Attachment
United Kingdom
DRAFT
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2017
of …
amending Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, concerning products referred to in Article 8(3)(b) of the Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement determines specific trade arrangements for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products between the Contracting Parties.
(2)
Article 2(2) of Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement stipulates that the customs duties set out in the Annexes to Table I of Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement can be adapted by the EEA Joint Committee, taking account of mutual concessions. Iceland and the European Union have agreed to eliminate tariffs for certain products listed in Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement. These concessions will apply only to products originating in the European Union and in Iceland, respectively, within the meaning of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin.
(3)
Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee