22007A1013(01)

20070927

Additional Agreement

between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (the Community), THE SWISS CONFEDERATION (Switzerland) and THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN (Liechtenstein),

Whereas:

(1) Liechtenstein forms a customs union with Switzerland in accordance with the Treaty of 29 March 1923 between the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein incorporating Liechtenstein into the Swiss customs territory (Customs Treaty).

(2) By virtue of the Customs Treaty, the provisions concerning the improvement of market access granted by Switzerland for agricultural products originating in the Community which are the subject of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 21 June 1999 (Agriculture Agreement) apply to Liechtenstein.

(3) For the administration of the Agriculture Agreement and to ensure its good functioning, Article 6 establishes a Joint Committee for Agriculture and Article 19 of Annex 11 a Joint Veterinary Committee, both of which may modify specific parts of the Agriculture Agreement.

(4) In accordance with the Additional Agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 applies to Liechtenstein: Protocol No 3 provides that Liechtenstein products are deemed to be products of Swiss origin. Article 4 of the Agriculture Agreement provides that the rules of origin applicable under Annexes 1, 2 and 3 shall be as set out in Protocol No 3 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972.

(5) All the provisions of the Agriculture Agreement, including any modifications made by its Joint Committees, should apply to Liechtenstein. At the same time, the corresponding parts of the EEA Agreement, namely Annex I, Chapters XII and XXVII of Annex II and Protocol 47 should be suspended with regard to Liechtenstein for so long as the Agriculture Agreement applies to Liechtenstein,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 21 June 1999 (Agriculture Agreement), including any modifications decided by the Joint Committee for Agriculture and the Joint Veterinary Committee shall apply to Liechtenstein.

2. The adaptations specific to Liechtenstein concerning Annexes 4 to 11 of the Agriculture Agreement are laid down in the Annex to this Agreement (Additional Agreement), which shall constitute an integral part of it.

Article 2

1. For the application and development of the Agriculture Agreement and without altering its bilateral nature, Liechtenstein shall have its interests represented by a Liechtenstein representative within the Swiss delegation to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Joint Veterinary Committee, and their working parties.

2. The Joint Committee for Agriculture may modify the Annex to this Additional Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 6 and 11 of the Agriculture Agreement. The Joint Veterinary Committee may modify the Annex to this Additional Agreement in so far as it concerns Annex 11 of the Agriculture Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of that Annex. Such modifications shall be subject to the approval of the Liechtenstein representative.

Article 3

This Additional Agreement:

(a) shall enter into force on the day of its signature;

(b) may be terminated by written notification to the other parties. It shall cease to be in force one year after the date of such notification;

(c) shall cease to apply should either the Agriculture Agreement or the Customs Treaty no longer be in force.

Article 4

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

小褗褋褌邪胁械薪芯 胁 袘褉褞泻褋械谢 薪邪 写胁邪写械褋械褌 懈 褋械写屑懈 ce锌褌e屑胁褉懈 写胁械 褏懈谢褟写懈 懈 褋械写屑邪 谐芯写懈薪邪.

Hecho en Bruselas, el veintisiete de septiembre de dos mil siete.

V Bruselu dne dvac谩tého sedmého z谩艡铆 dva tis铆ce sedm.

Udf忙rdiget i Bruxelles den syvogtyvende september to tusind og syv.

Geschehen zu Br眉ssel am siebenundzwanzigsten September zweitausendsieben.

Kahe tuhande seitsmenda aasta septembrikuu kahek眉mne seitsmendal p盲eval Br眉sselis.

螆纬喂谓蔚 蟽蟿喂蟼 螔蟻蠀尉苇位位蔚蟼, 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚委魏慰蟽喂 蔚蟺蟿维 危蔚蟺蟿蔚渭尾蟻委慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蔚蟺蟿维.

Done at Brussels on the twenty seventh day of September in the year two thousand and seven.

Fait 脿 Bruxelles, le vingt-sept septembre deux mille sept.

Fatto a Bruxelles, add矛 ventisette settembre duemilasette.

Brisel膿, divi t奴ksto拧i sept墨t膩 gada divdesmit sept墨taj膩 septembr墨.

Priimta du t奴kstan膷iai septint懦j懦 met懦 rugs臈jo dvide拧imt septint膮 dien膮 Briuselyje.

