22/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 21 July, the decision of the EU Council of 13 July to accept Swiss concessions to the WTO on seasoned meat was published (https://bit.ly/3htNp4u ). As Swiss imports of seasoned meat were rising sharply and were considered too damaging to its producers, the Swiss government had opted to reclassify these products. De facto, this allowed it to increase the out-of-quota customs duty from 2018: from CHF 850 to CHF 2304 per 100 kg of meat for tariff line 1602.4991 and from CHF 638 to CHF 2212 for tariff line 1602.5093. In return, Switzerland increased the current tariff quota of 22,500 tonnes of European beef by 1,200 tonnes. The parties have reached an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters. The date of entry into force of this agreement is not yet known. (HD)