Protocol

adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",

of the one part, and

ROMANIA,

of the other part,

Whereas:

(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as the Europe Agreement) was signed in Brussels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995(1).

(2) Article 21(5) of the Europe Agreement provides that the Community and Romania is to examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other additional agricultural concessions. On this basis negotiations have been undertaken and were concluded between the Parties.

(3) For the first time, improvements to the preferential agricultural regime of the Europe Agreement were provided for in the Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement(2) to take account of the last enlargement of the Community and the outcome of the GATT Uruguay Round.

(4) Two further rounds of negotiations for improved agricultural trade concessions were concluded on 26 May 2000 and 18 June 2002.

(5) From the one side, the Council decided, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000(3), to apply on a provisional basis, as from 1 July 2000, the European Community concessions resulting from the 2000 round of negotiations and from the other side the Government of Romania took legislative provisions to apply, as from the same date of 1 July 2000, the equivalent Romanian concessions (Emergency Ordinance No 124/30 of 30 July 2000)(4).

(6) The abovementioned concessions are to be supplemented and replaced on the date of entry into force of this Protocol by the concessions provided for herein,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Romania as set out in Annex A(a) and A(b) and the arrangements for import into Romania applicable to certain agricultural products originating in the Community as set out in Annex B(a) and B(b) to this Protocol shall replace those set out in Annexes XI and XII as referred to in Article 21(2) and 21(4), as amended, of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part.

Article 2

The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Europe Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall be approved by the Community and Romania in accordance with their own procedures. The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures to implement this Protocol.

The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the accomplishment of the corresponding procedures according to the first paragraph hereof.

Article 4

Subject to completion of the procedures provided for in Article 3, this Protocol shall enter into force on 1 January 2003. Should these procedures not be completed in time, it shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the Contracting Parties notification of the accomplishment of the procedures.

Article 5

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

Hecho en Bruselas, el veinte de diciembre del dos mil dos.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den tyvende december to tusind og to.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am zwanzigsten Dezember zweitausendundzwei.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι Δεκεμβρίου δύο χιλιάδες δύο.

Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of December in the year two thousand and two.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt décembre deux mille deux.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì venti dicembre duemiladue.

Gedaan te Brussel, de twintigste december tweeduizendtwee.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte de Dezembro de dois mil e dois.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenä päivänä joulukuuta vuonna kaksituhattakaksi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugonde december tjugohundratvå.

Încheiat la Bruxelles, la data de douazeci decembrie a anului doua mìi doi.

Por la Comunidad Europea

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

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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Pentru România

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(1) OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.

(2) OJ L 301, 11.11.1998, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.

(4) MO I, 306, 4.7.2000.

ANNEX A(a)

Custom duties on imports applicable in the Community to products originating in Romania and listed below shall be abolished - CN codes(1)

0101

0104 10 30

0104 10 80

0104 20

0106 19 10

0106 39 10

0204

0205

0206 80 91

0206 90 91

0208 10 11

0208 10 19

0208 20 00

0208 30 00

0208 40

0208 50 00

0208 90 10

0208 90 55

0208 90 60

0208 90 95

0210 91 00

0210 92 00

0210 93 00

0210 99 10

0210 99 21

0210 99 29

0210 99 31

0210 99 39

0210 99 59

0210 99 60

0407 00 90

0409 00 00

0410 00 00

0601

0602 30 00

0602 90 10

0602 90 30

0602 90 41

0602 90 45

0602 90 49

0602 90 51

0602 90 59

0604 10 90

0604 91 21

0604 91 29

0604 91 41

0604 91 49

0604 91 90

0604 99 90

0701 10 00

0704 20 00

0706 90 30

0707 00 90

0709 20 00

0709 52 00

0709 59 10

0709 59 30

0709 60 99

0709 90 20

0709 90 31

0709 90 40

0709 90 50

0710 80 61

0710 80 69

0710 80 85

0711 20

0711 30 00

0711 90 10

0712 31 00

0712 32 00

0712 33 00

0712 39 00

0713 50 00

0714 20

0714 90 90

0802 12 90

0802 21 00

0802 22 00

0802 31 00

0802 32 00

0802 40 00

0802 50 00

0802 90 50

0802 90 60

0802 90 85

0808 10 10

0809 40 90

0810 20 90

0810 30 90

0810 40 30

0810 40 50

0810 40 90

0810 50 00

0810 60 00

0810 90 95

0811 90 70

0811 90 85

0812 10 00

0812 90 20

0812 90 30

0812 90 40

0812 90 50

0812 90 60

0812 90 99

0813 40 95

0813 50 31

0813 50 99

0814 00 00

0901 12 00

0901 21 00

0901 22 00

0901 90 90

0902 10 00

0904 12 00

0904 20 10

0904 20 90

0905 00 00

0907 00 00

0910 20 90

0910 40 13

0910 40 19

0910 40 90

0910 91 90

0910 99 99

1006 10 10

1007 00 10

1008 10 00 (2)

