2008/811/EC: Decision No 2/2008 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 24 September 2008 replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2
Date: 2008-09-24
Institutions: EC–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, joint committee (EU), reference price

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24.10.2008

ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

DECISION No 2/2008 OF THE EC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE

of 24 September 2008

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

(2008/811/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,
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

amending

regards

as

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

For
Agreement,
Contracting Parties by the Joint Committee.

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

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

(4)

As the volatility of the markets is expected to continue,
the parties will exchange domestic price information on a
bimonthly basis and if substantial differences become
apparent an amendment to this Decision may follow,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 August 2008.

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2008.

For the Joint Committee
The Chairman

Jacques DE WATTEVILLE

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ANNEX I

‘TABLE III

EC and Swiss domestic reference prices

Agricultural raw material

Swiss domestic reference
price
(CHF per 100 kg net)

EC domestic reference
price
(CHF per 100 kg net)

Article 4(1)
Applied on Swiss side
Difference Swiss/EC
reference price
(CHF per 100 kg net)

Article 3(3)
Applied on EC side
Difference Swiss/EC
reference price
(EUR 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)

63,43

93,28

61,46

48,94

35,16

112,50

678,50

555,19

1 005,04

255,00

42,00

390,00

43,07

92,08

38,33

48,94

35,16

68,75

482,57

388,12

461,82

205,50

23,80

160,00

20,35

1,20

23,15

0,00

0,00

43,75

195,95

167,05

543,20

49,50

18,20

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.’

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

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ANNEX II

‘TABLE IV

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

for the calculation of

the agricultural

components:

Agricultural raw material

Applied on the Swiss side Article 3(2)
Applied basic amount
(CHF per 100 kg net)

Applied on the EC side Article 4(2)
Applied basic amount
(EUR per 100 kg net)

Common wheat

Durum wheat

Rye

Barley

Maize

Common wheat flour

Whole milk powder

Skimmed milk powder

Butter

White sugar

Eggs

Fresh potatoes

Vegetable fat

17,00

1,00

20,00

0,00

0,00

37,00

167,00

142,00

462,00

0,00

36,00

15,00

196,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

0,00
0,00’