Agreement in the form of an Exchange of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland - Agreed Minute
L 192/48 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 1999 AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland A. Letter from the Community Brussels, 15 July 1999 Sir, I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the European Community to the ‘Agreed Minutes' annexed hereto concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland. I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of the Republic of Iceland with the content of this letter. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. For the European Community B. Letter from Iceland Brussels, 15 July 1999 Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today worded as follows: ‘I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the European Community to the “Agreed Minutes” annexed hereto concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of the Republic of Iceland with the content of this letter. ' I have the honour to confirm the agreement of my Government with the content of your letter and to the date proposed for the entry into force of the adjustments. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. For the Government of the Republic of Iceland 24. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 192/49 I. INTRODUCTION AGREED MINUTES 1) Following a number of meeting held between officials from the Commission of the EC and Iceland it was agreed to submit to their respective authorities for approval a series of adjustments to the import regimes applied respectively by the Community and Iceland for processed agricultural products falling within the scope of Protocol 2 to the 1972 Free Trade Agreement. These adjustments should enter into force on August 1999. 2) Both parties agreed that implementation of the Uruguay Round Settlement by both sides required an adaptation of the duties applied in bilateral trade between the Community and Iceland. To this end it was agreed to apply the duties set out below. 3) Both parties agreed to examine on a regular basis the functioning of this Agreement and the possibility of improving it. II. ICELANDIC IMPORT REGIME The duties (ISK/kg) applicable to the processed agricultural products covered by Protocol 2 of the Agreement are as follows: Tariff No Description Applied duty (in ISK/kg) 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa 0403-1011 Yoghurt containing cocoa 0403-1012 Yoghurt containing fruit or nuts 0403-1021 Yoghurt as beverage containing cocoa 0403-1022 Yoghurt as beverage containing fruit or nuts 0403-9011 Other containing cocoa 0403-9012 Other containing fruit or nuts 0403-9021 Other as beverage containing cocoa 0403-9022 Other as beverage containing fruit or nuts 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516: – Margarine, excluding liquid margarine 1517-1001 – – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milkfat 1517-9002 – – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milkfat 1806-2003 Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 90 % but more than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, but not mixed with other substances 1806-2004 Containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder 1806-2005 Other containing by weight more than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder 1806-2006 Other containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder 61 61 52 52 53 53 53 53 90 90 111 40 111 40 L 192/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 1999 Tariff No Description Applied duty (in ISK/kg) 1806-3101 Filled chocolate in slabs or bars 1806-3109 Other filled in slabs or bars 1806-3202 Chocolate containing cocoa paste, sugar, cocoa, butter and milk powder, in slabs or bars 1806-3203 Imitation chocolate in slabs or bars 1806-3209 Other not filled in blocks, slabs or bars 1806-9011 Prepared beverage materials mostly from goods in 0401-0404, containing by weight 10 % or more of cocoa powder, containing sugar or other sweetening material, and other materials and flavouring to less extent 1806-9022 Food specially prepared for dietetic purposes 1806-9023 Easter eggs 1806-9024 Ice-cream sauces and dips 1806-9025 Coated or covered, such as raisins, nuts, ‘puffed' cereals, liquorice, caramels and jellies 1806-9026 Chocolate creams 1806-9027 Breakfast cereals 1806-9028 1806-9029 Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 90 % but at least 30 %, of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, but not mixed with other substances Cocoa powder containing by weight less than 30 % of fresh milk powder and/or skimmed milk powder, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweet- ening matter, but not mixed with other substances 1806-9039 Other 1901 food preparations of Malt extract; flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not elsewhere specified or included: 1901-2012 – – – For the preparation of gingerbread and the like of heading No 1905. 2000 1901-2013 – – – For the preparation of sweet biscuits of heading Nos 1905. 3011 and 1905. 3029 and the like 1901-2014 – – – For the preparation of ginger snaps of heading No 1905. 3021 1901-2015 – – – For the preparation of waffles and wafers of heading No 1905. 