1008 20 00 (3)

1008 90 (4)

1102 90 90 (5)

1103 19 90 (6)

1103 20 90 (7)

1106 10 00

1106 30

1108 20 00

1208 10 00

1209 10 00

1209 21 00

1209 23 80

1209 29 50

1209 29 60

1209 30 00

1209 91

1211 90 30

1212 10 10

1212 10 99

1214 90 10

1302 19 05

1502 00 90

1503 00 19

1503 00 90

1504 10 10

1504 10 99

1504 20 10

1504 30 10

1509 10 10

1509 90 00

1510 00

1511 10 90

1511 90

1512 21

1512 29

1513

1515 21

1515 30 90

1515 50

1515 90 29

1515 90 39

1515 90 40

1515 90 51

1515 90 59

1515 90 60

1515 90 91

1515 90 99

1516 10

1518 00 31

1518 00 39

1522 00 91

1602 41 90

1602 42 90

1602 49 90

1602 90 31

1602 90 41

1602 90 72

1602 90 74

1602 90 76

1602 90 78

1602 90 98

1603 00 10

1703

2001 90 20

2001 90 65

2001 90 91

2003 20 00

2003 90 00

2004 90 30

2005 60 00

2005 90 10

2005 90 50

2005 90 75

2006 00 91

2006 00 99

2008 19 11

2008 19 13

2008 19 51

2008 19 59

2008 19 93

2008 20 19

2008 20 39

2008 20 51

2008 20 59

2008 20 71

2008 20 79

2008 20 91

2008 20 99

2008 30 11

2008 30 31

2008 30 39

2008 30 51

2008 30 55

2008 30 59

2008 30 71

2008 30 75

2008 30 79

2008 30 90

2008 92 72

2008 99 11

2008 99 19

2008 99 25

2008 99 26

2008 99 46

2008 99 47

2008 99 49

2008 99 61

2008 99 62

2009 21 00

2009 29 19

2009 29 99

2009 31 19

2009 31 51

2009 31 59

2009 31 91

2009 31 99

2009 39 19

2009 39 39

2009 39 55

2009 39 59

2009 39 95

2009 39 99

2009 41 91

2009 41 99

2009 49 19

2009 49 93

2009 49 99

2009 71

2009 79 19

2009 79 30

2009 79 93

2009 79 99

2302 50 00

2306 90 19

2308 00 90

2309 90 10

2309 90 31

2309 90 41

2309 90 51

2309 90 91

(1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1).

(2) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(3) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(4) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(5) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(6) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(7) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

ANNEX A(b)

Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania shall be subject to the concessions set out below

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Annex to ANNEX A(b)

Minimum import price arrangement for certain soft fruit for processing

1.

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2. The minimum import prices, as set out in Article 1, will be respected on a consignment by consignment basis. In the case of a customs declaration value being lower than the minimum import price, a countervailing duty will be charged equal to the difference between the minimum import price and the customs declaration value.

3. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Annex show a trend suggesting that the prices could go below the level of the minimum import prices in the immediate future, the European Commission will inform the Romanian authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation.

4. At the request of either the Community or Romania, the Association Committee shall examine the functioning of the system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Committee shall take the necessary decisions.

5. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a consultation meeting will be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the European Community. This consultation meeting will take place between the European Commission and the interested European producers' organisations for the products concerned, of the one part and the authorities', producers' and exporters' organisations of all the associated exporting countries, of the other part.

During this consultation meeting, the market situation for soft fruit including, in particular, forecasts for production, stock situation, price evolution and possible market development, as well as possibilities to adapt supply to demand, will be discussed.

ANNEX B(a)

Custom duties on imports applicable in Romania to products originating in the Community and listed below shall be abolished - Romanian tariff codes(1)

0101

0102 10

0102 90 90

0103 10 00

0103 91 90

0103 92 90

0104

0106

0203 11 90

0203 12 90

0203 19 90

0203 21 90

0203 22 90

0203 29 90

0204

0205

0206 10 91 (2)

0206 10 99 (3)

0206 21 00 (4)

0206 22 00 (5)

0206 29 99 (6)

