CELEX: 22003A0430(02)
Language: en
Date: 2003-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions

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22003A0430(02)

Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions  

Official Journal L 107 , 30/04/2003 P. 0040 - 0056

Protocoladjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessionsTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",of the one part, andTHE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,of the other part,Whereas:(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as "the Europe Agreement") was signed in Luxembourg on 4 October 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995(1).(2) Article 21(5) of the Europe Agreement provides that the Community and the Slovak Republic shall examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other additional agricultural concessions. On this basis negotiations have been undertaken and were concluded between the parties.(3) For the first time, improvements to the preferential agricultural regime of the Europe Agreement were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement(2) to take account of the last enlargement of the Community and the outcome of the GATT Uruguay Round.(4) Two further rounds of negotiations for improved agricultural trade concessions were concluded on 3 May 2000 and 21 June 2002.(5) From the one side, the Council decided, by virtue of Council Regulation (EC) No 2434/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic(3), to apply on a provisional basis, as from 1 July 2000, the Community concessions resulting from the 2000 round of negotiations and from the other side the Government of the Slovak Republic took legislative provisions to apply, as from the same date, the equivalent Slovak concessions.(6) The abovementioned concessions will be supplemented and replaced on the date of entry into force of this Protocol by the concessions provided for herein,HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in the Slovak Republic as set out in Annexes A(a) and A(b) and the arrangements for import into the Slovak Republic applicable to certain agricultural products originating in the Community as set out in Annexes B(a) and B(b) to this Protocol shall replace those set out in Annexes XI and XII as referred to in Article 21(2) and (4), as amended, of the Europe Agreement. The agreement between the Community and the Slovak Republic on reciprocal preferential trade concessions for certain wines, set out in Annex C, shall form an integral part of this Protocol.Article 2This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Europe Agreement. The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.Article 3This Protocol shall be approved by the Community and the Slovak Republic in accordance with their corresponding procedures. The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures to implement this Protocol.The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the accomplishment of the abovementioned procedures.Article 4Subject to completion of the procedures provided for in Article 3, this Protocol shall enter into force on 1 January 2003. Should these procedures not be completed in time, it shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the Contracting Parties' notification of the accomplishment of the procedures.Article 5This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Slovak languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.Hecho en Bruselas, el veinticuatro de abril del dos mil tres./Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den fireogtyvende april to tusind og tre./Geschehen zu Brüssel am vierundzwanzigsten April zweitausendunddrei./Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι τέσσερις Απριλίου δύο χιλιάδες τρία./Done at Brussels on the twenty-fourth day of April in the year two thousand and three./Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-quatre avril deux mille trois./Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventiquattro aprile duemilatre./Gedaan te Brussel, de vierentwintigste april tweeduizenddrie./Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e quatro de Abril de dois mil e três./Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäneljäntenä päivänä huhtikuuta vuonna kaksituhattakolme./Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugofjärde april tjugohundratre./V Bruseli dvadsiatchostvrtého apríla dvetisíetri.Por la Comunidad Europea/For Det Europæiske Fællesskab/Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft/Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα/For the European Community/Pour la Communauté européenne/Per la Comunità europea/Voor de Europese Gemeenschap/Pela Comunidade Europeia/Euroopan yhteisön puolesta/På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar>PIC FILE= "L_2003107EN.004201.TIF">Za Slovenskú republiku>PIC FILE= "L_2003107EN.004202.TIF">(1) OJ L 359, 31.12.1994, p. 2.(2) OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 3.