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6.4.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
90/53
ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
DECISION No 1/2011 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE SET UP BY THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
ON TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
of 31 March 2011
concerning the amendment of Annex 3 to the Agreement between the European Community and
the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
(2011/216/EU)
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Agreement between the European
Article 1
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agri
cultural products ( 1 ), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’,
Annex 3 to the Agreement between the European Community
and in particular Article 11 thereof,
and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
and its appendices shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to
Whereas:
this Decision.
(1) The
Agreement
entered
into
force
on
1
June
2002.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day after its adoption
(2) Annex
3
to
the
Agreement
provides
for
concessions by the Joint Committee.
regarding cheeses, in particular for gradual liberalisation
of trade in cheeses over a period of 5 years following the
entry into force of the Agreement.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2011.
(3)
The European Union and the Swiss Confederation agree
to insert into the Agreement a new Annex 12 on the
protection of designations of origin and geographical
indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs,
For the Joint Committee on Agriculture
which calls for consistency in the specifications, in
particular those of cheeses.
The President and Head of the The Head of the EU Delegation
Swiss Delegation
(4)
As a consequence, Annex 3 needs to be revised to take
Jacques CHAVAZ
Nicolas VERLET
into account both the full liberalisation in bilateral trade
in cheeses, with effect from 1 June 2007, and the
protection of geographical indications, to be provided
The Secretary of the Committee
for in a new Annex 12,
Chantal MOSER
( 1 ) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.

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ANNEX
‘ANNEX 3
1. Bilateral trade in all products falling under heading 0406 of the Harmonised System is fully liberalised as from 1 June
2007 by abolishing all the tariffs and quotas.
2. The European Union shall not apply export refunds for cheeses exported to Switzerland. Switzerland shall not apply
export subsidies ( 1 ) for cheeses exported to the European Union.
3. All products falling under CN code 0406 originating in the European Union or in Switzerland and traded between
those two Parties are exempted from the presentation of an import licence.
4. The European Union and Switzerland shall ensure that the benefits they grant each other are not undermined by other
measures affecting imports and exports.
5. Should the development of prices and/or imports give rise to a disturbance on the market of either Party, consultations
shall be held as soon as possible within the Committee set up under Article 6 of the Agreement at the request of
either Party with a view to finding appropriate solutions. In this connection, the Parties hereby agree to exchange
information periodically on prices and any other relevant information on the market in locally produced and imported
cheeses.
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( 1 ) The basic amounts on which the elimination of export subsidies were based were calculated by common agreement
by the Parties on the basis of the difference in the institutional prices for milk likely to be in force when the
Agreement entered into force, plus an additional amount for milk processed into cheese, obtained on the basis of
the quantity of milk needed to manufacture the cheeses concerned, minus (except in the case of cheeses subject to
quotas) the reduction of customs duty applied by the Community.’

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