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Document 52019PC0326
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
COM/2019/326 final
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 8.7.2019
COM(2019) 326 final
2019/0149(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Subject matter of the proposal
The current proposal concerns the decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement.
2.Context of the proposal
2.1.Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation
Trade in agricultural products, in force since 1 June 2002 (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132).
2.2. Joint Committee on Agriculture
Under Article 6 of the Agreement, the Committee shall be responsible for the administration of this Agreement and shall ensure its good functioning. In accordance with Article 11 of the Agreement, the Committee may decide to amend the Annexes to the Agreement.
2.3.The act envisaged by the Joint Committee on Agriculture
The purpose of the envisaged act is to amend Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement concerning agricultural concessions made by both parties to the Agreement.
3.Position to be taken on behalf of the Union
The act envisaged aims to (i) update the numeric codes of the Agreement following the latest review of the Harmonised System, (ii) correct an error made in the latest adaptation of Annex 1 concerning the tariff concession for boneless hams, and (iii) incorporate into Annex 1 to the Agreement the tariff concessions granted by Switzerland in 1996 for dog and cat food intended for sale.
The act seeks to consolidate existing concessions that currently are not referred to explicitly in the Agreement and to correct errors in the text of the Agreement. It is therefore a desirable act.
The text of the Joint Committee Decision has been drawn up in cooperation with the Swiss authorities.
4.Legal basis
4.1.Procedural legal basis
4.1.1.Principles
Article 218(9) TFEU provides for decisions establishing ‘the positions to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in a body set up by an agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects, with the exception of acts supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.’
The concept of ‘acts having legal effects’ includes acts that have legal effects by virtue of the rules of international law governing the body in question. It also covers instruments that do not have a binding effect under international law, but that are ‘capable of decisively influencing the content of the legislation adopted by the EU legislature’ 1 .
4.1.2.Application to the present case
The Joint Committee on Agriculture is a body set up by an agreement, namely the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products.
The act which the Joint Committee on Agriculture is called upon to adopt constitutes an act having legal effects. The envisaged act will be binding under international law in accordance with Article 16 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products.
The envisaged act does not supplement or amend the institutional framework of the Agreement.
Therefore, the procedural legal basis for the proposed decision is Article 218(9) TFEU.
4.2.Substantive legal basis
4.2.1.Principles
The substantive legal basis for a Decision under Article 218(9) TFEU depends primarily on the objective and content of the envisaged act in respect of which a position is taken on the Union’s behalf. If the envisaged act pursues two aims or has two components and if one of those aims or components is identifiable as the main one, whereas the other is merely incidental, the decision under Article 218(9) TFEU must be founded on a single substantive legal basis, namely that required by the main or predominant aim or component.
4.2.2.Application to the present case
The main objective and content of the envisaged act relate to agriculture and the common trade policy.
Therefore the substantive legal basis of the proposed Decision is Article 207(4) TFEU.
4.3.Conclusion
The legal basis of the proposed decision should be Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) TFEU.
5.PUBLICATION OF THE ENVISAGED ACT
Since the act of the Joint Committee on Agriculture will amend the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, it should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, as an attachment to the Council Decision.
2019/0149 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2)Article 6 of the Agreement sets up a Joint Committee on Agriculture (‘the Committee’), which is responsible for the administration of the Agreement and ensures its good functioning.
(3)In accordance with Article 11 of the Agreement, the Committee may decide to amend the Annexes to the Agreement.
(4)The Committee must adopt a decision amending Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement in order to update the numeric codes of the Agreement following the latest review of the Harmonised System, correct an error made in the latest adaptation of Annex 1 concerning the tariff concession for boneless hams, and incorporate into Annex 1 to the Agreement the tariff concessions granted by Switzerland in 1996 for dog and cat food intended for sale.
(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Committee, as the envisaged decision will be binding on the Union.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture attached to this Decision.
Article 2
After its adoption, the Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Commission.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 8.7.2019
COM(2019) 326 final
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, as regards the amendment of Annexes 1 and 2 to the Decision
ANNEX
Draft
DECISION No XX/2019 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
of...
amending Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2) Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement list the tariff concessions granted by the Swiss Confederation and the European Union (‘the Parties’), respectively.
