Decision No 1/2023 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 12 June 2023 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 (2023/1314)

28.6.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 162/67 ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS DECISION No 1/2023 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE of 12 June 2023 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 (2023/1314) 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)(‘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 domestic reference prices, for the 12-month reference period from September 2021 to August 2022, 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.

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

(2) OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.L 162/68 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.6.2023 Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2023.

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2023.

For the Joint Committee The Chairman Marco DUEERKOP28.6.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 162/69 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 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 55,03 34,01 21,00 0,00 Durum wheat - - 1,20 0,00 Rye 45,00 30,60 14,40 0,00 Barley - - - - Maize - - - - Common wheat flour 95,24 60,71 34,55 0,00 Whole-milk powder 652,27 463,32 188,95 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 437,33 372,75 64,60 0,00 Butter 1 168,37 648,74 519,65 0,00 White sugar - - - - Eggs - - 38,00 0,00 Fresh potatoes 40,06 15,77 24,30 0,00 Vegetable fat - - 170,00 0,00’L 162/70 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.6.2023 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 17,10 0,00 Durum wheat 1,00 0,00 Rye 11,05 0,00 Barley - - Maize - - Common wheat flour 28,15 0,00 Whole-milk powder 154,00 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 52,65 0,00 Butter 423,50 0,00 White sugar - - Eggs 30,95 0,00 Fresh potatoes 18,55 0,00 Vegetable fat 138,55 0,00’