Decision No 1/2022 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 8 September 2022 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 [2022/1635]

L 245/66 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022 ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS DECISION No 1/2022 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE of 6 September 2022 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 [2022/1635] 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 1972as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products(2), hereinafter ‘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 2021 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 October 2022.

(1) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.

(2) OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/67 Done at Brussels, 6 September 2022.

For the Joint Committee The Chairman p.p. Rita ADAM Head of MissionL 245/68 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022 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 reference price price Difference Swiss/EU Difference Swiss/EU Agricultural raw material reference price reference price CHF per 100 kg net CHF per 100 kg net CHF per 100 kg net EUR per 100 kg net Common wheat 51,80 23,54 28,25 0,00 Durum wheat — — 1,20 0,00 Rye 42,80 18,50 24,30 0,00 Barley — — — — Maize — — — — Common wheat flour 91,60 46,68 44,90 0,00 Whole-milk powder 629,60 323,59 306,00 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 420,10 260,22 159,90 0,00 Butter 1 128,35 409,97 718,40 0,00 White sugar — — — — Eggs — — 38,00 0,00 Fresh potatoes 40,05 17,05 23,00 0,00 Vegetable fat — — 170,00 0,00’22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/69 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 Applied basic amount on the EU side side Art. 4(2) Agricultural raw material Art. 3(2) CHF per 100 kg net EUR per 100 kg net Common wheat 23,00 0,00 Durum wheat 1,00 0,00 Rye 19,80 0,00 Barley — — Maize — — Common wheat flour 36,60 0,00 Whole-milk powder 248,45 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 130,30 0,00 Butter 570,15 0,00 White sugar — — Eggs 30,95 0,00 Fresh potatoes 18,20 0,00 Vegetable fat 138,55 0,00’