CELEX: 22018A0525(01)
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products

25.5.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 129/3
               
            AGREEMENT
      in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products
      A.   Letter from the European Union
      Madam,
      I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway (‘the Parties’) on bilateral trade in agricultural products, concluded on 5 April 2017.
      A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and the Norwegian Government was undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) with a view to furthering the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between the Parties on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration given to developments in the Parties' respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including developments in bilateral trade and trade conditions with other trading partners.
      I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Norway undertakes to grant duty-free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I to this Agreement.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II to this Agreement.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  The European Union undertakes to grant duty-free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex III to this Agreement.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV to this Agreement.
               
            
                  5.
               
               
                  The tariff codes set out in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are the tariff codes that apply to the Parties as of 1 January 2017.
               
            
                  6.
               
               
                  The existing tariff quotas for imports into Norway of 600 tons of swine meat, 800 tons of poultry meat and 900 tons of bovine meat, as listed in Annex II to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed on 15 April 2011 (‘the 2011 Agreement’), will not be affected by the implementation of a possible future WTO agreement on agriculture. Point 7 of the 2011 Agreement is therefore deleted.
               
            
                  7.
               
               
                  As regards the additional tariff quota for imports into Norway of 1 200 tons of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tons will be administered by auction and 500 tons by the licensing system.
               
            
                  8.
               
               
                  The Parties will continue efforts to consolidate all bilateral concessions (those already in force and those set out in this Agreement) in a new exchange of letters, which should replace their existing bilateral agricultural agreements.
               
            
                  9.
               
               
                  The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are set out in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 2 May 1992 (‘the 1992 Agreement’). However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement.
               
            
                  10.
               
               
                  The Parties will ensure that the concessions that they grant to each other will not be undermined.
               
            
                  11.
               
               
                  The Parties agree to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports can take place regularly and that the agreed quantities can actually be imported.
               
            
                  12.
               
               
                  The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning their respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.
               
            
                  13.
               
               
                  Consultations will be held at the request of either Party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. If difficulties with implementation arise, such consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to adopting appropriate corrective measures.
               
            
                  14.
               
               
                  The Parties reaffirm their commitment, in accordance with Article 19 of the EEA Agreement, to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade. To this end, the Parties agree to carry out, in two years' time, a new review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products, with a view to exploring possible concessions.
               
            
                  15.
               
               
                  In the event of the further enlargement of the European Union, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapting bilateral preferences so that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.
               
            This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.
      I would be grateful if you could confirm the agreement of your Government with the above.
      Please accept, Madam, the assurance of my highest consideration.
      Съставено в Брюксел на
      Hecho en Bruselas, el
      V Bruselu dne
      Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den
      Geschehen zu Brüssel am
      Brüssel,
      Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις
      Done at Brussels,
      Fait à Bruxelles, le
      Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu
      Fatto a Bruxelles, addì
      Briselē,
      Priimta Briuselyje,
      Kelt Brüsszelben,
      Magħmul fi Brussell,
      Gedaan te Brussel,
      Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia
      Feito em Bruxelas,
      Întocmit la Bruxelles,
      V Bruseli
      V Bruslju,
      Tehty Brysselissä
      Utfärdat i Bryssel den
      Utferdiget i Brussel,
      
         
      
         За Европейския съюз
         Рог la Unión Europea
         Za Evropskou unii
         For Den Europæiske Union
         Für die Europäische Union
         Euroopa Liidu nimel
         Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση
         For the European Union
         Pour l'Union européenne
         Za Europsku uniju
         Per l'Unione europea
         Eiropas Savienības vārdā –
         Europos Sąjungos vardu
         Az Európai Unió részéről
         Għall-Unjoni Ewropea
         Voor de Europese Unie
         W imieniu Unii Europejskiej
         Pela União Europeia
         Pentru Uniunea Europeană
         Za Európsku úniu
         Za Evropsko unijo
         Euroopan unionin puolesta
         För Europeiska unionen
         For Den europeiske union
         
