Date: 2021-02-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 1/2021 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 12 February 2021 amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended (2021/274)
Executive Summary:
This document is a decision by the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee to amend Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972. The amendment updates domestic reference prices and price differences for agricultural raw materials, as well as adapts basic amounts of agricultural raw materials. This decision enters into force on March 1, 2021.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendments to Protocol 2:**
* Table III is replaced by the text set out in Annex I, which lists EU and Swiss domestic reference prices for agricultural raw materials.
* In Table IV, point b is replaced by the text set out in Annex II, which lists basic amounts for agricultural raw materials.
* **Reference Prices and Basic Amounts:**
* Annex I details the Swiss and EU domestic reference prices, the difference between them, and indicates where these prices are applied (Swiss or EU side).
* Annex II specifies the applied basic amounts on the Swiss and EU sides for various agricultural raw materials.
* **Implementation:**
* The decision was adopted on February 12, 2021, in Brussels.
* The decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Impact Analysis:
* **European Union and Swiss Confederation:**
* Impact: Both parties must implement the updated reference prices and basic amounts for agricultural raw materials as specified in the amended tables.
* Action Required: Update relevant internal systems and procedures to reflect the changes in Annex I and Annex II.
* **Agricultural Producers and Traders:**
* Impact: Businesses involved in trade of agricultural raw materials between the EU and Switzerland will be affected by the revised price compensation measures.
* Action Required: Review pricing and trade strategies to account for the updated domestic reference prices and basic amounts.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Switzerland: A landlocked country in the cultural and geographical centre of Europe.
EU-Switzerland Joint Committee: A committee established to manage the agreement between the European Union and Switzerland.
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972: A bilateral agreement governing trade and other relations between the European Economic Community and Switzerland.
Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation: A protocol to the 1972 agreement that deals with processed agricultural products.
Brussels: The capital of Belgium and the location where the decision was made.
Official Journal of the European Union: The official gazette of the European Union, in which legal acts and other official documents are published.
Common wheat: A type of wheat listed as an agricultural raw material in Annex I and II of the document
22.2.2021 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union L 61/29
DECISION No 1/2021 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
of 12 February 2021
amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended (2021/274)
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July
1972(1), as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 26 October
2004 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July
1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products(2) (‘Agreement’), and in particular Article 7 of
its Protocol 2,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 5(2) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement, the Union and the Swiss Confederation, as
Contracting Parties, provided to the Joint Committee the 2019 domestic reference prices of all raw materials for
which price compensation measures are applied. It follows from those prices that the actual price situation
regarding those raw materials in the territory of the Contracting Parties has changed.
(2) It is therefore necessary to update the domestic reference prices and the price differences for agricultural raw
materials listed in Table III of Protocol 2 to the Agreement, as well as to adapt the basic amounts of the agricultural
raw materials listed in Table IV of that Protocol,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Protocol 2 to the Agreement is amended as follows:
(a) Table III is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;
(b) in Table IV, point (b) is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2021.
Done at Brussels, 12 February 2021.
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman
Marco DUEERKOP
(1) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.
(2) OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.L 61/30 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union 22.2.2021
ANNEX I
‘Table III
EU and Swiss domestic reference prices
Article 4(1) Article 3(3)
Swiss domestic EU domestic reference Applied on Swiss side Applied on EU side
Agricultural raw material reference price price Difference Swiss / EU Difference Swiss / EU
CHF per 100 kg net CHF per 100 kg net reference price reference price
CHF per 100 kg net EUR per 100 kg net
Common wheat 50,60 20,46 30,15 0,00
Durum wheat - - 1,20 0,00
Rye 40,45 18,74 21,70 0,00
Barley - - - -
Maize - - - -
Common wheat flour 91,10 42,42 48,70 0,00
Whole-milk powder 601,45 321,47 280,00 0,00
Skimmed-milk powder 402,60 200,98 201,60 0,00
Butter 1 041,90 487,22 554,70 0,00
White sugar - - - -
Eggs - - 38,00 0,00
Fresh potatoes 40,95 27,61 13,35 0,00
Vegetable fat - - 170,00 0,00’.22.2.2021 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union L 61/31
ANNEX II
‘(b) Basic amounts for agricultural raw materials taken into account for the calculation of the agricultural components:
Applied basic amount on the Swiss side Applied basic amount on the EU side
Agricultural raw material Art 3(2) Art 4(2)
CHF per 100 kg net EUR per 100 kg net
Common wheat 24,55 0,00
Durum wheat 1,00 0,00
Rye 17,70 0,00
Barley - -
Maize - -
Common wheat flour 39,70 0,00
Whole-milk powder 227,80 0,00
Skimmed-milk powder 164,30 0,00
Butter 452,10 0,00
White sugar - -
Eggs 30,95 0,00
Fresh potatoes 10,90 0,00
Vegetable fat 138,55 0,00’.