AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XXVIII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) 1994 RELATING TO THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS ON ALL THE TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS INCLUDED IN THE EU SCHEDULE CLXXV AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE EUROPEAN UNION, of the one part,

and

THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, of the other part,

hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Parties”,

CONSIDERING that the Parties have successfully concluded the negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union as communicated to members of the World Trade Organization (“WTO Members”) in Document G/SECRET/42/Add.2,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Objective

The objective of this Agreement is to agree on the apportionment volumes in respect of all the tariff-rate quotas and the resulting quantitative commitments of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom where the Kingdom of Thailand has negotiation and consultation rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 as specified in the letter from the European Union dated 25 February 2019.

Article 2

Principle and methodology of the apportionment of the tariff-rate quotas

The Kingdom of Thailand agrees with the principle and methodology of apportioning the scheduled quantitative commitments in the form of tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that included the United Kingdom whereby there is an apportioned quantity taken on by the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom with the remainder of the quantity taken on by the United Kingdom.

Article 3

Tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom

1. The Parties agree on the quantity for certain tariff-rate quotas of the European Union that no longer includes the United Kingdom as from 1 January 2021 or from the date when the United Kingdom ceases to be covered by the schedule of concessions and commitments of the European Union CLXXV, as detailed in the last column of the Annex to this Agreement.

2. This Agreement does not prejudice negotiations between the European Union and other WTO Members with rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 as regards the erga omnes tariff-rate quotas concerned. The European Union undertakes to consult with the Kingdom of Thailand if the result of those negotiations would change the shares set out in the document G/SECRET/42/Add.2.

3. The Annex to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 4

Final clauses

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day after the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of their internal procedures. It shall apply from that date.

2. This arrangement constitutes an agreement between the Parties for the purposes of Article XXVIII:3(a) and (b) of the GATT 1994.

3. This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised to this effect, have signed this Agreement.

Съставено в Брюксел на седми май две хиляди двадесет и първа година.

Hecho en Bruselas, el siete de mayo de dos mil veintiuno.

V Bruselu dne sedmého května dva tisíce dvacet jedna.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syvende maj to tusind og enogtyve.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebten Mai zweitausendeinundzwanzig.

Kahe tuhande kahekümne esimese aasta maikuu seitsmendal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις εφτά Μαΐου δύο χιλιάδες είκοσι ένα.

Done at Brussels on the seventh day of May in the year two thousand and twenty one.

Fait à Bruxelles, le sept mai deux mille vingt et un.

Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu sedmog svibnja godine dvije tisuće dvadeset prve.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì sette maggio duemilaventuno.

Briselē, divi tūkstoši divdesmit pirmā gada septītajā maijā.

Priimta du tūkstančiai dvidešimt pirmų metų gegužės septintą dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-huszonegyedik év május havának hetedik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussell, fis-seba jum ta’ Mejju fis-sena elfejn u wieħed u għoxrin.

Gedaan te Brussel, zeven mei tweeduizend eenentwintig.

Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia siódmego maja roku dwa tysiące dwudziestego pierwszego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em sete de maio de dois mil e vinte e um.

Întocmit la Bruxelles la șapte mai două mii douăzeci și unu.

V Bruseli siedmeho mája dvetisícdvadsaťjeden.

V Bruslju, sedmega maja dva tisoč enaindvajset.

Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenä päivänä toukokuuta vuonna kaksituhattakaksikymmentäyksi.

Utfärdat i Bryssel den sjunde maj år tjugohundratjugoett.

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ANNEX

LIST OF EU’S TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FOR THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (AS OF 1 JANUARY 2021)

	Number as per EU notification G/SECRET/42/Add.2	HS code	Description	Current concession in EU Schedule CLXXV (EU 28)	Supplying country	Final concession for the EU (tonnes)
1	029	0210 99 39	Salted poultry meat	92 610	Kingdom of Thailand	81 968
2	052	0714 10 00	Manioc (cassava)	5 750 000	Kingdom of Thailand	3 096 027
3	055	0714 20 90	Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumption	5 000	Other than China	4 985
4	074	1006 10	Paddy Rice	7	Erga omnes	5
5	075	1006 20	Husked or brown rice	1 634	Erga omnes	1 416
6	076	1006 30	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice	63 000	Erga omnes	36 731
7	077	1006 30	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice	4 313	Kingdom of Thailand	3 663
8	078	1006 30	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice	1 200	Kingdom of Thailand	1 019
9	078	1006 30	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice	25 516	Erga omnes	22 442
10	079	1006 40 00	Broken rice	1 000	Erga omnes	1 000
11	080	1006 40 00	Broken rice	31 788	Erga omnes	26 581
12	081	1006 40 00	Broken rice	100 000	Erga omnes	93 709
13	085	1108 14 00	Manioc starch	8 000	Erga omnes	6 632
14	086	1108 14 00	Manioc starch	2 000	Erga omnes	1 658
15	089	1602 32 11	Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal	340	Other than Brazil	236
16	090	1602 32 19	Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus	160 033	Kingdom of Thailand	53 866
17	091	1602 32 30	Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal	14 000	Kingdom of Thailand	2 435
18	092	1602 32 90	Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal	2 100	Kingdom of Thailand	1 940
19	093	1602 39 21	Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal	10	Kingdom of Thailand	10
20	094	1602 39 29	Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal	13 500	Kingdom of Thailand	8 572
21	095	1602 39 85	Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal	600	Kingdom of Thailand	300
22	096	1602 39 85	Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal	600	Kingdom of Thailand	278
23	105	1901 90 99 1904 30 00 1904 90 80 1905 90 20	Food preparations with cereals	191	Erga omnes	191
24	106	1902 11 00 1902 19 10 1902 19 90 1902 20 91 1902 20 99 1902 30 10 1902 30 90 1902 40 10 1902 40 90	Pasta	532	Erga omnes	497
25	107	1905 90 10 1905 90 20 1905 90 30 1905 90 45 1905 90 55 1905 90 60 1905 90 90	Biscuits	409	Erga omnes	409
26	005	0304 89 90	Fish of the genus Allocyttus and of the species Pseudocyttus maculatus	200	Erga omnes	200
27	007	1604 20 50	Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor	865	Erga omnes	631
28	008	1604 20 50	Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor	1 410	Kingdom of Thailand	423
29	009	1604 20 70	Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus	742	Erga omnes	742
30	010	1604 20 70	Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus	1 816	Kingdom of Thailand	1 816
31	011	1605 21 10	Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 2 kg (excl. merely smoked, and in airtight containers)	500	Erga omnes	474
		1605 21 90	Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in immediate packings of a net content of > 2 kg (excl. merely smoked, and in airtight containers)
		1605 29 00	Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (excl. smoked)