Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent on the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Community, Iceland
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Economic Area, Iceland, Romania, fish, import, originating product, tariff quota

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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent on the
Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

and

ICELAND

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland signed in
Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter called the ‘Agreement’, and to the existing arrangements for trade in fish
and fishery products between Iceland and the Community,

HAVING REGARD to the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement on the Participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the
European Economic Area,

HAVING REGARD to the existing regime for trade in fish and fishery products between Iceland and the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania,

HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the adjustments to the Agreement consequent on the
accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union,

AND TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL,

Article 1

The text of the Agreement, the Annexes and Protocols, which
form an integral part thereof, the Final Act and the declarations
annexed thereto shall be drawn up in Bulgarian and Romanian
languages and those texts shall be authentic in the same way as
the original
texts. The Joint Committee shall approve the
Bulgarian and Romanian texts.

Article 2

The special provisions applicable to imports into the Community
of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland are laid
down in this Protocol and the Annex thereto.

The annual duty free quotas provided for in the Annex to this
Protocol shall be implemented for the period 1 January 2007 to
30 April 2009. The quota levels shall be reviewed by the end of
that period taking into account all relevant interests. The quota
levels for 2007 shall not be effectively reduced because the
enlargement of the European Economic Area did not take place
on 1 January 2007. The tariff quota volumes for 2009 shall be
reduced according to their application until 30 April 2009.

It shall enter into force on the day following the deposit of the
last instrument of ratification or approval provided that the
instruments of ratification or approval of the following related
agreements have been deposited as well:

(i) Agreement on the Participation of the Republic of Bulgaria

and Romania in the European Economic Area;

(ii) Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway
concerning a Cooperation Programme for Economic
Growth and Sustainable Development in Bulgaria;

(iii) Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway
concerning a Cooperation Programme for Economic
Growth and Sustainable Development in Romania; and

(iv) Additional Protocol

to the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Norway consequent on the accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.

Article 3

Article 4

This Protocol shall be ratified or approved by the Contracting
Parties in accordance with their own procedures. The instru-
ments of ratification or approval shall be deposited with the
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate, in the Bulgarian, Czech,
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German,
Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and
Icelandic languages each of these texts being equally authentic.

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Съставено в Брюксел на двадесет и пети юли две хиляди и седма година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinticinco de julio de dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvacátého pátého července dva tisíce sedm.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den femogtyvende juli to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am fünfundzwanzigsten Juli zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta juulikuu kahekümne viiendal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι πέντε Ιουλίου δύο χιλιάδες επτά.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-fifth day of July in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-cinq juillet deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venticinque luglio duemilasette.

Briselē, divtūkstoš septītā gada divdesmit piektajā jūlijā.

Priimta du tūkstančiai septintųjų metų liepos dvidešimt penktą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-hetedik év július havának huszonötödik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fil-ħamsa u għoxrin jum ta' Lulju tas-sena elfejn u sebgħa.

Gedaan te Brussel, de vijfentwintigste juli tweeduizend zeven.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia dwudziestego piątego lipca roku dwa tysiące siódmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e cinco de Julho de dois mil e sete.

Întocmit la Bruxelles, douăzeci şi cinci iulie două mii şapte.

V Bruseli dňa dvadsiateho piateho júla dvetisícsedem.

V Bruslju, dne petindvajsetega julija leta dva tisoč sedem.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäviidentenä päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsemän.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugofemte juli tjugohundrasju.

Gjört í Brussel hinn 25 júlí 2007.

Utferdiget i Brussel den tjuefemte juli totusenogsju.

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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-Komunità Ewropea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej
Pela Comunidade Europeia
Pentru Comunitatea Europeană
Za Európske spoločenstvo
Za Evropsko skupnost
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
För Europeiska gemenskapen
Fyrir hönd Evrópubandalagsins

За Исландия
Por Islandia
Za Island
For Island
Für Island
Islandi nimel
Για την Ισλανδία
Pour l'Islande
Per l'Islanda
Islandes vārdā
Islandijos vardu
Izland részéről
Għall-Iżlanda
Voor IJsland
W imieniu Islandii
Pela Islândia
Pentru Islanda
Za Island
Za Islandijo
Islannin puolesta
För Island
Fyrir hönd Íslands

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ANNEX

SPECIAL PROVISIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

The Community shall open the following new annual duty free tariff quotas for products originating in Iceland:

CN code

Description of products

Annual quota volume

0306 19 30

0304 19 35

Frozen Norway lobsters (Nephrops
norvegicus)

520 tonnes (1)

Fillets of redfish (Sebastes spp.), fresh
or chilled

750 tonnes

(1) Additional duty free tariff quota. Should this particular quota not be fully exhausted by the end of 2007, the remaining volume shall be
carried over to 2008. For this purpose drawings on this particular tariff quota applicable in 2007 shall be stopped on the second
working day in the Commission following 1 April 2008. On the following working day, the unused balance of this 2007 tariff quota
shall be made available under the corresponding tariff quota applicable in 2008. From that date onwards no retroactive drawings and no
returns shall be possible on the particular tariff quota applicable in 2007.