            
      
      
         ANNEX I
         
            DUTY FREE ACCESS FOR IMPORTS INTO NORWAY OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
         
         
                     Norwegian customs tariff code
                  
                  
                     Description of products
                  
               
                     01.01.2100 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Horses; Pure-bred breeding animals
                  
               
                     01.01.2902 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Other horses; of weight less than 133 kg
                  
               
                     01.01.2908 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Other horses; Other
                  
               
                     02.07.4300 
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05 , fresh, chilled or frozen; of ducks; fatty livers, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     02.07.5300 
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05 , fresh, chilled or frozen; of geese; fatty livers, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     05.06.9010 
                  
                  
                     Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products; Other; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     05.11.9911 
                  
                  
                     Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; Blood powder, unfit for human consumption; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     05.11.9930 
                  
                  
                     Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; Meat and blood; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     05.11.9980 
                  
                  
                     Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; other; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     06.02.1021 
                  
                  
                     Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; unrooted cuttings and slips; cuttings for nursery or horticultural purposes, except of green plants from 15 December - 30 April; Begonia, all sorts, Campanula isophylla, Eupharboria pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Fuchsia, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe and Petunia-hanging (Petunia hybrida, Petunia atkinsiana)
                  
               
                     06.02.1024 
                  
                  
                     Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; unrooted cuttings and slips; cuttings for nursery or horticultural purposes, except of green plants from 15 December - 30 April; Pelargonium
                     
                  
               
                     06.02.9032 
                  
                  
                     Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; Other; with balled roots or other culture media; other pot plants or bedding plants, including fruit- and vegetable plants for ornamental purposes; green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December; Asplenium, Begonia x rex-cultorum Chlorophytum, Euonymus japanicus, Fatsia japonica, Aralia sieboldii, Ficus elastica, Monstera, Philodendron scandens, Radermachera, Stereospermum, Syngonium and X-Fatshedera, also when imported as part of mixed groups of plants
                  
               
                     ex ex 07.08.2009  (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled; beans; fresh or chilled beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), other than green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans
                  
               
                     07.09.9930 
                  
                  
                     Other vegetables, fresh or chilled; other; other; sweet corn; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     ex ex 07.10.2209  (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen; leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled; beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.); other than green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans
                  
               
                     07.11.5100 
                  
                  
                     Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; mushrooms and truffles; mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
                     
                  
               
                     07.11.5900 
                  
                  
                     Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; mushrooms and truffles; other
                  
               
                     07.14.3009 
                  
                  
                     Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; yams (Dioscorea spp.); not for feed purpose
                  
               
                     ex ex 07.14.4000  (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; taro (Colocasia spp.)
                  
               
                     07.14.5009 
                  
                  
                     Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; yautia (Xanthosoma spp.); not for feed purpose
                  
               
                     08.11.2011 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; blackberries, mulberries or loganberries
                  
               
                     08.11.2012 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; white or red currants
                  
               
                     08.11.2013 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; gooseberries
                  
               
                     08.11.2092 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries
                  
               
                     08.11.2094 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; White or red currants
                  
               
                     08.11.2095 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; Gooseberries
                  
               
                     08.12.1000 
                  
                  
                     Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; Cherries
                  
               
                     10.08.5000 
                  
                  
                     Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals; quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
                  
               
                     11.09.0010 
                  
                  
                     Wheat gluten, whether or not dried; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     12.12.2910 
                  
                  
                     Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Chicorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included; Seaweeds and other algae; Other; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     17.02.2010 
                  
                  
                     Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel; maple sugar and maple syrup; for feed purpose
                  
               
                     20.08.9300 
                  
                  
                     Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included; other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.1900 ; cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinum oxycoccus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
                  
               
                     20.09.8100 
                  
                  
                     Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; juice of any other single fruit or vegetable; cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
                  
               
                     ex ex 20.09.8999 
                  
                  
                     Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; juice of any other single fruit or vegetable; Other, other, other, bilberry juice or concentrate
                  
               
                     22.06 
                  
                  
                     Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included
                  
               
                     23.03.1012 
                  
                  
                     Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets; residues of starch manufacture and similar residues; for feed purpose; of potatoes.
                  
