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Brussels, 27.9.2010

COM(2010) 466 final

2010/0243 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of the 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

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) provides for progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between Contracting Parties. To that end, Parties will carry out, at two-yearly intervals, reviews of the conditions of trade in agricultural products and decide, within the framework of this agreement, on a preferential, bilateral or multilateral, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis, on further reduction of any type of barriers to trade in the agricultural sector.

Last agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Community based on article 19 of the EEA Agreement came into force in July 2003. It comprised the arrangements for reciprocal trade in cheese and mutual concessions for a variety of agricultural products, including tariff quotas.

The present proposal is the result of bilateral trade negotiations in agriculture, conducted from March 2008 to January 2010. The arrangement provides for further liberalisation of agricultural trade. The new preferences will consist in additional full liberalisation for some sensitive products, thus allowing some 60% of agricultural trade between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union being completely free. For more sensitive products such as meat, dairy, fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants, tariff quotas or tariff reductions have been agreed upon. Specific provisions are foreseen as regards the management of tariff rate quotas for cheese.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION

The loss of customs revenues is estimated at approximately 4.96 M€ (net amount after deduction of collection costs).

On the basis of the above mentioned, the Commission proposes the Council to designate the person(s) empowered to conclude the Agreement on behalf of the European Union.

2010/0243 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of the 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4) first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament[1],

Whereas:

1. Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) foresees that the contracting parties undertake to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between them.

2. In accordance with Council Decision 2010/XXX of […][2] the Agreement in the form of the Exchange of Letters between 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 was signed by the Commission on […], subject to its conclusion at a later date.

3. The Agreement should be concluded,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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 reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area is hereby concluded.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to proceed, on behalf of the European Union with the deposit of the instrument of approval provided in the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

The date of entry into force of the Agreement shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

ANNEX AGREEMENT in the form of the 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

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 on bilateral trade in agriculture, concluded on 28 January 2010.

A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and Norway were undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (the EEA Agreement), with a view to furthering progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade among the European Union and Norway (the Parties), on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration to the evolution of respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including the evolution of bilateral trade, as well as trade conditions with other trading partners worldwide.

I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:

4. Norway undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I.

5. Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II.

6. Norway undertakes to reduce import duties on products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex III.

7. The European Union undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV.

8. The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex V.

9. Tariff codes set out in Annexes I to V refer to those applicable in the Parties on 1 January 2009.

10. Whenever a future WTO agreement on agriculture is implemented with commitments for new most favoured nations tariff quotas, the bilateral tariff quotas into Norway on swine meat of 600 tons, poultry meat of 800 tons and beef meat of 900 tons, as provided in Annex II, will be phased out in accordance with the same steps as the phasing in of the WTO quotas covering the same products.

11. The Parties agree to consolidate, as soon as possible, all bilateral concessions (the ones already existing and the ones foreseen in this Exchange of Letters) in a new Exchange of Letters, which should replace existing bilateral agricultural agreements.

12. The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to V are set out in Annex IV to the Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992. However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992.

13. The Parties will take steps to ensure that the benefits, which they grant each other, will not be jeopardised by other restrictive import measures.

14. The Parties agree to take the necessary steps in order to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports may take place regularly and that the quantities agreed for import can effectively be imported.

15. The Parties agree to strive for promoting trade of products with a geographical indication. The Parties agree to engage into further bilateral discussion with a view to better understand respective legislation and registration procedures, in order to identify ways to enhance the protection of respective geographical indications in the territories of both Parties and will look into the possibility to engage into a bilateral agreement to that purpose.

16. The Parties agree to exchange at regular interval information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning the respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.

17. Consultations will be held at the request of either party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. In case of difficulty in the implementation of the results of these negotiations, these consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to the adoption of appropriate corrective measures.

18. The Parties note that the Norwegian customs authorities intend to review the structure of Chapter 6 in the Norwegian customs tariff. Consultations will be held with the European Commission if bilateral preferences will be influenced by this review. The Parties agree that this will be a technical exercise.

19. The Parties reaffirm their commitment in accordance with the provisions of 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 explore possible concessions.

20. As regards the current tariff quota of 4500 tons of cheese on imports into Norway, the Parties agree that the current administration of this tariff quota based on historical rights and newcomers principle should be replaced from 2014 by a management system other than auctioning, such as licensing or first come first served system, for which modalities should be established by Norwegian authorities after consultations with the European Commission in view to a mutual understanding, in order to ensure that the tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports may take place regularly, and that the quantities agreed for import can effectively be imported. The current administration on basis of a cheese list, as referred to in the Exchange of Letters of 11 April 1983, shall be abolished.

Concerning the management of the new tariff quota of 2700 tons of cheese on imports into Norway, the Parties agree it will fall under an auctioning system. The administration by auctioning will be reviewed as set out in the preceding paragraphs. In particular, quota fill and auction fees will be assessed.

The tariff quotas of 7200 tons of cheese on imports into the European Union and Norway shall apply to all types of cheese.

21. In case of further enlargement of the EU, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapt bilateral preferences in a way that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.

This Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.

I have the honour to confirm that the European Union is in agreement with the content of this letter.

I would be grateful if you could confirm the agreement of your Government to the above.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Union,

On behalf of the Council of the EU

ANNEX I TO THE AGREEMENT

Duty free access, on imports into Norway of products originating in the European Union

Norwegian customs tariff | Description |

Chapter 01: Live animals |

0106 | Other live animals |

0106.39.10 | Pheasants |

Chapter 02: Meat and edible meat offal |

0208 | Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen |

0208.90.60 | Frogs´ legs |

Chapter 05: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |

0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption |

0511.99.21 | Blood powder, unfit for human consumption, other than for feed purpose |

0511.99.40 | Meat and blood, other than for feed purpose |

Chapter 06: Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like: cut flowers and ornamental foliage |

0601 | Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12. |

0601.10 01 | Bulbs and tubers for horticultural purposes |

0601.10 02 | Tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes for horticultural purposes |

0601.10 09 | Other |

0601.20 00 | Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots |

0602 | Other live plants (including their roots), cutting and slips; mushroom spawn |

0602.10.10 | Cuttings unrootened or in vitro, of green plants from 15 December to 30 April, for horticultural purposes, |

0602.10.22 | Cuttings unrootened or in vitro, of Saintpaulia, Scaevola, and Streptocarpus, for horticultural purposes, |

0602.10.23 | Cuttings unrootened or in vitro, of Dendranthema x grandiflora and Chrysanthemum x morifolium, from 1 April to 15 October, for horticultural purposes, |

0602.10.91 | Other unrootened cuttings than cuttings unrootened or in vitro for horticultural purposes |

0602.10.92 | Slips |

0602.20.00 | Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts |

0602.30.11 | Indoor azalea (Azalea indica, Rhododendron simsii, Rhododendron indicum), grafted or not, in flower |

0602.30.12 | Indoor azalea (Azalea indica, Rhododendron simsii, Rhododendron indicum), grafted or not, not in flower, from 15 November to 23 December |

0602.30.90 | Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not, other than Indoor azalea (Azalea indica, Rhododendron simsii, Rhododendron indicum) |