(3) The Parties have agreed to amend Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement following the latest review of the Harmonised System and an error made in the latest adaptation of Annex 1 concerning the tariff concession for boneless hams. It has also been decided to incorporate into Annex 1 to the Agreement the tariff concessions granted by Switzerland in 1996 for dog and cat food intended for sale.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall be replaced, respectively, by the texts contained in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on …………. 2019.
Done at........., on................ .
For the Joint Committee on Agriculture
|
The Chair and Head of the European Union Delegation |
The Head of the Swiss Delegation |
The Committee Secretary |
|
Susana Marazuela-Azpiroz |
Krisztina Bende |
Luis Quevedo Ley |
ANNEX
Annex 1
Concessions granted by Switzerland
The tariff concessions set out below are granted by Switzerland for the following products originating in the European Union and are, where applicable, subject to an annual quantity:
|
Swiss tariff heading |
Description |
Customs duty applicable (CHF/100 kg gross weight) |
Annual quantity (tonnes net weight) |
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|
(1) 0101.2991 |
Live horses (excl. pure-bred horses for breeding and horses for slaughter)
|
0.00 |
100 head |
||||||
|
(2) 0204.5010 |
Goat meat, fresh, chilled or frozen |
40.00 |
100 |
||||||
|
(3) 0207.1481 |
Breasts of fowls of domestic
|
15.00 |
2 100 |
||||||
|
(4) 0207.1491 |
Cuts and edible offal of fowls of domestic species, including livers (excluding breasts), frozen |
15.00 |
1 200 |
||||||
|
(5) 0207.2781 |
Breasts of turkeys of domestic species, frozen |
15.00 |
800 |
||||||
|
(6) 0207.2791 |
Cuts and edible offal of turkeys of domestic species, including livers (excluding breasts), frozen |
15.00 |
600 |
||||||
|
(7) 0207.4210 |
Ducks of domestic species, not cut in pieces, frozen |
15.00 |
700 |
||||||
|
(8) |
Fatty livers of ducks or geese of domestic species, fresh or chilled |
||||||||
|
0207.4300 |
– of ducks |
||||||||
|
(9) 0207.5300 |
– of geese |
9.50 |
20 |
||||||
|
(10) |
Cuts and edible offal of ducks, geese or guinea fowls of domestic species, frozen (excluding fatty livers) |
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|
|
0207.4591 |
– of ducks |
|||||||
|
|
0207.5591 |
– of geese |
|||||||
|
|
0207.6091 |
– of guinea fowls |
15.00 |
100 |
|||||
|
(11) 0208.1000 |
Fresh, chilled or frozen meat and edible offal of rabbits or hares |
11.00 |
1 700 |
||||||
|
(12) 0208.9010 |
Meat and edible offal of game, fresh, chilled or frozen (other than of hares or wild boar) |
0.00 |
100 |
||||||
|
(13)ex 0210.1191 |
Hams and cuts thereof, with bone in, of swine (other than wild boar), salted or in brine, dried or smoked |
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|
(14)ex 0210.1991 |
Hams and cuts thereof, boneless, of swine (other than wild boar), salted or in brine, dried or smoked |
0.00 |
1000(1) |
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|
(15) 0210.2010 |
Dried meat of bovine animals |
0.00 |
200(2) |
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|
(16) |
Edible birds' eggs, in shell |
||||||||
|
(17)ex 0407.2110 |
– of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, fresh |
||||||||
|
(18)ex 0407.2910 |
– other, fresh |
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|
(19)ex 0407.9010 |
– other, preserved or cooked |
47.00 |
150 |
||||||
|
(20)ex 0409.0000 |
Natural acacia honey |
8.00 |
200 |
||||||
|
(21)ex 0409.0000 |
Natural honey, other (excluding acacia) |
26.00 |
50 |
||||||
|
(22) 0602.1000 |
Unrooted cuttings and slips |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Plants in the form of pomaceous fruit rootstock (of seedling origin or produced by vegetative propagation): |
|||||||||
|
0602.2011 |
– grafted, bare-rooted |
||||||||
|
0602.2019 |
– grafted, with root ball |
||||||||
|
0602.2021 |
– not grafted, bare-rooted |
||||||||
|
0602.2029 |
– not grafted, with root ball |
0.00 |
(3) |
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|
Plants in the form of stone fruit rootstock (of seedling origin or produced by vegetative propagation): |
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|
0602.2031 |
– grafted, bare-rooted |
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|
0602.2039 |
– grafted, with root ball |
||||||||
|
0602.2041 |
– not grafted, bare-rooted |
||||||||
|
0602.2049 |
– not grafted, with root ball |
0.00 |
(3) |
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|
Plants other than in the form of pomaceous or stone fruit rootstock (of seedling origin or produced by vegetative propagation), of kinds which bear edible fruit: |
|||||||||
|
0602.2051 |
– with bare roots |
||||||||
|
0602.2059 |
– other than bare-rooted |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Trees, shrubs and bushes, of kinds which bear edible fruit, bare-rooted: |
