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2017/0259(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
•Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
The EU and Norway are signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) which provides for the free movement of goods, with the exception of agricultural and fisheries products. As regards agriculture, Article 19 of the EEA Agreement provides that the Parties will carry out, every two years, review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products and decide on a reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis on the further reduction of any type of barriers to trade in the agricultural sector.
The negotiations were conducted from 3 February 2015 to 5 April 2017. The agreement was initialled by the Parties on 5 April 2017 and provides for further trade preferences for trade in agricultural products, including additional fully liberalised tariff lines. For more sensitive products such as meat, dairy, vegetables and ornamental plants, additional or new tariff quotas have been agreed upon.
The intention of both Parties is that this Agreement enters into force on the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.
•Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
The previous agreement took the form of an exchange of letters liberalising trade in agricultural products between Norway and the European Union, based on Article 19 of the EEA Agreement. The previous agreement was signed on 15 April 2011. It provided for mutual tariff rate quotas and reductions in duty. It also included an undertaking by the Parties to resume bilateral negotiations under Article 19 of the EEA Agreement in two years’ time.
The 2011 EU-Norway bilateral agricultural trade agreement increased the duty-free access of EU agricultural products to the Norwegian market to around 60 % of trade. These figures demonstrate that there was ample room for further trade concessions. Therefore, the latest round of negotiations aimed at:
·increasing the degree of liberalisation on both sides;
·increasing the current tariff rate quotas; and
·opening new tariff rate quotas for additional agricultural products
·addressing certain pending trade irritants.
•Consistency with other EU policies
The deepening of trade relations with Norway fits into the overall context of EU trade policy and is beneficial for the EU since the EU is a net exporter of basic agricultural products to Norway. The 2016 trade balance was vastly in favour of the EU, with the EU exports reaching EUR 2.495 million against EUR 307 million EUR imports from Norway. The main products exported by the EU are wines and vinegar, animal feed, soya and colza oil, live plants and cheese. Imports into the EU from Norway are mainly soybean, animal and vegetable oils and their residues, fur skins and undenatured ethyl alcohol.
2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
In November 2014 the Council authorised the Commission to launch a new round of negotiations with Norway to achieve additional preferences for trade in agricultural goods under Article 19 of the EEA Agreement.
3.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS
This agreement will have no impact on the expenditure side of the EU budget. The new concessions granted on imports from Norway will likely result in a reduction of own resources through a lower collection of customs duties.
2017/0259 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with point (a)(v) of Article 218(6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1)Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area provides that the contracting Parties undertake to continue their efforts to achieve progressive liberalisation of trade in agricultural products.
(2)In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/… 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 (‘The Agreement’) was signed on […], subject to its conclusion.
(3)The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the European Union,
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 is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
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, to the deposit of the instrument of approval provided for in the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound by the Agreement. 2
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on […].
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
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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
Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products,
A. Letter from the European Union
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway (ʽthe Partiesʼ) on bilateral trade in agricultural products, concluded on 5 April 2017.
A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and the Norwegian Government was undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (ʽthe EEA Agreementʼ) with a view to furthering the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between the Parties on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration given to developments in the Parties’ respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including developments in bilateral trade and trade conditions with other trading partners.
I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:
1.Norway undertakes to grant duty-free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I to this Agreement.
2.Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II to this Agreement.
3.The European Union undertakes to grant duty-free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex III to this Agreement.
4.The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV to this Agreement.
5.The tariff codes set out in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are the tariff codes that apply to the Parties as of 1 January 2017.
6.The existing tariff quotas for imports into Norway of 600 tonnes of swine meat, 800 tonnes of poultry meat and 900 tonnes of bovine meat, as listed in Annex II to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed on 15 April 2011 (ʽthe 2011 Agreementʼ), will not be affected by the implementation of a possible future WTO agreement on agriculture. Point 7 of the 2011 Agreement is therefore deleted.
7.As regards the additional tariff quota for imports into Norway of 1 200 tonnes of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tonnes will be administered by auction and 500 tonnes by the licensing system.
8.The Parties will continue efforts to consolidate all bilateral concessions (those already in force and those set out in this Agreement) in a new exchange of letters, which should replace their existing bilateral agricultural agreements.
9.The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are set out in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 2 May 1992 (ʽthe 1992 Agreementʼ). However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement.
10.The Parties will ensure that the concessions that they grant to each other will not be undermined.
11.The Parties agree to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports can take place regularly and that the agreed quantities can actually be imported.
12.The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning their respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.
13.Consultations will be held at the request of either Party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. If difficulties with implementation arise, such consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to adopting appropriate corrective measures.
14.The Parties reaffirm their commitment, in accordance with Article 19 of the EEA Agreement, to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade. To this end, the Parties agree to carry out, in two years’ time, a new review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products, with a view to exploring possible concessions.
