2010/94/: Decision No 1/2010 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 28 January 2010 replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
Date: 2010-01-28
Institutions: EU–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, agro-industry, protocol to an agreement, reference price








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16.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 41/72








            DECISION No 1/2010 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
         
of 28 January 2010
         
replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
(2010/94/EU)


THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (1), 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 Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (2) signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol 2, and in particular Article 7 of that Protocol,

Whereas:







(1)


For the implementation of Protocol 2 to the Agreement, domestic reference prices have been fixed for the Contracting Parties.












(2)


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












(3)


It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices and amounts listed in Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement are replaced by the tables in Annex I and Annex II to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 February 2010.




Done at Brussels, 28 January 2010.


For the Joint Committee


The Chairman

Jacques DE WATTEVILLE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 191.

(2)  
            OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.




ANNEX I

‘TABLE III

EU and Swiss domestic reference prices










Agricultural raw material


Swiss domestic reference price


EU domestic reference price


Article 4(1)
Applied on Swiss side
Difference Swiss/EU reference price


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




CHF per 100 kg net


CHF per 100 kg net


CHF per 100 kg net


EUR per 100 kg net




Common wheat


48,35 


18,28 


30,05 


0,00 




Durum wheat (1)



—


—


1,20 


0,00 




Rye


43,12 


13,56 


29,55 


0,00 




Barley


—


—


—


—




Maize


—


—


—


—




Common wheat flour


101,91 


38,54 


63,35 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


630,22 


355,18 


275,05 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


438,91 


291,45 


147,45 


0,00 




Butter


1 049,06 


418,47 


630,60 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—


—


—




Eggs (2)



—


—


38,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


42,70 


19,69 


23,00 


0,00 




Vegetable fat (3)



—


—


170,00 


0,00 







(1)  Price difference based on stockpiling fee.

(2)  Price difference derived from the border charges on imports under Swiss tariff heading 0407.0010.

(3)  Price difference derived from the border charges on imports under Swiss tariff heading 1512.1998.’
         





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


Applied on the EU side
Article 4(2)
Applied basic amount




CHF per 100 kg net


EUR per 100 kg net




Common wheat


26,00 


0,00 




Durum wheat


1,00 


0,00 




Rye


25,00 


0,00 




Barley


—


—




Maize


—


—




Common wheat flour


54,00 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


234,00 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


125,00 


0,00 




Butter


536,00 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—




Eggs


32,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


20,00 


0,00 




Vegetable fat


145,00 


0,00 ’