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Those official texts are directly accessible through the links embedded in this document ►B AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132) Amended by: Official Journal No page date ►M1 Decision No 2/2003 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the L 23 27 28.1.2004 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 25 November 2003 ►M2 Decision No 3/2004 of the Joint Committee of 29 April 2004 L 151 118 30.4.2004 ►M3 Decision No 1/2004 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up under the L 160 115 30.4.2004 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 28 April 2004 ►M4 Decision No 2/2004 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up under the L 17 1 20.1.2005 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 9 December 2004 ►M5 Decision No 2/2005 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 78 50 24.3.2005 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 1 March 2005 ►M6 Decision No 1/2005 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 131 43 25.5.2005 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 25 February 2005 ►M7 Decision No 3/2005 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 346 33 29.12.2005 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 19 December 2005 ►M8 Decision No 4/2005 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 19 L 346 44 29.12.2005 December 2005 ►M9 Decision No 1/2006 of the Joint Veterinary Committee created by an L 32 91 6.2.2007 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 1 December 2006 ►M10 Decision No 1/2007 of the Joint Committee on agriculture set up by the L 173 31 3.7.2007 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 15 June 2007 02002A0430(04) — EN — 01.11.2020 — 006.001 — 2 ►M11 Decision No 1/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 27 21 31.1.2008 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 15 January 2008 ►M12 Decision No 2/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 228 3 27.8.2008 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 24 June 2008 ►M13 Decision No 1/2008 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the L 6 89 10.1.2009 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 23 December 2008 ►M14 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss L 136 2 30.5.2009 Confederation amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products ►M15 Decision No 1/2009 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 9 L 115 33 8.5.2010 December 2009 ►M16 Decision No 1/2010 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the L 338 50 22.12.2010 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 1 December 2010 ►M17 Decision No 1/2010 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 32 9 8.2.2011 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 13 December 2010 ►M18 Decision No 1/2011 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by L 90 53 6.4.2011 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 31 March 2011 ►M19 Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation L 297 3 16.11.2011 on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products ►M20 Decision No 1/2012 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, created by L 155 1 15.6.2012 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 3 May 2012 ►M21 Decision No 2/2012 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, created by L 155 99 15.6.2012 the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 3 May 2012 ►M22 Decision No 1/2013 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the L 264 1 5.10.2013 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 22 February 2013 ►M23 Decision No 1/2013 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 28 L 332 49 11.12.2013 November 2013 ►M24 Decision No 1/2014 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 9 April L 180 21 20.6.2014 2014 ►M25 Decision No 2/2015 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 19 L 323 29 9.12.2015 November 2015 ►M26 Decision No 1/2016 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 16 L 7 20 12.1.2017 November 2016 ►M27 Decision No 1/2015 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 19 L 27 155 1.2.2017 November 2015 02002A0430(04) — EN — 01.11.2020 — 006.001 — 3 ►M28 Decision No 1/2017 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 22 June L 171 185 4.7.2017 2017 ►M29 Decision No 1/2015 of the Joint Veterinary Committee created by the L 112 1 8.4.2020 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 17 December 2015 ►M30 Decision No 1/2018 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the L 127 26 22.4.2020 Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 12 June 2018 ►M31 Decision No 1/2020 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 31 July L 323 1 5.10.2020 2020 Corrected by: ►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 142, 31.5.2002, p. 92 (22002A0430(04)) ►C2 Corrigendum, OJ L 208, 10.6.2004, p. 101 (3/2004) ►C3 Corrigendum, OJ L 212, 12.6.2004, p. 72 (1/2004) ►C4 Corrigendum, OJ L 332, 6.11.2004, p. 59 (3/2004) 02002A0430(04) — EN — 01.11.2020 — 006.001 — 4 ▼B AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community’, and THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, hereinafter referred to as ‘Switzerland’, together referred to hereinafter as ‘the Parties’, RESOLVED gradually to eliminate the barriers affecting the bulk of their trade in accordance with the provisions on the establishment of free-trade areas in the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation, Whereas, in Article 15 of the Free Trade Agreement of 22 July 1972, the Parties declared their readiness to foster, so far as their agricultural policies allow, the harmonious development of trade in agricultural products to which that Agreement does not apply, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Objective 1. The objective of this Agreement shall be to strengthen the free-trade relations between the Parties by improving the access of each to the market in agricultural products of the other. 2. ‘Agricultural products’ means the products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System. For the purposes of applying Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to this Agreement, the products falling under Chapter 3 and headings 16.04 and 16.05 of the Harmonised System and the products covered by CN codes 0511 91 10, 0511 91 90, 1902 20 10 and 2301 20 00 shall be excluded. 3. This Agreement shall not apply to the subjects covered by Protocol 2 to the Free Trade Agreement, with the exception of the relevant concessions granted in Annexes 1 and 2 hereto. Article 2 Tariff concessions 1. Without prejudice to the concessions set out in Annex 3, the tariff concessions granted by Switzerland to the Community shall be as listed in Annex 1 hereto. 2. Without prejudice to the concessions set out in Annex 3, the tariff concessions granted by the Community to Switzerland shall be as listed in Annex 2 hereto. 02002A0430(04) — EN — 01.11.2020 — 006.001 — 5 ▼B Article 3 Concessions regarding cheese The specific provisions applicable to trade in cheeses shall be as set out in Annex 3 hereto. Article 4 Rules on origin The rules on origin mutually applicable under Annexes 1, 2 and 3 to this Agreement shall be as set out in Protocol 3 to the Free Trade Agreement. Article 5 Removing technical barriers to trade 1. ►M19 The way technical obstacles to trade in agricultural products are to be reduced in the following fields shall be as set out in Annexes 4 to 12 hereto: ◄ — Annex 4 on plant health, — Annex 5 on animal feed, — Annex 6 on seeds, — Annex 7 on trade in wine-sector products, — Annex 8 on the mutual recognition and protection of names of spirit drinks and aromatised wine-based drinks, — Annex 9 on organically produced agricultural products and foodstuffs, — Annex 10 on recognition of conformity checks for fruit and vegetables subject to marketing standards, — Annex 11 on animal health and zootechnical measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products , ▼M19 — Annex 12 on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs.