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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION (13817/2023 – C100189/2024 – 2023/0341(NLE))

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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Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Željana Zovko

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The draft resolution gives Parliament's consent to the EU–Norway agreement amending tariff rate quotas after the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The agreement adjusts the EU's shares of three tariff rate quotas for which Norway had negotiating rights, following negotiations under GATT Article XXVIII.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Key points

  1. Parliament consents to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Norway.
  2. The agreement modifies the EU's concessions on all tariff rate quotas in the EU Schedule CLXXV due to the UK's withdrawal.
  3. The EU and Norway agreed to change the shares of three tariff rate quotas: two on pig meat and one on skimmed-milk powder.
  4. The EU27 share of two pig meat quotas was revised to 4,786 tonnes and 5,720 tonnes, based on a 2015–2017 reference period.
  5. The EU27 share of the skimmed-milk powder quota was revised to 62,917 tonnes to avoid a non-commercially viable volume on the UK side.
  6. Norway agreed with the modifications and the resulting quantitative commitments taken on by the EU that no longer includes the UK.

Who is affected

  • The EU and Norway, as parties to the agreement, are affected by the revised tariff rate quota shares.
  • Traders in pig meat and skimmed-milk powder are affected by the revised EU27 quota volumes.

Figures and deadlines

  • 4,786 tonnes and 5,720 tonnes: revised EU27 shares for two pig meat tariff rate quotas.
  • 62,917 tonnes: revised EU27 share for the skimmed-milk powder tariff rate quota.

Legal basis: Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union