0602.90.20 | Stocks |

0602.90.30 | Box (Buxus), Dracaena, Camellia, Araucaria, Holly (Ilex), Laurel (Laurus) Kalmia, Magnolia, palm (Palmae), witch-hazel (Hamamelis), Aucuba, Peris, firethorn (Pyracantha) and Stranvaesia, with balled roots or other culture media |

0602.90.41 | Trees and bushes, other than mentioned above, with balled roots or other culture media |

0602.90.42 | Perennial plants, with balled roots or other culture media |

0602.90.50 | Green pot plants from 15 December to 30 April, also when imported as part of mixed groups of plants, with balled roots or other culture media |

0602.90.80 | Other, without balled roots or other culture media |

0604 | Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared |

0604.10.00 | Mosses and lichens |

0604.91.91 | Maidenhair fern (Adianthum) and Asparagus from 1 November to 31 May, fresh |

0604.91.92 | Christmas trees, fresh |

0604.91.99 | Fresh foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, other than Maidenhair fern (Adianthum), Asparagus and Christmas trees |

0604.99.00 | Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, other than fresh |

Chapter 07: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |

0703 | Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled |

ex 0703.90.01 | Leeks from 20 February to 31 May, fresh or chilled |

0704 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled |

0704.10.50 | Headed broccoli, fresh or chilled |

0704.90.60 | Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled |

0704.90.94 | Savoy cabbage from 1 July to 30 November, fresh or chilled |

0704.90.96 | Curly kale from 1 August to 30 November, fresh or chilled |

0705 | Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled |

0705 29 11 | Endive from 1 April to 30 November, fresh or chilled |

0705 29 19 | Chicory, other than witloof chicory and endive, from 1 April to 30 November, fresh or chilled |

0708 | Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled |

0708.90.00 | Other leguminous vegetables than beans and peas, fresh or chilled |

0709 | Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |

ex 0709.40.20 | Celery other than celeriac from 15 December to 31 May, fresh or chilled |

0709.70.10 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) from 1 May to 30 September, fresh or chilled |

0710 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |

0710.30.00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), frozen |

0710.80.10 | Asparagus and globe artichokes, frozen |

0710.80.40 | Mushrooms, frozen |

0710.80.94 | Headed broccoli, frozen |

0712 | Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |

0712.20.00 | Onions, dried |

0712.31.00 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, dried |

0712.32.00 | Wood ears (Auricularia spp.), dried |

0712.33.00 | Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.), dried |

0712.39.01 | Truffles, dried |

0712.39.09 | Other dried mushrooms, other than of the genus Agaricus |

0713 | Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split[3] |

0713.31.00 | Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L..) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L..) Wilczek, dried and shelled |

0713.32.00 | Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis), dried and shelled |

0713.33.00 | Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), dried and shelled |

0713.39.00 | Dried and shelled beans, other than beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Heeper, Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis) and Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) |

0713.90.00 | Dried and shelled leguminous vegetables, other than peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans and horse beans |

0714 | 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 |

0714.10.90 | Manioc (cassava), other than for feed purpose |

0714.20.90 | Sweet potatoes, other than for feed purpose |

Chapter 08: Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |

0802 | Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled |

0802.40.00 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh or dried |

0802.50.00 | Pistachios, fresh or dried |

0802.60.00 | Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried |

0802.90.10 | Pecans, fresh or dried |

0802.90.99 | Other nuts than almonds, hazelnuts or filberts, walnuts, chestnuts pistachios, macadamia nuts, pecans and pine nut kernels, fresh or dried |

0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried |

0804.10.00 | Dates, fresh or dried |

0804.20.10 | Figs, fresh |

0804.50.01 | Guavas, fresh or dried |

0804.50.02 | Mangoes, fresh or dried |

0804.50.03 | Mangosteens, fresh or dried |

0805 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried |

0805.40.90 | Grapefruit, including pomelos, other than for feed purpose, fresh or dried |

0805.90.90 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried, other than oranges, mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, grapefruit including pomelos, lemons and limes, other than for feed purpose |

0807 | Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh |

0807.20.00 | Papaws (papayas), fresh |

0808 | Apples, pears and quinces, fresh |

0808.20.60 | Quinces, fresh |

0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh: |

0809.40.60 | Sloes, fresh |

0810 | Other fruit, fresh |

0810.20.91 | Blackberries, fresh |

0810.20.99 | Mulberries and loganberries, fresh |

0810.40.90 | Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh, other than cowberries |

0810.60.00 | Durians, fresh |

0810.90.90 | Other fruits than strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, kiwifruit, durians, cloudberries, gooseberries, black currants, white and red currants, fresh |

0811 | Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |

0811.90.01 | Cowberries, frozen |

0811.90.02 | Cloudberries, frozen |

0811.90.04 | Bilberries, frozen |

0903 | Maté |

0903.00.00 | Maté |

0909 | Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway, juniper berries |

0909.10.00 | Seeds of anise or badian |

0909.20.00 | Seeds of coriander |

0909.30.00 | Seeds of cumin |

0909.40.00 | Seeds of caraway |

0909.50.10 | Fennel |

0909.50.20 | Juniper berries |

0910 | Ginger, Saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices |

0910.30.00 | Turmeric (curcuma) |

0910.91.00 | Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to Chapter 9 |

0910.99.90 | Other spices than ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to Chapter 9, bay berries, bay leaves, seed of celery and thyme |

Chapter 10: Cereals |

1008 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seed, other cereals |

1008.30.90 | Canary seed, other than for feed purpose |

11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |

1104 | Cereal grains otherwise worked, e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kebbled; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground (excl. cereal flours, and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice) |

1104.29.02 | Other worked grains of buckwheat than rolled or flaked, other than for feed purpose |

1104.29.04 | Other worked grains of millet than rolled or flaked, other than for feed purpose |

1106 | Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sogo or of roots or tubers of heading 0714 or of the products of chapter 8 |

1106.10.90 | Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, other than for feed purpose |

1106.30.90 | Flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8, other than for feed purpose |

1108 | Starches; inulin |

1108.11.90 | Wheat starch not containing potato starch, other than for feed purpose |

1108.12.90 | Maize (corn) starch not containing potato starch, other than for feed purpose |

1108.14.90 | Manioc (cassava) starch not containing potato starch, other than for feed purpose |

1108.19.10 | Laundry starch |

1108.19.90 | Other starch than wheat starch, maize starch, potato starch, manioc starch and laundry starch, not containing potato starch, other than for feed purpose |

1108.20.90 | Inulin, other than for feed purpose |

1109 | Wheat gluten, whether or not dried |

1109.00.90 | Wheat gluten, other than for feed purpose |

Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |

1207 | Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken |

1207.50.90 | Mustard seeds, other than for feed purpose |

1209 | Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing |

1209.10.00 | Sugar beet seed |

1209.91.10 | Cucumber, cauliflower, carrot, onion, shallot, leek, parsley, endive and lettuce seed |

1209.91.91 | Cabbage seed |

1209.91.99 | Other vegetable seeds than cucumber, cauliflower, carrot, onion, shallot, leek, parsley, endive, lettuce and cabbage seeds |

1210 | Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin |

1210.10.00 | Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets |

1210.20.01 | Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets |

1210.20.02 | Lupulin |

Chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts |

1302 | Opium, vanilla oleoresin, other mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetable products, whether or not modified, |

