2012/165/EU: Decision No 1/2012 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 15 March 2012 amending Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 concerning certain processed agricultural products
Date: 2012-03-15
Institutions: EU–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agricultural product, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, reference price, revision of an agreement








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24.3.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/35








            DECISION No 1/2012 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
         
of 15 March 2012
         
amending Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 concerning certain processed agricultural products
(2012/165/EU)


THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972 (1) hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (2) signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol No 2, and in particular Article 7 of that Protocol,

Whereas:







(1)


For the implementation of Protocol No 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 No 2 accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Protocol No 2 to the Agreement is amended as follows:






(a)


Table III is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;










(b)


In Table IV, point (b) is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.






Article 2
This Decision enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2012.




Done at Brussels, 15 March 2012.


For the Joint Committee


The Chairman

Jacques DE WATTEVILLE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.

(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


49,25 


25,50 


23,75 


0,00 




Durum wheat


—


—


1,20 


0,00 




Rye


40,25 


28,95 


11,30 


0,00 




Barley


—


—


—


—




Maize


—


—


—


—




Common wheat flour


98,30 


48,75 


49,55 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


616,00 


366,75 


249,25 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


430,40 


285,75 


144,65 


0,00 




Butter


1 090,10 


485,55 


604,55 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—


—


—




Eggs


—


—


38,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


41,75 


17,00 


24,75 


0,00 




Vegetable fat


—


—


170,00 


0,00 ’










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 basic amount on the Swiss side
Article 3(2)


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




CHF per 100 kg net


EUR per 100 kg net




Common wheat


20,00 


0,00 




Durum wheat


1,00 


0,00 




Rye


10,00 


0,00 




Barley


—


—




Maize


—


—




Common wheat flour


42,00 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


212,00 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


123,00 


0,00 




Butter


514,00 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—




Eggs


32,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


21,00 


0,00 




Vegetable fat


145,00 


0,00 ’