15.In the event of further enlargement of the European Union, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapting bilateral preferences so that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval.
I would be grateful if you could confirm the agreement of your Government with the above.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Done at Brussels,
For the European Union,
B. Letter from the Kingdom of Norway
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of [insert the date of the letter], which reads as follows:
"I have the honour to refer to the negotiations between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway ('the Parties') on bilateral trade in agricultural products, concluded on 5 April 2017.
A new round of agricultural trade negotiations between the European Commission and the Norwegian Government was undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area ('the EEA Agreement') with a view to furthering the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between the Parties on a preferential, reciprocal and mutually beneficial basis. The negotiations were carried out on an orderly basis, with due consideration given to developments in the Parties’ respective agricultural policies and circumstances, including developments in bilateral trade and trade conditions with other trading partners.
I hereby confirm that the results of the negotiations were as follows:
1.Norway undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex I to this Agreement.
2.Norway undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in the European Union, listed in Annex II to this Agreement.
3.The European Union undertakes to grant duty free access to products originating in Norway, listed in Annex III to this Agreement.
4.The European Union undertakes to establish tariff quotas for products originating in Norway, listed in Annex IV to this Agreement.
5.The tariff codes set out in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are the tariff codes that apply to the Parties as of 1 January 2017.
6.The existing tariff quotas for imports into Norway of 600 tonnes of swine meat, 800 tonnes of poultry meat and 900 tonnes of bovine meat, as listed in Annex II to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed on 15 April 2011 ('the 2011 Agreement'), will not be affected by the implementation of a possible future WTO agreement on agriculture. Point 7 of the 2011 Agreement is therefore deleted.
7.As regards the additional tariff quota for imports into Norway of 1 200 tonnes of cheese and curd, the Parties agree that 700 tonnes will be administered by auction and 500 tonnes by the licensing system.
8.The Parties will continue efforts to consolidate all bilateral concessions (those already in force and those set out in this Agreement) in a new exchange of letters, which should replace their existing bilateral agricultural agreements.
9.The rules of origin for the purpose of implementing the concessions referred to in Annexes I to IV to this Agreement are set out in Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 2 May 1992 ('the 1992 Agreement'). However, Annex II to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement shall be applied instead of the Appendix to Annex IV to the 1992 Agreement.
10.The Parties will ensure that the concessions that they grant to each other will not be undermined.
11.The Parties agree to ensure that tariff quotas will be managed in such a way that imports can take place regularly and that the agreed quantities can actually be imported.
12.The Parties agree to exchange at regular intervals information on traded products, tariff quota management, price quotations and any useful information concerning their respective domestic markets and the implementation of the results of these negotiations.
13.Consultations will be held at the request of either Party on any question relating to the implementation of the results of these negotiations. If difficulties with implementation arise, such consultations will be held as promptly as possible, with a view to adopting appropriate corrective measures.
14.The Parties reaffirm their commitment, in accordance with Article 19 of the EEA Agreement, to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade. To this end, the Parties agree to carry out, in two years' time, a new review of the conditions of trade in agricultural products, with a view to exploring possible concessions.
15.In the event of further enlargement of the European Union, the Parties will assess the impact on bilateral trade, with a view to adapting bilateral preferences so that pre-existing preferential trade flows between Norway and acceding countries can continue.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval."
I have the honour to confirm that the Kingdom of Norway is in agreement with the contents of this letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Done at Oslo,
For the Kingdom of Norway
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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
ANNEX I
Duty free access for imports into Norway of products originating in the European Union
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Norwegian customs tariff code |
Description of products |
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01.01.2100 |
Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Horses; Pure-bred breeding animals |
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01.01.2902 |
Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Other horses; of weight less than 133 kg |
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01.01.2908 |
Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies; Other horses; Other |
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02.07.4300 |
Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen; of ducks; fatty livers, fresh or chilled |
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02.07.5300 |
Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen; of geese; fatty livers, fresh or chilled |
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05.06.9010 |
Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products; Other; for feed purpose |
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05.11.9911 |
Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; Blood powder, unfit for human consumption; for feed purpose |
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05.11.9930 |
Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; Meat and blood; for feed purpose |
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05.11.9980 |
Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption; other; other; for feed purpose |
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06.02.1021 |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; unrooted cuttings and slips; cuttings for nursery or horticultural purposes, except of green plants from 15 December - 30 April; Begonia, all sorts, Campanula isophylla, Eupharboria pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Fuchsia, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe and Petunia-hanging (Petunia hybrida, Petunia atkinsiana) |
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06.02.1024 |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; unrooted cuttings and slips; cuttings for nursery or horticultural purposes, except of green plants from 15 December - 30 April; Pelargonium |