0206 30 80

0206 41 80

0206 49 80

0206 80 91

0206 80 99

0206 90 91

0206 90 99

0208

0210 91 00

0210 92 00

0210 93 00

0210 99 10

0210 99 21

0210 99 29

0210 99 31

0210 99 39

0210 99 59

0210 99 60

0407 00 90

0408 11 20

0408 19 20

0408 91 20

0408 99 20

0410 00 00

0501 00 00

0502 90 00

0503 00 00

0504 00 00

0505 10 10

0506

0507 10 00

0507 90 00

0508 00 00

0509 00 10

0510 00 00

0511 91

0511 99

0601

0602 30 00

0602 90 10

0602 90 20

0602 90 30

0602 90 41

0602 90 45

0602 90 49

0602 90 51

0602 90 59

0604

0704 20 00

0706 90 30

0709 20 00

0709 52 00

0709 59 10

0709 59 30

0709 60 91

0709 60 95

0709 60 99

0709 90 20

0709 90 31

0709 90 40

0709 90 50

0710 80 10

0710 80 61

0710 80 69

0710 80 85

0711 20

0711 30 00

0711 90 10

0712 31 00

0712 32 00

0712 33 00

0712 39 00

0713 20 00

0713 40 00

0713 50 00

0714 20

0714 90 90

0801

0802 11

0802 12

0802 21 00

0802 22 00

0802 40 00

0802 50 00

0802 90

0803

0804

0805

0806 20

0807 20 00

0808 10 10

0809 40 90

0810 40 10

0810 40 50

0810 40 90

0810 50 00

0810 60 00

0810 90

0811 90 70

0811 90 85

0812 10 00

0812 90 20

0812 90 30

0812 90 40

0812 90 50

0812 90 60

0812 90 70

0812 90 99

0813 40 50

0813 40 60

0813 40 70

0813 40 95

0813 50 12

0813 50 31

0813 50 99

0814 00 00

0901

0904 20 10

0904 20 30

0909 10 00

0909 40 00

0909 50 00

0910 20

0910 40 11

0910 40 13

0910 40 19

1102 90 90 (7)

1103 19 90 (8)

1103 20 90 (9)

1106 10 00

1106 30

1108 20 00

1202 10

1202 20 00

1207 30

1207 40

1207 50 90

1207 60

1207 91 10

1209 21 00

1209 22 10

1209 22 80

1209 23

1209 24 00

1209 25 10

1209 25 90

1209 26 00

1209 29 50

1209 30 00

1209 91

1209 99 10

1211 90

1212 10

1213 00 00

1214 10 00

1214 90

1301 10 00

1301 20 00

1301 90

1302 11 00

1302 14 00

1302 19 05

1302 19 98

1302 32 90

1302 39 00

1401

1402 00 00

1403 00 00

1404

1502

1503

1504

1509 10 10

1509 90 00

1510 00 10

1510 00 90

1512 21

1512 29

1515 21

1515 30

1515 40 00

1515 50

1515 90

1516 10

1518 00 31

1518 00 39

1522 00 91

1522 00 99

1602 41 90

1602 42 90

1602 49 90

1602 90 31

1602 90 41

1602 90 72

1602 90 74

1602 90 76

1602 90 78

1602 90 98

1603

1703

2001 90 10

2001 90 20

2001 90 65

2001 90 91

2003 20 00

2003 90 00

2004 90 30

2005 60 00

2005 90 10

2005 90 50

2005 90 75

2006 00 10

2006 00 91

2006 00 99

2008 11

2008 19 11

2008 19 13

2008 19 51

2008 19 59

2008 19 93

2008 20 19

2008 20 39

2008 20 51

2008 20 59

2008 20 71

2008 20 79

2008 20 91

2008 20 99

2008 30

2008 92 72

2008 99 11

2008 99 19

2008 99 25

2008 99 26

2008 99 41

2008 99 46

2008 99 47

2008 99 49

2008 99 51

2008 99 61

2008 99 62

2009 21 00

2009 29 19

2009 29 99

2009 31 19

2009 31 51

2009 31 59

2009 31 91

2009 31 99

2009 39 19

2009 39 39

2009 39 55

2009 39 59

2009 39 95

2009 39 99

2009 41 91

2009 41 99

2009 49 19

2009 49 93

2009 49 99

2301

2302 50 00

2304 00 00

2305 00 00

2306 10 00

2306 20 00

2306 41 00

2306 50 00

2306 60 00

2306 70 00

2306 90

2307 00 11

2307 00 90

2308 00 11

2308 00 40

2308 00 90

2309 90 10

2309 90 20

2309 90 31

2309 90 41

2309 90 51

2309 90 91

(1) As defined in Emergency Ordinance No 171/2001, MO I No 848/29.12.2001.

(2) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(3) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(4) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(5) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(6) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(7) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(8) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

(9) Customs duties on imports of these products shall be abolished provided they do not benefit from export refunds.

ANNEX B(b)

Imports into Romania of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below

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