CELEX: 22021A0730(01)
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

30.7.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 274/57
               
            
         AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XXVIII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) 1994 RELATING TO THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS ON ALL THE TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS INCLUDED IN THE EU SCHEDULE CLXXV AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
         THE EUROPEAN UNION, of the one part,
         and
         THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, of the other part,
         hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Parties”,
         CONSIDERING that the Parties have successfully concluded the negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union as communicated to members of the World Trade Organization (“WTO Members”) in Document G/SECRET/42/Add.2,
         HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
         
            Article 1
            Objective
            The objective of this Agreement is to agree on the apportionment volumes in respect of all the tariff-rate quotas and the resulting quantitative commitments of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom where the Kingdom of Thailand has negotiation and consultation rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 as specified in the letter from the European Union dated 25 February 2019.
         
         
            Article 2
            Principle and methodology of the apportionment of the tariff-rate quotas
            The Kingdom of Thailand agrees with the principle and methodology of apportioning the scheduled quantitative commitments in the form of tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that included the United Kingdom whereby there is an apportioned quantity taken on by the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom with the remainder of the quantity taken on by the United Kingdom.
         
         
            Article 3
            Tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom
            
               1.   The Parties agree on the quantity for certain tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom as from 1 January 2021 or from the date when the United Kingdom ceases to be covered by the schedule of concessions and commitments of the European Union CLXXV, as detailed in the last column of the Annex to this Agreement.
            
            
               2.   This Agreement does not prejudice negotiations between the European Union and other WTO Members with rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 as regards the erga omnes tariff-rate quotas concerned. The European Union undertakes to consult with the Kingdom of Thailand if the result of those negotiations would change the shares set out in the document G/SECRET/42/Add.2.
            
            
               3.   The Annex to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.
            
         
         
            Article 4
            Final clauses
            
               1.   This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day after the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of their internal procedures. It shall apply from that date.
            
            
               2.   This arrangement constitutes an agreement between the Parties for the purposes of Article XXVIII:3(a) and (b) of the GATT 1994.
            
            
               3.   This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.
            
         
         
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised to this effect, have signed this Agreement.
            Съставено в Брюксел на седми май две хиляди двадесет и първа година.
            Hecho en Bruselas, el siete de mayo de dos mil veintiuno.
            V Bruselu dne sedmého května dva tisíce dvacet jedna.
            Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syvende maj to tusind og enogtyve.
            Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebten Mai zweitausendeinundzwanzig.
            Kahe tuhande kahekümne esimese aasta maikuu seitsmendal päeval Brüsselis.
            Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις εφτά Μαΐου δύο χιλιάδες είκοσι ένα.
            Done at Brussels on the seventh day of May in the year two thousand and twenty one.
            Fait à Bruxelles, le sept mai deux mille vingt et un.
            Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu sedmog svibnja godine dvije tisuće dvadeset prve.
            Fatto a Bruxelles, addì sette maggio duemilaventuno.
            Briselē, divi tūkstoši divdesmit pirmā gada septītajā maijā.
            Priimta du tūkstančiai dvidešimt pirmų metų gegužės septintą dieną Briuselyje.
            Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-huszonegyedik év május havának hetedik napján.
            Magħmul fi Brussell, fis-seba jum ta’ Mejju fis-sena elfejn u wieħed u għoxrin.
            Gedaan te Brussel, zeven mei tweeduizend eenentwintig.
            Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia siódmego maja roku dwa tysiące dwudziestego pierwszego.
            Feito em Bruxelas, em sete de maio de dois mil e vinte e um.
            Întocmit la Bruxelles la șapte mai două mii douăzeci și unu.
            V Bruseli siedmeho mája dvetisícdvadsaťjeden.
            V Bruslju, sedmega maja dva tisoč enaindvajset.
            Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenä päivänä toukokuuta vuonna kaksituhattakaksikymmentäyksi.
            Utfärdat i Bryssel den sjunde maj år tjugohundratjugoett.
            
               
                  
            
         
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            LIST OF EU’S TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FOR THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (AS OF 1 JANUARY 2021)
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Number as per EU notification G/SECRET/42/Add.2
                     
                     
                        HS code
                     
                     
                        Description
                     
                     
                        Current concession in EU Schedule CLXXV (EU 28)
                     
                     
                        Supplying country
                     
                     
                        Final concession for the EU (tonnes)
                     
                  
                        1
                     
                     
                        029
                     
                     
                        0210 99 39 
                     
                     
                        Salted poultry meat
                     
                     
                        92 610 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        81 968 
                     
                  
                        2
                     
                     
                        052
                     
                     
                        0714 10 00 
                     
                     
                        Manioc (cassava)
                     
