DECISION

No 1/2006

OF THE

EC-

SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE

of 31 January 2006

replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol No 2

(2006/92/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol No 2, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the implementation of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement, internal reference prices are fixed for the Contracting Parties by the Joint Committee.

(2) Actual prices have changed on the domestic markets of the Contracting Parties as regards raw materials for which price compensation measures are applied.

(3) It is therefore necessary to update the reference prices and amounts listed in Tables III and IV(b) to Protocol No 2 accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Table III and the table under Table IV point (b) of Protocol No 2 are replaced by the tables in Annex I and Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This decision shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2006.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

Bernhard

MARFURT

ANNEX I

‘TABLE III

EC and Swiss domestic reference prices

(in CHF per 100 kg net)
Agricultural raw material	Swiss domestic reference price	EC domestic reference price	Difference Swiss/EC reference price
Common wheat	55,36	17,88	37,48
Durum wheat	35,39	26,51	8,88
Rye	48,45	17,82	30,63
Barley	26,48	20,33	6,15
Maize	29,42	20,67	8,75
Common wheat flour	99,96	37,36	62,60
Whole-milk powder	583,10	370,70	212,40
Skimmed-milk powder	456,50	315,29	141,21
Butter	897,00	433,29	463,71
White sugar	—	—	0,00
Eggs(1)	255,00	205,50	49,50
Fresh potatoes	42,00	21,00	21,00
Vegetable fat(2)	390,00	160,00	230,00

(1) Derived from the prices for liquid birds’ eggs, not in shell multiplied with factor 0,85.

(2) Prices for vegetable fats (for the baking and food industry) with 100 % fat content.’

ANNEX II

‘TABLE IV

(b) The basic amounts for agricultural raw materials taken into account for the calculation of the agricultural components:

(in CHF per 100 kg net)
Agricultural raw material	Applied basic amount as from the entry into force	Applied basic amount as from three years after the entry into force
Common wheat	34,00	32,00
Durum wheat	8,00	8,00
Rye	28,00	26,00
Barley	6,00	5,00
Maize	8,00	7,00
Common wheat flour	54,00	51,00
Whole-milk powder	191,00	181,00
Skimmed-milk powder	127,00	120,00
Butter	464,00(1)	464,00(1)
White sugar	Zero	Zero
Eggs	36,00	36,00
Fresh potatoes	19,00	18,00
Vegetable fat	207,00	196,00

(1) Taking into account benefits from the aid for butter granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 and its successors, the applied basic amount of butter is not reduced compared to the price difference in Table III.’