CELEX: 51982PC0608
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Date: 1982-09-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the implementation of Decision of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee amending Protocols Nos 1 and 2 to the EEC-Norway Agreement (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                       Brussels , 30 September 1982
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          on the implementation of Decision of the EEC-Norway Joint
               Committee amending Protocols Nos 1 and 2 to the
                              EEC-Norway Agreement
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 . By its Decision N° 5 / 81 of 9 December 1981 , the EEC-Norway Joint
      Committee amended Protocols N° s 1 and 2 to the EEC-Norway Agreement
      in order to bring the tariff specifications in the Protocols into line
      with those in the Common Customs Tariff . The Decision was given effect
      in the Community by Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1532 / 82 of 25 May 1982
      ( 1 ). When the Decision was adopted Norway said that it would send the
      Community a number of amendments concerning List II ( Norway ) in
      Protocol N° 2 which had been made necessary by changes in the Norwegian
      Customs Tariff resulting from the implementation of certain bindings
     offered by Norway in the Tokyo Round negotiations .
2 . Furthermore , it was found that Annex C to Protocol N° 1 to the EEC-
     Norway Agreement contains references under tariff subheadings 48.07 ex C
     and ex D to " Coated printing or writing paper ".
     This is an error which crept into Decision N° 5 / 81 - whereby the Annex
     in question was last amended - and should be rectified .
3 . For these reasons this draft Decision of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee
     is presented for approval by the Council pursuant to Article 12a of the
     EEC-Norway Agreement .
4 . For reasons of clarity and simplicity a draft regulation implementing
     the Decision in the Community after its adoption by the EEC-Norway Joint
     Committee is also attached .
( 1 ) O.J. N° L 174 , 21.6.1982 , p. 12 .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for
                       Council Regulation ( EEC )
                 on the implementation of Decision
                        of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee
          amending Protocols N°S 1 and 2 to the EEC-Norway Agreement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the European Economic Community signed an Agreement with the Kingdom
of Norway ( 1 ) on 14 May 1973 which entered into force on 1 July 1973 ;
 Whereas pursuant to Article 12a of the Agreement the Joint Committee adopted
 Decision N°       / 82 amending Protocols N° 1 and 2 ;
 Whereas this Decision should be given effect in the Community,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
 For the purposes of application of the Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, Decision N°       / 82 of the
 Joint Committee shall apply in the Community .
 The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation .
  ( 1 ) O.J. N° L 171 , 27.6.1973, p. 2 .
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
                                  Article 2
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 January 1982 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                            For the Council
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                  DECISION              OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                                               S
                        amending Protocols N°    1 and 2
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Norway signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973 , and in parti­
cular Article 12a , thereof ,
Whereas by Decision N° 5 / 81 of the Joint Committee the nomenclature of
Annex C to Protocol N° 1 was amended ; whereas coated printing or writing
paper should not figure in this Annex ;
 Whereas Norway , in consequence of the implementation of the results of the
 GATT multilateral trade negotiations ( Tokyo-Round ) has amended the
 nomenclature of Norwegian Customs Tariff headings N° 21.05 and 21.07;
 Whereas the nomenclature of the products referred to in the Agreement
 should therefore be adjusted in accordance with the said amendments ,
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                     Article 1
 1 The nomenclature of Annex C to Protocol N° 1 is hereby amended as follows
       Common Customs
       Tariff heading    Description
       N°
       28.56 )
       to    )           ( unchanged )
       48.03 )
       48.07             ( unchanged )
                         ex C. Bleached paper and paperboard , coated with
                                kaolin or coated or impregnated with
                                artificial plastic materials , weighing 160 g
                                or more per m2 :
                                - Other , excluding coated printing or writing
                                  paper
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 2 -
         Common Customs
        Tariff heading       Descript ion
        N°
        48.07                ex D. Other :
        ( continued )
                                     - Other , excluding coated printing or writing
                                       paper
        73.02 )
        to      )            ( unchanged )
        76.03 )
2 . Table II annexed to Protocol N° 2 is hereby amended as follows :
                                          NORWAY
   Nor weg i an
   Customs                                                 Basi c