(3) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.ANNEX A(a)Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products originating in the Slovak Republic and listed below shall be abolishedCN code(1)0101 10 900101 90 190101 90 300101 90 900104 20 100106 19 100106 39 100205 000206 80 910206 90 910207 13 910207 14 910207 26 910207 27 910207 35 910207 36 890208 10 110208 10 190208 20 000208 30 000208 400208 50 000208 90 100208 90 550208 90 600208 90 950210 99 100210 99 390210 99 590210 99 790210 99 800407 00 900409 00 000410 00 000701 10 000701 90 500703 10 110703 20 000703 90 000709 20 000709 30 000709 40 000709 51 000709 52 000709 590709 70 000709 90 100709 90 200709 90 400709 90 500709 90 900710 10 000710 21 000710 22 000710 29 000710 30 000710 80 510710 80 590710 80 610710 80 690710 80 700710 80 850710 80 950710 90 000711 30 000711 40 000711 59 000711 90 100711 90 500711 90 800711 90 900712 20 000712 31 000712 32 000712 33 000712 39 000712 90 050712 90 300712 90 500712 90 900713 50 000713 900714 90 900802 12 900802 21 000802 22 000802 31 000802 32 000802 40 000802 50 000802 90 500802 90 600802 90 850806 200808 20 900809 40 900810 40 300810 40 500810 40 900810 50 000810 60 000810 90 950811 20 590811 20 900811 90 500811 90 700811 90 750811 90 800811 90 850811 90 950812 10 000812 90 100812 90 300812 90 400812 90 500812 90 600812 90 700812 90 9908130814 00 000901 12 000901 21 000901 22 000901 90 900902 10 000904 12 000904 200905 00 000907 00 000910 20 900910 400910 91 900910 99 991006 10 101007 00 101105 20 001106 10 001106 30 901208 10 001209 10 001209 21 001209 23 801209 29 501209 29 601209 29 801209 30 001209 911209 99 911209 99 9912101211 90 301212 10 101212 10 991214 90 101302 19 051503 00 191503 00 901504 10 101504 10 991504 20 101504 30 10150715081511 10 901511 90 191511 90 911511 90 991512 11 911512 19 911512 211512 29151315151516 20 951516 20 961516 20 981518 00 311518 00 391518 00 911518 00 951518 00 991522 00 911602 90 101602 90 311602 90 411602 90 721602 90 741602 90 761602 90 781602 90 981603 00 102001 90 202001 90 502003 20 002003 90 002005 60 002005 90 102005 90 502007 91 902007 99 102007 99 912007 99 932008 19 112008 19 192008 19 512008 19 952008 19 992008 92 142008 92 342008 92 382008 92 592008 92 722008 92 742008 92 782008 92 932008 92 982008 99 112008 99 192008 99 232008 99 282008 99 372008 99 402008 99 432008 99 452008 99 492008 99 682008 99 992009 11 192009 11 992009 19 192009 29 112009 29 192009 29 912009 29 992009 31 112009 39 312009 412009 49 192009 49 302009 49 932009 49 992009 80 192009 80 382009 80 502009 80 632009 80 692009 80 712302 50 002306 90 192308 00 902309(1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001).ANNEX A(b)Imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Slovak Republic shall be subject to the concessions set out below(MFN = most-favoured-nation duty)>TABLE>ANNEX TO ANNEX A(b)Minimum import price arrangement for certain soft fruit for processing1. Minimum import prices are fixed as follows for the following products for processing originating in the Slovak Republic:>TABLE>2. The minimum import prices, as set out in Article 1, will be respected on a consignment by consignment basis. In the case of a customs declaration value being lower than the minimum import price, a countervailing duty will be charged equal to the difference between the minimum import price and the customs declaration value.3. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Annex show a trend suggesting that the prices could go below the level of the minimum import prices in the immediate future, the European Commission will inform the Slovak authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation.4. At the request of either the Community or the Slovak Republic, the Association Committee shall examine the functioning of the system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Committee shall take the necessary decisions.5. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a consultation meeting will be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the Community. This consultation meeting will take place between the European Commission and the interested European producers' organisations for the products concerned, of the one part and the authorities', producers' and exporters' organisations of all the associated exporting countries, of the other part.During this consultation meeting, the market situation for soft fruit including, in particular, forecasts for production, stock situation, price evolution and possible market development, as well as possibilities to adapt supply to demand, will be discussed.ANNEX B(a)Customs duties on imports applicable in the Slovak Republic to products originating in the Community and listed below shall be abolishedSLK customs code(1)0101 90 110101 90 190102 90 900103 91 900103 92 900206 10 100206 10 910206 10 990206 21 000206 22 000206 29 100206 29 990206 30 200206 30 310206 30 800206 41 200206 41 800206 49 200206 49 800206 80 100206 80 910206 80 990206 90 100206 90 910206 90 990207 13 910207 14 910207 26 910207 27 910207 34 100207 34 900207 35 910207 36 810207 36 850207 36 890209 00 110209 00 190209 00 300210 99 100210 99 710210 99 790210 91 000210 92 000210 93 000210 99 390210 99 590210 99 800407 00 900408 11 200408 19 200408 91 200408 99 200409 00 000410 