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06.02.9032 |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn; Other; with balled roots or other culture media; other pot plants or bedding plants, including fruit- and vegetable plants for ornamental purposes; green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December; Asplenium, Begonia x rex-cultorum Chlorophytum, Euonymus japanicus, Fatsia japonica, Aralia sieboldii, Ficus elastica, Monstera, Philodendron scandens, Radermachera, Stereospermum, Syngonium and X-Fatshedera, also when imported as part of mixed groups of plants |
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ex 07.08.2009(i) |
Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled; beans; fresh or chilled beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), other than green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans |
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07.09.9930 |
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled; other; other; sweet corn; for feed purpose |
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ex 07.10.2209(i) |
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen; leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled; beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.); other than green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans. |
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07.11.5100 |
Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; mushrooms and truffles; mushrooms of the genus Agaricus |
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07.11.5900 |
Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; mushrooms and truffles; other |
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07.14.3009 |
Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; yams (Dioscorea spp.); not for feed purpose |
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ex07.14.4000(i) |
Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; taro (Colocasia spp.) |
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07.14.5009 |
Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith; yautia (Xanthosoma spp.); not for feed purpose |
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08.11.2011 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; blackberries, mulberries or loganberries |
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08.11.2012 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; white or red currants |
|
08.11.2013 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; gooseberries |
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08.11.2092 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries |
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08.11.2094 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; White or red currants |
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08.11.2095 |
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Other; Gooseberries |
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08.12.1000 |
Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption; Cherries |
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10.08.5000 |
Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals; quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) |
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11.09.0010 |
Wheat gluten, whether or not dried; for feed purpose |
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12.12.2910 |
Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Chicorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included; Seaweeds and other algae; Other; for feed purpose |
|
17.02.2010 |
Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel; maple sugar and maple syrup; for feed purpose |
|
20.08.9300 |
Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included; other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.1900; cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinum oxycoccus, Vaccinium vitisidaea) |
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20.09.8100 |
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; juice of any other single fruit or vegetable; cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) |
|
ex 20.09.8999 |
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; juice of any other single fruit or vegetable; Other, other, other, bilberry juice or concentrate |
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22.06 |
Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included |
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23.03.1012 |
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets; residues of starch manufacture and similar residues; for feed purpose; of potatoes. |
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(i) These products are imported duty free. Nevertheless, Norway reserves its right to introduce a duty if the products are imported for feed purposes.
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Annex II
Tariff quotas for imports into Norway of products originating in the European Union
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Norwegian customs tariff code |
Description of products |
Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons) |
Of which additional quotas( 1 ) |
Duty within the quota (NOK/kg) |
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02.01.1000 02.01.2001 02.01.2002 02.01.2003 02.01.2004 02.02.1000 02.02.2001 02.02.2002 02.02.2003 02.02.2004 |
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled Carcasses and half-carcasses ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time Other forequarters Other hindquarters So-called ‘Pistola cuts’ Meat of bovine animals, frozen Carcasses and half-carcasses ‘Compensated’ quarters, i.e. forequarters and hindquarters of the same animal presented at the same time Other forequarters Other hindquarters So-called ‘Pistola cuts’ |
2500 |
1600 |
0 |
|
02.03.1904 |
Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof; With bone in. |
300( 2 ) |
300(2) |
15 |
|
02.07.1100 02.07.1200 02.07.2400 02.07.2500 |
Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus; Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Not cut in pieces, frozen Of turkeys; Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Not cut in pieces, frozen |
950 |
150 |
0 |
|
02.07.4401 |
Of ducks, fresh or chilled; breasts and cuts thereof |
200 |
100 |
30 |
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02.10.1101 02.10.1109 02.10.1900 |
Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal Meat of swine; Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in; Containing 15 % or more by weight of bones Other (less than 15% bone in) Other (than Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof or Bellies and cuts thereof, with bone in) |
600( 3 ) |
200(3) |
0 |
|
04.06 |
Cheese and curd |
8400 |
1200 |
0 |
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ex 06.02.9043( 4 ) 06.02.9044 |
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn Other; Pot plants or bedding plants, in flower; |
20 million NOK |
12 million NOK |
0 |
|
06.02.9031 |
Green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December( 5 ) |
7 million NOK |
3 million NOK |
0 |
|
07.05.1112 07.05.1119 |
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled Iceberg lettuce; From 1 March to 31 May; Whole Other |
500( 6 ) |
100(6) |
0 |
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10.05.9010 |
Maize (corn) For feed purpose |
15000 |
5000 |
0 |
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16.01.0000 |
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products |
600 |
200 |
0 |
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ANNEX III
Duty free access for imports into the European Union of products originating in Norway
