COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 October 2011
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part
(2011/824/EU)
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
AGREEMENT
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other
‘Temporary Withdrawal of Preferences
ANNEX I
PROTOCOL 1
concerning the provisional arrangements applicable to imports into the European Union of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
ANNEX II
PROTOCOL 2
on the arrangements applying to imports into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the European Union
ANNEX 1 TO PROTOCOL 2
CN Code |
Description |
Duty (%) |
Tariff quota (t, unless otherwise indicated) |
Specific provisions |
|
|
a |
b |
c |
0102 90 71 |
Live bovine animals, of a weight exceeding 300 kg, for slaughter, ther than heifers and cows |
0 |
300 |
|
0202 30 90 |
Meat of bovine animals, boneless excluding fore-quarters, ‘compensated’ quarters, crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts, frozen |
0 |
200 |
|
0206 22 00 |
Edible livers of bovine animals frozen |
0 |
100 |
|
0406 |
Cheese and curd |
0 |
200 |
|
0407 00 19 |
Poultry eggs for hatching, other than those of turkeys or geese |
0 |
120 000 pieces |
|
1101 00 15 |
Flour of common wheat and spelt |
0 |
13 000 |
|
2309 90 99 |
Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding |
2 |
100 |
|
ANNEX 2 TO PROTOCOL 2
CN code |
Description |
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1902 |
Pasta and couscous: |
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A |
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B |
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1905 10 |
Crisp bread |
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1905 20 90 |
Gingerbread and the like, not especially for diabetics: |
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A |
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B |
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ex19 05 32 A |
Waffles and wafers |
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Al |
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Ala |
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Alb |
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A2 |
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A2a |
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A2b |
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1905 40 10 |
Rusk, containing added sugar, honey, other sweetening matter, eggs, fat, cheese, fruit, cocoa or similar: |
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A |
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B |
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1905 ex 31) B + ex 90) |
Other bakers’ wares, containing added sugar, honey, other sweetening matter, eggs, fat, cheese, fruit, cocoa or similar: |
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Bl |
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B2 |
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B2a |
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B2b |
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ВЗ |
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ANNEX III
COMMON DECLARATION
COOPERATION ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY OR TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE ISSUES
ANNEX IV
A:
CONSOLIDATED LIST OF CONCESSIONS APPLIED TO IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FISHERY PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
CN Code(2) |
Description(3) |
Reduction of the MFN customs duty (%)(4) |
Tariff quota (t, unless otherwise indicated) |
Reduction of the MFN customs duty beyond current or possible tariff quota (%)(4) |
Reference quantity (t, unless otherwise indicated) |
Specific provisions |
a |
b |
c |
d |
e |
||
0409 00 00 |
Natural honey |
100 |
500 |
0 |
|
point 4 — yearly increase of 250 t |
0603 11 00 0603 12 00 0603 13 00 0603 14 00 0603 19 10 0603 19 90 |
Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes |
100 |
2 000 |
0 |
|
point 4 — yearly increase of 250 t |
0702 00 00 |
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, from 1 December to 31 March |
100 |
|
60 |
2 000 |
|
0703 10 11 0703 10 19 |
Onions, fresh or chilled, from 15 February to 15 May |
100 |
|
60 |
|
|
0709 30 00 |
Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled, from 15 January to 30 April |
100 |
|
60 |
3 000 |
|
ex07 09 60 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled: |
|
|
|
|
|
0709 60 10 |
Sweet peppers |
100 |
|
40 |
1 000 |
|
0709 60 99 |
Other |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
0709 90 70 |
Courgettes, fresh or chilled, from 1 December to end of February |
100 |
|
60 |
300 |
|
ex07099090 |
Wild onions of the species Muscari comosum, fresh or chilled, from 15 February to 15 May |
100 |
|
60 |
|
|
0710 80 59 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, other than sweet peppers, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
0711 90 10 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, other than sweet peppers, provisionally preserved but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
0712 31 00 0712 32 00 0712 33 00 0712 39 00 |
Mushrooms, wood ears (Auri-cularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles, dried |
100 |
500 |
0 |
|
|
ex08 05 10 |
Oranges, fresh |
100 |
|
60 |
25 000 |
|
ex08 05 20 |
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh |
100 |
|
60 |
500 |
|
0805 40 00 |
Grapefruit |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
ex08055010 |
Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), fresh |
100 |
|
40 |
800 |
|
0806 10 10 |
Fresh table grapes, from 1 February to 14 July |
100 |
1 000 |
0 |
|
point 4 — yearly increase of 500 t |
0807 19 00 |
Melons (excluding water melons), fresh, from 1 November to 31 May |
100 |
|
50 |
10 000 |
|
0810 10 00 |
Fresh strawberries, from 1 November to 31 March |
100 |
2 000 |
0 |
|
point 4 — yearly increase of 500 t |
0812 90 20 |
Oranges, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
0904 20 30 |
Fruits of the genus Capscium or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed or ground |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
1509 10 |
Virgin olive oil |
100 |
2 000 |
0 |
|
point 4 — yearly increase of 500 t |
2001 90 20 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum, other than sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
2005 99 10 |
Fruits of the genus Capsicum, other than sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen |
100 |
|
80 |
|
|
B:
CONSOLIDATED LIST OF CONCESSIONS APPLYING TO IMPORTS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN INTERIM ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
CN code |
Description |
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0403 |
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: |
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0403 10 51 to 0403 10 99 |
Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa |
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0403 90 71 to 0403 90 99 |
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa |
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0710 40 00 |
Sweetcorn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |
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0711 90 30 |
Sweetcorn provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
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ex15 17 |
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of No 1516: |
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1517 10 10 |
Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats |
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1517 90 10 |
Other, containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats |
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ex17 04 |
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa; excluding liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances, falling within CN code 1704 90 10 |
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1806 |
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa |
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ex19 01 |
Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding preparations falling within CN code 1901 90 91 |
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ex19 02 |
Pasta, excluding stuffed pasta falling within CN codes 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30; couscous, whether or not prepared |
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1903 |
Tapioca and substitutes thereof prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms |
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1904 |
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example cornflakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included |
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1905 |
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products |
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2001 90 30 |
Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid |
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2001 90 40 |
Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid |
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2004 10 91 |
Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen |
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2004 90 10 |
Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen |
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2005 20 10 |
Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen |
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2005 80 00 |
Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen |
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1904 20 10 |
Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes |
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2008 99 85 |
Maize (corn), other than sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata) otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar |
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2008 99 91 |
Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar |
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2101 12 98 |
Preparations with a basis of coffee |
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2101 20 98 |
Preparations with a basis of tea or mate |
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2101 30 19 |
Roasted coffee substitutes excluding roasted chicory |
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2101 30 99 |
Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory |
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2102 10 31 2102 10 39 |
Bakers’ yeasts |
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ex21039090 |
Sauces and preparations therefor:
|
||
2105 00 |
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa |
||
ex21 06 |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included other than those falling within CN codes 2106 10 20 and 2106 90 92 and other than flavoured or coloured sugar syrups of CN codes 2106 90 30 to 2106 90 59 |
||
2202 90 91 2202 90 95 2202 90 99 |
Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009, containing products of headings 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from products of headings 0401 to 0404 |
||
2905 43 00 |
Mannitol |
||
2905 44 |
D-Glucitol (sorbitol) |
||
ex35 05 10 |
Dextrins and other modified starches, excluding esterified and etherified starches of CN code 3505 10 50 |
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3505 20 |
Glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches |
||
3809 10 |
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceous substances |
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3824 60 |
Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 |