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From · report parliamentary committee draft · 13 Dec 2024 INTA-PR-766897 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

To · Plenary report · 24 Feb 2025 A-10-2025-0017 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

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The versions differ only in formal points: the explanatory statement includes a letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. #1

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Change #1 Formal under “EXPLANATORY STATEMENT”

Adds a letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to the explanatory statement, conveying its opinion on the proposal.

LETTER OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Mr Bernd Lange

Chair of the Committee on International Trade

ASP 12G301

Ref.: IPOL-COM-AGRI D(2023) 37941

Subject: Opinion on the proposal for a Council decision amending the Agreement between the EU and Norway on the apportionment of WTO tariff-rate quotas following Brexit (2023/0341(NLE))

Dear Chair,

I refer to the proposal for a Council decision amending the Agreement between the EU and Norway on the apportionment of WTO tariff-rate quotas following Brexit (COM(2023)0564).

AGRI Coordinators considered the matter at their meeting of 25 October. They agreed with the above amendment to the Agreement with Norway and asked me to convey their opinion to you pursuant to Rule 56.

This recommendation was endorsed by the AGRI Committee at its meeting of 16 November 2023.

Yours sincerely,

Norbert Lins

Copy: Mr Martin Hlaváček, AGRI Standing Rapporteur for Brexit related issues