1302.11.00 | Opium |

1302.19.09 | Other vegetable saps and extracts than intermixtures of vegetable extracts for the manufacture of beverages or of food preparation, other than saps and extracts of aloes, Quassia amara, manna, pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenone; vanilla oleoresin |

Chapter 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |

1502 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03 |

1502.00.90 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03, other than for feed purpose |

1503 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared |

1503.00.00 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared |

1504 | Fiats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1504.10.20 | Fish-liver oils, other than for feed purpose, solid fractions |

1504.20.40 | Fish oils and fats, and their fractions, other than for feed purpose, solid fractions |

1504.20.99 | Fish oils and fats, and their fractions, other than for feed purpose and other than solid fractions |

1504.30.21 | Fats and their fractions, of marine mammals, not for feed purpose |

1505 | Wool grease and fatty substances |

1505.00.00 | Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) |

1506 | Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1506.00.21 | Bone fat, bone oil and neat`s-foot oil, other than for feed purpose |

1506.00.30 | Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, other than bone fat, bone oil and neat`s-foot oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1506.00.99 | Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, other than bone fat, bone oil and neat`s-foot oil, other than solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified) |

1507.90.90 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1508 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1508.10.90 | Ground-nut crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1508.90.90 | Ground-nut oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1511 | Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1511.90.20 | Palm oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1512 | Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1512.11.90 | Sunflower-seed or safflower crude oil. other than for feed purpose |

1512.19.90 | Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1512.21.90 | Cotton-seed crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1512.29.20 | Cotton-seed oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1512.29.99 | Cotton-seed oil and its fractions other than crude oil, other than solid fractions, other than for feed purposes |

1513 | Coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1513.11.90 | Coconut (copra) crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1513.19.20 | Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1513.19.99 | Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1513.21.90 | Palm kernel or babassu crude oil and fractions thereof, other than for feed purpose |

1513.29.20 | Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, other than crude oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1513.29.99 | Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, other than crude oil, other than solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1514.19.90 | Low eurucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1514.99.90 | Other rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof than low eurucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1515 | Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: |

1515.11.90 | Linseed crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1515.19.90 | Linseed oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1515.21.90 | Maize (corn) crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1515.29.90 | Maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose |

1515.50.20 | Sesame crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1515.50.99 | Sesame oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than for feed purpose, |

1515.90.70 | Jojoba crude oil and its fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1515.90.80 | Jojoba oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1515.90.99 | Jojoba oil and its fractions, other than crude oil, other than solid fractions, other than for feed purpose |

1516 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinished, whether or not refined, but not further prepared: |

1516.10.20 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions, other than for feed purpose, extracted entirely from fish or marine mammals |

1516.10.99 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions, other than for feed purpose, other than extracted entirely from fish or marine mammals |

1516.20.99 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, other than for feed purposes, other than hydrogenated castor oil |

1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fraction of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516: |

1517.90.21 | Edible liquid mixture of vegetable oils, other than for feed purpose |

1517.90.98 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 15.16, other than edible liquid mixture of vegetable oils, other than edible liquid mixtures of animal and vegetable oils consisting essentially of vegetable oils, other than edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould release preparation, other than those containing more than 10 % by weight of milk fats, other than for feed purpose |

1518 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16 ; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included: |

1518.00.31 | Siccative oils, other than for feed purpose |

1518.00.41 | Linseed oil, boiled, other than for feed purpose |

1518.00.99 | Other animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, not elsewhere specified or included, other than tung oil and other similar wood oils, oiticica oil, sicccative oils, boiled linseed oil and linoxyn, other than for feed purpose |

Chapter 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |

1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood other than sausages and similar products, and meat extracts and juices): |

1602.20.01 | Of goose or duck liver |

1603 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |

1603.00.10 | Whale-meat extracts |

1603.00.20 | Extracts and juices of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |

Chapter 17: Sugars and sugar confectionery |

1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form |

1701.11.90 | Cane sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purpose |

1701.12.90 | Beet sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purpose |

1701.91.90 | Other cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose than raw sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purpose |

1701.99.91 | Other cane or beet sugar, other than raw sugar, and chemically pure sucrose, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purposes, in lumps or powdered |

1701.99.95 | Other cane or beet sugar, other than raw sugar, and chemically pure sucrose, not in lumps or powdered and not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purposes, in retail sale packages of a weight not exceeding 24 kg |

1701.99.99 | Other cane or beet sugar, other than raw sugar, and chemically pure sucrose, not in lumps or powdered and not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than for feed purposes, in bulk or whole sale packages |

1702 | 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 |

1702.90.40 | Caramel, including "colouring caramel", other than for feed purpose |

Chapter 20 Preparation of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |

2003 | Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |

2003.20.00 | Truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |

2003.90.09 | Other mushrooms than mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than cultivated |

2005 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 |

2005.40.03 | Peas (Pisum sativum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen other than products of heading 20.06, other than for feed purpose |

2005.91.00 | Bamboo shoots, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen |

2006 | Vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystalised) |

2006.00.10 | Ginger, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised) |

2008 | Fruit, nuts or 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 |

2008.19.00 | Nuts and other seeds, other than ground-nuts, including mixtures |

ex 2008.92.09 | Fruit and nut mixtures not containing ingredients from other chapters than Chapter 8 |

2008.99.02 | Plums, otherwise prepared or preserved |

2009 | Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |

2009.11.19 | Orange juice, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 67 |

2009.11.99 | Orange juice, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more, concentrated, of a Brix value not exceeding 67 |

2009.19.19 | Orange juice, not frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value exceeding 67 |

2009.19.99 | Orange juice, not frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more, of a Brix value exceeding 67 |

2009.31.91 | Juice of any other single citrus fruit than orange and grapefruit, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more, containing added sugar |

2009.39.91 | Juice of any other single citrus fruit than orange and grapefruit, of a Brix value exceeding 20, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more, containing added sugar |

2009.41.90 | Pineapple juice, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more |

2009.49.90 | Pineapple juice, of a Brix value exceeding 20, other than in containers weighing (with contents) 3 kg or more |

2009.80.94 | Peach juice or apricot juice |

21 Miscellaneous edible preparations |

2106 | Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included |

2106.90.31 | Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups |

23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder |

2301 | Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves |

2301.20.10 | Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, for feed purpose |

2309 | Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding |

2309.10.11 | Dog-food put up for retail sale, containing meat or meat offal of land animals, in airtight containers |

2309.10.12 | Cat-food put up for retail sale, containing meat or meat offal of land animals, in airtight containers |

2309.90.11 | Preparations for pet feeding, containing meat or meat offal of land animals, in airtight containers |

ANNEX II TO THE AGREEMENT

Tariff quotas on imports into Norway of products originating in the European Union

Norwegian customs tariff | Description of products | Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons) | Of which additional quotas | Duty within the quota (NOK/kg) |

0201/0202 | Meat of bovine animals: |

0201 10 00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine meat | 900(1) | 900 | 0 |

0201 20 01 | "Compensated" quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time |