               
      
         ANNEX II
         
            TARIFF QUOTAS FOR IMPORTS INTO NORWAY OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
         
         
                     Norwegian customs tariff code
                  
                  
                     Description of products
                  
                  
                     Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons)
                  
                  
                     Of which additional quotas (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Duty within the quota (NOK/kg)
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
                  
                  
                     2 500 
                  
                  
                     1 600 
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     02.01.1000 
                  
                  
                     Carcasses and half-carcasses
                  
               
                     02.01.2001 
                  
                  
                     ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time
                  
               
                     02.01.2002 
                  
                  
                     Other forequarters
                  
               
                     02.01.2003 
                  
                  
                     Other hindquarters
                  
               
                     02.01.2004 
                  
                  
                     So-called ‘Pistola cuts’
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Meat of bovine animals, frozen
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                      
                  
               
                     02.02.1000 
                  
                  
                     Carcasses and half-carcasses
                  
               
                     02.02.2001 
                  
                  
                     ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time
                  
               
                     02.02.2002 
                  
                  
                     Other forequarters
                  
               
                     02.02.2003 
                  
                  
                     Other hindquarters
                  
               
                     02.02.2004 
                  
                  
                     So-called ‘Pistola cuts’
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
                  
                  
                     300 (2)
                     
                  
                  
                     300 (2)
                     
                  
                  
                     15
                  
               
                     02.03.1904 
                  
                  
                     Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof; With bone in.
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05 , fresh, chilled or frozen
                     Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus;
                  
                  
                     950
                  
                  
                     150
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     02.07.1100 
                  
                  
                     Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     02.07.1200 
                  
                  
                     Not cut in pieces, frozen
                  
               
                     02.07.2400 
                  
                  
                     Of turkeys;
                     Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     02.07.2500 
                  
                  
                     Not cut in pieces, frozen
                  
               
                     02.07.4401 
                  
                  
                     Of ducks, fresh or chilled;
                     breasts and cuts thereof
                  
                  
                     200
                  
                  
                     100
                  
                  
                     30
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
                     Meat of swine; Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in;
                  
                  
                     600 (3)
                     
                  
                  
                     200 (3)
                     
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     02.10.1101 
                  
                  
                     Containing 15 % or more by weight of bones
                  
               
                     02.10.1109 
                  
                  
                     Other (less than 15 % bone in)
                  
               
                     02.10.1900 
                  
                  
                     Other (than Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof or Bellies and cuts thereof, with bone in)
                  
               
                     04.06 
                  
                  
                     Cheese and curd
                  
                  
                     8 400 
                  
                  
                     1 200 
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     ex ex 06.02.9043  (4)
                     
                     06.02.9044 
                  
                  
                     Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
                     Other; Pot plants or bedding plants, in flower;
                  
                  
                     20 million NOK
                  
                  
                     12 million NOK
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     06.02.9031 
                  
                  
                     Green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December (5)
                     
                  
                  
                     7 million NOK
                  
                  
                     3 million NOK
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled
                     Iceberg lettuce;
                     From 1 March to 31 May;
                  
                  
                     500 (6)
                     
                  
                  
                     100 (6)
                     
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     07.05.1112 
                  
                  
                     Whole
                  
               
                     07.05.1119 
                  
                  
                     Other
                  
               
                     10.05.9010 
                  
                  
                     Maize (corn)
                     For feed purpose
                  
                  
                     15 000 
                  
                  
                     5 000 
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     16.01.0000 
                  
                  
                     Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
                  
                  
                     600
                  
                  
                     200
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
      
         ANNEX III
         
            DUTY FREE ACCESS FOR IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN NORWAY
         