Kelt Br眉sszelben, a kétezer-hetedik év szeptember hav谩nak huszonhetedik napj谩n.

Mag魔mul fi Brussell, fis- sebg魔a u g魔oxrin jum ta' Settembru tas-sena elfejn u sebg魔a.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zevenentwintigste september tweeduizend zeven.

Sporz膮dzono w Brukseli, dnia dwudziestego si贸dmego wrze艣nia roku dwa tysi膮ce si贸dmego.

Feito em Bruxelas, em vinte e sete de Setembro de dois mil e sete.

脦ntocmit la Bruxelles, dou膬zeci 葯i 葯apte septembrie dou膬 mii 葯apte.

V Bruseli d艌a dvadsiateho siedmeho septembra dvetis铆csedem.

V Bruslju, dne sedemindvajsetega septembra leta dva tiso膷 sedem.

Tehty Brysseliss盲 kahdentenakymmenenten盲seitsem盲nten盲 p盲iv盲n盲 syyskuuta vuonna kaksituhattaseitsem盲n.

Som skedde i Bryssel den tjugosjunde september tjugohundrasju.

袟邪 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻邪褌邪 芯斜褖薪芯褋褌

Por la Comunidad Europea

Za Evropské spole膷enstv铆

For Det Europ忙iske F忙llesskab

F眉r die Europ盲ische Gemeinschaft

Euroopa 脺henduse nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 螘蠀蟻蠅蟺伪蠆魏萎 螝慰喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunit脿 europea

Eiropas Kopienas v膩rd膩

Europos bendrijos vardu

Az Eur贸pai K枚z枚sség részér艖l

G魔all-Komunit谩 Ewropea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

W imieniu Wsp贸lnoty Europejskiej

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Pentru Comunitatea European膬

Za Eur贸pske spolo膷enstvo

Za Evropsko skupnost

Euroopan yhteis枚n puolesta

P氓 Europeiska gemenskapens v盲gnar

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袟邪 袣芯薪褎械写械褉邪褑懈褟 楔胁械泄褑邪褉懈褟

Por la Confederaci贸n Suiza

Za 艩v媒carskou konfederaci

For Det Schweiziske Forbund

F眉r die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

艩veitsi Konf枚deratsiooni nimel

螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 螘位尾蔚蟿喂魏萎 危蠀谓慰渭慰蟽蟺慰谓未委伪

For the Swiss Confederation

Pour la Confédération suisse

Per la Confederazione svizzera

艩veices Konfeder膩cijas v膩rd膩

艩veicarijos Konfederacijos vardu

A Sv谩jci 脕llamsz枚vetség részér艖l

G魔all-Konfederazzjoni 呕vizzera

Voor de Zwitserse Bondsstaat

W imieniu Konfederacji Szwajcarskiej

Pela Confederaç茫o Su铆ça

Pentru Confedera葲ia Elve葲ian膬

Za 艩vaj膷iarsku konfeder谩ciu

Za 艩vicarsko konfederacijo

Sveitsin valaliiton puolesta

F枚r Schweiziska edsf枚rbundet

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袟邪 袣薪褟卸械褋褌胁芯 袥懈褏褌械薪褖邪泄薪

Por el Principado de Liechtenstein

Za Lichten拧tejnské kn铆啪ectv铆

For Fyrstend酶mmet Liechtenstein

F眉r das F眉rstentum Liechtenstein

Liechtensteini V眉rstiriigi nimel

螕喂伪 蟿慰 螤蟻喂纬魏喂蟺维蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 螞喂蠂蟿蔚谓蟽蟿维喂谓

For the Principality of Liechtenstein

Pour la Principauté de Liechtenstein

Per il Principato del Liechtenstein

Lihten拧teinas Firstistes v膩rd膩

Lichten拧teino Kunigaik拧tyst臈s vardu

A Liechtensteini Hercegség részér艖l

G魔all-Prin膵ipat ta' Liechtenstein

Voor het Vorstendom Liechtenstein

W imieniu Ksi臋stwa Liechtensteinu

Pelo Principado do Liechtenstein

Pentru Principatul Liechtenstein

Za Lichten拧tajnské knie啪atstvo

Za Kne啪evino Lihten拧tajn

Liechtensleinin ruhtinaskunnan puolesta

F枚r Furstend枚met Liechtenstein

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20070927

ANNEX

to the Additional Agreement

Principle

The laws and obligations, legal provisions, lists, names and terms laid down for Switzerland in the Agriculture Agreement shall also apply to Liechtenstein subject to the following adjustments and additions.