0201 20 02 | Other forequarters |

0201 20 03 | Other hindquarters |

0201 20 04 | So-called "Pistola cuts" |

0202 10 00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses |

0202 20 01 | "Compensated" quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time |

0202 20 02 | Other forequarters |

0202 20 03 | Other hindquarters |

0202 20 04 | So-called "Pistola cuts" |

0203 | Meat of swine: |

0203 11 10 | Meat of swine, fresh or chilled, carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic swine | 600(1) | 600 | 0 |

0203 21 10 | Meat of swine, frozen, carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic swine |

0206 41 00 | Livers of swine, frozen | 350 | 100 | 5 |

0207 | Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen: |

0207 11 00 | of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 800(1) | 800 | 0 |

0207 12 00 | of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen |

0207 24 00 | of turkeys not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled |

0207 25 00 | of turkeys not cut in pieces, frozen |

ex 0207 35 00 | Breast of duck | 100 | 100 | 30 |

0210 11 00 (2) | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in | 400 | 200 | 0 |

0406 | Cheese and curd | 7 200(3) | 2 700 | 0 |

0511 99 11/ 0511 99 21 | Blood powder, unfit for human consumption | 350 | 50 | 0 |

0701 90 22 | New potatoes: from 1 April – 14 May | 2 500 | 2 500 | 0 |

0705 11 12/ 11 19 | Iceberg lettuce: from 1 March – 31 May | 400(4) | 400 | 0 |

0811 10 01/ 0811 10 09 | Strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen | 2 200(5) (6) | 300 | 0 |

1001 10 00 | Durum wheat | 5 000(7) | 5 000 | 0 |

ex 1002 00 00 | Hybrid autumn rye | 1 000(8) | 1 000 | 0 |

1005 90 10 | Maize, for feed purpose | 10 000 | 10 000 | 0 |

1103 13 10 | Groats and meal of maize, for feed purpose | 10 000 | 10 000 | 0 |

1209 23 00 | Fescue seed | 400(9) | 345 | 0 |

1209 24 00 | Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L) seed | 200(9) | 100 | 0 |

1601 00 00 | Sausages | 400 | 200 | 0 |

1602 49 10 | “Bacon crisp” | 350 | 100 | 0 |

1602 50 01 | Meatballs | 200 | 50 | 0 |

2009 71 00/ 2009 79 00 | Apple juice, including concentrate | 3 300(5) | 1 000 | 0 |

2005 20 91 | Potatoes, semi-manufactured for production of snacks | 3 000(4) | 3 000 | 0 |

2009 80 10/ 2009 80 20 | Black currant juice | 150(5) | 150 | 0 |

ex 2009 80 99 | Bilberry concentrate | 200(5) | 200 | 0 |

(1) Whenever a future WTO agreement on agriculture is implemented with commitments for new most favoured nations tariff quotas, the bilateral tariff quotas into Norway will be phased out in accordance with the same steps as the phasing in of the WTO quota covering the same products.

(2) The quota increase corresponds to tariff code 02.10.1100 at the time of the original concession in 2003.

(3) There will be no more restrictions as to the types of cheeses that can be imported into Norway.

(4) Norway preserves the right to use end user criteria: processing industry

(5) Norway preserves the right to use end user criteria: fruit and vegetable preserving industry

(6) Merging of existing quotas

(7) End user criteria: production of pasta

(8) Norway preserves the right to use end user criteria: for sowing

(9) Norway preserves the right to use end user criteria: lawn purpose only

ANNEX III TO THE AGREEMENT

Tariff reductions on imports into Norway of products originating in the European Union

Norwegian customs tariff | Description of products | New ad valorem duty | New specific duty (NOK/kg) |

0209 00 00 | Pig fat | 10,50 |

0602 10 21 | Begonia, all sorts | 10% |

0602 10 24 | Pelargonium | 15% |

0602 90 62 | Asplenium | 15% |

0602 90 67 | Begonia, all sorts | 30% |

0603 11 20 | Roses (1 April to 31 October) | 150% |

0603 14 20 | Chrysanthemum (16 March to 14 December) | 150% |

0603 19 10 | Mixed bouquets etc. containing flowers classified under commodity codes 06.03.1110 to 06.03.1420, but where these flowers do not give the bouquets their essential character (however, plants specified under commodity codes 06.03.1921 to 06.03.1998 remain classified in their respective code numbers) | 150% |

0603 19 92 | Tulipa (1 June to 30 April) | 150% |

0603 19 93 | Lilium | 150% |

0603 19 94 | Argyranthemum (1 May to 31 October) | 150% |

0603 19 95 | Gypsophila | 150% |

0603 19 96 | Alstroemeria | 150% |

ex 0707 00 90 | Gherkins (1 January to 30 June) | 1,60 |

2008 99 01 | Apples | 5,75 |

2009 80 91 | Raspberry juice | 14,50 |

2009 80 92 | Strawberry juice | 14,50 |

ANNEX IV TO THE AGREEMENT

Duty free access on imports into the European Union of products originating in Norway

CN Codes | Description |

Chapter 2: Meat and edible meat offal |

0208 | Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen |

0208 90 70 | Frogs legs |

Chapter 5: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |

0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption |

0511 99 39 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other than bovine semen; other than products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead animals of Chapter 3; other than sinews or tendons, parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins; other than natural sponges of animal origin,; other than raw |

Chapter 6: Live trees or other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |

0601 | Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; Chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12. |

0601 10 10 | Hyacinths |

0601 10 20 | Narcissi |

0601 10 30 | Tulips |

0601 10 40 | Gladioli |

0601 10 90 | Other bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant |

0601 20 30 | Orchids, hyacinths, narcissi and tulips |

0601 20 90 | Other bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower |

0602 | Other live plants (including their roots), cutting and slips; mushroom spawn |

0602 90 10 | Mushroom spawn |

0602 90 41 | Forest trees |

0602 90 50 | Other outdoor plants |

0602 90 91 | Flowering plants with buds or flowers, excluding cacti |

0602 90 99 | Other |

0604 | Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: |

0604 10 90 | Mosses and lichens other than reindeer moss |

0604 91 20 | Christmas trees |

0604 91 40 | Conifer branches |

06 04 99 90 | Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, grasses, fresh, for bouquets or ornamental purposes (excl. christmas trees and conifer branches) |

Chapter 7: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |

0703 | Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled |

0703 90 00 | Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables |

0704 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled |

ex 0704 10 00 | Headed broccoli, fresh or chilled |

0704 90 10 | White cabbages and red cabbages |

0704 90 90 | Kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled (excl. cauliflowers, headed broccoli, brussels sprouts, white and red cabbages) |

0705 | Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled |

0705 29 00 | Other chicory than witloof chicory |

0708 | Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled |

0708 90 00 | Other leguminous vegetables than peas and beans |

0709 | Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |

0709 40 00 | Celery other than celeriac |

0709 70 00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) |

0710 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: |

0710 30.00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen |

0710 80 61 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus |

0710 80 69 | Other mushrooms |

0710 80 80 | Globe artichokes |

0710 80 85 | Asparagus |

ex 0710 80 95 | Headed broccoli, frozen |

0712 | Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |

0712 20 00 | Onions |

0712 31 00 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus |

0712 32 00 | Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) |

0712 33 00 | Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) |

0712 39 00 | Truffles and other dried mushrooms than of the genus Agaricus |

0713 | Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split |

0713 50 00 | Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equine, Vicia faba var. minor) |

