COUNCIL DECISION

of 31 January 2005

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union

(2006/376/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with Articles 300(2) and 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)(2)(3)(4)

On 10 February 2004 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to open negotiations with Israel with a view to adjusting the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (1), to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the EU.These negotiations have been concluded to the satisfaction of the Commission.The text of the Protocol negotiated with Israel provides, in Article 13, for the provisional application of the Protocol before its entry into force.Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and its Member States and applied provisionally,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The European Community and its Member States hereby agree to apply provisionally the terms of the Protocol, subject to its conclusion.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. ASSELBORN

(1)

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PROTOCOL

to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY,

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

tHE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

(hereinafter referred to as Member States),

represented by the Council of the European Union, and

the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community,

(hereinafter referred to as the Communities),

represented by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission

of the one part, and

the State of Israel

of the other part

WHEREAS the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995 and entered into force on 1 June 2000.

WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union and the Act of Accession thereto was signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 and entered into force on 1 May 2004.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Act of Accession the accession of the new Contracting Parties to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement must be agreed by the conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement.

WHEREAS consultations pursuant to Article 21 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement have taken place in order to ensure that account has been taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Israel,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic, hereinafter ‘the new Member States’ hereby become contracting parties to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part and shall respectively adopt and take note, in the same manner as the other Member States of the Community, of the texts of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, as well as the Joint Declarations, Declarations and Exchanges of Letters.

Article 2

To take into account recent institutional developments within the European Union, the Parties agree that following the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, existing provisions in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement referring to the European Coal and Steel Community shall be deemed to refer to the European Community, which has taken over all rights and obligations contracted by the European Coal and Steel Community.

CHAPTER 1

AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT INCLUDING ITS ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS

Article 3

Agricultural products

Protocols 1 and 2 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement are replaced by Protocols 1 and 2 of this Protocol and their Annexes.

Article 4

Processed agricultural products

Table 2 of Annex VI to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, setting out tariff concessions on imports into Israel of goods originating in the Community, is complemented by one additional tariff concession, defined as follows:

CN code

Description

Annual quota

(tonnes)

Concession within limits of quota

2005 20 10

—	Potatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, in form of flour, meal or flakes

20 % reduction of the Israeli MFN duty rate

Article 5

Rules of origin

Protocol 4 is amended as follows:

Article 19(4) is replaced by the following:

‘Movement certificates EUR1 issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:

“EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI”

“VYSTAVENO DODATEČNĚ”

“UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE”

“NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT”

“TAGANTJÄRELE VÄLJA ANTUD”

“ΕΚΔΟΘΕΝ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΥΣΤΕΡΩΝ”

“ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY”

“DÉLIVRÉ A POSTERIORI”

“RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI”

“IZSNIEGTS RETROSPEKTĪVI”

“RETROSPEKTYVUSIS IŠDAVIMAS”

“KIADVA VISSZAMENŐLEGES HATÁLLYAL”

“MAHRUG RETROSPETTIVAMENT”

“AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI”

“WYSTAWIONE RETROSPEKTYWNIE”

“EMITIDO A POSTERIORI”

“IZDANO NAKNADNO”

“VYDANÉ DODATOČNE”

“ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN”

“UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND”

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Article 20(2) is replaced by the following:

‘The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:

“DUPLICADO”

“DUPLIKÁT”

“DUPLIKAT”

“DUPLIKAAT”

“ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ”

“DUPLICATE”

“DUPLICATA”

“DUPLICATO”

“DUBLIKĀTS”

“DUBLIKATAS”

“MÁSODLAT”

“DUPLIKAT”

“DUPLICAAT”

“DUPLIKAT”

“SEGUNDA VIA”

“DVOJNIK”

“DUPLIKÁT”

“KAKSOISKAPPALE”

“DUPLIKAT”

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Article 6

Presidency of the Association Committee

Article 71(3) is amended as follows:

‘The Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the Commission of the European Communities and by a representative of the Government of the State of Israel.’

CHAPTER 2

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 7

Proofs of origin and administrative cooperation

1. Proofs of origin properly issued by either Israel or a new Member State under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them shall be accepted in the respective countries under this Protocol, provided that:

(a) the acquisition of such origin confers preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the preferential tariff measures contained in the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement;

(b) the proof of origin and the transport documents were issued no later than the day before the date of accession;

(c) the proof of origin is submitted to the customs authorities within a period of four months from the date of accession.

Where goods were declared for importation in either Israel or a new Member State, prior to the date of accession, under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between Israel and that new Member State at that time, proof of origin issued retrospectively under those agreements or arrangements may also be accepted provided that it is submitted to the customs authorities within a period of four months from the date of accession.

2. Israel and the new Member States are authorised to retain the authorisations with which the status of ‘approved exporters’ has been granted under preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements applied between them, provided that:

(a) such a provision is also provided for in the agreement concluded prior to the date of accession between Israel and the Community; and

(b) the approved exporter applies the rules of origin in force under that agreement.

These authorisations shall be replaced no later than one year after the date of accession, by new authorisations issued under the conditions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement.

3. Requests for subsequent verification of proof of origin issued under the preferential agreements or autonomous arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be accepted by the competent customs authorities of either Israel or the Member States for a period of three years after the issue of the proof of origin concerned and may be made by those authorities for a period of three years after acceptance of the proof of origin submitted to those authorities in support of an import declaration.

Article 8

Goods in transit

1. The provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement may be applied to goods exported either from Israel to one of the new Member States or from one of the new Member States to Israel, which comply with the provisions of Protocol 4 and which, on the date of accession are either en route or in temporary storage, in a customs warehouse or in a free zone in Israel or in that new Member State.

2. Preferential treatment may be granted in such cases, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing country, within four months of the date of accession, of a proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities of the exporting country.

General and final provisions

Article 9

By this Protocol it is agreed that no claim, request or referral can be submitted nor any concession pursuant to GATT 1994 Articles XXIV.6 and XXVIII can be modified or withdrawn in relation to this enlargement of the Community.

Article 10

For the year 2004, the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases in the volumes of existing tariff quotas shall be calculated as a

pro rata

of the basic volumes, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the date of entry into force of this Protocol.

Article 11

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement. The Annexes and declarations to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 12

1. This Protocol shall be approved by the Communities, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by the State of Israel in accordance with their own procedures.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the accomplishment of the corresponding procedures referred to in the preceding paragraph. The instruments of approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Article 13

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of deposit of the last instrument of approval.

2. This Protocol shall apply provisionally as from 1 May 2004.

Article 14

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Hebrew languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 15

The text of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, including the Annexes and Protocols forming an integral part thereof, and the Final Act together with the declarations annexed thereto shall be drawn up in the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian languages and these texts shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts. The Association Council shall approve these texts.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintitrés de febrero del dos mil seis.

V Bruselu dne dvacátého třetího února dva tisíce šest.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den treogtyvende februar to tusind og seks.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am dreiundzwanzigsten Februar zweitausendsechs.

Kahe tuhande kuuenda aasta veebruarikuu kahekümne kolmandal päeval Brüsselis.

Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις είκοσι τρεις Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες έξι.

Done at Brussels on the twenty-third day of February in the year two thousand and six.

Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-trois février deux mille six.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì ventitré febbraio duemilasei.

Briselē, divtūkstoš sestā gada divdesmit trešajā februārī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai šeštų metų vasario dvidešimt trečią dieną Briuselyje.

Kelt Brüsszelben, a kettőezer hatodik év február huszonharmadik napján.

Magħmul fi Brussel, fit-tlieta u għoxrin jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u sitta.

Gedaan te Brussel, de drieëntwintigste februari tweeduizend zes.

Sporządzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego trzeciego lutego roku dwutysięcznego szóstego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e três de Fevereiro de dois mil e seis.

V Bruseli dňa dvadsiateho tretieho februára dvetisícšest'.

V Bruslju, triindvajsetega februarja leta dva tisoč šest.

Tehty Brysselissä kahdentenakymmenentenäkolmantena päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattakuusi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugotredje februari tjugohundrasex.

