Council Decision (EU) 2017/861 of 11 May 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, concerning products referred to in Article 8(3)(b) of the Agreement

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, concerning products referred to in Article 8(3)(b) of the Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

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

Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. In Article 2, the following subparagraph is added at the end of paragraph 1: ‘Products covered by Table I originating in Iceland or the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, shall be subject to the customs duties set out in point 4a of Annex I to Table I and point 1a of Annex II to Table I, respectively.’. 2. Annex I to Table I is amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision. 3. Annex II to Table I is amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made , or on the same day as the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products , whichever is the later.

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.