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    Bilateral relations between the Faroe Islands and the European Union – formal texts

    This text is purely meant as a documentation tool and is not legally binding. The Faroese Government does not assume any liability for its contents. The original agreement and its following Amendments are listed below.

    Trade Agreement (1997), consolidated version.

    Original Agreement and Protocols

    • Council Decision of 6 December 1996 concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part. Link to Original Agreement and protocols 1-5

    Amendments made to the Trade Agreement and its protocols, including the Veterinary Protocol

    Trade agreement

    • Decision No 1/98 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 13 March 1998 – Amending Tables I and II of the Annex to protocol 1 of the Agreement.

    • Decision No 2/98 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 31 August 1998 – Amending Protocol 4 of the Agreement.

    • Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 22 June 1999 – Replacing Protocol 1 of the Agreement.

    • Corrigendum, OJ L 286, of 9 November 1999, p. 14 – corrigendum to Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee of 22 June 1999 replacing Protocol 1 of the Agreement

    • Decision No 2/2001 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 31 August 2001 – Amending Table II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement.

    • Coorigendum, OJ L 230, of 28 august 2001, p. 23 – Corrigendum to Decision No 2/2001 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 11 July 2001 amending Table II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement.

    • Decision No 1/2002 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 20 March 2002 - introduction of Article 20a "Accounting segregation" in Protocol 3, concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation.

    • Decision No 1/2005 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 10 November 2005 – Amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation.

    • Decision No 1/2006 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 13 July 2006 – Amending Tables I and II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement.

    • Decision No 1/2007 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 8 Oktober 2007 – Amending Protocol 4 to the Agreement.

    • Decision No 2/2008 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 20 November 2008 – Amending Tables I and II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement.

    • Decision No 1/2015 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 12 May 2015 – Replacing Protocol 3 to the Agreement.

    • Decision No 1/2020 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 27 July 2020 – Amending Protocols 1 and 4. (amendment to include sprat, fish feed and sheep meat)

    • Decision No 1/2021 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands joint committee of 23 June 2021 – Amending the Agreement by replacing protocol 3 there to concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation.

    Veterinary protocol

    • Council decision of 30 November 1999 and protocol – Concerning the conclusion of a Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement, and the Protocol on Veterinary Matters

    • Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Faroe Islands joint committee of 31 January 2001 – Laying down provision to implement the Protocol on veterinary matters.

    • Decision No 2/2005 of the EC-Faroe Islands joint committee of 8 December 2005 – Amending Decision No 1/2001 laying down provision to implement the protocol on veterinary matters.

    • Decision No 1/2008 of the EC-Faroe Islands joint committee of 17 June 2008 – Amending Decision to implement the protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement.

    Framework Fisheries Agreement (1980)

    Agreement on Fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part

    Agreement on the participation of the Faroe Islands in Union programmes, including Horizon Europe

    EU recognition of adequacy of personal data protection in the Faroe Islands

    The European Commission has recognized the Faroe Islands as providing adequate protection of personal data in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

    On the 15 of January 2024 The European Commission released a report detailing the outcomes of the first review of adequacy decisions pursuant to Article 25(6) of the Data Protection Directive. The Commission found that eleven countries or territories, including the Faroe Islands, demonstrate an adequate level of protection for personal data when transferred from the European Union.