The European Parliament adopted by 652 votes to 10, with 22 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products.
Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
The agreement will provide new trade opportunities for EU exporters and deepen trade relations between the EU and Norway. It seeks to increase the degree of liberalisation further, enlarging the current tariff rate quotas, opening new tariff rate quotas for additional agricultural products and addressing certain pending trade irritants.