2011/53/EU: Council Decision of 18 January 2011 on the position to be taken by 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 adaptation of Annex 3 to the Agreement
The position to be taken by 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 adaptations of the Agreement as far as bilateral trade in products falling under heading 0406 of the Harmonised System is concerned to take account of the fully liberalised trade in the sector, shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture attached to this Decision.
Annex 3 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products and its appendices shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
The Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union without delay after its adoption.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day after its adoption by the Joint Committee.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Supplementary provisions
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‘ANNEX 3
1.
Bilateral trade in all products falling under heading 0406 of the Harmonised System is fully liberalised as from 1 June 2007 by abolishing all the tariffs and quotas.
2.
The European Union shall not apply export refunds for cheeses exported to Switzerland. Switzerland shall not apply export subsidies ( 1 ) for cheeses exported to the European Union.
3.
All products falling under CN code 0406 originating in the European Union or in Switzerland and traded between those two Parties are exempted from the presentation of an import licence.
4.
The European Union and Switzerland shall ensure that the benefits they grant each other are not undermined by other measures affecting imports and exports.
5.
Should the development of prices and/or imports give rise to a disturbance on the market of either Party, consultations shall be held as soon as possible within the Committee set up under Article 6 of the Agreement at the request of either Party with a view to finding appropriate solutions. In this connection, the Parties hereby agree to exchange information periodically on prices and any other relevant information on the market in locally produced and imported cheeses.
( 1 ) The basic amounts on which the elimination of export subsidies were based were calculated by common agreement by the Parties on the basis of the difference in the institutional prices for milk likely to be in force when the Agreement entered into force, plus an additional amount for milk processed into cheese, obtained on the basis of the quantity of milk needed to manufacture the cheeses concerned, minus (except in the case of cheeses subject to quotas) the reduction of customs duty applied by the Community.’
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