                                                                         Duty
                                                           duties
                                                                         appli cable
   Tari f f       Description                                            on
   heading                                                 ( NKr / kg )
   N°
                                                                         1 July 1977
   15.10 )
   to       )     ( unchanged )                            ( unchanged ) ( unchanged )
   21.04 )
   21 . 05        ( unchanged ):
                  B. ( unchanged ):
                      1 . ( unchanged ):
                          a . ( unchanged )                ( unchanged ) ( unchanged )
-                         b . ( unchanged )                ( unchanged ) ( unchanged )
                          c . ( unchanged ):
                               1 . Fish soup ( contain­
                                   ing not less than
                                   25 % by weight of
                                   fish )                    8 % + vc    vc ( 1 )
                               2 . Other                     8 % + vc    vc C1 )
                      2 . ( unchanged ):
                          a . ( unchanged )                ( unchanged ) Cunchanged )
                          b . ( unchanged )                ( unchanged ) Cunchanged )
   21 . 06        ( unchanged )                            ( unchanged ) Cunchanged )
    CI ) Cunchanged )
 ---pagebreak---                                          - 3 -
Nor weg i an
                                                     Basi c
                                                                     Duty
Customs
                                                     duties
                                                                     appli cable
Tariff          Descript ion                                         on
heading                                              ( NKr / kg )
                                                                     1 July 1977
N°
21.07           ( unchanged ) Î                      ( unchanged )   ( unchanged )
                A. ( unchanged )                     ( unchanged )   ( unchanged )
                B. ( unchanged )                     ( unchanged )    ( unchanged )
                C. Non-alcoholic preparations
                     ( known as " concentrated                     •
                     extracts ") for the manu­
                     facture of beverages :
                     - Concentrated extracts of
                        juice from apples and
                        blackcurrants                15 Ζ            10 V. ( 1 )
                     - Other                         15 Ζ               0
                D. Prepared maize                    15 %               0
                E. Protein concentrates              30 Ζ               0
                F. Other :
                     1 . Ice-cream , ice-cream
                         powders and table cream
                         powders :
                         - Ice-cream containing
                            fatty substances         30 Ζ            NKr / kg 1.70
                                                     with a mini­
                                                     mum of NKr
                                                     1 . 70 per kg
                         - Other                     30 %               0 (1 )
                     2 . Other :
                         - Sweetfat ; fatty
                            emulsions and similar
                           products of the kinds
                            used by bakers and
                           pastry cooks :
                           - With a content of
                              fatty substances of
                              less than 10 Ζ by
                              weight                 30 %               0 (1 )
                           - With a content of
                              fatty substances of
                              10 % or more by weight 30 Ζ             25 Ζ ( 1 )
                         - Yoghurt , flavoured or
                            with added fruit         30 Ζ             NKr / kg 1.70
                                                     with a mini­
                                                     mum of NKr
                                                     1 . 70 per kg
 ( 1 ) ( unchanged )
 ---pagebreak---                                       - 4 -
   Norwegian
   Customs                                          Basi c            Duty
   Tariff     Description                           duties            appli cable
                                                                      on
   heading                                          ( NKr / kg )
  N°
                                                                      1 July 1977
  21 . 07            - Minute rice and the
  ( continued          like                         30 %                0
                     - Coffee pastes ; ravioli ,
                       macaroni , spaghetti and
                       other similar pastes ,
                       cooked                       30 %                0
                     - Other                        30 %                0
  22.02 )
  to      )   ( unchanged )                         ( unchanged )     ( unchanged )
  39.06 )
                                  Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1982 .
Done at Brussels
                                              For the Joint      Committee
                                              The Chairman