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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
Official Journal L 008 , 14/01/2003 P. 0022 - 0033
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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