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2025/684 4.4.2025
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of
Norway amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway pursuant to
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the
modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as
a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
A. Letter from the European Union
Sir/Madam,
I would like to refer to the ongoing procedures under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, which were initiated by the European
Union by the notification contained in document G/SECRET/42 of 24 July 2018, proposing modifications of concessions
on tariff-rate quotas included in the European Union Tariff Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s
withdrawal from the European Union.
On 17 December 2020, the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed an Agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters to conclude the negotiations pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 (the ‘Agreement of 17 December 2020’),
which entered into force on 10 May 2021.
As a result of negotiations between the European Union and other WTO Members with rights under Article XXVIII of
GATT 1994, the European Union has agreed with those WTO Members to change the shares of three erga omnes tariff-rate
quotas for which the Kingdom of Norway has negotiating rights (numbers 015 and 017 on meat of swine, fresh, chilled or
frozen and number 030 on skimmed milk powder), as detailed in the last column of the Annex to this Letter. Following
bilateral consultations, the Kingdom of Norway agrees with the modifications as set out in the Annex to this Letter and the
resulting quantitative commitments taken on by the European Union, which no longer includes the United Kingdom.
I have the honour to propose that this Letter and your Government’s confirmation shall together constitute an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway, amending the Agreement
of 17 December 2020 with regard to the apportionment of the tariff-rate quotas for which the Kingdom of Norway holds
negotiating rights.
The European Union and the Kingdom of Norway shall notify each other of the completion of their internal procedures in
respect of the entry into force of this Agreement. In the case of the European Union, the written notification shall be sent to
the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the last
notification. This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese,
Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian languages, each text being equally authentic.
Please accept, Sir/Madam, the assurance of my highest consideration.
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ANNEX
TARIFF RATE QUOTAS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THAT NO LONGER INCLUDES THE UNITED KINGDOM
Concession for
TRQ Other
the European Union
sequence Description Unit terms and
that no longer includes
Number conditions
the United Kingdom
015 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 4 786
– Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or
frozen, with or without bone, excluding
tenderloin presented separately
017 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 5 720
– Boneless loins and hams of domestic
swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
019 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 3 780
– Tenderloins of domestic swine, fresh,
chilled or frozen
030 Skimmed-milk powder t Erga omnes 62 917
124 Egg albumin t (shell egg Erga omnes 15 500
equivalent)
002 Herring t Erga omnes 33 496
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B. Letter from the Kingdom of Norway
Sir/Madam,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of today’s date, which reads as follows:
‘I would like to refer to the ongoing procedures under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, which were initiated by the
European Union by the notification contained in document G/SECRET/42 of 24 July 2018, proposing modifications of
concessions on tariff-rate quotas included in the European Union Tariff Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the
United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
On 17 December 2020, the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway signed an Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters to conclude the negotiations pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 (the “Agreement of
17 December 2020”), which entered into force on 10 May 2021.
As a result of negotiations between the European Union and other WTO Members with rights under Article XXVIII of
GATT 1994, the European Union has agreed with those WTO Members to change the shares of three erga omnes
tariff-rate quotas for which the Kingdom of Norway has negotiating rights (numbers 015 and 017 on meat of swine,
fresh, chilled or frozen and number 030 on skimmed milk powder), as detailed in the last column of the Annex to this
Letter. Following bilateral consultations, the Kingdom of Norway agrees with the modifications as set out in the Annex
to this Letter and the resulting quantitative commitments taken on by the European Union, which no longer includes
the United Kingdom.
I have the honour to propose that this Letter and your Government's confirmation shall together constitute an
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway, amending
the Agreement of 17 December 2020 with regard to the apportionment of the tariff-rate quotas for which the Kingdom
of Norway holds negotiating rights.
The European Union and the Kingdom of Norway shall notify each other of the completion of their internal procedures
in respect of the entry into force of this Agreement. In the case of the European Union, the written notification shall be
sent to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date
of the last notification. This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian languages, each text being equally
authentic.’.
I hereby have the honour to express my Government’s agreement with the above letter.
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ANNEX
TARIFF RATE QUOTAS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THAT NO LONGER INCLUDES THE UNITED KINGDOM
Concession for the European
TRQ sequence Other terms and Union that no longer
Description Unit
Number conditions includes the United
Kingdom
015 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 4 786
– Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or
frozen, with or without bone, excluding
tenderloin presented separately
017 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 5 720
– Boneless loins and hams of domestic
swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
019 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: t Erga omnes 3 780
– Tenderloins of domestic swine, fresh,
chilled or frozen
030 Skimmed-milk powder t Erga omnes 62 917
124 Egg albumin t (shell egg Erga omnes 15 500
equivalent)
002 Herring t Erga omnes 33 496
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