CELEX: 22008D0219
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Title: 2008/219/EC: Decision No 1/2008 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 22 February 2008 replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2

13.3.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 69/34
            
         
      DECISION No 1/2008 OF THE EC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
   
   of 22 February 2008
   replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2
   (2008/219/EC)
   THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol No 2, and in particular Article 7 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               For the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement, internal reference prices are fixed for the Contracting Parties by the Joint Committee.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Actual prices have changed on the domestic markets of the Contracting Parties as regards raw materials for which price compensation measures are applied.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices and amounts listed in Tables III and IV(b) to Protocol No 2 accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The current market situation has changed significantly compared to previous years with a new development being the introduction of price compensatory measures on the European border, given that domestic prices of certain basic products in Switzerland have proved to be lower than the domestic prices for those products.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               As the volatility of the market is expected to continue, the partners will exchange information on a bimonthly basis and if substantial differences are signaled a modification of this decision could follow,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Table III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2 are replaced by the tables in Annex I and Annex II to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall apply as of 1 February 2008.
   
      Done at Brussels, 22 February 2008.
      
         
            For the Joint Committee
         
         
            The Chairman
         
         Jacques DE WATTEVILLE
         
      
   
   
      ANNEX I
      
         ‘TABLE III
         EC and Swiss domestic reference prices
         
                     Agricultural raw material
                  
                  
                     Swiss domestic reference price
                     (CHF/100 kg net)
                  
                  
                     EC domestic reference price
                     (CHF/100 kg net)
                  
                  
                     Article 4(1)
                     Applied on Swiss side
                     Difference Swiss/EC reference price
                     (CHF/100 kg net)
                  
                  
                     Article 3(3)
                     Applied on EU side
                     Difference Swiss EC reference price
                     (EUR/100 kg net)
                  
               
                     Common wheat
                  
                  
                     59,71
                  
                  
                     44,14
                  
                  
                     15,55
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Durum wheat
                  
                  
                     71,05
                  
                  
                     68,55
                  
                  
                     2,50
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Rye
                  
                  
                     59,15
                  
                  
                     40,61
                  
                  
                     18,54
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Barley
                  
                  
                     52,65
                  
                  
                     52,65
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Maize
                  
                  
                     37,94
                  
                  
                     37,94
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Common wheat flour
                  
                  
                     104,00
                  
                  
                     68,55
                  
                  
                     35,45
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Whole-milk powder
                  
                  
                     582,00
                  
                  
                     651,20
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     35,32
                  
               
                     Skimmed-milk powder
                  
                  
                     447,10
                  
                  
                     610,44
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     83,20
                  
               
                     Butter
                  
                  
                     922,00
                  
                  
                     690,12
                  
                  
                     231,90
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     White sugar
                  
                  
                     —
                  
                  
                     —
                  
                  
                     —
                  
                  
                     —
                  
               
                     Eggs (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     255,00
                  
                  
                     205,50
                  
                  
                     49,50
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Fresh potatoes
                  
                  
                     42,00
                  
                  
                     23,80
                  
                  
                     18,20
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Vegetable fat (2)
                     
                  
                  
                     390,00
                  
                  
                     160,00
                  
                  
                     230,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
      
         (1)  Derived from the prices for liquid birds’ eggs, not in shell multiplied with factor 0,85.
      
         (2)  Prices for vegetable fats (for the baking and food industry) with 100 % fat content.’
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         ‘TABLE IV
         
                     (b)
                  
                  
                     The basic amounts for agricultural raw materials taken into account for the calculation of the agricultural components:
                  
               
            
         
                     Agricultural raw material
                  
                  
                     Applied on the Swiss side Article 3(2)
                     Applied basic amount
                     CHF/100 kg net
                  
                  
                     Applied on the EC side Article 4(2)
                     Applied basic amount
                     EUR/100 kg net
                  
               
                     Common wheat
                  
                  
                     13,20
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Durum wheat
                  
                  
                     2,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Rye
                  
                  
                     15,60
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Barley
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Maize
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Common wheat flour
                  
                  
                     30,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Whole-milk powder
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     41,42 (1)
                     
                  
               
                     Skimmed-milk powder
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     97,78 (1)
                     
                  
               
                     Butter
                  
                  
                     197,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     White sugar
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Eggs
                  
                  
                     34,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Fresh potatoes
                  
                  
                     15,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
                     Vegetable fat
                  
                  
                     196,00
                  
                  
                     0,00
                  
               
      
         (1)  The export support in the form of price compensation is subject to Article 11 of the WTO Agreement.’