0713.90 00 | Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excl. peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans and horse beans) |

0714 | 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 |

0714 10 91 | Manioc (cassava), of a kind used for human consumption, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 28 kg, either fresh and whole or without skin and frozen, whether or not sliced |

0714 10 98 | Manioc (cassava): other |

0714 20 10 | Sweet potatoes; fresh, whole, intended for human consumption |

0714 20 90 | Sweet potatoes; other |

Chapter 8: Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melon |

0802 | Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled |

0802 40 00 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) |

0802 50 00 | Pistachios |

0802 60 00 | Macadamia nuts |

0802 90 50 | Pine nuts |

0802 90 85 | Other nuts than almonds, hazelnuts or filberts, walnuts, chestnuts pistachios, macadamia nuts, pecans and pine nut kernels |

0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried |

0804 10 00 | Dates |

0804 20 10 | Fresh figs |

0805 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried |

0805 40 00 | Grapefruit including pomelos |

0805 90 00 | Citrus fruit, other than oranges, mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, grapefruit including pomelos, lemons and limes |

0806 | Grapes, fresh or dried |

0806 10 10 [4] | Table grapes |

0806 10 90 | Other fresh grapes |

0808 | Apples, pears and quinces, fresh |

0808 20 90 | Quinces |

0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh: |

0809 40 90 | Sloes |

0810 | Other fruit, fresh |

0810 20 90 | Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries |

0810 40 30 | Fruits of the species Vaccinium, myrtillus |

0810 40 50 | Fruits of the genus Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum |

0810 40 90 | Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium other than fruit of the species Vaccinium vitis-idaea, myrtillus, macrocarpon and corymbosum. |

0810 60 00 | Durians |

0810 90 50 | Blackcurrants |

0810 90 60 | Redcurrants |

0810 90 70 | Fresh white currants and gooseberries |

0810 90 95 | Fresh fruit, edible (excl. nuts, bananas, dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees, sapodilla plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, citrus fruit, grapes, melon |

0811 | Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |

0811 90 95 | Cowberries, cloudberries, bilberries , frozen |

Chapter 9: Coffee, tea, mate and spices |

0904 | Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta |

0904 12 00 | Pepper of the genus Piper, Crushed or ground |

0904 20 10 | Sweet peppers, neither crushed nor ground |

0904 20 90 | Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground |

0905 | Vanilla |

0905 00 00 | Vanilla |

0907 | Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) |

0907 00 00 | Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and steams) |

0910 | Ginger, Saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices |

0910 20 90 | Saffron, crushed or ground |

0910 91 90 | Crushed or ground mixtures of different types of spices |

0910 99 33 | Wild thyme "thymus serpyllum" (excl. crushed or ground) |

0910 99 39 | Thyme (excl. crushed or ground and wild thyme) |

0910 99 50 | Bay leaves |

0910 99 99 | Spices, crushed or ground (excl. pepper of the genus piper, fruit of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, vanilla, cinnamon, cinnamontree flowers, clove "wholefruit", clove stems, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin and caraway, and juniper berries, ginger, saffron, turmeric "curcuma", thyme, bay leaves, curry and seeds of fenugreek, and mixtures of various types of spices) |

Chapter 11: Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |

11 04 | Cereal grains otherwise worked, e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kebbled; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground (excl. cereal flours, and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice) |

1104 29 01 | Hulled [shelled or husked] barley grains |

1104 29 03 | Hulled and sliced or kibbled barley grains (''grütze'' or ''grutten'') |

1104 29 05 | Pearled barley grains |

1104 29 07 | Barley grains, only kibbled |

1104 29 09 | Barley grains (other than hulled [shelled or husked] and sliced or kibbled (''grütze'' or ''grutten''), pearled or not otherwise worked than kibbled) |

1104 29 11 | Hulled [shelled or husked] wheat grains |

1104 29 18 | Hulled [shelled or husked] cereal grains (excl. barley, oats, maize, rice or wheat) |

1104 29 30 | Pearled cereal grains (excl. barley, oats, maize or rice) |

1104 29 51 | Cereal grains of wheat, not otherwise worked than kibbled |

1104 29 55 | Cereal grains of rye, not otherwise worked than kibbled |

1104 29 59 | Cereal grains, not otherwise worked than kibbled (other than barley, oats, maize, wheat and rye) |

1104 29 81 | Cereal grains of wheat (other than hulled [shelled or husked], sliced or kibbled, pearled or not otherwise worked than kibbled) |

1104 29 85 | Cereal grains of rye (other than hulled [shelled or husked], sliced or kibbled, pearled or not otherwise worked than kibbled) |

1104 29 89 | Cereal grains (other than of barley, oats, maize, wheat and rye, hulled [shelled or husked], sliced or kibbled, pearled or not otherwise worked than kibbled) |

1106 | Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714 or of the products of chapter 8 |

1106 10 00 | Flour, meal and powder of peas, beans, lentils and the other dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 |

1106 30 10 | Flour, meal and powder of bananas |

1106 30 90 | Flour, meal and powder of produce of chapter 8 "edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons" (other than bananas) |

1108 | Starches; inulin |

1108 11 00 | Wheat starch |

1108 12 00 | Maize (corn) starch |

1108 14 00 | Manioc (cassava) starch |

1108 19 10 | Rice starch |

1108 19 90 | Starch (excl. wheat, maize, potato, manioc and rice) |

1108 20 00 | Inulin |

1109 | Wheat gluten, whether or not dried |

1109 00 00 | Wheat gluten, whether or not dried |

Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |

1209 | Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing |

1209 10 00 | Sugar beet seed |

1209 91 10 | Kohlrabi seed "brassica oleracea, var. caulorapa and gongylodes l." for sowing |

1209 91 30 | Salad beet seed or beetroot seed "beta vulgaris var. conditiva", for sowing |

1209 91 90 | Vegetable seed for sowing (excl. kohlrabi "brassica oleracea, var. caulorapa and gongylodes l. |

1210 | Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin |

1210 10 00 | Hop cones, fresh or dried (excl. ground, powdered or in the form of pellets) |

1210 20 10 | Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets, with higher lupulin content; lupulin |

1210 20 90 | Hop cones, ground powdered or in the form of pellets (excl. with higher lupulin content) |

Chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts |

1302 | Opium, vanilla oleoresin, other mucilages and thickeners derived from vegetable products, whether or not modified, |

1302 19 05 | Vanilla oleoresin |

Chapter 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |

1502 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03 |

1502 00 90 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excl. for industrial uses, lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleooil and tallow oil, not emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared) |

1503 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared |

1503 00 19 | Lard stearin and oleostearin (excl. for industrial uses and emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared) |

1503 00 90 | Tallow oil, oleo-oil and lard oil (excl. emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared, and tallow oil for industrial uses) |

1504 | Fiats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1504 10 10 | Fish-liver oils and their fractions with vitamin a content of <= 2.500 international units per g, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified) |

1504 10 99 | Fish fats and oils and liquid fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and liver oils) |

