2013/147/EU: Decision No 1/2013 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 18 March 2013 amending Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 concerning certain processed agricultural products
Date: 2013-03-18
Institutions: EU–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, protocol to an agreement, reference price, revision of an agreement








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22.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 82/60








            DECISION No 1/2013 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
         
of 18 March 2013
         
amending Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 concerning certain processed agricultural products
(2013/147/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 2013.




Done at Brussels, 18 March 2013.


For the Joint Committee


The Chairman

Luc DEVIGNE
            





(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


52,60 


32,55 


20,05 


0,00 




Durum wheat


—


—


1,20 


0,00 




Rye


44,50 


27,65 


16,85 


0,00 




Barley


—


—


—


—




Maize


—


—


—


—




Common wheat flour


95,50 


57,15 


38,35 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


603,80 


348,65 


255,15 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


419,50 


316,45 


103,05 


0,00 




Butter


1 037,65 


383,65 


654,00 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—


—


—




Eggs


—


—


38,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


42,10 


31,35 


10,75 


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
Art 3(2)


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




CHF per 100 kg net


EUR per 100 kg net




Common wheat


17,00 


0,00 




Durum wheat


1,00 


0,00 




Rye


14,00 


0,00 




Barley


—


—




Maize


—


—




Common wheat flour


33,00 


0,00 




Whole-milk powder


217,00 


0,00 




Skimmed-milk powder


88,00 


0,00 




Butter


514,00 


0,00 




White sugar


—


—




Eggs


32,00 


0,00 




Fresh potatoes


9,00 


0,00 




Vegetable fat


145,00 


0,00 ’