Date: 2023-06-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
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)
Executive Summary:
Decision No 1/2023 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee, adopted on June 12, 2023, amends Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation. The decision updates domestic reference prices and price differences for agricultural raw materials, as well as adapting basic amounts of agricultural raw materials. This decision entered into force on July 1, 2023.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment of Protocol 2:**
* Table III of Protocol 2 is replaced with updated EU and Swiss domestic reference prices for agricultural raw materials.
* Point b in Table IV is replaced with updated basic amounts for agricultural raw materials used in calculating agricultural components.
* **Updated Reference Prices (Table III):**
* Sets forth Swiss and EU domestic reference prices for various agricultural raw materials (e.g., common wheat, durum wheat, rye, common wheat flour, wholemilk powder, skimmedmilk powder, butter, etc.).
* Specifies the difference between Swiss and EU reference prices in CHF per 100 kg net and EUR per 100 kg net.
* **Updated Basic Amounts (Table IV):**
* Lists applied basic amounts on the Swiss and EU side for agricultural raw materials.
* Specifies the amounts in CHF per 100 kg net and EUR per 100 kg net.
Impact Analysis:
* **European Union and Swiss Confederation:**
* *Impact:* Must apply the updated reference prices and basic amounts in their trade relationship concerning processed agricultural products.
* *Action Required:* Implement the changes in their respective regulations and procedures from July 1, 2023.
* **Traders and Producers of Processed Agricultural Products:**
* *Impact:* Affected by the changes in price compensation measures and agricultural components due to the updated reference prices and basic amounts.
* *Action Required:* Adjust pricing and costing models to reflect the new reference prices and basic amounts when trading between the EU and Switzerland.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: One of the Contracting Parties in the agreement with the Swiss Confederation.
Swiss Confederation: One of the Contracting Parties in the agreement with the European Union.
EUSwitzerland Joint Committee: The joint committee established to oversee the agreement between the European Union and Switzerland.
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972: The original agreement governing trade and other relations between the EEC (now EU) and Switzerland.
Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972: A specific protocol to the main agreement, addressing processed agricultural products and price compensation measures.
Common wheat: An agricultural raw material listed in Table III and Table IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement.
Brussels: Location where the decision was finalized.
Marco DUEERKOP: Chairman of the Joint Committee.
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’