1505 | Wool grease and fatty substances |

1505 00 10 | Wool grease, crude |

1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified) |

1507 10 10 | Crude soya-bean oil, whether or not degummed, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for production of foodstuffs) |

1507 10 90 | Crude soya-bean oil, whether or not degummed (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1507 90 10 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, for technical or industrial uses (excl. chemically modified, crude, and for production of foodstuffs) |

1507 90 90 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. for technical or industrial uses, chemically modified, and crude) |

1508 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1508 10 90 | Crude groundnut oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1508 90 10 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, for industrial uses (excl. chemically modified, crude, and for production of foodstuffs) |

1508 90 90 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified, crude, and for technical or industrial uses) |

1509 | Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1509 10 10 | Virgin lampante olive oil obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil |

1509 10 90 | Olive oil obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil, untreated (excl. virgin lampante oil) |

1509 90 00 | Olive oil and fractions obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil (excl. virgin and chemically modified) |

1510 | Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509 |

1510 00 10 | Crude oils |

1510 00 90 | Other |

1511 | Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1511 10 90 | Crude palm oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1511 90 11 | Solid palm oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in packings of <= 1 kg |

1511 90 19 | Solid palm oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise |

1511 90 91 | Palm oil and its liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for industrial uses (excl. for production of foodstuffs and crude) |

1511 90 99 | Palm oil and its liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for industrial uses and crude) |

1512 | Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1512 11 10 | Crude sunflower-seed or safflower oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1512 11 91 | Crude sunflower-seed oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1512 11 99 | Crude safflower oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1512 19 10 | Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. crude and for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1512 19 90 | Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1512 21 10 | Crude cotton-seed oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1512 21 90 | Crude cotton-seed oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1512 29 10 | Cotton-seed oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. crude and for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1512 29 90 | Cotton-seed oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1513 | Coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1513 11 10 | Crude coconut oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1513 11 91 | Crude coconut oil, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1513 11 99 | Crude coconut oil, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1513 19 11 | Solid coconut oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg |

1513 19 19 | Solid coconut oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of > 1 kg |

1513 19 30 | Coconut oil and its liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs and crude) |

1513 19 91 | Coconut oil and its liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1513 19 99 | Coconut oil and its liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1513 21 10 | Crude palm kernel and babassu oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1513 21 30 | Crude palm kernel and babassu oil, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1513 21 90 | Raw palm kernel oil and babassu oil in immediate packings of a net content of > 1 kg or put up otherwise (excl. oils for technical or industrial uses) |

1513 29 11 | Solid palm kernel and babassu oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg |

1513 29 19 | Solid palm kernel and babassu oil fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise |

1513 29 30 | Palm kernel and babassu oil and their liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs and crude) |

1513 29 50 | Palm kernel and babassu oil and their liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1513 29 90 | Palm kernel and babassu oil and their liquid fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1514 11 10 | Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%", crude, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption) |

1514 11 90 | Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%", crude (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1514 19 10 | Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%" and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption and crude) |

1514 19 90 | Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%" and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1514 91 10 | High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%", and mustard oil, crude, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption) |

1514 91 90 | High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%", and mustard oil, crude (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1514 99 10 | High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%", and mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption and crude) |

1514 99 90 | High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%", and mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1515 | Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified |

1515 11 00 | Crude linseed oil |

1515 19 10 | Linseed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. crude and for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1515 19 90 | Linseed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1515 21 10 | Crude maize oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1515 21 90 | Crude maize oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1515 29 10 | Maize oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for industrial uses (excl. crude and for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1515 29 90 | Maize oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for industrial uses and crude) |

1515 30 90 | Castor oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for production of aminoundecanoic acid for manufacture of synthetic textile fibres or artificial plastic materials) |

1515 50 11 | Crude sesame oil, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for manufacture of foodstuffs) |

1515 50 19 | Crude sesame oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1515 50 91 | Sesame oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses (excl. crude) |

1515 50 99 | Sesame oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1515 90 29 | Crude tobacco-seed oil (excl. for technical or industrial uses) |

1515 90 39 | Tobacco-seed oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude) |

1515 90 40 | Crude fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, for technical or industrial uses (excl. for production of foodstuffs, soya-bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower-seed, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed, maize, castor, tung, sesame, jojoba, oiticica, myrtle, japan wax and tobacco-seed oil) |

1515 90 51 | Solid crude fixed vegetable fats and oils, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. for technical or industrial uses and soya-bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower-seed, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed, maize, castor, tung, sesame, jojoba, oiticica, myrtle, japan wax and tobacco-seed oil) |

1515 90 59 | Crude fixed vegetable fats and oils, in immediate packings of a content of > 1 kg, or crude, liquid (excl. those for technical or industrial uses; soya-bean, peanut, olive, palm, sunflower, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rubsen, mustard seed, linseed, maize germ, castor, tung, sesame, jojoba or oiticica oil; myrtle wax, japan wax and tobacco seed oil) |

1515 90 60 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified) for technical or industrial uses (excl. for the manufacture of foodstuffs; crude fats and oils; soya-bean, peanut, olive, palm, sunflower, safflower, cotton-seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rubsen, mustard seed, linseed, maize germ, castor, tung, sesame, jojoba or oiticica oil; myrtle wax, japan wax and tobacco seed oil) |

1515 90 91 | Solid fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg, n.e.s. (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude fats and oils) |

1515 90 99 | Solid fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, in immediate packings of > 1 kg, n.e.s. (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude fats and oils) |

1516 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinished, whether or not refined, but not further prepared |

1516 10 10 | Animal fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg |

1516 10 90 | Animal fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or put up otherwise |

1516 20 91 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg (excl. hydrogenated castor oil "opal wax" and further prepared) |

1516 20 95 | Rapeseed, colza, linseed, sunflower-seed, illipe, karite, makore, touloucouna or babassu oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, for technical or industrial uses, in immediate packings with a net content of > 1 kg or otherwise prepared (excl. for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption) |

1516 20 96 | Groundnut, cotton-seed, soya-bean or sunflower-seed oil and their fractions (excl. those of subheading 1516.20.95); other oils and their fractions containing < 50% by weight of free fatty acids, in immediate packings with a net content of > 1 kg or otherwise prepared (excl. palm kernel, illipe, coconut "copra", rapeseed or copaiba oils, and oils of subheading 1516.20.95) |

1516 20 98 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or in another form (excl. fats and oils and their fractions, further prepared, hydrogenated castor oil and subheading 1516.20.95 and 1516.20.96) |

1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fraction of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 |

1517 90 91 | Edible fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, containing <= 10% milkfats (excl. oils, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, and mixtures of olive oils) |

1517 90 99 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils and edible fractions of different fats or oils, containing <= 10% milkfats (excl. fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, edible mixtures or preparations for mould-release preparations, and solid margarine) |

1518 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16 ; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included |

1518 00 31 | Crude fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, inedible, n.e.s., for technical or industrial uses (excl. for production of foodstuffs) |

1518 00 39 | Fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, inedible, n.e.s., for technical or industrial uses (excl. crude oils and for production of foodstuffs) |

1518 00 91 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516 |

1518 00 95 | Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions |

1518 00 99 | Other |

Chapter 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |

1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (excl. sausages and similar products, and meat extracts and juices) |

