CELEX: 52017PC0596
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an 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

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            2017/0260(NLE)
            Proposal for a
            COUNCIL DECISION
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an 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
            
               
         
         
            
               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
            
            
               1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
            
            
               •Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
            
            
               The EU and Norway are signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) which provides for the free movement of goods, with the exception of agricultural and fisheries products. As regards agriculture, Article 19 of the EEA Agreement provides that the Parties will carry out, every two years, review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products and decide on a reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis on the further reduction of any type of barriers to trade in the agricultural sector.
            
            
               The negotiations were conducted from 3 February 2015 to 5 April 2017. The agreement was initialled by the Parties on 5 April 2017 and provides for further trade preferences for trade in agricultural products, including additional fully liberalised tariff lines. For more sensitive products such as meat, dairy, vegetables and ornamental plants, additional or new tariff quotas have been agreed upon.
            
            
               The intention of both Parties is that this Agreement enters into force on the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval. 
            
            
            
               •Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
            
            
               The previous agreement took the form of an exchange of letters liberalising trade in agricultural products between Norway and the European Union, based on Article 19 of the EEA Agreement. The previous agreement was signed on 15 April 2011. It provided for mutual tariff rate quotas and reductions in duty. It also included an undertaking by the Parties to resume bilateral negotiations under Article 19 of the EEA Agreement in two years’ time.
            
            
               The 2011 EU-Norway bilateral agricultural trade agreement increased the duty-free access of EU agricultural products to the Norwegian market to around 60 % of trade. These figures demonstrate that there was ample room for further trade concessions. Therefore, the latest round of negotiations aimed at:
            
            
               ·increasing the degree of liberalisation on both sides;
            
            
               ·increasing the current tariff rate quotas; and
            
            
               ·opening new tariff rate quotas for additional agricultural products
            
            
               ·addressing certain pending trade irritants.
            
            
            
               •Consistency with other EU policies
            
            
               The deepening of trade relations with Norway fits into the overall context of EU trade policy and is beneficial for the EU since the EU is a net exporter of basic agricultural products to Norway. The 2016 trade balance was vastly in favour of the EU, with the EU exports reaching EUR 2.495 million against EUR 307 million EUR imports from Norway. The main products exported by the EU are wines and vinegar, animal feed, soya and colza oil, live plants and cheese. Imports into the EU from Norway are mainly soybean, animal and vegetable oils and their residues, fur skins and undenatured ethyl alcohol. 
            
            
               2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
            
            
               In November 2014 the Council authorised the Commission to launch a new round of negotiations with Norway to achieve additional preferences for trade in agricultural goods under Article 19 of the EEA Agreement.
            
         
         
            
            
               3.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS
            
            
               This agreement will have no impact on the expenditure side of the EU budget. The new concessions granted on imports from Norway will likely result in a reduction of own resources through a lower collection of customs duties.
            
            
            
               2017/0260 (NLE)
            
            
               Proposal for a
            
            
               COUNCIL DECISION
            
            
               on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an 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
            
            
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
            
            
               Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area ('the EEA Agreement') provides that the contracting Parties undertake to continue their efforts to achieve progressive liberalisation of trade in agricultural products.
            
            
               (2)On 18 November 2014, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Norway with a view to achieving greater liberalisation of bilateral trade in agricultural products under Article 19 of the EEA Agreement. The negotiations were successfully concluded on 5 April 2017 and an 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 was initialled.
            
            
               (3)Therefore, the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,
            
            
            
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
            
            
               Article 1
            
            
               The signing on behalf of the Union of the 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 is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.
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               Article 2
            
            
            
               The Council Secretariat General shall establish the instrument of full powers to sign the
            
            
               Agreement, subject to its conclusion, for the person(s) indicated by the negotiator of the Agreement.
            
            
               Article 3
            
            
               This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
               
                     For the Council
               
               
                     The President
               
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                  
                        The text of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal together with the decision on its conclusion. 
                  