                     
                        5 750 000 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        3 096 027 
                     
                  
                        3
                     
                     
                        055
                     
                     
                        0714 20 90 
                     
                     
                        Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumption
                     
                     
                        5 000 
                     
                     
                        Other than China
                     
                     
                        4 985 
                     
                  
                        4
                     
                     
                        074
                     
                     
                        1006 10 
                     
                     
                        Paddy Rice
                     
                     
                        7 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        5 
                     
                  
                        5
                     
                     
                        075
                     
                     
                        1006 20 
                     
                     
                        Husked or brown rice
                     
                     
                        1 634 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        1 416 
                     
                  
                        6
                     
                     
                        076
                     
                     
                        1006 30 
                     
                     
                        Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
                     
                     
                        63 000 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        36 731 
                     
                  
                        7
                     
                     
                        077
                     
                     
                        1006 30 
                     
                     
                        Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
                     
                     
                        4 313 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        3 663 
                     
                  
                        8
                     
                     
                        078
                     
                     
                        1006 30 
                     
                     
                        Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
                     
                     
                        1 200 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        1 019 
                     
                  
                        9
                     
                     
                        078
                     
                     
                        1006 30 
                     
                     
                        Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
                     
                     
                        25 516 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        22 442 
                     
                  
                        10
                     
                     
                        079
                     
                     
                        1006 40 00 
                     
                     
                        Broken rice
                     
                     
                        1 000 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        1 000 
                     
                  
                        11
                     
                     
                        080
                     
                     
                        1006 40 00 
                     
                     
                        Broken rice
                     
                     
                        31 788 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        26 581 
                     
                  
                        12
                     
                     
                        081
                     
                     
                        1006 40 00 
                     
                     
                        Broken rice
                     
                     
                        100 000 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        93 709 
                     
                  
                        13
                     
                     
                        085
                     
                     
                        1108 14 00 
                     
                     
                        Manioc starch
                     
                     
                        8 000 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        6 632 
                     
                  
                        14
                     
                     
                        086
                     
                     
                        1108 14 00 
                     
                     
                        Manioc starch
                     
                     
                        2 000 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        1 658 
                     
                  
                        15
                     
                     
                        089
                     
                     
                        1602 32 11 
                     
                     
                        Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        340 
                     
                     
                        Other than Brazil
                     
                     
                        236 
                     
                  
                        16
                     
                     
                        090
                     
                     
                        1602 32 19 
                     
                     
                        Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
                        
                     
                     
                        160 033 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        53 866 
                     
                  
                        17
                     
                     
                        091
                     
                     
                        1602 32 30 
                     
                     
                        Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        14 000 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        2 435 
                     
                  
                        18
                     
                     
                        092
                     
                     
                        1602 32 90 
                     
                     
                        Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        2 100 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        1 940 
                     
                  
                        19
                     
                     
                        093
                     
                     
                        1602 39 21 
                     
                     
                        Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        10 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        10 
                     
                  
                        20
                     
                     
                        094
                     
                     
                        1602 39 29 
                     
                     
                        Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        13 500 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        8 572 
                     
                  
                        21
                     
                     
                        095
                     
                     
                        1602 39 85 
                     
                     
                        Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        600 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        300 
                     
                  
                        22
                     
                     
                        096
                     
                     
                        1602 39 85 
                     
                     
                        Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
                     
                     
                        600 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        278 
                     
                  
                        23
                     
                     
                        105
                     
                     
                        1901 90 99 
                        1904 30 00 
                        1904 90 80 
                        1905 90 20 
                     
                     
                        Food preparations with cereals
                     
                     
                        191 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        191 
                     
                  
                        24
                     
                     
                        106
                     
                     
                        1902 11 00 
                        1902 19 10 
                        1902 19 90 
                        1902 20 91 
                        1902 20 99 
                        1902 30 10 
                        1902 30 90 
                        1902 40 10 
                        1902 40 90 
                     
                     
                        Pasta
                     
                     
                        532 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        497 
                     
                  
                        25
                     
                     
                        107
                     
                     
                        1905 90 10 
                        1905 90 20 
                        1905 90 30 
                        1905 90 45 
                        1905 90 55 
                        1905 90 60 
                        1905 90 90 
                     
                     
                        Biscuits
                     
                     
                        409 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        409 
                     
                  
                        26
                     
                     
                        005
                     
                     
                        0304 89 90 
                     
                     
                        Fish of the genus Allocyttus and of the species Pseudocyttus maculatus
                        
                     
                     
                        200 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        200 
                     
                  
                        27
                     
                     
                        007
                     
                     
                        1604 20 50 
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
                        
                     
                     
                        865 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        631 
                     
                  
                        28
                     
                     
                        008
                     
                     
                        1604 20 50 
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
                        
                     
                     
                        1 410 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        423 
                     
                  
                        29
                     
                     
                        009
                     
                     
                        1604 20 70 
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus
                        
                     
                     
                        742 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        742 
                     
                  
                        30
                     
                     
                        010
                     
                     
                        1604 20 70 
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus
                        
                     
                     
                        1 816 
                     
                     
                        Kingdom of Thailand
                     
                     
                        1 816 
                     
                  
                        31
                     
                     
                        011
                     
                     
                        1605 21 10 
                     
                     
                        Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 2 kg (excl. merely smoked, and in airtight containers)
                     
                     
                        500 
                     
                     
                        
                           Erga omnes
                        
                     
                     
                        474 
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        1605 21 90 
                     
                     
                        Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of > 2 kg (excl. merely smoked, and in airtight containers)
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        1605 29 00 
                     
                     
                        Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excl. smoked)