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Por los Estados miembros

Za členské státy

For medlemsstaterne

Für die Mitgliedstaaten

Liikmesriikide nimel

Για τα κράτη μέλη

For the Member States

Pour les États membres

Per gli Stati membri

Dalībvalstu vārdā

Valstybių narių vardu

A tagállamok részéről

Għall-Istati Membri

Voor de lidstaten

W imieniu Państw Członkowskich

Pelos Estados-Membros

Za členské štáty

Za države članice

Jäsenvaltioiden puolesta

På medlemsstaternas vägnar

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Por las Comunidades Europeas

Za Evropská společenství

For De Europæiske Fællesskaber

Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften

Euroopa ühenduste nimel

Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες

For the European Communities

Pour les Communautés européennes

Per le Comunità europee

Eiropas Kopienu vārdā

Europos Bendrijų vardu

Az Európai Közösségek részéről

Għall-Komunitajiet Ewropej

Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen

W imieniu Wspólnot Europejskich

Pelas Comunidades Europeias

Za Európske spoločenstvá

Za Evropske skupnosti

Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta

På europeiska gemenskapernas vägnar

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Por el Estado de Israel

Za Stát Izrael

For Staten Israel

Für den Staat Israel

Iisraeli Riigi nimel

Για το Κράτος του Ισραήλ

For the State of Israel

Pour l'État d'Israël

Per lo Stato di Israele

Izraēlas Valsts vārdā

Izraelio Valstybės vardu

Izrael Állam részéről

Għall-Istat ta' l-Iżrael

Voor de Staat Israël

W imieniu Państwa Izrael

Pelo Estado de Israel

Za Izraelský štát

Za Državo Izrael

Israelin valtion puolesta

På Staten Israels vägnar

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ANNEX I

PROTOCOL 1

concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Israel

The products listed in the Annex, originating in Israel shall be admitted for importation into the Community, according to the conditions contained hereafter and in the Annex.

(a) Customs duties are eliminated or reduced as indicated in column “a”.

(b) For certain products, for which the Common Customs Tariff foresees the application of an

ad valorem

duty and a specific duty, the rates of reduction, indicated in columns “a” and “c”, only apply to the

ad valorem

duty. However, for the products corresponding to the Codes 0105 12 00, 0207, 0404 10, 0407 00, 0709 90 60, 2204 21 and 2209, the duty reductions also apply to the specific duty.

(c) For certain products, customs duties are eliminated within the limit of the tariff quotas listed in column “b” for each of them. These tariff quotas shall apply on an annual basis from 1 January to 31 December, unless otherwise specified.

(d) For the quantities imported in excess of the quotas, the common customs duties are, according to the product concerned, applied in full or reduced, as indicated in column “c”.

For certain products, the exemption of customs duties is granted in the framework of reference quantities as indicated in column “d”.

Should the volume of imports of one of these products exceed the reference quantity, the Community, having regard to an annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out, may make the product in question subject to a Community tariff quota, the volume of which shall be equal to the reference quantity. In that case, for quantities imported in excess of the quota, the common customs duty is, according to the product concerned, applied in full or reduced as indicated in column “c”.

As indicated in column “e”, for some products, for which neither a quota nor a reference quantity is fixed, the Community may fix a reference quantity as provided for in point 3 if, in the light of the annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out, it establishes that the volume of imports of a product or products threatens to cause difficulties on the Community market. If subsequently, the product is subject to a tariff quota under the conditions set out in point 3, for quantities imported in excess of the quota, the customs duty is, according to the product concerned, applied in full or reduced, as indicated in column “c”.

For the first year of application, the volumes of the tariff quotas and the reference quantities shall be calculated as a

pro rata

of the basic volumes, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the application of this Protocol.

For all the products listed in the Annex, the tariff quota and references quantity volumes are increased from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2007, in four equal instalments, each corresponding to 3 % of these volumes.

‘ANNEX TO PROTOCOL 1

CN code(1)	Description(2)	a	b	c	d	e
CN code(1)	Description(2)	Reduction of the MFN customs duty(3) (%)	Tariff quota (tonnes, unless otherwise indicated)	Reduction of the MFN customs duty beyond current or possible tariff quota(3) (%)	Reference quantity (tonnes, unless otherwise indicated)	Specific provisions
0105 12 00	Live domestic turkeys weighing not more than 185 g	100	116 000 pieces	0
0207 25	Turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen	100	1 400	0
0207 27 10	Boneless turkeys cuts, frozen
0207273040506070	Turkeys cuts with bone in, frozen
ex 0207 32	Meat of ducks and geese, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled	100	500	0
ex 0207 33	Meat of ducks and geese, not cut in pieces, frozen
ex 0207 35	Other meat and edible offal of ducks and geese, fresh or chilled
ex 0207 36	Other meat and edible offal of ducks and geese, frozen
0207 34 10	Fatty livers of geese, fresh or chilled	100	—	0
0404 10	Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	100	800	0
0407 00	Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked	100	520 000 pieces	0
0601 0602	Bulbs and the like and other live plants	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0603 10	Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh	100	19 800	0
0603 10 80	Other fresh cut flowers and buds from 1 November to 15 April	100	7 000	0
0603 90 00	Cut flowers and flower buds, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared	100	100	0
ex 0604 10 90	Mosses and lichens other than reindeer moss, fresh	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0604 91	Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, fresh
0604 99 90	Dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, grasses, for bouquets or for ornamental purposes (excluding dried)	100	10	0
ex 0701 90 50	New potatoes, from 1 January to March 31, fresh or chilled	100	30 000	0
0701 90 50	New potatoes, from 1 January to 30 June, fresh or chilled	100	300	0
0702 00 00	Tomatoes, fresh or chilled	100	9 000 for cherry tomatoes(4) + 1 000 for others	0
0703 90 00	Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled	100	1 500	0
0703 10 11	Onions sets, fresh or chilled, from 15 February to 15 May	100	1 500	0
0703 10 19	Other onions, fresh or chilled, from 15 February to 15 May
ex 0709 90 90	Wild onions (Muscari comosum), fresh or chilled, from 15 February to 15 May
ex 0704 90 90	Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled, from 1 November to 31 March	100	1 250	0
0705 11 00	Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce), fresh or chilled, from 1 November to 31 March	100	336	0
ex 0706 10 00	Carrots, fresh or chilled, from 1 January to 30 April	100	6 832	40
0706 90 90	Fresh or chilled salad beetroot, salsify, radishes and similar edible roots	100	2 000	0
0709 30 00	Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled, from 1 December to 30 April	100	—	60	1 440
ex 0709 40 00	Stick celery (Apium graveolens‚ var. dulce), fresh or chilled, from 1 January to 30 April	100	13 000	50
0709 60 10	Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled	100	15 400	40
0709 90 60	Sweet corn, fresh or chilled	100	1 500	0
0709 90 70	Courgettes, fresh or chilled, from 1 December to end February	100	—	60		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0709 90 90	Other fresh or chilled vegetables, other than wild onions (Muscari comosum)	100	2 000	0
ex 0710 80 59	Fruits of the genus Capsicum, from 15 November to 30 April	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0711 90 50	Onions provisionally preserved but unsuitable for immediate consumption	100	300	0
0712 90 30	Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared	100	700	0
2002 90 91 2002 90 99	Tomato powder with a dry matter content of more than 30 % by weight, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
0712 90 50	Dried carrots, whole, cut, sliced, broken, or in powder, but not further prepared	100	180	0
0712 90 90	Other dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
0910 40 19	Crushed or ground thyme
0910 40 90	Bay leaves
0910 91 90	Crushed or ground mixtures of different types of spices
0910 99 99	Other crushed or ground spices
0804 10 00	Dates, fresh or dried	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0804 40 00	Avocados, fresh or dried	100	—	80	37 200
0804 50 00	Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried	100	—	40		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0805 10	Oranges, fresh	100	200 000 (5)	60
ex 0805 20	Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh	100	21 000	60
ex 0805 20	Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh from 15 March to 30 September	100	14 000	60
ex 0805 40 00	Grapefruit, fresh	100	—	80		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0805 50 10	Lemons, fresh	100	7 700	40
ex 0805 50 90	Limes, fresh	100	1 000	0
ex 0805 90 00	Kumquats	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0806 10 10	Table grapes, fresh from 15 May to 20 July	100	—	0
0807 11 00	Watermelons, fresh from 1 April to 15 June	100	9 400	50
0807 19 00	Other fresh melons (excluding watermelons), from 15 September to 31 May	100	11 500	50
0810 10 00	Strawberries fresh, from 1 November to 31 March	100	2 600	60
0810 50 00	Kiwi fruit, fresh, from 1 January to 30 April	100	—	0	240
0810 90 95	Other fresh fruits	100	500	0
ex 0810 90 95	Pomegranates, fresh	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0810 90 95	Persimmons, fresh, from 1 November to 31 July
ex 0811 90 19 ex 0811 90 39	Grapefruit segments, frozen	80	—	0
ex 0811 90 95	Dates frozen	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0811 90 95	Grapefruit segments, frozen	100	—	80		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 0812 90 20	Oranges, comminuted, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption	100	10 000	80
ex 0812 90 99	Other citrus fruits, comminuted provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption	100	—	80	1 320
