than that of
heading 2009

ex Chapter 23, residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder:

Icelandic Code

Icelandic Description of products

CN Code

CN Description of products

ex 2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal
feeding:

ex 2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal
feeding:

ex 2309.1000

– Dog or cat food, put up for retail

sale, containing no starch or
containing not more than 30 % by
weight of starch and containing no
milk products or containing less
than 10 % by weight of such
products

2309 10 11
2309 10 31

Chapter 24 (1), Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale,
containing no starch or containing not
more than 30 % by weight of starch and
containing
or
containing less than 10 % by weight of
such products

no milk

products

(1) Other than products covered by Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
(2) Other than for animal feeding.
(3) Other than fish product.

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ANNEX II

Tariff quotas granted by the European Community

The European Community will open the following annual tariff quota for the following products originating in Iceland (*)

CN custom tariff
heading

ex 0204

ex 0210

ex 0405

natural butter

ex 0403 (**)

‘Skyr’

ex 1601

sausages

Description of products

Annual quantity

Rate of duty

meat of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen
sheepmeat, smoked

1 850 tons (net weight)

350 tons (net weight)

380 tons (net weight)

100 tons (net weight)

0

0

0

0

0

(*) the quotas shall apply annually unless otherwise specified.
(**) custom code subject to modification, pending confirmation of classification of the product

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ANNEX III

Tariff quotas granted by Iceland

Iceland will open the following annual tariff quotas for the following products originating in the European Community (*)

Icelandic custom
tariff heading

Description of products

Annual quantity

Rate of duty

0201 and
0202

meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

100 tons (net weight)

0203

0207

meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

200 tons (net weight)

meat and edible offal, of the poultry of
heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen

200 tons (net weight)

0208.9003

ptarmigans, frozen

ex 0210

ex 0406

meat and edible meat offal, salted, in
brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and
meals of meat offal; with protected
designation of origin or protection
geographical indication (**)

cheese with protected designation of
origin or protection geographical indi-
cation (**)

20 tons (net weight)

50 tons (net weight)

20 tons (net drained weight)

0406

cheese

80 tons (net drained weight)

0701.9001

potatoes, fresh or chilled, with a minimal
length of 65 mm

100 tons (net weight)

ex 1601

sausages

1602

other prepared or preserved meat,
meat offal or blood

50 tons (net weight)

50 tons (net weight)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

(*) the quotas shall apply annually unless otherwise specified.
(**) registered under Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical

indications and

designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12).

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ANNEX IV

Tariff concessions granted by Iceland

Iceland will grant the following preferential tariffs for products originating in the European Community:

0201

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:

0201.1000 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

— Other cuts with bone in:

0201.2001 — Loins and cuts thereof
0201.2002 — Round and cuts thereof
0201.2003 — Shoulders and cuts thereof
0201.2009 — Other

— Boneless:

0201.3001 — Minced
0201.3002 — Tenderloin
0201.3003 — Top loin
0201.3004 — Round
0201.3009 — Other

0202

Meat of bovine animals, frozen:

0202.1000 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

— Other cuts with bone in:

0202.1001 — Loins and cuts thereof
0202.1002 — Round and cuts thereof
0202.1003 — Shoulders and cuts thereof
0202.1009 — Other

— Boneless:

0202.3001 — Minced
0202.3002 — Tenderloin
0202.3003 — Top loin
0202.3004 — Round
0202.3009 — Other

%

ISK/kg

18

214

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

422

300

189

189

306

877

652

608

359

18

214

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

422

300

189

189

306

877

652

608

359

0203

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
— Fresh or chilled:

0203.1100 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

18

217

— Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in:

0203.1201 — Round and cuts thereof
0203.1209 — Shoulders and cuts thereof

— Other:
— With bone:

0203.1901 — Loins and cuts thereof
0203.1902 — Other

— Boneless:

0203.1903 — Minced
0203.1904 — Tenderloin
0203.1905 — Top loin
0203.1906 — Round
0203.1909 — Other:
— Frozen:

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

302

278

465

217

274

717

664

613

274

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0203.2100 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

— Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in:

0203.2201 — Round and cuts thereof
0203.2209 — Shoulders and cuts thereof

— Other:
— With bone:

0203.2901 — Loins and cuts thereof
0203.2902 — Other

— Boneless:

0203.2903 — Minced
0203.2904 — Tenderloin
0203.2905 — Top loin
0203.2906 — Round
0203.2909 — Other

0204

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:
0204.1000 — Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled
— Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:

0204.2100 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

— Other cuts with bone in:

0204.2201 — Loins and cuts thereof
0204.2202 — Round and cuts thereof
0204.2203 — Shoulders and cuts thereof
0204.2209 — Other

— Boneless:

0204.2301 — Minced
0204.2302 — Tenderloin
0204.2303 — Top loin
0204.2304 — Round
0204.2309 — Other
0204.3000 — Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen
— Other meat of sheep, frozen:
0204.4100 — Carcasses and half-carcasses

