# C_2023023EN.01001901.xml

| 23.1.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 23/19 |
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23.1.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/19

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Notice concerning the application of the Registered Exporter system of the European Union by Côte d’Ivoire and Madagascar under, respectively, the EU - Côte d’Ivoire stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement and the EU – Eastern and Southern Africa interim EPA

(2023/C 23/04)

This notice is issued for the information of customs authorities, importers and economic operators, which are involved in imports into the European Union of products originating in:

| — | Côte d’Ivoire under the EU-Côte d’Ivoire stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement (‘the stepping-stone EPA’); and |
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Côte d’Ivoire under the EU-Côte d’Ivoire stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement (‘the stepping-stone EPA’); and

| — | Madagascar under the EU-Eastern and Southern Africa interim Economic Partnership Agreement (‘the EU-ESA iEPA’). |
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Madagascar under the EU-Eastern and Southern Africa interim Economic Partnership Agreement (‘the EU-ESA iEPA’).

Complementing the notice 2022/C 452/06 of 29 November 2022, Côte d’Ivoire has notified the European Commission that, in accordance with its Circular No 2226/MBPE/DGD of 16 November 2022, exporters from Côte d’Ivoire are registered in the Registered Exporter system of the European Union (‘the REX system’). Therefore, as from 2 December 2022, products originating in Côte d’Ivoire shall, on importation into the EU, benefit from the preferential tariff treatment of the stepping-stone EPA only upon submission of an origin declaration made out, as provided for in Article 21 of Protocol No 1, by:

| (i) | an exporter from Côte d’Ivoire registered in the REX system, or |
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an exporter from Côte d’Ivoire registered in the REX system, or

| (ii) | any exporter from Côte d’Ivoire, for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 6 000. |
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any exporter from Côte d’Ivoire, for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 6 000.

Following a notification made by Madagascar to the Customs Cooperation Committee of the EU-ESA iEPA activating Article 18(3) of Protocol 1 to the EU-ESA iEPA (1), and without prejudice to the exemptions laid down in Articles 18(2) and 29 of Protocol 1, as from 1 January 2023, products originating in Madagascar shall, on importation into the EU, benefit from the preferential tariff treatment of the EU-ESA iEPA only upon submission of an invoice declaration made out, as provided for in Article 23 of Protocol 1, by:

| (i) | an exporter from Madagascar registered in the REX system, or |
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(i)

an exporter from Madagascar registered in the REX system, or

| (ii) | any exporter from Madagascar, for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 6 000. |
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any exporter from Madagascar, for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 6 000.

From that date, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) of Article 18 shall cease to apply for imports into the EU of originating products in Madagascar.

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(1)  As amended by Decision 1/2020 of 14 January 2020 of the EU-ESA EPA Committee

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