00 00060701 10 000703 10 110703 90 000709 51 000709 70 000709 90 100709 90 900710 21 000710 22 000710 29 000710 30 000710 80 510710 80 590710 80 700710 80 850710 80 950710 90 000711 40 000711 90 100711 90 500711 90 800711 90 900712 20 000712 90 050712 90 110712 90 300712 90 500712 90 900713 10 100713 10 900713 40 000806 10 100806 200808 20 900809 20 050809 20 950809 30 900809 40 050810 40 100810 40 300810 40 500810 40 900811 20 190811 20 310811 20 590811 20 900811 90 310811 90 500811 90 700811 90 750811 90 800811 90 850811 90 950812 10 000812 90 100812 90 400812 90 500812 90 600812 90 700812 90 9908130901 11 000901 12 000901 21 000901 22 000901 90 100901 90 900904 20 100904 20 300904 20 901001 10 001105 20 001204 00 901205 10 101205 90 001206 00 101207 50 101207 50 901207 91 101207 91 901209 10 001209 29 601209 21 001209 22 101209 22 801209 23 111209 23 151209 23 801209 24 001209 25 101209 25 901209 26 001209 29 101209 29 501209 29 801210 10 001210 20 101210 20 901302 19 051502 00 101503 00 111503 00 191503 00 301503 00 901510 00 901511 90 191511 90 911511 90 991512 11 911512 19 911513 19 111513 29 191513 29 501513 29 911513 29 991515 11 001515 19 101515 19 901515 21 101515 21 901515 29 101515 29 901515 90 511515 90 591515 90 911515 90 991516 20 951516 20 961516 20 981518 00 311518 00 391518 00 911518 00 951518 00 991602 90 101602 90 311602 90 411602 90 721602 90 741602 90 761602 90 781602 90 982001 90 202001 90 502001 90 652001 90 912005 60 002005 90 102007 91 902007 99 102007 99 912007 99 932008 20 192008 20 392008 20 512008 20 592008 20 712008 20 792008 20 912008 20 992008 302008 92 122008 92 142008 92 322008 92 342008 92 362008 92 382008 92 512008 92 592008 92 722008 92 742008 92 762008 92 782008 92 922008 92 932008 92 942008 92 972008 92 982008 99 112008 99 192008 99 232008 99 252008 99 262008 99 282008 99 362008 99 372008 99 382008 99 402008 99 412008 99 432008 99 452008 99 462008 99 472008 99 492008 99 512008 99 612008 99 622008 99 682008 99 992009 61 102009 61 902009 69 112009 69 192009 69 512009 69 592009 69 902009 80 192009 80 362009 80 382009 80 502009 80 632009 80 692009 80 712309(1) As defined in Decree of the Government of the Slovak Republic No 598/2001 on the Customs Tariff of the Slovak Republic.ANNEX B(b)Imports into the Slovak Republic of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below>TABLE>ANNEX TO ANNEX B(b)>PIC FILE= "L_2003107EN.005302.TIF">>PIC FILE= "L_2003107EN.005401.TIF">ANNEX CAgreementbetween the European Community and the Slovak Republic on reciprocal preferential trade concessions for certain wines1. Imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Slovak Republic shall be subject to the concessions set out below:>TABLE>2. The Community shall grant a preferential zero duty within tariff quotas as mentioned under point 1, subject to the condition that no export subsidies shall be paid for exports of these quantities by the Slovak Republic.3. Imports into the Slovak Republic of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below:>TABLE>4. The Slovak Republic shall grant a preferential zero duty within tariff quotas as mentioned under point 3, subject to the condition that no export subsidies shall be paid for exports of these quantities by the Community.5. This Agreement shall cover wine(a) which has been produced from fresh grapes wholly produced and harvested in the territory of the Contracting Party in question, and(b) (i) originating in the Community, which has been produced in accordance with the rules governing the oenological practices and processes referred to in Title V of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1);(ii) originating in the Slovak Republic, which has been produced in accordance with the rules governing the oenological practices and processes in conformity with the Slovak law. These oenological rules referred to shall be in conformity with the Community legislation.6. Imports of wine under the concessions provided in this Agreement will be subject to the presentation of a certificate issued by a mutually recognised official body appearing on the lists drawn up jointly, to the effect that the wine in question complies with point 5(b).7. The Contracting Parties shall examine the opportunities for granting each other further concessions taking into account the development of wine trade between the Contracting Parties.8. The Contracting Parties agreed to continue immediately with the already started negotiations with the aim to conclude rapidly an agreement on the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of spirits and wine names, including "Slovenske Tokajske Vino" originating in the Slovak part of the Tokaj Wine Growing Region.9. The Contracting Parties shall ensure that the benefits granted reciprocally are not called into question by other measures.10. Consultations are to take place at the request of either Contracting Party on any problem relating to the way this Agreement operates.11. This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, in the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, in the territory of the Slovak Republic.(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10).