DECISION NO 5/81 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE

of 1 December 1981

amending Protocols 1 and 2

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, and in particular Article 12a thereof,

Whereas the Community, in consequence of the implementation of the results of the GATT multilateral trade negotiations (Tokyo Round), has amended the nomenclature of Common Customs Tariff heading Nos 21.04 and 48.07;

Whereas the Community has replaced the unit of account by the ECU in Community legal instruments; whereas this replacement affects also Common Customs Tariff heading Nos 21.07 and 22.09 appearing in Table I annexed to Protocol 2;

Whereas the nomenclature of the products referred to in the Agreement should therefore be adjusted in accordance with the said amendments,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The tables contained in Article 1 (1) and (3) of Protocol 1 are hereby amended as follows:

— in the heading to the second column, subheading ‘48.07 D’ shall be inserted after subheading ‘48.07 C’.

2. The nomenclature of Annex A to Protocol 1 is hereby amended as follows:

‘CCT heading No

Description

Chapter 48

(unchanged)

48.01

(unchanged)

48.03

(unchanged)

48.07

(unchanged):

ex C.

Bleached paper and paperboard, coated with kaolin or coated or impregnated with artificial plastic materials, weighing 160 g or more per m2:

—	Coated printing or writing paper

ex D.

Other:

—	Coated printing or writing paper

ex C.

Bleached paper and paperboard, coated with kaolin or coated or impregnated with artificial plastic materials, weighing 160 g or more per m2:

—	Other, excluding coated printing or writing paper

ex D.

Other:

—	Other, excluding coated printing or writing paper

48.16

(unchanged)

48.21

(unchanged)

ex Chapter 48

(unchanged)

ex Chapter 49

(unchanged)’

3. Table I annexed to Protocol 2 is hereby amended as follows:

‘

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

CCT heading No

Description

Basic duties

Duty applicable on 1 July 1977

15.10 to 21.02

(unchanged)

21.04

(unchanged):

B.	Sauces with a basis of tomato purée

18 %

10 %

Other:

—	containing tomato

18 %

10 %

—

other

18 %

6 %

21.05 to 21.06

(unchanged)

21.07

(unchanged):

A.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

B.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

C.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

D.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

E.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

vc with max. of 25 ECU per 100 kilograms net weight

G.	(unchanged)

(unchanged)

22.02 to 22.06

(unchanged)

22.09

(unchanged):

C.	Spirituous beverages:

V.	Other, in containers holding:

ex a)

Two litres or less:

—	containing eggs or egg yolks and/or sugar (sucrose or invert sugar)

(unchanged)

1 ECU per hl per % vol of alcohol + 6 ECU per hl

ex b)

More than two litres:

—	containing eggs or egg yolks and/or sugar (sucrose or invert sugar)

(unchanged)

1 ECU per hl per % vol of alcohol

29.04 to 39.06

(unchanged)

(unchanged)’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1982.

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1981.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

P. DUCHATEAU