               
            
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            ANNEX
            to the
            Proposal for aCOUNCIL DECISION
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural productsAgreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products, reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
            
               
         
         
            
               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
            
            
               Sir,
            
            
               I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway (ʽthe Partiesʼ) 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 (ʽthe EEA Agreementʼ) 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 tonnes of swine meat, 800 tonnes of poultry meat and 900 tonnes 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 (ʽthe 2011 Agreementʼ), 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 tonnes of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tonnes will be administered by auction and 500 tonnes 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 (ʽthe 1992 Agreementʼ). 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 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, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
            
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
            
               For the European Union,
            
            
               
            
            
               B. Letter from the Kingdom of Norway
            
            
               Sir,
            
            
               I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of [insert the date of the letter], 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 tonnes of swine meat, 800 tonnes of poultry meat and 900 tonnes 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 tonnes of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tonnes will be administered by auction and 500 tonnes 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 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, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
            
            
            
               Done at Oslo,
            
            
            
               For the Kingdom of Norway
            
         
         
            
            
         
         
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            ANNEX
            to the
            Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural productsAgreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products, reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
            
               
         
         
            
               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 07.08.2009(i)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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 07.10.2209(i)
                     
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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 
                     
                  
               
                     
                        ex07.14.4000(i)
                     
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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 vitisidaea)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        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 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.
                     
                  
               
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               (i) These products are imported duty free. Nevertheless, Norway reserves its right to introduce a duty if the products are imported for feed purposes.
            
            
               
            
         
         
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            ANNEX
            to the
            Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION 
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural productsAgreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products, reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
            
               
         
         
            
               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)
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                        02.01.1000 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.01.2001 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.01.2002 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.01.2003 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.01.2004 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.02.1000 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.02.2001 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.02.2002 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.02.2003 
                     
                     
                     
                        02.02.2004
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        Carcasses and half-carcasses
                     
                     
                     
                        ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time
                     
                     
                     
                        Other forequarters
                              
                     
                     
                     
                        Other hindquarters
                              
                     
                     
                     
                        So-called ‘Pistola cuts’
                     
                     
                     
                        Meat of bovine animals, frozen
                     
                     
                        Carcasses and half-carcasses
                     
                     
                     
                        ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time
                     
                     
                     
                        Other forequarters
                              
                     
                     
                     
                        Other hindquarters
                     
                     
                     
                        So-called ‘Pistola cuts’
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2500
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1600
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                        02.03.1904
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
                     
                     
                        Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof; With bone in.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        300(
                           2
                        )
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        300(2)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        15
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.07.1100
                     
                     
                     
                        02.07.1200
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.07.2400
                     
                     
                     
                        02.07.2500
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen 
                     
                     
                        Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus;
                     
                     
                        Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                     
                        Not cut in pieces, frozen
                     
                     
                     
                        Of turkeys;
                     
                     
                        Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                     
                        Not cut in pieces, frozen
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        950
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        150
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                        02.07.4401
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Of ducks, fresh or chilled;
                     
                     
                        breasts and cuts thereof
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        200
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        100
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        30
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.10.1101
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        02.10.1109
                     
                     
                     
                        02.10.1900
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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;
                     
                     
                        Containing 15 % or more by weight of bones
                     
                     
                     
                        Other (less than 15% bone in)
                     
                     
                     
                        Other (than Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof or Bellies and cuts thereof, with bone in)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        600(
                           3
                        )
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        200(3)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                        04.06
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Cheese and curd
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8400
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1200
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                        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
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        07.05.1112
                     
                     
                     
                        07.05.1119
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        Iceberg lettuce;
                     
                     
                        From 1 March to 31 May;
                     
                     
                        Whole
                     
                     
                     
                        Other
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        500(
                           6
                        )
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        100(6)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                     
                        10.05.9010
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Maize (corn)
                     
                     
                        For feed purpose
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        15000
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        5000
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                        16.01.0000
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        600
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        200
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
            
            
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (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, Chrsanthemum 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.
               
            
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            ANNEX
            to the
            Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural productsAgreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products, reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
            
               
         
         
            
               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 XFatshedera, 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 vitisidaea) 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.
                     
                  
               
            
         
         
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 17.10.2017
            COM(2017) 596 final
            ANNEX
            to the
            Proposal for aCOUNCIL DECISION
            on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural productsAgreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products, reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
            
               
         
         
            
            
               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(
                           1
                        )
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        0210
                     
                  
                  
                     
                     
                        Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
                     
                     
                     
                        Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        500
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        0
                     
                  
               
                     
                        0404 10
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1250
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1250
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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 x 6.38" of <= 15% by weight and a fat content, by weight, of <= 1,5%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3150
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3150
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        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
                     
                  
               
            
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (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.