— Other cuts with bone in:

0204.4201 — Loins and cuts thereof
0204.4202 — Round and cuts thereof
0204.4203 — Shoulders and cuts thereof
0204.4209 — Other

— Boneless:

0204.4301 — Minced
0204.4302 — Tenderloin
0204.4303 — Top loin
0204.4304 — Round
0204.4309 — Other
0204.5000 — Meat of goats

0205

0205.0000 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen

%

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

ISK/kg

217

302

278

465

217

274

717

664

613

274

18

164

18

164

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

0

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

229

229

145

145

234

568

530

530

234

164

164

0

229

229

145

145

234

568

530

530

234

229

154

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0206

Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or
hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen:

0206.1000 — Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

%

ISK/kg

18

253

— Of bovine animals, frozen:

0206.2100 — Tongues
0206.2200 — Livers
0206.2900 — Other
0206.3000 — Of swine, fresh or chilled

— Of swine, frozen:

0206.4100 — Livers
0206.4900 — Other

— Other, fresh or chilled:

0206.8001 — Sheep heads
0206.8009 — Other

— Other, frozen:

0206.9001 — Sheep heads
0206.9009 — Other

0207

Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or
frozen:
— Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:

0207.1100 — Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
0207.1200 — Not cut in pieces, frozen

— Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled:

0207.1301 — Boneless
0207.1302 — Liver
0207.1309 — Other

— Cuts and offal, frozen:

0207.1401 — Boneless
0207.1402 — Liver
0207.1409 — Other

— Of turkeys:

0207.2400 — Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
0207.2500 — Not cut in pieces, frozen

— Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled:

0207.2601 — Boneless
0207.2602 — Liver
0207.2609 — Other

— Cuts and offal, frozen:

0207.2701 — Boneless
0207.2702 — Liver
0207.2709 — Other

— Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls:
0207.3200 — Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
0207.3300 — Not cut in pieces, frozen
0207.3400 — Fatty livers, fresh or chilled

— Other, fresh or chilled:

0207.3501 — Boneless
0207.3502 — Liver

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

12

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

12

18

18

18

18

18

18

253

146

210

121

121

121

130

130

130

130

362

263

299

299

299

540

299

263

362

362

299

299

299

600

299

362

362

362

154

299

299

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0207.3509 — Other

— Other, frozen:

0207.3601 — Boneless
0207.3602 — Liver
0207.3609 — Other

0208

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen:

0208.1000 — Of rabbits or hares
— Other:
0208.9001 — Pigeons
0208.9002 — Pheasants
0208.9003 — Ptarmigans, frozen
0208.9004 — Deer
0208.9007 — Boneless reindeer meat, frozen
0208.9008 — Reindeer meat with bone, frozen (1)
0208.9009 — Frogs' legs
0208.9019 — Other

0209

0209.0000

0210

Pig fat,
extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked

lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise

free of

Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours
and meals of meat or meat offal:
— Meat of swine:

0210.1100 — Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in
0210.1200 — Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof

— Other:
— Smoked:
0210.1901 — Boneless
0210.1902 — Other
0210.1909 — Other

— Meat of bovine animals:

0210.2001 — Boneless
0210.2009 — Other
— Other:

0210.9910 — Poultry liver, dried or smoked

— Sheep meat, salted:

0210.9921 — Boneless
0210.9929 — Other

— Sheep meat, smoked (hangikjöt):

0210.9931 — Boneless
0210.9939 — Other
0210.9990 — Other

%

18

18

12

18

ISK/kg

299

600

299

362

18

236

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

30

18

18

18

18

218

218

268

218

608

608

236

218

60

302

217

447

717

465

877

422

18

299

18

18

18

18

30

568

270

568

270

363

(1) Tariff concession for products not already covered by the duty free concession granted in Annex I for ex 0208.9008 ‘carcasses and

half-carcasses of reindeer meat, frozen’.

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B. Letter from the Republic of Iceland

Reykjavik,

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:

‘I have the honour to refer to the trade negotiations between the European Community and the
Republic of
Iceland on agricultural products, held from 6 March 2005 to 14 December 2006,
undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

With the aim of fostering a harmonious development of trade between the Parties, the European
Community and the Republic of Iceland have agreed to additional bilateral trade preferences concerning
agricultural products, with due consideration to the respective agricultural policies and circumstances,
including the evolution of the bilateral trade and trade with other partners.

I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:

1. From 1 March 2007, the European Community and the Republic of Iceland will reciprocally
consolidate at bilateral level the existing zero duty lines, be it applied duties or existing concessions,
and,
imports, for all
products originating in the parties, which are listed in Annex I.

if not already at zero level, to reciprocally eliminate duties on bilateral

2. From 1 March 2007, the European Community will provide tariff quotas on imports into the

Community of products originating in Iceland, which are listed in Annex II.

3. From 1 March 2007, the Republic of Iceland will provide tariff quotas on imports into Iceland of

products originating in the Community, which are listed in Annex III.