1602 20 10 | Goose or duck liver |

1603 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |

1603 00 10 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg |

Chapter 20: Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |

2003 | Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |

2003 20 00 | Truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |

2003 90 00 | Other mushrooms than mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |

2005 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 |

2005 40 00 | Peas (Pisum sativum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than for feed purposes |

2005 91 00 | Bamboo shoots, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen |

2008 | Fruit, nuts or 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 |

2008 19 11 | Coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, incl. mixtures containing guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, colanuts and macadamia nuts of >= 50% by weight, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of > 1 kg (excl. preserved with sugar) |

2008 19 13 | Roasted almonds and pistachios, in immediate packings of a net content > 1 kg |

2008 19 19 | Nuts and other seeds, incl. mixtures, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a content of > 1 kg (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking, groundnuts, roasted almonds and pistachios and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, colanuts and macadamia nuts and mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of tropical fruits and nuts) |

2008 19 91 | Coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, incl. mixtures containing guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, colanuts and macadamia nuts of >= 50% by weight, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg, n.e.s. |

2008 19 93 | Roasted almonds and pistachios, in immediate packings of a net content <= 1 kg |

2008 19 95 | Roasted nuts, in immediate packings of a net content <= 1 kg (excl. groundnuts, almonds, pistachios, coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts) |

2008 19 99 | Nuts and other seeds, incl. mixtures, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a content of <= 1 kg (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking, groundnuts, roasted nuts, and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, colanuts and macadamia nuts and mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of tropical fruits and nuts) |

2008 92 12 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, with a sugar content of > 9% by weight and of an actual alcoholic strength of <= 11,85% mas |

2008 92 14 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, with sugar content > 9% by weight and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 11,85% mas (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit and tropical fruit/nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20 with a net content of >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds) |

2008 92 16 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, with sugar content of > 9% by weight and of an actual alcoholic strength of > 11,85% mas |

2008 92 18 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, with sugar content > 9% by weight and of an actual alcoholic strength > 11,85% mas (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit and tropical fruit/nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20 with a net content of >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds) |

2008 92 32 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, of an actual alcoholic strength of <= 11,85% mas (excl. with sugar content of > 9% by weight) |

2008 92 34 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, of an actual alcoholic strength <= 11,85% mas (excl. with sugar content > 9% by weight and mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit and tropical fruit/nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20 with a net content of >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds) |

2008 92 36 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, of an actual alcoholic strength of > 11,85% mas (excl. with sugar content of > 9% by weight) |

2008 92 38 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, of an actual alcoholic strength > 11,85% mas (excl. with sugar content > 9% by weight and mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit and tropical fruit/nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20 with a net content of >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds) |

2008 92 51 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of > 1 kg |

2008 92 59 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of > 1 kg (excl. mixtures of tropical fruits and tropical fruits and nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20, containing >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 92 72 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in which the weight of no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total weight, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg |

2008 92 74 | Mixtures of fruit, in which the weight of no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total weight, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit and tropical fruit and nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20, containing >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 92 76 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg (excl. mixtures, in which the weight of no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total weight of the fruits) |

2008 92 78 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruits and tropical fruits and nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20, of >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds, mixtures in which the weight of no single fruit exceeds 50% of the total weight of the fruits, and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 92 92 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 5 kg |

2008 92 93 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 5 kg, n.e.s. (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruits and tropical fruits and nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20, containing >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 92 94 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 4,5 kg but < 5 kg |

2008 92 96 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 4,5 kg but < 5 kg, n.e.s. (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruits and tropical fruits and nuts of a type specified in additional notes 7 and 8 to chapter 20, containing >= 50% by weight, groundnuts and other seeds and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 92 97 | Mixtures of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, incl. mixtures containing >= 50% by weight of these fruits and coconuts, cashew nuts, brazil nuts, areca "betel" nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of < 4,5 kg |

2008 92 98 | Mixtures of fruit or other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of < 4,5 kg, n.e.s. (excl. mixtures of nuts, tropical fruit of a type specified in additional note 7 to chapter 20, groundnuts and other seeds and preparations of the müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes of subheading 1904.20.10) |

2008 99 45 | Plums, prepared or preserved, containing no spirit but with added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of > 1 kg |

2008 99 67 | Fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit but containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg (excl. preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and pastes, obtained by cooking, and nuts, groundnuts and other seeds, pineapples, citrus fruits, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches, strawberries, ginger, passion fruit, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, carambola and pitahaya) |

2008 99 72 | Plums, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of >= 5 kg |

2008 99 78 | Plums, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content of < 5 kg |

20 09 | Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |

2009 11 91 | Frozen orange juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, with > 30% added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 11 99 | Frozen orange juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit, with a value of <= 30 € per 100 kg and with > 30% added sugar) |

2009 19 11 | Orange juice, unfermented, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit and frozen) |

2009 19 19 | Orange juice, unfermented, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of > 30 € per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit and frozen) |

2009 31 11 | Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c, value of > 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, orange juice and grapefruit juice) |

2009 31 51 | Lemon juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 31 91 | Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit, mixtures, lemon, orange and grapefruit juice) |

2009 39 91 | Single citrus fruit juice, unfermented, brix value > 20 but <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing > 30% added sugar (excl. or containing spirit, mixtures, lemon, orange and grapefruit juice) |

2009 41 10 | Pineapple juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c, value of > 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 41 91 | Pineapple juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c, value of <= 30 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 41 99 | Pineapple juice, unfermented, brix value <= 20 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or containing spirit) |

2009 80 11 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of <= 22 € per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 19 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of > 22 € per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 34 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg (excl. mixtures) |

2009 80 35 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg (excl. mixtures and juice of citrus fruit, passion fruit, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", jackfruit, guavas, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, sapodillo plums, carambola or pitahaya, pineapples, tomatoes, grapes, apples and pears) |

2009 80 36 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of > € 30 per 100 kg (excl. containing spirit and mixtures) |

2009 80 38 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, brix value > 67 at 20°c, value of > € 30 per 100 kg (excl. containing spirit, mixtures and juice of citrus fruits, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, pineapple juice, tomato juice, grape juice, incl. grape must, apple juice and pear juice) |

2009 80 50 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of > 18 € per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 61 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= 18 € per 100 kg, containing > 30% added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 63 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= 18 € per 100 kg, containing <= 30% added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 69 | Pear juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or containing spirit) |

2009 80 71 | Cherry juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of > € 30 per 100 kg net weight, containing added sugar (excl. containing spirit) |

2009 80 73 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of > € 30 per 100 kg net weight, containing added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit) |

2009 80 79 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of > € 30 per 100 kg, containing added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit and juice of citrus fruits, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, pineapple juice, tomato juice, grape juice, incl. grape must, apple juice, pear juice and cherry juice) |

2009 80 85 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg, containing > 30% added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit) |

2009 80 86 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg, containing > 30% added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit, and juice of citrus fruits, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, pineapple juice, tomato juice, grape juice, incl. grape must, apple juice and pear juice) |

2009 80 88 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg, containing <= 30% added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit) |

