Decision No 1/2010 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee

of 28 January 2010

replacing Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation

(2010/94/EU)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation [1], 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 between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products [2] signed in Luxembourg on 26 October 2004, and its Protocol 2, and in particular Article 7 of that Protocol,

Whereas:

(1) For the implementation of Protocol 2 to the Agreement, domestic reference prices have been fixed for the Contracting Parties.

(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) of Protocol 2 accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Tables III and IV(b) of Protocol 2 to the Agreement are replaced by the tables in Annex I and Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 February 2010.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2010.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

Jacques de Watteville

[1] OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 191.

[2] OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 19.

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ANNEX I

"TABLE III

EU and Swiss domestic reference prices

Agricultural raw material | Swiss domestic reference price | EU domestic reference price | Article 4(1) Applied on Swiss side Difference Swiss/EU reference price | Article 3(3) Applied on EU side Difference Swiss/EU reference price |

CHF per 100 kg net | CHF per 100 kg net | CHF per 100 kg net | EUR per 100 kg net |

Common wheat | 48,35 | 18,28 | 30,05 | 0,00 |

Durum wheat [1] | — | — | 1,20 | 0,00 |

Rye | 43,12 | 13,56 | 29,55 | 0,00 |

Barley | — | — | — | — |

Maize | — | — | — | — |

Common wheat flour | 101,91 | 38,54 | 63,35 | 0,00 |

Whole-milk powder | 630,22 | 355,18 | 275,05 | 0,00 |

Skimmed-milk powder | 438,91 | 291,45 | 147,45 | 0,00 |

Butter | 1049,06 | 418,47 | 630,60 | 0,00 |

White sugar | — | — | — | — |

Eggs [2] | — | — | 38,00 | 0,00 |

Fresh potatoes | 42,70 | 19,69 | 23,00 | 0,00 |

Vegetable fat [3] | — | — | 170,00 | 0,00 |

[1] Price difference based on stockpiling fee.

[2] Price difference derived from the border charges on imports under Swiss tariff heading 0407.0010.

[3] Price difference derived from the border charges on imports under Swiss tariff heading 1512.1998."

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ANNEX II

"TABLE IV

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

Agricultural raw material | Applied on the Swiss side Article 3(2) Applied basic amount | Applied on the EU side Article 4(2) Applied basic amount |

CHF per 100 kg net | EUR per 100 kg net |

Common wheat | 26,00 | 0,00 |

Durum wheat | 1,00 | 0,00 |

Rye | 25,00 | 0,00 |

Barley | — | — |

Maize | — | — |

Common wheat flour | 54,00 | 0,00 |

Whole-milk powder | 234,00 | 0,00 |

Skimmed-milk powder | 125,00 | 0,00 |

Butter | 536,00 | 0,00 |

White sugar | — | — |

Eggs | 32,00 | 0,00 |

Fresh potatoes | 20,00 | 0,00 |

Vegetable fat | 145,00 | 0,00" |

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