|||||||||
|
0602.2071 |
– of kinds which bear pomaceous fruit |
||||||||
|
0602.2072 |
– of kinds which bear stone fruit |
0.00 |
(3) |
||||||
|
0602.2079 |
– other than of kinds which bear pomaceous or stone fruit |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Trees, shrubs and bushes, of kinds which bear edible fruit, with root ball: |
|||||||||
|
0602.2081 |
– of kinds which bear pomaceous fruit |
||||||||
|
0602.2082 |
– of kinds which bear stone fruit |
0.00 |
(3) |
||||||
|
0602.2089 |
– other than of kinds which bear pomaceous or stone fruit |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(23) 0602.3000 |
Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Roses, grafted or not: |
|||||||||
|
0602.4010 |
– wild roses and wild rose stems |
||||||||
|
(24) |
– other than wild roses or wild rose stems: |
||||||||
|
0602.4091 |
– with bare roots |
||||||||
|
0602.4099 |
– other than bare-rooted, with root ball |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Plants (of seedling origin or produced by vegetative propagation), of useful species; mushroom spawn: |
|||||||||
|
0602.9011 |
– seedling vegetables and turf rolls |
||||||||
|
0602.9012 |
– mushroom spawn |
||||||||
|
0602.9019 |
– other than seedling vegetables, turf rolls or mushroom spawn |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Other live plants (including their roots): |
|||||||||
|
0602.9091 |
– with bare roots |
||||||||
|
0602.9099 |
– other than bare-rooted, with root ball |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(25) 0603.1110 |
Cut roses of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October |
||||||||
|
(26) 0603.1210 |
Cut carnations of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October |
||||||||
|
(27) 0603.1310 |
Cut orchids of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October |
||||||||
|
(28) 0603.1410 |
Cut chrysanthemums of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October |
||||||||
|
(29) 0603.1510 |
Cut lilies (Lilium spp.) of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October |
||||||||
|
Other cut flowers and flower buds, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 1 May to 25 October: |
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|
0603.1911 |
– woody |
||||||||
|
0603.1918 |
– – other than woody |
0.00 |
1000 |
||||||
|
(30) 0603.1230 |
Cut carnations of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(31) 0603.1330 |
Cut orchids of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
(32) 0603.1430 |
Cut chrysanthemums of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
(33) 0603.1530 |
Cut lilies (Lilium spp.) of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
(34) 0603.1930 |
Cut tulips of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
Other cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, from 26 October to 30 April: |
|||||||||
|
0603.1931 |
– woody |
||||||||
|
0603.1938 |
– other than woody |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled: |
|||||||||
|
0702.0010 |
cherry tomatoes: – from 21 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
0702.0020 |
Peretti tomatoes (elongated): – from 21 October to 30 April |
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|
0702.0030 |
– other tomatoes, of a diameter of 80 mm or more (beef tomatoes): – from 21 October to 30 April |
||||||||
|
0702.0090 |
– other: – from 21 October to 30 April |
0.00 |
10 000 |
||||||
|
Iceberg lettuce, without outer leaf: |
|||||||||
|
0705.1111 |
– From 1 January to the end of February |
0.00 |
2 000 |
||||||
|
Witloof chicory, fresh or chilled: |
|||||||||
|
0705.2110 |
– from 21 May to 30 September |
0.00 |
2 000 |
||||||
|
(35) 0707.0010 |
Cucumbers for salad, from 21 October to 14 April |
5.00 |
200 |
||||||
|
(36) 0707.0030 |
Pickling cucumbers, > 6 cm but ≤ 12 cm in length, fresh or chilled, from 21 October to 14 April |
5.00 |
100 |
||||||
|
(37) 0707.0031 |
Pickling cucumbers, > 6 cm but ≤ 12 cm in length, fresh or chilled, from 15 April to 20 October |
5.00 |
2 100 |
||||||
|
(38) 0707.0050 |
Gherkins, fresh or chilled |
3.50 |
800 |
||||||
|
Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled: |
|||||||||
|
0709.3010 |
– from 16 October to 31 May |
0.00 |
1 000 |
||||||
|
(39) 0709.5100 0709.5900 |
Mushrooms, fresh or chilled, of the genus Agaricus or other, with the exception of truffles |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled: |
|||||||||
|
0709.6011 |
– from 1 November to 31 March |
2.50 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(40) 0709.6012 |
Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled, from 1 April to 31 October |
5.00 |
1 300 |
||||||
|
Courgettes (including courgette flowers), fresh or chilled: |
|||||||||
|
0709.9950 |
– from 31 October to 19 April |
0.00 |
2 000 |
||||||
|
(41)ex 0710.8090 |
Mushrooms (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(42) 0711.9090 |
Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
