Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 20 April 2018 amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended [2018/668]
Date: 2018-04-20
Institutions: EU–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, agricultural trade, domestic market, protocol to an agreement, reference price, revision of an agreement








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            DECISION No 1/2018 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
         
of 20 April 2018
         
amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended [2018/668]


THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 (1), as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 26 October 2004 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) (‘Agreement’), and in particular Article 7 of its Protocol 2,

Whereas:







(1)


For the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement, domestic reference prices have been fixed by 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 of Protocol No 2 accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Protocol 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 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2018.




Done at Brussels, 20 April 2018.


For the Joint Committee


The Chairman

Lukas SIEGENTHALER
            





(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
CHF per 100 kg net


EU domestic reference price
CHF per 100 kg net


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


Article 3(3)
Applied on EU side Difference Swiss/EU reference price
EUR per 100 kg net




Common wheat


50,55


20,58


29,95


0,00




Durum wheat


—


—


1,20


0,00




Rye


41,05


20,28


20,75


0,00




Barley


—


—


—


—




Maize


—


—


—


—




Common wheat flour


92,49


42,89


49,60


0,00




Whole-milk powder


585,28


358,72


226,55


0,00




Skimmed-milk powder


394,17


195,36


198,80


0,00




Butter


1 010,24 


642,03


368,20


0,00




White sugar


—


—


—


—




Eggs


—


—


38,00


0,00




Fresh potatoes


40,93


22,50


18,45


0,00




Vegetable fat


—


—


170,00


0,00’.










ANNEX II







‘(b)


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


24,40


0,00




Durum wheat


1,00


0,00




Rye


16,90


0,00




Barley


—


—




Maize


—


—




Common wheat flour


40,40


0,00




Whole-milk powder


184,65


0,00




Skimmed-milk powder


162,00


0,00




Butter


300,10


0,00




White sugar


—


—




Eggs


30,95


0,00




Fresh potatoes


13,35


0,00




Vegetable fat


138,55


0,00’.