2007/658/EC: Council Decision of 26 September 2007 concerning the conclusion of an additional Agreement between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products

The additional Agreement between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (Additional Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Additional Agreement is attached to this Decision.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Additional Agreement in order to bind the Community.

1 The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 21 June 1999 (Agriculture Agreement), including any modifications decided by the Joint Committee for Agriculture and the Joint Veterinary Committee shall apply to Liechtenstein.

2 The adaptations specific to Liechtenstein concerning Annexes 4 to 11 of the Agriculture Agreement are laid down in the Annex to this Agreement (Additional Agreement), which shall constitute an integral part of it.

1 For the application and development of the Agriculture Agreement and without altering its bilateral nature, Liechtenstein shall have its interests represented by a Liechtenstein representative within the Swiss delegation to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Joint Veterinary Committee, and their working parties.

2 The Joint Committee for Agriculture may modify the Annex to this Additional Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 6 and 11 of the Agriculture Agreement. The Joint Veterinary Committee may modify the Annex to this Additional Agreement in so far as it concerns Annex 11 of the Agriculture Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of that Annex. Such modifications shall be subject to the approval of the Liechtenstein representative.

This Additional Agreement: (a) shall enter into force on the day of its signature; (b) may be terminated by written notification to the other parties. It shall cease to be in force one year after the date of such notification; (c) shall cease to apply should either the Agriculture Agreement or the Customs Treaty no longer be in force.

This Additional Agreement is drawn up in triplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.