|
0.00 |
150 |
||||||
|
(43) 0712.2000 |
Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |
0.00 |
100 |
||||||
|
(44) 0713.1011 |
Peas (Pisum sativum), dried, shelled, whole, unprocessed, for use as animal feed |
Rebate of CHF 0.90 on the duty applied |
1 000 |
||||||
|
(45) 0713.1019 |
Peas (Pisum sativum), dried, shelled, whole, unprocessed (excluding those for use as animal feed, for technical purposes or for brewing) |
0.00 |
1 000 |
||||||
|
Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), fresh or dried: |
|||||||||
|
0802.2190 |
– in shell, other than for use as animal feed or for oil extraction |
||||||||
|
0802.2290 |
– in shell, other than for use as animal feed or for oil extraction |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(46) 0802.3290 |
Tree nuts |
0.00 |
100 |
||||||
|
(47)ex 0802.9090 |
Pine nuts, fresh or dried |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(48) 0805.1000 |
Fresh or dried oranges |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(49) |
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried |
||||||||
|
(50) 0805.2100 |
mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(51) 0805.2200 |
clementines |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(52) 0805.2900 |
other |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(53) 0807.1100 |
Watermelons, fresh |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(54) 0807.1900 |
Melons, fresh, other than watermelons |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Apricots, fresh, in open packings: |
|||||||||
|
0809.1011 |
– from 1 September to 30 June |
||||||||
|
0809.1091 |
in other packings: – from 1 September to 30 June |
0.00 |
2 100 |
||||||
|
(55) 0809.4013 |
Fresh plums, in open packings, from 1 July to 30 September |
0.00 |
600 |
||||||
|
(56) 0810.1010 |
Strawberries, fresh, from 1 September to 14 May |
0.00 |
10 000 |
||||||
|
(57) 0810.1011 |
Strawberries, fresh, from 15 May to 31 August |
0.00 |
200 |
||||||
|
(58) 0810.2011 |
Raspberries, fresh, from 1 June to 14 September |
0.00 |
250 |
||||||
|
(59) 0810.5000 |
Fresh kiwifruit |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(60)ex 0811.1000 |
Strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not put up in packings for retail sale, intended for industrial use |
10.00 |
1000 |
||||||
|
(61)ex 0811.2090 |
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries and black, white or red currants, gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not put up in packings for retail sale, intended for industrial use |
10.00 |
1 200 |
||||||
|
(62) 0811.9010 |
Bilberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
200 |
||||||
|
(63) 0811.9090 |
Edible fruit, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excluding strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries and black, white or red currants, gooseberries, bilberries and tropical fruit) |
0.00 |
1 000 |
||||||
|
(64) 0904.2200 |
Fruits of genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, crushed or ground |
0.00 |
150 |
||||||
|
(65) 0910.2000 |
Saffron |
0.00 |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(66) |
Wheat and meslin (except durum wheat), for use as animal feed |
||||||||
|
(67) 1001.9931 |
- containing other cereals of Chapter 10 |
||||||||
|
(68) 1001.9939 |
- other |
Rebate of CHF 0.60 on the duty applied |
50 000 |
||||||
|
(69) |
Maize (corn) for use as animal feed |
||||||||
|
(70) 1005.9031 |
- containing other cereals of Chapter 10 |
||||||||
|
(71) 1005.9039 |
- other |
Rebate of CHF 0.50 on the duty applied |
13 000 |
||||||
|
Virgin olive oil, other than for use as animal feed: |
|||||||||
|
1509.1091 |
– in glass containers holding 2 litres or less |
60.60(4) |
unlimited |
||||||
|
1509.1099 |
– in glass containers holding more than 2 litres or in other containers |
86.70(4) |
unlimited |
||||||
|
Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than for use as animal feed: |
|||||||||
|
1509.9091 |
– in glass containers holding 2 litres or less |
60.60(4) |
unlimited |
||||||
|
1509.9099 |
– in glass containers holding more than 2 litres or in other containers |
86.70(4) |
unlimited |
||||||
|
(72)ex 0210.1991 |
Hams, in brine, boneless, enclosed in a bladder or in an artificial gut (‘ham in bladder’) |
||||||||
|
(73)ex 0210.1991 |
Piece of boneless chop, smoked (‘salmon ham’) |
||||||||
|
(74)ex 0210.1991
|
Pork neck, dried in air, seasoned or not, whole, in pieces or thinly sliced
|
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|
(75) 1601.0011 1601.0021 |
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products of animals of headings 0101 to 0104, excluding wild boars |
0.00 |
3 715 |
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Tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid: |
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|
2002.1010 2002.1020 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg – in containers holding 5 kg or less |