         
                     CN code
                  
                  
                     Combined nomenclature description
                  
               
                     0101 21 00 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, pure-bred breeding animals
                  
               
                     0101 29 10 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals for slaughter
                  
               
                     0101 29 90 
                  
                  
                     Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter
                  
               
                     0207 43 00 
                  
                  
                     Fatty livers of ducks, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     0207 53 00 
                  
                  
                     Fatty livers of geese, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     ex 0506 90 00 
                  
                  
                     Bones and horn-cores and their powder and waste, unworked, defatted, degelatinised or simply prepared (excl. ossein and bones treated with acid and cut to shape), for animal feeding
                  
               
                     ex 0511 99 85 
                  
                  
                     Blood powder for animal feeding, unfit for human consumption
                  
               
                     ex 0511 99 85 
                  
                  
                     Meat and blood for animal feeding, unfit for human consumption
                  
               
                     ex 0511 99 85 
                  
                  
                     Other animal products for animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, unfit for human consumption (other than products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3; blood; meat; natural sponges of animal origin; bovine semen)
                  
               
                     ex 0602 10 90 
                  
                  
                     Unrooted cuttings of all sorts of Begonia, Campanula isophylla, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Fuchsia, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe and Petunia-hanging (Petunia hybrida, Petunia atkinsiana) for nursery or horticultural purposes [, except of green plants from 15 December to 30 April]
                  
               
                     ex 0602 10 90 
                  
                  
                     Unrooted cuttings of Pelargonium for nursery or horticultural purposes [, except of green plants from 15 December to 30 April]
                  
               
                     ex 0602 90 99 
                  
                  
                     
                        Asplenium, Begonia x rex-cultorum, Chlorophytum, Euonymus japanicus, Fatsia japonica, Aralia sieboldii, Ficus elastica, Monstera, Philodendron scandens, Radermachera, Stereospermum, Syngonium and X-Fatshedera, presented as green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December
                  
               
                     ex 0708 20 00 
                  
                  
                     Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled except green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans
                  
               
                     ex 0709 99 60 
                  
                  
                     Sweetcorn for animal feeding, fresh or chilled
                  
               
                     ex 0710 22 00 
                  
                  
                     Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen except green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans
                  
               
                     0711 51 00 
                  
                  
                     Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumptions
                  
               
                     0711 59 00 
                  
                  
                     Mushrooms (other than of the genus Agaricus) and truffles provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumptions
                  
               
                     ex 0714 30 00 
                  
                  
                     Yams (Dioscorea spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets
                  
               
                     ex 0714 40 00 
                  
                  
                     Taro (Colocasia spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets
                  
               
                     ex 0714 50 00 
                  
                  
                     Yautia (Xanthosoma spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets
                  
               
                     ex 0811 20 11 
                  
                  
                     Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight
                  
               
                     ex 0811 20 19 
                  
                  
                     Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content not exceeding 13 % by weight
                  
               
                     0811 20 51 
                  
                  
                     Redcurrants, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
               
                     0811 20 59 
                  
                  
                     Blackberries and mulberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
               
                     ex 0811 20 90 
                  
                  
                     Loganberries, whitecurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
               
                     0812 10 00 
                  
                  
                     Cherries, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
                  
               
                     1008 50 00 
                  
                  
                     Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
                  
               
                     ex 1109 00 00 
                  
                  
                     Wheat gluten for animal feeding, whether or not dried
                  
               
                     ex 1212 29 00 
                  
                  
                     Seaweeds and other algae for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground
                  
               
                     ex 1702 20 10 
                  
                  
                     Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter, for animal feeding
                  
               
                     ex 1702 20 90 
                  
                  
                     Maple sugar (other than in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter) and maple syrup, for animal feeding
                  
               
                     2008 93 
                  
                  
                     Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea), otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
                  
               
                     2009 81 
                  
                  
                     Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
               
                     ex 2009 89 
                  
                  
                     Bilberry juice or concentrate, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
               
