Decision No 1/2015 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 20 March 2015 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 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products [2015/542]
Date: 2015-03-20
Institutions: EU–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement








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Official Journal of the European Union


L 88/16








            DECISION No 1/2015 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
         
of 20 March 2015
         
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 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products [2015/542]


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 of 22 July 1972 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 2015.




Done at Brussels, 20 March 2015.


For the Joint Committee


The Chairman

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
            





(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


52,35


22,60


29,75


0,00




Durum wheat


—


—


1,20


0,00




Rye


44,30


19,25


25,05


0,00




Barley


—


—


—


—




Maize


—


—


—


—




Common wheat flour


93,05


44,90


48,15


0,00




Whole-milk powder


648,75


393,20


255,55


0,00




Skimmed-milk powder


430,00


350,70


79,30


0,00




Butter


1 101,55 


435,85


665,70


0,00




White sugar


—


—


—


—




Eggs


—


—


38,00


0,00




Fresh potatoes


42,05


13,35


28,70


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


25,00


0,00




Durum wheat


1,00


0,00




Rye


20,90


0,00




Barley


—


—




Maize


—


—




Common wheat flour


41,00


0,00




Whole-milk powder


215,95


0,00




Skimmed-milk powder


67,00


0,00




Butter


560,60


0,00




White sugar


—


—




Eggs


32,00


0,00




Fresh potatoes


22,35


0,00




Vegetable fat


145,00


0,00’