3030 1901-2016 – – – For the preparation of rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted bread of heading No 1905. 4000 1901-2017 – – – For the preparation of bread of heading No 1905. 9011 with filling based on butter or dairy products 1901-2018 – – – For the preparation of bread of heading No 1905. 9019 1901-2019 – – – For the preparation of plain biscuits of heading No 1905. 9020 1901-2022 – – – For the preparation of cakes and pastry of heading No 1905. 9040 1901-2023 – – – Mixes and doughs, containing meat, for the production of pizza and the like of heading No 1905. 9051 1901-2024 – – – Mixes and doughs, containing ingredients other than meat, for the prepara- tion of pizza and the like of heading No 1905. 9059 1901-2029 – – – For the preparation of the products of heading No 1905. 9090 52 52 48 40 21 22 18 49 40 54 49 — 120 44 48 25 17 30 10 15 40 5 5 34 99 54 44 24. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 192/51 Tariff No Description Applied duty (in ISK/kg) 1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or lasagnes, gnocchi, otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared; 1902-1100 – – Containing eggs 1902-2022 – – – Stuffed pasta containing from 3 % up to 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood or any combination thereof 1902-2031 – – – Stuffed pasta containing more than 3 % by weight of cheese 1902-2042 – – – Pasta stuffed with cheese and meat, containing more than 3 % but not more than 20 % of meat and cheese 1902-3021 – – – Other pasta containing more than 3 % but not more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood or any combination thereof 1902-3031 – – – Other pasta containing by weight more than 3 % cheese 1902-3041 – – – Containing meat and cheese that combined is more than 3 %, but not more than 20 % by weight 1902-4021 – – – Couscous containing more than 3 % but not more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood or any combination thereof 1904-9001 – – Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereal products containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % of meat 1905-3011 – – – Sweet biscuits coated or covered with chocolate or with fondants containing cocoa 1905-3019 – – – Other coated or covered with chocolate or with fondants containing cocoa – – : – – – : 1905-3021 – – – – Ginger snaps 1905-3029 – – – – Other sweet biscuits and cookies 1905-3030 – – – – Other 1905-4000 – Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products: – Other: – – : 1905-9011 – – – Bread with a filling consisting essentially of butter or other dairy products (for example garlic butter) 1905-9019 – – – Other 1905-9020 – – Plain biscuits 1905-9040 – – Cakes and pastry – – :. (pizza) 1905-9051 – – – Pies, including pizza, containing meat 1905-9059 – – – Other 1905-9060 – – Snacks, such as flakes, screws, rings, cones, sticks, and the like 1905-9090 – – – – Other 8 42 36 42 42 36 42 42 42 17 16 32 19 11 16 40 5 5 36 99 54 — 46 L 192/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 7. 1999 Tariff No Description Applied duty (in ISK/kg) 2104 Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food prep- arations: 2104-1001 – – Preparations of vegetable soups with the basic ingredients of flours, meal, starch or malt extract 2104-1003 – – Canned fish soups 2104-1011 – – Other soups containing by weight more than 20 % meat 2104-1012 – – Other soups containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % meat 2104-1019 – – – Other soups – – Other: 2104-1021 – – – Other containing by weight more than 20 % meat 2104-1022 – – – Other containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % meat 2104-1029 – – – Other 2106-9041 – – – Powder for making desserts in retail packings of 5 kg or less 2106-9049 – – – Powder for making desserts other 2106-9064 – – Containing by weight more than 3 % but not more than 20 % of meat 2202-9001 – – Other of dairy products with other ingredients, provided that the dairy products are 75 % or more by weight excluding packing 3 28 80 45 21 80 45 21 68 68 42 42 III. COMMUNITY IMPORT REGIME 1) The following basic amounts shall be used for the calculation of the agricultural components and the additional duties: — Cereals (common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley and maize): EUR 7,817/100 kg — Long grain husked rice: EUR 28,910/100 kg — Whole milk powder: EUR 142,660/100 kg — Skimmed-milk powder: EUR 118,800/100 kg — Butter: EUR 207,333/100 kg — Sugar: EUR 43,675/100 kg 2) The basic amounts laid down in point 1 may not be higher than those applied to third countries. 3) Annual quotas of 300, 400 and 500 tonnes will be opened by the Community respectively for 1999, 2000 and 2001 and the following years, for imports of: — sugar confectionery products (including white chocolate) not containing cocoa falling within CN code 1704 90 and — chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa falling within CN codes 1806 32, 1806 90 and 1905 30. The duties applicable to this quota will be the erga omnes duties reduced by 50 % with a maximum of EUR 35,15/100 kg. IV. SPIRITS Both parties agreed to apply a duty free regime from the entry into force of this Agreement for goods falling within CN codes 2208 50, 2208 60 and 2208 90