                     2206 
                  
                  
                     Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included
                  
               
                     ex 2303 10 90 
                  
                  
                     Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues from potatoes, for animal feeding
                  
               
                     2302 50 
                  
                  
                     Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Of leguminous plants
                              
                           
               
                     ex 2309 90 31 
                  
                  
                     Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch, containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products, other than dog or cat food put up for retail sale and other than fish feed
                  
               
      
         ANNEX IV
         
            TARIFF QUOTAS FOR IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN NORWAY
         
         
                     CN code
                  
                  
                     Combined nomenclature description
                  
                  
                     Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons)
                  
                  
                     Of which additional quotas (7)
                     
                  
                  
                     Duty within the quota (EUR/kg)
                  
               
                     0207 14 30 
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen:
                     
                                  
                              
                              
                                 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
                                 
                              
                           
                                  
                              
                              
                                 Cuts with bone in, frozen
                              
                           
                                  
                              
                              
                                 Whole wings, with or without tips
                              
                           
                  
                     550
                  
                  
                     550
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0207 14 70 
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen:
                     
                                  
                              
                              
                                 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
                                 
                              
                           
                                  
                              
                              
                                 Other cuts with bone in, frozen
                              
                           
                  
                     150
                  
                  
                     150
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0204 
                  
                  
                     Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
                  
                  
                     500
                  
                  
                     0
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0210 
                  
                  
                     Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
                  
               
                     0404 10 
                  
                  
                     Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                  
                  
                     1 250 
                  
                  
                     1 250 
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0404 10 02 
                  
                  
                     Whey and modified whey, in powder, granules or other solid forms, without added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a protein content ‘nitrogen content × 6,38’ of <= 15 % by weight and a fat content, by weight, of <= 1,5 %
                  
                  
                     3 150 
                  
                  
                     3 150 
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0603 19 70 
                  
                  
                     Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, other than Roses, Carnations, Orchids, Chrysantemums, Lilies (Lilium spp.), Gladioli and Ranunculi
                  
                  
                     500 000  EUR
                  
                  
                     500 000  EUR
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     1602 
                  
                  
                     Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood
                  
                  
                     300
                  
                  
                     300
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     2005 20 20 
                  
                  
                     Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption
                  
                  
                     350
                  
                  
                     150
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     2309 90 96 
                  
                  
                     Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Other
                  
                  
                     200
                  
                  
                     200
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     3502 20 
                  
                  
                     Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Milk albumin, including concentrates of two or more whey proteins
                              
                           
                  
                     500
                  
                  
                     500
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
      B.   Letter from the Kingdom of Norway
      Madam,
      I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:
      ‘I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway (‘the Parties’) on bilateral trade in agricultural products, concluded on 5 April 2017.
      A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and the Norwegian Government was undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) with a view to furthering the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between the Parties on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration given to developments in the Parties' respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including developments in bilateral trade and trade conditions with other trading partners.
      I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Norway undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I to this Agreement.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II to this Agreement.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  The European Union undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex III to this Agreement.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV to this Agreement.
               
            
                  5.
               
               
                  The tariff codes set out in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are the tariff codes that apply to the Parties as of 1 January 2017.
               
            
                  6.
               
               
                  The existing tariff quotas for imports into Norway of 600 tons of swine meat, 800 tons of poultry meat and 900 tons of bovine meat, as listed in Annex II to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed on 15 April 2011 (‘the 2011 Agreement’), will not be affected by the implementation of a possible future WTO agreement on agriculture. Point 7 of the 2011 Agreement is therefore deleted.
               
            
                  7.
               
               
                  As regards the additional tariff quota for imports into Norway of 1 200 tons of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tons will be administered by auction and 500 tons by the licensing system.
               
            
                  8.
               
               
                  The Parties will continue efforts to consolidate all bilateral concessions (those already in force and those set out in this Agreement) in a new exchange of letters, which should replace their existing bilateral agricultural agreements.
               
            
                  9.
               