0904 12 00	Pepper, crushed or ground	100	—	80		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0904 20 10	Sweet peppers, neither crushed nor ground	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0904 20 30	Other fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, neither crushed nor ground, from 15 November to 30 April	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
0904 20 90	Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground
0910 40 13	Thyme, neither crushed nor ground (excluding wild thyme)	100	200	0
1302 20	Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates	100		25		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
1602 31	Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of turkeys	100	2 250	0
2001 10 00	Cucumbers and gherkins prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	100	200	0
2001 90 20	Fruits of the genus Capsicum other than sweet peppers or pimentos, from 15 November to 30 April	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2001 90 93 ex 2001 90 99	Little onions having an equatorial diameter of less than 30 mm and okras, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
2002 10 10	Peeled tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid	100	3 500	30
ex 2004 90 98	Celeriac, other than in mixture, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2004 90 98	Carrots prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006	100	2 000	0
ex 0710 80 95	Carrots, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen
ex 2004 90 98	Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006, other than celeriac and than carrots	100	150	0
ex 2005 10 00 ex 2005 90 80	Celeriac, cabbages (excluding cauliflowers), gumbos, okras, other than in mixture, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
2005 90 10	Fruits of the genus Capsicum other than sweet peppers or pimentos, from 15 November to 30 April, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	100	—	30		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
2005 90 80	Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	100	1 300	0
2008 11 92 2008 11 94	Groundnuts, in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
2008 30 51 2008 30 71	Grapefruit segments	100	—	80	16 440
ex 2008 30 55	Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, comminuted	100	—	80		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2008 30 59	Comminuted oranges and lemons
ex 2008 30 59	Grapefruit, other than segments
ex 2008 30 59	Orange, segments	100	1 000	0
ex 2008 30 59	Oranges, other than segments and other than comminuted	100	1 000	0
ex 2008 30 75	Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, comminuted	100	—	80		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2008 30 79	Grapefruit, other than segments	100		80	2 400
ex 2008 30 79	Comminuted oranges and lemons	100	—	80
ex 2008 30 90	Grapefruit,	100	—	80	8 480
	Citrus fruit pulp
	Comminuted citrus fruits
ex 2008 40 71	Slices of pears, fried in oil	100	100	0
ex 2008 50 71	Slices of apricots, fried in oil
ex 2008 70 71	Slices of peaches, fried in oil
ex 2008 92 74	Mixtures of sliced fruits, fried in oil
ex 2008 92 78	Mixtures of sliced fruits, fried in oil
ex 2008 99 67	Slices of apples, fried in oil
2008 50 61 2008 50 69	Prepared or preserved apricots, not containing added spirit, containing added sugar	100	—	20		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2008 50 92 ex 2008 50 94	Prepared or preserved apricot halves, not containing added spirit, not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of 45 kg or more	100	—	20		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2008 50 92 ex 2008 50 94	Apricot pulp, not containing added spirit, not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of 45 kg or more	100	180	0
2008 92 51 2008 92 59 2008 92 72 2008 92 74 2008 92 76 2008 92 78	Mixtures of fruits, not containing added spirit, containing added sugar	100	250	0
2009 11 11 2009 11 19 2009 11 91 2009 11 99 2009 12 00 2009 19 11 2009 19 19 2009 19 91 2009 19 98	Orange juice	100	46 000 of which, in packs of 2 l or less not more than 19 000	70
2009 21 00 2009 29 11 2009 29 19 2009 29 99	Grapefruit juice	100	—	70	34 440
2009 29 91	Grapefruit juice	70	—
2009 39 11	Juice of any other single citrus fruit, of a Brix value exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight	100	—	60		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
ex 2009 31 11 ex 2009 31 19 ex 2009 39 31 ex 2009 39 39	Juice of any other single citrus fruit of a Brix value not exceeding 67, of a value exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, excluding lemon juice	100	—	60		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 1, point 4.
2009 39 19	Other juice of any other single citrus fruit of a Brix value exceeding 67, of a value exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight	60	—
2009 50	Tomato juice	100	10 200	60
2009 61 2009 69	Grape juice, including grape must	100	2 000	0
2009 80 89	Other juice of any other single fruit or vegetable, unfermented, not containing added spirit, of a Brix value not exceeding 67 and of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by weight	100	350	0
ex 2009 90	Mixtures of citrus fruit juices with tropical juices of a Brix value not exceeding 67, of a value exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, not containing added sugar	100	2 800	0
ex 2009 90	Mixtures of citrus fruit juices of a Brix value not exceeding 67, of a value exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, not containing added sugar
ex 2009 80 97	Juice of guavas, of a Brix value not exceeding 67, not containing added sugar	100	100	0
ex 2009 80 99	Prickle pear juice, of a Brix value not exceeding 67, not containing added sugar	100	100	0
ex 2204 21	Wine of fresh grapes including fortified wines in containers holding 2 litres or less	100	3 760 hl	0		For 3 760 hl, 100 % reduction of the specific duty
2209 00 11 2209 00 19	Wine vinegar	100	—