2.50 4.50 |
unlimited unlimited |
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Tomatoes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces: |
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2002.9010 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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(76) 2002.9021 |
Tomato pulp, puree and concentrate, in hermetically sealed containers, with a dry matter content of 25% or more by weight, consisting of tomatoes and water and possibly salt or other seasoning, in containers holding 5 kg or less |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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(77) 2002.9029 |
Tomatoes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, and other than tomato pulp, puree or concentrate: |
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|
– in containers holding 5 kg or less |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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|
(78) 2003.1000 |
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid |
0.00 |
1 700 |
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Artichokes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: |
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|
ex 2004.9018 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg |
17.50 |
unlimited |
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|
ex 2004.9049 |
– in containers holding 5 kg or less |
24.50 |
unlimited |
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Asparagus, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: |
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2005.6010 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg |
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2005.6090 |
– in containers holding 5 kg or less |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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Olives, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: |
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|
2005.7010 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg |
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|
|
– in containers holding 5 kg or less |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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Capers and artichokes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: |
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|
ex 2005.9911 |
– in containers holding more than 5 kg |
17.50 |
unlimited |
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ex 2005.9941 |
– in containers holding 5 kg or less |
24.50 |
unlimited |
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(79) 2008.3090 |
Citrus fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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|
(80) 2008.5010 |
Apricot pulp, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included |
10.00 |
unlimited |
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(81) 2008.5090 |
Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included |
15.00 |
unlimited |
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|
(82) 2008.7010 |
Peach pulp, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included
|
0.00 |
unlimited |
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(83) 2008.7090 |
Peaches, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included |
0.00 |
unlimited |
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Juice of any single citrus fruit other than orange, grapefruit or pomelo, unfermented, not containing added spirit: |
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|
ex 2009.3919 |
–
not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, concentrated
|
6.00 |
unlimited |
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|
ex 2009.3920 |
– containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, concentrated |
14.00 |
unlimited |
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Dessert wines, specialities and mistelles in containers: |
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2204.2150 |
– holding 2 litres or less(5) |
8.50 |
unlimited |
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|
2204.2250 |
– holding more than 2 litres but not more than 10 litres(5) |
8.50 |
unlimited |
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|
2204.2960 |
– holding more than 10 litres(5) |
8.50 |
unlimited |
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|
(84)ex 2204.2150 |
Port, in containers holding 2 litres or less, as described(6) |
0.00 |
1 000 hl |
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|
(85) |
Retsina (a Greek white wine), as described(7) |
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|
ex 2204.2121 |
–
in containers holding 2 litres or less
|
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|
–
in containers holding more than 2 litres but not more than 10 litres, of a total alcoholic strength by volume:
|