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CN code |
Combined nomenclature description |
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0101 21 00 |
Live horses, pure-bred breeding animals |
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0101 29 10 |
Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals for slaughter |
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0101 29 90 |
Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter |
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0207 43 00 |
Fatty livers of ducks, fresh or chilled |
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0207 53 00 |
Fatty livers of geese, fresh or chilled |
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ex 0506 90 00 |
Bones and horn-cores and their powder and waste, unworked, defatted, degelatinised or simply prepared (excl. ossein and bones treated with acid and cut to shape), for animal feeding |
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ex 0511 99 85 |
Blood powder for animal feeding, unfit for human consumption |
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ex 0511 99 85 |
Meat and blood for animal feeding, unfit for human consumption |
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ex 0511 99 85 |
Other animal products for animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, unfit for human consumption (other than products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3; blood; meat; natural sponges of animal origin; bovine semen) |
|
ex 0602 10 90 |
Unrooted cuttings of all sorts of Begonia, Campanula isophylla, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Fuchsia, Hibiscus, Kalanchoe and Petunia-hanging (Petunia hybrida, Petunia atkinsiana) for nursery or horticultural purposes [ except of green plants from 15 December to 30 April ] |
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ex 0602 10 90 |
Unrooted cuttings of Pelargonium for nursery or horticultural purposes[, except of green plants from 15 December to 30 April] |
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ex 0602 90 99 |
Asplenium, Begonia x rex-cultorum, Chlorophytum, Euonymus japanicus, Fatsia japonica, Aralia sieboldii, Ficus elastica, Monstera, Philodendron scandens, Radermachera, Stereospermum, Syngonium and XFatshedera, presented as green pot plants from 1 May to 14 December |
|
ex 0708 20 00 |
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled except green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans |
|
ex 0709 99 60 |
Sweetcorn for animal feeding, fresh or chilled |
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ex 0710 22 00 |
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen except green beans, asparagus beans, wax beans and string beans |
|
0711 51 00 |
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumptions |
|
0711 59 00 |
Mushrooms (other than of the genus Agaricus) and truffles provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumptions |
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ex 0714 30 00 |
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets |
|
ex 0714 40 00 |
Taro (Colocasia spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets |
|
ex 0714 50 00 |
Yautia (Xanthosoma spp.) not for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets |
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ex 0811 20 11
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Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight |
|
ex 0811 20 19 |
Blackberries, mulberries or loganberries, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content not exceeding 13 % by weight |
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0811 20 51
|
Redcurrants, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
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0811 20 59 |
Blackberries and mulberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
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ex 0811 20 90 |
Loganberries, whitecurrants and gooseberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|
0812 10 00 |
Cherries, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
|
1008 50 00 |
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) |
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ex 1109 00 00 |
Wheat gluten for animal feeding, whether or not dried |
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ex 1212 29 00 |
Seaweeds and other algae for animal feeding, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground |
|
ex 1702 20 10
|
Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter, for animal feeding |
|
ex 1702 20 90 |
Maple sugar (other than in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter) and maple syrup, for animal feeding |
|
2008 93 |
Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea), otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit |
|
2009 81 |
Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitisidaea) juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|
ex 2009 89 |
Bilberry juice or concentrate, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
|
2206 |
Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included |
|
ex 2303 10 90 |
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues from potatoes, for animal feeding |
|
2302 50 |
Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants: -Of leguminous plants |
|
ex 2309 90 31 |
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, containing no starch or containing 10% or less by weight of starch, containing no milk products or containing less than 10% by weight of such products, other than dog or cat food put up for retail sale and other than fish feed. |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 17.10.2017
COM(2017) 595 final
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the conclusion of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products
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
ANNEX IV
Tariff quotas for imports into the European Union of products originating in Norway
|
CN code |
Combined nomenclature description |
Consolidated TRQs (annual quantity in tons) |
Of which additional quotas( 1 ) |
Duty within the quota (EUR/kg) |
|
0207 14 30 |
Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Cuts with bone in, frozen Whole wings, with or without tips |
550 |
550 |
0 |
|
0207 14 70 |
Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Other cuts with bone in, frozen |
150 |
150 |
0 |
|
0204 0210 |
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal |
500 |
0 |
0 |
|
0404 10 |
Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
1250 |
1250 |
0 |
|
0404 10 02 |
Whey and modified whey, in powder, granules or other solid forms, without added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a protein content "nitrogen content x 6.38" of <= 15% by weight and a fat content, by weight, of <= 1,5% |
3150 |
3150 |
0 |
|
0603 19 70 |
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, other than Roses, Carnations, Orchids, Chrysantemums, Lilies (Lilium spp.), Gladioli and Ranunculi |
500 000 EUR |
500 000 EUR |
0 |
|
1602 |
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood |
300 |
300 |
0 |
|
2005 20 20 |
Thin slices of potatoes, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption |
350 |
150 |
0 |
|
2309 90 96 |
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Other |
200 |
200 |
0 |
|
3502 20 |
Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives:
- Milk albumin, including concentrates of two or more whey proteins |
500 |
500 |
0 |