2009 80 89 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c, value of <= € 30 per 100 kg, containing <= 30% added sugar (excl. mixtures or containing spirit, and juice of citrus fruits, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, pineapple juice, tomato juice, grape juice, incl. grape must, apple juice and pear juice) |

2009 80 95 | Juice of fruit of the species vaccinium macrocarpum, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or spirit) |

2009 80 96 | Cherry juice, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or containing spirit) |

2009 80 97 | Juice of guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or containing spirit) |

2009 80 99 | Juice of fruit or vegetables, unfermented, brix value <= 67 at 20°c (excl. containing added sugar or containing spirit, mixtures, and juice of citrus fruit, guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws "papayas", tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya, pineapples, tomatoes, grapes, incl. grape must, apples, pears, cherries and of the fruit of the species vaccinium macrocarpon) |

ANNEX V TO THE AGREEMENT

Tariff quotas on imports into the European Union of products originating in Norway

CN Codes | Description of product | Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons) | Of which additional quantities | Duty within the quota (EUR/kg) |

0406 | Cheese and curd | 7 200 (1) | 3 200 | 0 |

0810 20 10 | Fresh raspberries | 400 | 400 | 0 |

2005 20 | Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediated consumption | 200 | 200 | 0 |

Ex 0809 20 95 | Cherries, other than sour cherries (2) | 900 | 0 | 0 |

2309 10 13 2309 10 15 2309 10 19 2309 10 33 2309 10 39 2309 10 51 2309 10 53 2309 10 59 2309 10 70 2309 10 90 | Dog or cat food put up for retail sale | 13 000 | 13 000 | 0 |

(1) The tariff quota of 7 200 tons of cheese on imports into the European Union shall apply to all types of cheese

(2) The quota period is extended from 16 July - 31 August to 16 July - 15 September

B. Letter from the Kingdom of Norway

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of […] which reads as follows:

"I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on bilateral trade in agriculture, concluded on 28 January 2010.

A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and Norway were undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (the EEA Agreement), with a view to furthering progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade among the European Union and Norway (the Parties), on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration to the evolution of respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including the evolution of bilateral trade, as well as trade conditions with other trading partners worldwide.

I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:

22. Norway undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I.

23. Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II.

24. Norway undertakes to reduce import duties on products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex III.

25. The European Union undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV.

26. The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex V.

27. Tariff codes set out in Annexes I to V refer to those applicable in the Parties on 1 January 2009.

28. Whenever a future WTO agreement on agriculture is implemented with commitments for new most favoured nations tariff quotas, the bilateral tariff quotas into Norway on swine meat of 600 tons, poultry meat of 800 tons and beef meat of 900 tons, as provided in Annex II, will be phased out in accordance with the same steps as the phasing in of the WTO quotas covering the same products.

29. The Parties agree to consolidate, as soon as possible, all bilateral concessions (the ones already existing and the ones foreseen in this Exchange of letters) in a new Exchange of Letters, which should replace existing bilateral agricultural agreements.

30. The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to V are set out in Annex IV to the Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992. However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the Exchange of Letters of 2 May 1992.

31. The Parties will take steps to ensure that the benefits, which they grant each other, will not be jeopardised by other restrictive import measures.

32. The Parties agree to take the necessary steps in order to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports may take place regularly and that the quantities agreed for import can effectively be imported.

33. The Parties agree to strive for promoting trade of products with a geographical indication. The Parties agree to engage into further bilateral discussion with a view to better understand respective legislation and registration procedures, in order to identify ways to enhance the protection of respective geographical indications in the territories of both Parties and will look into the possibility to engage into a bilateral agreement to that purpose.

34. The Parties agree to exchange at regular interval information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning the respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.

35. Consultations will be held at the request of either party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. In case of difficulty in the implementation of the results of these negotiations, these consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to the adoption of appropriate corrective measures.

36. The Parties note that the Norwegian customs authorities intend to review the structure of Chapter 6 in the Norwegian customs tariff. Consultations will be held with the European Commission if bilateral preferences will be influenced by this review. The Parties agree that this will be a technical exercise.

37. The Parties reaffirm their commitment in accordance with the provisions of 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 explore possible concessions.

38. As regards the current tariff quota of 4500 tons of cheese on imports into Norway, the Parties agree that the current administration of this tariff quota based on historical rights and newcomers principle should be replaced from 2014 by a management system other than auctioning, such as licensing or first come first served system, for which modalities should be established by Norwegian authorities after consultations with the European Commission in view to a mutual understanding, in order to ensure that the tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports may take place regularly, and that the quantities agreed for import can effectively be imported. The current administration on basis of a cheese list, as referred to in the Exchange of Letters of 11 April 1983, shall be abolished.

Concerning the management of the new tariff quota of 2700 tons of cheese on imports into Norway, the Parties agree it will fall under an auctioning system. The administration by auctioning will be reviewed as set out in the preceding paragraphs. In particular, quota fill and auction fees will be assessed.

The tariff quotas of 7200 tons of cheese on imports into the European Union and Norway shall apply to all types of cheese.

39. In case of further enlargement of the EU, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapt bilateral preferences in a way that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.

This Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of deposit of the last instrument of approval."

I have the honour to confirm that the Government of Norway is in agreement with the content of your letter.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Done at Oslo,

FINANCIAL STATEMENT | Fichefin/10/247800 DDG/EM/tm 6.0.2005.1-2010 |

DATE: 09/06/2010 |

1. | BUDGET HEADING: Chapter 12 – Custom duties and other duties | APPROPRIATIONS: B2010: 14 079.7 M€ |

2. | TITLE: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of the 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. |

3. | LEGAL BASIS: Treaty and in particular art. 207(4) first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a). |

4. | AIMS: To add reciprocal trade preferences in agricultural products, to the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway. |

5. | FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS | 12 MONTH PERIOD (EUR million) | CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 2010 (EUR million) | FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR 2011 (EUR million) |

5.0 | EXPENDITURE - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS) - NATIONAL AUTHORITIES - OTHER | - | - | - |

5.1 | REVENUE - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) - NATIONAL | - | - | - 4.96 |

2012 | 2013 | 2014 |

5.0.1 | ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE |

5.1.1 | ESTIMATED REVENUE | - | - | - |

5.2 | METHOD OF CALCULATION: - |

6.0 | CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? | YES NO |

6.1 | CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? | YES NO |

6.2 | WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY? | YES NO |

6.3 | WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS? | YES NO |

OBSERVATIONS: The proposal concerns the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway, concerning reciprocal additional trade preferences in agricultural products. It's expected that the Agreement enters into force early 2011. There is not any financial impact on the expenditure side. As regards own resources, (agricultural duties) it's estimated that this proposal may result in a reduction of these resources by approximately 4.96 M€ (net amount after deduction of collection costs by Member States). Calculation: Annex IV: Average 2007-2009 imports: 2.7 M€ + Annex V: Average 2007-2009 imports: 3.9 M€. The total: 6.6 M€, less 1.7 M€ of collection costs = 4.96 M€. |

[1] OJ C […], […], p. […].

[2] OJ L

[3] These products are imported duty free. Nevertheless, Norway reserves its right to introduce a duty if the products are imported for feed purposes.

[4] Entry price system maintained