               
                  The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are set out in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 2 May 1992 (‘the 1992 Agreement’). However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement.
               
            
                  10.
               
               
                  The Parties will ensure that the concessions that they grant to each other will not be undermined.
               
            
                  11.
               
               
                  The Parties agree to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports can take place regularly and that the agreed quantities can actually be imported.
               
            
                  12.
               
               
                  The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning their respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.
               
            
                  13.
               
               
                  Consultations will be held at the request of either Party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. If difficulties with implementation arise, such consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to adopting appropriate corrective measures.
               
            
                  14.
               
               
                  The Parties reaffirm their commitment, in accordance with Article 19 of the EEA Agreement, to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade. To this end, the Parties agree to carry out, in two years' time, a new review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products, with a view to exploring possible concessions.
               
            
                  15.
               
               
                  In the event of the further enlargement of the European Union, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapting bilateral preferences so that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.
               
            This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.’.
      I have the honour to confirm that the Kingdom of Norway is in agreement with the contents of this letter.
      Please accept, Madam, the assurance of my highest consideration.
      Utferdiget i Brussel,
      Съставено в Брюксел на
      Hecho en Bruselas, el
      V Bruselu dne
      Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den
      Geschehen zu Brüssel am
      Brüssel,
      Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις
      Done at Brussels,
      Fait à Bruxelles, le
      Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu
      Fatto a Bruxelles, addì
      Briselē,
      Priimta Briuselyje,
      Kelt Brüsszelben,
      Magħmul fi Brussell,
      Gedaan te Brussel,
      Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia
      Feito em Bruxelas,
      Întocmit la Bruxelles,
      V Bruseli
      V Bruslju,
      Tehty Brysselissä
      Utfärdat i Bryssel den
      
         
      
         For Kongeriket Norge
         За Кралство Норвегия
         Por el Reino de Noruega
         Za Norské království
         For Kongeriget Norge
         Für das Königreich Norwegen
         Norra Kuningriigi nimel
         Για το Βασίλειο της Νορβηγίας
         For the Kingdom of Norway
         Pour le Royaume de Norvège
         Za Kraljevinu Norvešku
         Per il Regno di Norvegia
         Norvēģijas Karalistes vārdā –
         Norvegijos Karalystės vardu
         A Norvég Királyság részéről
         Għar-Renju tan-Norveġja
         Voor het Koninkrijk Noorwegen
         W imieniu Królestwa Norwegii
         Pelo Reino da Noruega
         Pentru Regatul Norvegiei
         Za Nórske kráľovstvo
         Za Kraljevino Norveško
         Norjan kuningaskunnan puolesta
         För Konungariket Norge
         
            
      
      
         (1)  These products are imported duty free. Nevertheless, Norway reserves its right to introduce a duty if the products are imported for feed purposes.
      
         (1)  For the period 1.1-31.12, and during the first year of the application of the agreement pro rata, if necessary. Additional quotas to be added to existing quotas negotiated under previous EU-Norway agreements.
      
         (2)  In the period 1.12-31.12.
      
         (3)  Quantity is given for imports of hams with bone in. A conversion factor of 1.15 is used for imports of hams without bone in.
      
         (4)  Exception for the following plants: Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Begonia x hiemalis, Begonia elatior, Campanula, Dendranthema x grandiflora, Chrysanthemum x morifolium, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe, Pelargonium, Primula and Saintpaulia.
      
         (5)  The following plants are included: Condiaeum, Croton, Dieffenbachia, Epipremnum, Scindapsus aureum, Hedera, Nephrolepis, Peperomia obtusifolia, Peperomia rotundifolia, Schefflera, Soleirolia and Helxine, also when imported as part of mixed groups of plants.
      
         (6)  End user criteria: Processing industry.
      
         (7)  For the period 1.1-31.12, and during the first year of the application of the agreement pro rata, if necessary. Additional quotas to be added to existing quotas negotiated under previous EU-Norway agreements.