DECISION NO 3/82 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE

of 30 November 1982

amending Protocols 1 and 2

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973, and in particular Article 12a thereof,

Whereas by Decision No 5/81 of the Joint Committee the nomenclature of Annex C to Protocol 1 was amended; whereas, by mistake, coated printing or writing paper appeared in that Annex; whereas that Annex should be rectified;

Whereas Norway, as a result of the implementation of the results of the GATT multilateral trade negotiations (Tokyo Round), has amended the nomenclature of Norwegian customs tariff heading Nos 21.05 and 21.07;

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 nomenclature of Annex C to Protocol 1 is hereby amended as follows:

CCT heading N

Description

28.56 to 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 grams or more per m2:

—	Other, excluding coated printing or writing paper

ex D.

Other:

—	Other, excluding coated printing or writing paper

73.02 to 76.03

Unchanged

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

NORWAY

Norwegian customs tariff heading No

Description

Basic duties (NKr/kg)

Duty applicable on 1 July 1977

15.10 to 21.04

Unchanged

21.05

Unchanged:

B.	Unchanged:

1.	Unchanged:

Unchanged

Other:

1.	Fish soup (containing not less than 25 % by weight of fish)

8 % + vc

vc(1)

Other

8 % + vc

vc(1)

2.	Unchanged:

Unchanged

21.06

Unchanged

21.07

Unchanged:

Unchanged

C.	Non-alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages:

—	Concentrated extracts of juice from apples and blackcurrants

15 %

10 %(1)

—

Other

15 %

D.	Prepared maize

15 %

E.	Protein concentrates

30 %

Other:

1.	Ice-cream, ice-cream powders and table cream powders:

—	Ice-cream containing fatty substances

30 % with a minimum of NKr 1·70/kg

NKr 1·70/kg

—

Other

30 %

0(1)

Other:

—	Sweetfat; fatty emulsions and similar products of the kinds used by bakers and pastry cooks:

—	With a content of fatty substances of less than 10 % by weight

30 %

0(1)

—	With a content of fatty substances of 10 % or more by weight

30 %

25 %(1)

—	Yoghurt, flavoured or with added fruit

30 % with a minimum of NKr 1·70/kg

NKr 1·70/kg

—	Minute rice and the like

30 %

—	Coffee pastes; ravioli, macaroni, spaghetti and other similar pastes, cooked

30 %

—

Other

30 %

22.02 to ex 39.06

Unchanged

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1982.

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1982.

For the Joint Committee

The President

Pierre DUCHATEAU

(1) Norway reserves the right to choose the system to be applied in order to take account of the differences in the prices of basic agricultural products.