Where Swiss canton authorities are assigned duties, responsibilities and powers, these shall be incumbent on the competent Liechtenstein government agencies. For matters handled by the canton agricultural authorities this means the Agricultural Office (Landwirtschaftsamt), Dr. Grass-Strasse 10, FL-9490 Vaduz, and for matters handled by the canton veterinary and food authorities it means the Office of Food Inspection and Veterinary Affairs (OFV) (Amt f眉r Lebensmittelkontrolle und Veterin盲rwesen), Postplatz 2, FL-9494 Schaan.

Furthermore, private organisations to which specific tasks have been assigned (e.g. inspection and certification bodies) are also competent for Liechtenstein, unless otherwise provided in what follows.

Adjustments/additions concerning Annexes 4 to 11 of the Agriculture Agreement

Annex 4, Plant protection

Annex 5, Feedingstuffs

Annex 6, Seeds sector

Annex 7, Trade in wine products

Protected names of wine products originating in Liechtenstein (within the meaning of Article 6 of Annex 7)

Geographical indications

Quality wines

- Balzers,

- Bendern,

- Eschen,

- Eschnerberg,

- Gamprin,

- Mauren,

- Ruggell,

- Schaan,

- Schellenberg,

- Triesen,

- Vaduz,

Table wines with geographical indication

- Liechtensteiner Oberl盲nder Landwein,

- Liechtensteiner Unterl盲nder Landwein,

Traditional expressions

- Ablass,

- Appellation d‘檕rigine contr么lée,

- Auslese Liechtenstein,

- Beerenauslese,

- Beerle,

- Beerli,

- Beerliwein,

- Eiswein,

- Federweiss [1],

- Grand Cru Liechtenstein,

- Kretzer,

- Landwein,

- Sélection Liechtenstein,

- Strohwein,

- S眉ssdruck,

- Trockenbeerenauslese,

- Weissherbst,

Annex 8, On the mutual recognition and protection of names of spirit drinks and aromatised wine-based drinks

Protected names for spirits originating in Liechtenstein (within the meaning of Article 4 of Annex 8)

Grape marc spirit

- Balzner Marc,

- Benderer Marc,

- Eschner Marc,

- Eschnerberger Marc,

- Gampriner Marc,

- Maurer Marc,

- Ruggeller Marc,

- Schaaner Marc,

- Schellenberger Marc,

- Triesner Marc,

- Vaduzer Marc,

Annex 9, Organically produced agricultural products and foodstuffs

Annex 10, Recognition of conformity checks for fresh fruit and vegetables subject to marketing standards

Annex 11, Animal health and zootechnical measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products

Traces system

The Commission, in cooperation with the Office of Food Inspection and Veterinary Affairs (OFV, Amt f眉r Lebensmittelkontrolle und Veterin盲rwesen) shall integrate Liechtenstein into the Traces system, in accordance with Commission Decision 2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004.

Rules for animals sent for grazing in border areas

Rules for animals sent for grazing in border areas defined in Appendix 5 to Annex 11 of the Agriculture Agreement, Chapter 1, point III, shall apply mutatis mutandis to Liechtenstein.

For Liechtenstein, the parties referred to in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2001/672/EC of 20 August 2001 laying down special rules applicable to movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in mountain areas and referred to in the corresponding Annex shall be: Liechtenstein.

Legislation

In the case of Liechtenstein, the Liechtenstein Law on animal welfare (TschG) of 20 December 1988, LGBl. 1989 Nr. 3, LR 455,0 and the Liechtenstein Ordinance on animal welfare (TschV) of 12 June 1990, LGBl. 1990 Nr. 33, LR 455,01 shall replace the Ordinance on animal welfare (SR 455,1) listed for Switzerland under Appendix 5, Chapter 3. III "Animal welfare", point 1.

[1] Without prejudice to the use of the German traditional expression Federwei脽er for grape must partially in fermentation intended for direct human consumption as foreseen in paragraph 34c of the German Wine Regulation and in Articles 12(1)(b) and 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002, as amended.

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