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(1) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1789/2003 (

OJ L 281, 30.10.2003

(2) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where “ex” CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN codes and corresponding description taken together.

(3) Duty reduction only applies to

ad valorem

customs duties except for the products corresponding to the following codes: 0105 12 00, 0207, 0404 10, 0407 00, 0709 90 60, 2204 21and 2209.

(4) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (Regulation (EC) No 790/2000 (

OJ No L 95, 15.4.2000

), and subsequent amendments.

(5) Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community's list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero, for the period from 1 December to 31 May, if the entry price is not less than EUR 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Israel. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply.

ANNEX II

PROTOCOL 2

concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into Israel of agricultural products originating in the Community

The products listed the Annex originating in the Community shall be admitted for importation into Israel according to the conditions contained herein and in the Annex.

Import duties on imports are either eliminated or reduced to the level indicated in column “a”, within the limit of the annual tariff quota listed in column “b”, and subject to the specific provisions indicated in column “e”.

For the quantities imported in excess of the tariff quotas, the customs duties are, according to the product concerned, applied in full or reduced as indicated in column “c”.

For certain products for which no tariff quota is fixed, reference quantities are fixed as indicated in column “d”.

Should the volume of imports of one of the products exceed the reference quantity, Israel, having regard to an annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out, may make the product in question subject to a tariff quota, the volume of which shall be equal to the reference quantity. In that case, for quantities imported in excess of the quota, the duty referred to in point 3 shall apply.

For products for which neither a tariff quota nor a reference quantity is fixed, Israel may fix a reference quantity as provided for in point 4 if, in the light of the annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out, it establishes that the volume of imports of a product or products threatens to cause difficulties on the Israeli market. If subsequently, the product is subjected to a tariff quota under the conditions set out in point 4, the provisions of point 3 shall apply.

For the first year of application, the volumes of the tariff quotas and the reference quantities shall be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before the date of entry into force of this agreement.