4. From 1 March 2007 the Republic of Iceland will grant the European Community the preferential

tariff listed in Annex IV.

These bilateral concessions replace and consolidate all existing bilateral concessions in agricultural
products that are currently in force, in application of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European
Economic Area (1).

5. The Republic of Iceland agrees to end its unilateral and temporary erga omnes reductions in applied
tariffs on agricultural products put in place in 2002 and prolonged so far on a yearly basis.

6. The provisions of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Republic of Iceland (2) concerning the definition of the concept of “originating products” and
methods of cooperation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the products mentioned in Annexes I, II, III
and IV.

7. The Parties will take steps to ensure that the benefits, which they grant each other, will not be

jeopardised by other restrictive import measures.

8. The Parties agree to take the necessary steps in order to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed
in such a way that imports may take place regularly and that the quantities agreed for import can
effectively be imported.

(1) Council Decision 81/359/EEC of 28 April 1981 (OJ L 137, 23.5.1981, p. 1).
Council Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 (OJ L 109, 1.5.1993, p. 1).
Council Decision 93/736/EC of 13 December 1993 (OJ L 346, 31.12.1993, p. 16).
Council Decision 95/582/EC of 20 December 1995 (OJ L 327, 30.12.1995, p. 17).

(2) Decision No 2/2005 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee of 22 December 2005 (OJ L 131, 18.5.2006, p. 1).

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9. The Parties agree to strive for promoting trade of eco-friendly products and products with a
geographical
indication. The Parties agree to engage in further bilateral discussion with a view
to better understanding respective legislation and registration procedures, in order to identify ways
to enhance the protection of geographical indications in the territories of both Parties.

10. The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products, tariff quota
information concerning the respective domestic

management, price quotations and any useful
markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.

11. Consultations will be held at the request of either party on any question relating to the im-
plementation of the results of these negotiations. In case of difficulty in the implementation of
the results of these negotiations, these consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a
view to the adoption of appropriate corrective measures.

12. The first consultations relating to the results of these negotiations will be held before those
implementing arrangements are put in place, with a view to facilitating the smooth implementation
of these negotiations.

13. The results of these negotiations will be implemented as from 1 March 2007 (1). Where necessary,

tariff quotas will be opened on a pro-rata basis.

14. The Parties agree to resume bilateral negotiations in the framework of Article 19 of the Agreement
on the European Economic Area in two years' time, with particular consideration to the outcome
of the WTO negotiation process in agriculture.

I have the honour to confirm that the European Community is in agreement with the contents of this
letter.

I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Republic of Iceland is in
agreement with the above.’.

I have the honour to confirm that the Government of the Republic of Iceland is in agreement with the
content of your letter.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration,

(1) The opening of the EC tariff quotas will be made as from 1 July, on the basis of nine months quantities for 2007.

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Done at Brussels, on the twenty-second day of February in the Year two thousand and seven.
Съставено в Брюксел на двадесет и втори февруари две хиляди и седма година

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintidós de febrero del dos mil siete.
V Bruselu dne dvacátého druhého února dva tisíce sedm.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den toogtyvende februar to tusind og syv.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am zweiundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsieben.
Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kaheteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι δύο Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.
Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-deux février deux mille sept.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventidue febbraio duemilasette.
Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit otrajā februārī.
Priimta du tūkstančiai septintų metų vasario dvidešimt antrą dieną Briuselyje.
Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hetedik év február huszonkettedik napján.
Magħmul fi Brussel, fit-tnejn u għoxrin jum ta' Frart tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa
Gedaan te Brussel, de tweeëntwintigste februari tweeduizend zeven.
Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego drugiego lutego roku dwa tysiące siódmego.
Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e dois de Fevereiro de dois mil e sete.
Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci și doi februarie două mii șapte.
V Bruseli dňa dvadsiateho druhého februára dvetisícsedem.
V Bruslju, dvaindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč sedem.
Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenätoisena päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.
Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugoandra februari tjugohundrasju.

For the Government of the Republic of Iceland
За правителството на Република Исландия

Por el Gobierno de la República de Islandia
Za vládu Islandské republiky
For regeringen for Republikken Island
Für die Regierung der Republik Island
Islandi Vabariigi Valitsuse nimel
Για την Κυβέρνηση της Δημοκρατίας της Ισλανδίας

Pour le gouvernement de la République d'Islande
Per il governo della Repubblica d'Islanda
Islandes Republikas valdības vārdā
Islandijos Respublikos Vyriausybės vardu
az Izlandi Köztársaság Kormánya részéről
Għall-Gvern tar-Repubblika ta' l-Islanda
Voor de Regering van de Republiek Ĳsland
W imieniu Rządu Republiki Islandii
Pelo Governo da República da Islândia
Pentru Guvernul Republicii Islanda
Za vládu Islandskej republiky
Za Vlado Republike Islandije
Islannin rasavallan hallituksen puolesta
På Republiken Islands regerings vägnar