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
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Community, Norway
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Economic Area, Norway, Romania, fish, import, originating product, tariff quota

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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

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

and

THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
signed on 14 May 1973, hereinafter called the ‘Agreement’, and to the existing arrangements for trade in fish
and fishery products between Norway 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 Norway and Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania,

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

AND TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL,

Article 1

Article 3

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.

The Community shall open the following new additional annual
duty free tariff quotas:

— Mackerel of

the species Scomber

scombrus or Scomber

japonicus, frozen

(CN code 0303 74 30): 9 300 tonnes

Article 2

— Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), frozen

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

The tariff quotas provided for in Article 3 of this Protocol shall
be implemented for the period from 1 January 2007 to 30 April
2009. The quota levels referred to in Article 3 shall be reviewed
that period taking into account all relevant
by the end of
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.

(CN code 0303 51 00): 1 800 tonnes

— Fillets and flaps of herring (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii),

frozen

(CN codes 0304 29 75 and 0304 99 23): 600 tonnes

— Other fish, frozen (CN code 0303 79 98): 2 200 tonnes

— Other salmonidae, frozen (CN code 0303 29 00): 2 000

tonnes

— Shrimps and prawns, peeled and frozen

The rules of origin applicable for the tariff quotas shall be those
set out in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement.

(CN codes ex 1605 20 10, ex 1605 20 91 and ex 1605 20
99): 2 000 tonnes

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Article 4

Article 6

The Community shall lift the condition ‘for industrial manu-
facture’, and thereby the end-user requirement, on the tariff
quotas that were opened in 2004 for frozen mackerel (order
Nos 09.0760, 09.0763 and 09. 0778), frozen herrings (order
No 09.0752) and frozen flaps of herring (order No 09.0756).
Correspondingly, the requirement for human consumption of
the products under the same tariff quotas shall be removed.

The existing duty free tariff quota for frozen peeled shrimps and
prawns with order No 09.0758 shall be available for CN codes
ex 1605 20 10, ex 1605 20 91 and ex 1605 20 99.

For the period of 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008, the
Community shall merge the two existing duty free tariff quotas
for frozen peeled shrimps and prawns (order Nos 09.0745 and
09.0758) and the additional new duty free tariff quota of 2 000
tonnes for which provision is made under Article 3, and it shall
make the merged tariff quota available for CN codes ex 1605
20 10, ex 1605 20 91 and ex 1605 20 99.

From 1 January 2009,
the two existing tariff quotas for
frozen peeled shrimps and prawns with order No 09.0758
(2 500 tonnes) and with order No 09.0745 (5 500 tonnes) and
the new additional duty free tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes
will apply as three separate tariff quotas and will be made
available for CN codes ex 1605 20 10, ex 1605 20 91 and
ex 1605 20 99.

As of 15 June 2008, the Community shall merge the sub-periods
related to the existing three tariff quotas for mackerel (order
Nos 09.0760, 09.0763 and 09.0778) into one single period of
15 June to 14 February.

Article 5

This Protocol shall be ratified or approved by the European
Community and Norway in accordance with their own
procedures. The instruments of ratification or approval shall be
deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the
European Union.

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 Iceland consequent
on the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
to the European Union.

Article 7

Representatives from the European Community and Norway
shall meet before the end of 2007 to explore the possibility to
apply the rules of origin set out in Protocol No 3 to the
Agreement also for products covered by the Exchange of Letters
concerning trade in fish of 16 April 1973.

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
Norwegian 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
For Det europeiske Fellesskap

За Кралство Норвегия
Por el Reino de Noruega
Za Norské království
For Kongeriget Norge
Für das Königreich Norwegen
Norra Kuningriigi nimel
Για το Βασίλειο της Νορβηγίας
For the Kingdom of Norway
Pour le Royaume de Norvège
Per il Regno di Norvegia
Norvēģijas Karalistes vārdā
Norvegijos Karalystės vardu
A Norvég Királyság részéről
Ghar-Renju tan-Norveġja
Voor het Koninkrijk Noorwegen
W imieniu Królestwa Norwegii
Pelo Reino da Noruega
Pentru Regatul Norvegiei
Za Nórske kráľovstvo
Za Kraljevino Norveško
Norjan kuningaskunnan puolesta
För Konungariket Norge
For Kongeriget Norge

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Information relating to the provisional application of an Agreement on the participation of the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and of its four related Agreements

The completion of the procedures necessary for the provisional application of an Agreement on the
participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area and of its four related
Agreements, signed in Brussels on 25 July 2007, having taken place on 25 July 2007, these Agreements shall
be applied on a provisional basis from 1 August 2007.

However, the provisions of the 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 and the provisions of the 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 in relation to new and modified tariff quotas applicable to imports into
the Community of certain fish and fishery products originating in Iceland and Norway, shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 September 2007.