ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland consequent on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter called the 'Agreement`,

HAVING REGARD to the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union on 1 January 1995,

CONSIDERING that in order to maintain trade flows between Iceland on the one hand and the new Member States on the other hand, it is necessary to make adjustments to arrangements applicable to trade in fishery products between Iceland and the Community;

HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the adjustments to the Agreement consequent on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, AND TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL:

Article 1

The text of the Agreement, the Annexes and Protocols, which form an integral part thereof, the Final Act and the declarations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in the Finnish and Swedish languages and those texts shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts. The Joint Committee shall approve the Finnish and Swedish texts.

Article 2

The special provisions applicable to imports into the Community of certain fishery products originating in Iceland are laid down in the Annex to this Protocol.

Article 3

The Annex to this Protocol forms an integral part thereof. This Protocol forms an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on 1 December 1995 provided that the Contracting Parties have notified each other before that date that the procedures necessary to this end have been completed. After that date, the Protocol shall enter into force on the day following such notification. It shall apply as from 1 January 1995.

Article 5

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate, in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Icelandic languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintiséis de enero de mil novecientos noventa y seis.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den seksogtyvende januar nittenhundrede og seksoghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am sechsundzwanzigsten Januar neunzehnhundertsechsundneunzig.

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Done at Brussels on the twenty-sixth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-six janvier mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-seize.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventisei gennaio millenovecentonovantasei.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zesentwintigste januari negentienhonderd zesennegentig.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e seis de Janeiro de mil novecentos e noventa e seis.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäkuudentena päivänä tammikuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäkuusi.

Utfärdat i Bryssel den tjugosjätte januari nittonhundranittiosex.

Gjört í Brussel hinn 26. janúar 1996.

Por la Comunidad Europea

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Ãéá ôçí ÅõñùðáúêÞ Êïéíüôçôá

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

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ANNEX

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 (Products originating in Iceland for which the Community grants tariff quotas)

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These tariff quotas apply from 1 January to 31 December each year. For the amount indicated for each product group, Community imports originating in Iceland can be released for free circulation at 0 % import duty.