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|
ex |
2204.2221 |
– – of more than 13% vol. |
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|
ex |
2204.2222 |
– – of 13% vol. or less |
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|
–
in containers holding more than 10 litres, of a total alcoholic strength by volume:
|
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|
ex 2204.2923 |
– – of more than 13% vol. |
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|
(86)ex 2204.2924 |
– – of 13% vol. or less |
0.00 |
500 hl |
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Dog and cat food intended for retail sale in hermetically sealed containers; |
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2309.1021 |
– containing milk powder or whey |
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|
2309.1029 |
– other |
0.00 |
6000(8) |
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(87)(1) Including 480 tonnes of Parma and San Daniele ham under the terms of the exchange of letters of 25 January 1972 between the Community and Switzerland. |
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(2) Including 170 tonnes of Bresaola under the terms of the exchange of letters of 25 January 1972 between the Community and Switzerland. |
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(3) Subject to an overall annual quota of 60 000 plants. |
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(4) Including the contribution to the guarantee fund for compulsory storage. |
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(5) Covers only products specified in Annex 7 to the Agreement. |
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(6) Description: ‘Port’ means a quality wine produced in a specified region (Oporto in Portugal) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. |
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(7) Description: ‘Retsina’ means a table wine within the meaning of the Community provisions referred to in point A.2 of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. |
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(8) Concession granted by Switzerland to the European Community under the exchange of letters of 30 June 1996. |
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Annex 2
European Union concessions
The tariff concessions set out below are granted by the European Community for the following products originating in Switzerland and are, where applicable, subject to an annual quantity:
|
CN code |
Description |
Customs duty applicable (EUR/100 kg net weight) |
Annual quantity (tonnes net weight) |
|
|
(88)0102 29 41 (89)0102 29 49 (90)0102 29 51 (91)0102 29 59 (92)0102 29 61 (93)0102 29 69 (94)0102 29 91 0102 29 99 |
Live bovine animals of a live weight exceeding 160 kg |
0.00 |
4 600 head |
|
|
(95)ex 0102 39 10 (96)ex 0102 90 91 |
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|
(97)ex 0210 20 90 |
Meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried |
0.00 |
1 200 |
|
|
(98)ex
0401 40 10
|
Cream, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% |
0.00 |
2 000 |
|
|
(99) 0403 10 |
Yoghurt |
|||
|
(100) 0402 29 11 ex 0404 90 83 |
Special milk, for infants, in hermetically sealed containers of a net content not exceeding 500 g, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 10 %(1) |
43.80 |
unlimited |
|
|
(101) 0602 |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(102) 0603 11 00 0603 12 00 0603 13 00 0603 14 00 0603 15 00 0603 19 |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(103) 0701 10 00 |
Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
4 000 |
|
|
(104) 0702 00 00 |
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled |
0.00(2) |
1 000 |
|
|
(105) 0703 10 19 0703 90 00 |
Onions (other than seed) Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
5 000 |
|
|
(106) 0704 10 00 0704 90 |
Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and other similar edible brassicas with the exception of Brussels sprouts, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
5 500 |
|
|
(107) 0705 |
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled
|
0.00 |
3 000 |
|
|
(108) 0706 10 00 |
Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
5 000 |
|
|
(109) 0706 90 10 0706 90 90 |
Salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, with the exception of horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia), fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
3 000 |
|
|
(110) 0707 00 05 |
Cucumbers, fresh or chilled |
0.00(2) |
1 000 |
|
|
(111) 0708 20 00 |
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
1 000 |
|
|
(112) 0709 30 00 |
Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
500 |
|
|
(113) 0709 40 00 |
Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
500 |
|
|
(114) 0709 51 00 0709 59 |
Mushrooms and truffles, fresh or chilled
|
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(115) 0709 70 00 |
Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