‘ANNEX TO PROTOCOL 2

HS or Israeli code	Description(1)	a	b	c	d	e
HS or Israeli code	Description(1)	Reduction of the MFN customs duty (%)	Tariff quota (tonnes, unless otherwise indicated)	Reduction of the MFN customs duty beyond current or possible tariff quota (%)	Reference quantity (tonnes)	Specific provisions
ex 0105	Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowls, weighing not more than 185g	100	500 000 pieces	0
0102	Live bovine animals	100	3 000 heads	0
ex 0102	Live bovine animals for fattening	100	8 500 heads	0
ex 0102	Live bovine animal for slaughter	100	1 000	0
0201	Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled	100	1.000	0
0202 30	Meat of bovine animals, boneless, frozen	100	6.000	0
0206 29	Other edible offal of bovine animals, frozen	100	500	0
0402 10	Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid form, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 15 %	100	1 500	55 % within an additional tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes
0402 21	Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid form, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 15 %, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	100	3 500	0
0404	Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included	100	800	0
0405 00	Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; diary spreads	100	350	0
0406	Cheese and curd	100	500	0
0407 00	Bird's eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked	100	40 000 pieces	0
0409 00 10	Natural honey	100	150	0
0603 90 00	Dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared cut flowers and flower buds	100	50	0
ex 0604 10	Mosses and lichens, fresh	100	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 2, point 5.
0604 91	Foliage, branches and other parts of plants and grasses, fresh
ex 0604 99	Foliage, not further prepared than dried
0701 10 00	Potatoes, seed, fresh or chilled	100	17 000	0
0603 10	Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh	100	—	0	1 000
0701 90	Other potatoes, fresh or chilled	100	2 500	0
0703 10	Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled	100	2 000	0
0703 20 00	Garlic, fresh or chilled	100	200	25
0710 21 00	Shelled or unshelled peas (Pisum sativum), uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen	100	700	0
0710 22 00	Shelled or unshelled beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen	100	400	0
0710 29 00	Other leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen	100	350	0
0710 30 00	Spinach, New Zeeland spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen	100	300	0
0710 80	Other vegetables, (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen	100	500	0
0710 90 00	Mixtures of vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen
ex 0712 90	Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, other than garlic	100	300	0
0712 90 81	Garlic, dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared	100	50	0
0713 10 10	Peas, Pisum sativum, dried and shelled, for sowing	100	100	0
0713 10 90	Peas, Pisum sativum, dried and shelled, whether or not skinned or split (excluding Peas for sowing)	100	150	0
0713 33	Kidney beans. including white pea beans, dried	100	100	0
0713 39 00	Other beans, dried	100	150	0
0713 50 00	Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var. minor), dried	100	2 500	0
0713 90	Other dried leguminous vegetables	100	100	15
0802 50 00	Fresh or dried pistachios, whether or not shelled or peeled	100	250	0
0802 90	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	100	500	15
ex 0804 20	Figs, dried	100	500	20
0806 20	Grapes, dried	100	100	25
0808 10	Apples, fresh	100	2 300	0
ex 0808 20	Pears, fresh	100	1 100	0
ex 0808 20	Quinces, fresh	100	200	0
0811 20 31	Raspberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, unsweetened	100	100	0
0811 20 39	Black currants, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, unsweetened
0811 20 51	Red currants, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, unsweetened
0811 20 59	Blackberries and mulberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, unsweetened
0811 90	Other fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar, or other sweetening matter	100	400	0
0812 10 00	Cherries, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption	100	500	0
0813 20 00	Dried prunes	100	150	0
0904 20 90	Crushed or ground fruits of genus Capsicum or Pimenta	25	50	0
1001 10	Durum wheat	100	9 500	0
1001 90	Other wheat and meslin	100	150 000	0
1002 00 00	Rye	100	10 000	0
1003 00	Barley	100	210 000	0
1005 90 00	Maize other than seed	100	11 000	0
1006 30	Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed	100	25 000	0
1103 13	Groats and meal of maize (corn)	100	235 000	0
ex 1103 20	Pellets of other cereals than rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and wheat	100	7 500	0
1104 12	Rolled or flaked oat grains	34	—	0		Subject to the provisions of Protocol 2, point 5.
1107 10	Malt, not roasted	100	7 500	0
1108	Starches, inulin	25	—	0
1208 10	Flour and meal of soya beans	100	400	0
1209 91	Vegetable seeds	100	500	0
1209 99	Other seeds	100	500	0
1214 10	Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets	100	1 500	0
1404 20	Cotton linters	100	1 000	0
ex 1507	Soya bean crude oil, whether or not degummed	40 for edible oils	—	0
ex 1512	Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	40 for edible oils	—	0
