Decision No 1/2025 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 13 January 2025 amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 [2025/128]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/128 24.1.2025 DECISION No 1/2025 OF THE EU-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE of 13 January 2025 amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972[2025/128] 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 2023 to August 2024, 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.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/128/oj 1/4EN OJ L, 24.1.2025 Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 February 2025.

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2025.

For the Joint Committee The Chairman Marco DÜERKOP 2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/128/ojEN OJ L, 24.1.2025 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 60,35 20,93 39,40 0,00 Durum wheat - - 1,20 0,00 Rye 47,37 18,48 28,90 0,00 Barley - - - - Maize - - - - Common wheat flour 100,37 42,47 57,90 0,00 Whole-milk powder 724,26 356,22 368,05 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 498,09 237,55 260,55 0,00 Butter 1 247,15 556,88 690,25 0,00 White sugar - - - - Eggs - - 38,00 0,00 Fresh potatoes 42,31 20,55 21,75 0,00 Vegetable fat - - 170,00 0,00’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/128/oj 3/4EN OJ L, 24.1.2025 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 Art 4(2) Art 3(2) Agricultural raw material CHF per 100 kg net EUR per 100 kg net Common wheat 29,80 0,00 Durum wheat 1,00 0,00 Rye 22,75 0,00 Barley - - Maize - - Common wheat flour 47,20 0,00 Whole-milk powder 299,95 0,00 Skimmed-milk powder 212,35 0,00 Butter 549,35 0,00 White sugar - - Eggs 30,95 0,00 Fresh potatoes 15,75 0,00 Vegetable fat 138,55 0,00’ 4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/128/oj