The position to be adopted on the Union's behalf within the EU-Algeria Association Committee as regards the modification of the conditions of application of the preferential tariffs for agricultural products and processed agricultural products set out in Article 14 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Committee attached to this Decision.
The rate and duration conditions agreed during the bilateral consultations and set out in the Annex to this Decision shall modify the tariff conditions established initially for the respective agricultural products and processed agricultural products in Protocols Nos 2 and 5 to the Association Agreement.
The Decision of the Association Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union once it has been adopted.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
1.
Following the submission by the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (‘Algeria’) of a formal request to revise the schedule for dismantling the tariffs for agricultural products and processed agricultural products at the fifth session of the Association Council held on 15 June 2010 and following six consultation sessions, on 11 July 2011 the Parties agreed on new provisions to modify the tariff arrangements set out in Protocols Nos 2 and 5 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part (‘the Association Agreement’) based on a list of 36 tariff subheadings (34 subheadings for agricultural products and two subheadings for processed agricultural products).
2.
In accordance with Article 16 of the Association Agreement, the Party that modifies the arrangements laid down in that Agreement is to provide the other Party with compensation with equivalent effect.
The Algerian memorandum of June 2010 envisaged the elimination of preferential tariffs for the Union for 34 tariff subheadings for agricultural products and of two subheadings for processed agricultural products.
3.
Following six meetings (from September 2010 to July 2011) resulting in an agreement in the form of a memorandum dated 11 July 2011, the Parties agreed to eliminate 25 preferential tariff subheadings for agricultural products in Protocol No 2 to the Association Agreement and two subheadings for processed agricultural products in Protocol No 5 to the Association Agreement for Union exports to Algeria. They also reached an agreement on the compensation for the Union with the same effect in terms of lost customs duties for Union operators by increasing two preferential tariff subheadings for agricultural products: pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species and common wheat, other than for sowing.
Details of these changes are set out in this Annex.
4.
The preferential tariffs initially established in Protocols Nos 2 and 5 to the Association Agreement shall apply to the remaining products referred to in Article 14(2) of that Agreement.
5.
The modifications to the tariff arrangements set out in Protocols Nos 2 and 5 to the Association Agreement were unilaterally applied by Algeria from 1 January 2011 and were then revised following the consultations between the Parties. Algeria has applied the following provisions since 1 October 2012.
The preferential quotas granted to the Union in Protocol No 2 to the Association Agreement in relation to the following agricultural products were repealed by Algeria on 1 October 2012:
Algerian nomenclature
Description
Applied tariff
(%)
Reduction in customs duties
(%)
Preferential tariff quotas
(tonnes)
Union code
0105.11.10
Day-old broiler chicks
5
100
20
0105.11
0105.11.20
Day-old layer chicks
5
0105.11.30
Day-old breeding, broiler chicks
5
0105.11.40
Day-old breeding, layer chicks
5
0713.10.90
Peas
5
100
3 000
0713.10.90
0713.20.90
Chickpeas
5
0713.20.00
0713.31.90
Mungo, Hepper or radiata beans
5
0713.31.00
0713.32.90
Small red beans
5
0713.32.00
0713.33.90
Kidney beans
5
0713.33.90
0713.39.90
Other beans
5
0713.39.00
0713.40.90
Lentils
5
0713.40.00
0713.50.90
Broad beans
5
0713.50.00
0713.90.90
Other leguminous vegetables
5
0713.90.00
0805.10.00
Oranges
30
20
100
0805.10
0805.20.00
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids
30
0805.20
0805.40.00
Grapefruit, including pomelos
30
0805.40
0805.50.00
Lemons ( Citrus limon , Citrus limonum ) and limes ( Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus latifolia )
30
0805.50
0805.90.00
Other citrus fruit
30
0805.90
1105.20.00
Flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes
30
20
100
1105.20.00
1107.10.00
Malt, not roasted
30
100
1 500
1107.10
1108.12.00
Maize starch
30
20
1 000
1108.12
2005.40.00
Peas ( Pisum Sativum ), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06 .
30
100
200
2005.40
2005.60.00
Asparagus
30
100
500
2005.60
2005.90.00
Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables
30
20
200
2005.99
2007.99.00
Non-homogenised preparations, of other than citrus fruit
30
20
200
2007.99
The preferential quotas granted to the Union in Annex 2 to Protocol No 5 to the Association Agreement in relation to the following processed agricultural products were repealed by Algeria on 1 October 2012:
Algerian nomenclature
Description
Applied tariff
(%)
Reduction in customs duties
(%)
Preferential tariff quotas
(tonnes)
Union code
2105.00.00
Ice cream and other edible ice
30
20
3505.10.00
Dextrins and other modified starches
15
100
The preferential quotas granted to the Union in Protocol No 2 to the Association Agreement in relation to the following agricultural products were replaced by Algeria on 1 October 2012 as follows:
Algerian nomenclature
Description
Applied tariff
(%)
Reduction in customs duties
(%)
Preferential tariff quotas
(tonnes)
Union code
0102.10.00
Live bovine animals: pure-bred breeding animals
5
100
4 950
0102.10.00
1001.90.90
Durum wheat, other than for sowing
5
100
403 000
1001.90.99
The preferential quotas granted to the Union in Protocol No 2 to the Association Agreement in relation to the agricultural products below were re-established in their entirety by Algeria on 1 October 2012:
Algerian nomenclature
Description
Applied tariff
(%)
Reduction in customs duties
(%)
Preferential tariff quotas
(tonnes)
Union code
0102.90.10
Dairy cows
5
100
5 000
0102.90
0102.90.20
Heifers in calf and female calves
5
0102.90.90
Other
30
0406.90.10
Other soft uncooked cheeses, and other pressed cheeses, half- or fully cooked
30
100
800
0406.90
(except 90.01 )
0406.90.90
Other cheeses (of Italian and Gouda style)
30
10.03.00.90
Barley, other than for sowing
15
50
200 000
1003.00.90
1517.10.00
Margarine, excluding liquid margarine
30
100
2 000
1517.10
1517.90.00
Other
30
1517.90
1701.99.00
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, other than raw, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
30
100
150 000
1701.99