ex 1514	Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	40 for edible oils	—	0
1515	Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	100 for edible oils	—	0
1602 50	Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals	100	300	0
ex 1604 13	Sardines, in airtight container	100	300	0
ex 1604 14	Tuna in airtight container
1701 91 00	Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than raw sugar	100	—	0
1701 99	Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, other than raw sugar
1702 30	Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose	15	1 200	15
1702 60	Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar	100	200	0
2001 10 00	Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	17	50	0
ex 2002 90	Tomatoes, other than whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, in powder form	100	200	0
2003 10	Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid	100	1 200	10
ex 2004 90	Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, in the form of flour or meal	75	300	0
ex 2004 90	Other vegetables	65
2005 90 90	Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other	100	900	0
ex 2007 99	Other jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight	264	590	0
2008 50	Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved	100	150	0
2008 60 51	Sour cherries, prepared or preserved, containing no spirit but with added sugar, in packings of more than 1 kg	92	200	0
2008 60 61	Sour cherries, prepared or preserved, containing no spirit but with added sugar, in packings of not more than 1 kg
2008 70	Peaches including nectarines otherwise prepared or preserved	100	1 600	0
ex 2008 80 90	Strawberries, prepared or preserved, in packings of not less than 45 kg (excluding added sugar or spirit)	90	100	0
ex 2008 92	Mixtures of tropical fruit, without strawberries, nuts and citrus	100	500	0
ex 2009 11 ex 2009 19	Orange juice, frozen and not frozen, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 67, in packings of more than 230 kg	100	—	0
ex 2009 29	Grapefruit juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 67, in packings of more than 230 kg
ex 2009 31	Lemon juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 20	100	500	0
ex 2009 39	Other lemon juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value exceeding 67
2009 41	Pineapple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 20	100	—	0
ex 2009 49	Other pineapple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value exceeding 67
2009 61	Grape juice, (including grape must), unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 30	100	200	0
ex 2009 69	Other grape juice (including grape must), unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value exceeding 67
2009 71	Apple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value not exceeding 20	100	1400	0
ex 2009 79	Other apple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter of a Brix value exceeding 67
ex 2009 80	Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a Brix value exceeding 67	100	510	0
2204	Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009	100	2 000 hl	0
2207 10	Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher	100	3 000	0
2209 00	Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid	100	—	0
2301 10	Flours, meals and pellets of meat or meat offal; greaves	100	14 000	0
2303 10	Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues	100	2 200	0
2304 00 00	Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil	Applicable duty: 92 %	1 800	0
2306 41 00	Rapeseed meal	Applicable duty : 45 %	3 500	0
2309 10 20	Dog or cat food, put up in packing for retail sale, containing, by weight, not less than 15 % and not more than 35 % protein materials and not less than 4 % fat materials	100	1 000	0
2309 10 90 2309 90 90	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, other than preparations containing, by weight, not less than 15 % and not more than 35 % protein materials and not less than 4 % fat materials and other than prepared food for ornamental fishes and birds	100	—	0
2309 90 20 2309 90 30	Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, containing, by weight, not less than 15 % and not more than 35 % protein materials and not less than 4 % fat materials and prepared food for ornamental fishes and birds	100	1 400	0
2401 10	Tobacco not stemmed/stripped	100	1 000	Applicable duty 007 NIS/kg
2401 20	Tobacco partly or wholly stemmed/stripped

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(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Harmonised System (HS) or of the Israeli tariff nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the HS codes or of the Israeli tariff codes. Where “ex” HS codes or “ex” Israeli tariff codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the HS codes or Israeli tariff codes and corresponding description taken together.

DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

The amendments to the Association Agreement adopted under the Additional Protocol do not concern outstanding questions about rules of origin and related issues thereto.

DECLARATION BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL

The amendments of the Association Agreement adopted under the Additional Protocol are without prejudice to any future outcome of the issue of rules of origin.