1 000 |
|
|
(116) 0709 99 10 |
Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
1 000 |
|
|
(117) 0709 99 20 |
Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
300 |
|
|
(118) 0709 99 50 |
Fennel, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
1 000 |
|
|
(119) 0709 93 10 |
Courgettes, fresh or chilled |
0.00(2) |
1 000 |
|
|
(120)
0709 93 90
|
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |
0.00 |
1 000 |
|
|
(121) 0710 80 61 0710 80 69 |
Mushrooms (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(122) 0712 90 |
Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, whether or not obtained from cooked vegetables, but not further prepared, with the exception of onions, mushrooms and truffles |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(123)ex 0808 10 80 |
Apples, other than cider apples, fresh |
0.00(2) |
3 000 |
|
|
(124)
0808 30
|
Pears and quinces, fresh |
0.00(2) |
3 000 |
|
|
(125) 0809 10 00 |
Fresh apricots |
0.00(2) |
500 |
|
|
(126) 0809 29 00 |
Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh |
0.00(2) |
1 500(3) |
|
|
(127) 0809 40 |
Plums and sloes, fresh |
0.00(2) |
1 000 |
|
|
(128) 0810 10 00 |
Strawberries |
0.00 |
200 |
|
|
(129) 0810 20 10 |
Raspberries, fresh |
0.00 |
100 |
|
|
(130) 0810 20 90 |
Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh |
0.00 |
100 |
|
|
(131) 1106 30 10 |
Flour, meal and powder of bananas |
0.00 |
5 |
|
|
(132) 1106 30 90 |
Flour, meal and powder of other fruits of Chapter 8 |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(133)ex 0210 19 50 |
Hams, in brine, boneless, enclosed in a bladder or in an artificial gut |
0.00 |
1 900 |
|
|
(134)ex 0210 19 81 |
Piece of boneless chop, smoked |
|||
|
(135)ex 0210 19 81 ex 1602 49 19 |
Pork neck, dried in air, seasoned or not, whole, in pieces or thinly sliced |
|||
|
(136)ex 1601 00 |
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products of animals of headings 0101 to 0104, excluding wild boars |
|||
|
(137)ex 2002 90 91 ex 2002 90 99 |
Powdered tomatoes, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(138) 2003 90 90 |
Mushrooms, other than of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(139) 0710 10 00 |
Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen |
|||
|
(140) 2004 10 10 2004 10 99 |
Potatoes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal or flakes |
|||
|
(141) 2005 20 80 |
Potatoes, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal or flakes and preparations that are thinly sliced, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption |
0.00 |
3 000 |
|
|
(142)ex 2005 91 00 ex 2005 99 |
Powdered preparations of vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(143)ex 2008 30 |
Flaked or powdered citrus fruit, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(144)ex 2008 40 |
Flaked or powdered pears, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(145)ex 2008 50 |
Flaked or powdered apricots, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(146) 2008 60 |
Cherries, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included |
0.00 |
500 |
|
|
(147)ex 0811 90 19 ex 0811 90 39 |
Cherries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|||
|
(148) 0811 90 80 |
Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|||
|
(149)ex 2008 70 |
Flaked or powdered pears, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(150)ex 2008 80 |
Flaked or powdered strawberries, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(151)ex 2008 99 |
Other flaked or powdered fruits, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or starch(4) |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(152)ex 2009 19 |
Powdered orange juice, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(153)ex 2009 21 00 ex 2009 29 |
Powdered grapefruit juice, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(154)ex 2009 31 ex 2009 39 |
Powdered juices of any other citrus fruits, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(155)ex 2009 41 ex 2009 49 |
Powdered pineapple juice, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(156)ex 2009 71 ex 2009 79 |
Powdered apple juice, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
ex
2009 81
|
Powdered juice of any other single fruit or vegetable, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
0.00 |
unlimited |
|
|
(157)(1) For the products of this subheading, ‘special milk for infants’ means products that are free of pathogenic and toxicogenic germs and which contain less than 10 000 revivifiable aerobic bacteria and less than two coliform bacteria per gram. |
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|
(2) Where relevant, a specific duty and not the minimum duty should apply. |
||||
|
(3) Including 1 000 tonnes under the terms of the exchange of letters of 14 July 1986. |
||||
|
(4) See Joint Declaration on the tariff classification of powdered vegetables and powdered fruit. |
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