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**Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part - Protocol No 1 on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Tunisia - Protocol No 2 on the arrangement applying to imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia - Protocol No 3 on the arrangements applying to imports into Tunisia of agricultural products originating in the Community - Protocol No 4 concerning the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation - Protocol No 5 on mutual assistance in customs matters between the administrative authorities - Joint Declarations - Declarations **

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Official Journal L 097 , 30/03/1998 P. 0002 - 0183 *

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, hereinafter referred to as the 'Member States`, and

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as 'the Community`, of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA,

hereinafter referred to as 'Tunisia`, of the other part,

CONSIDERING the importance of the existing traditional links between the Community, its Member States and Tunisia and the common values that the Contracting Parties share;

CONSIDERING that the Community, its Member States and Tunisia wish to strengthen those links and to establish lasting relations, based on reciprocity, partnership and co-development;

CONSIDERING the importance which the Parties attach to the principles of the United Nations Charter, particularly the observance of human rights and political and economic freedom, which form the very basis of the Association;

CONSIDERING recent political and economic developments both on the European continent and in Tunisia;

CONSIDERING the considerable progress made by Tunisia and its people towards achieving their objectives of full integration of the Tunisian economy in the world economy and participation in the community of democratic nations;

CONSCIOUS of the importance of this Agreement, based on cooperation and dialogue, for lasting stability and security in the Euro-Mediterranean region;

CONSCIOUS, on the one hand, of the importance of relations in an overall Euro-Mediterranean context and, on the other, of the objective of integration between the countries of the Maghreb;

BEARING IN MIND the economic and social disparities between the Community and Tunisia and desirous of achieving the objectives of this association through the appropriate provisions of this Agreement;

DESIROUS of establishing and developing regular political dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest;

TAKING ACCOUNT of the Community's willingness to provide Tunisia with decisive support in its endeavours to bring about economic reform, structural adjustment and social development;

CONSIDERING the commitment of both the Community and Tunisia to free trade, in compliance with the rights and obligations arising out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);

DESIROUS of establishing cooperation sustained by regular dialogue on economic, social and cultural issues in order to achieve better mutual understanding;

CONVINCED that this Agreement will create a climate conducive to the development of their economic relations, in particular in the fields of trade and investment, the key sectors for economic restructuring and technological modernisation,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. An association is hereby established between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Tunisia, of the other part.

2. The aims of this Agreement are to:

- provide an appropriate framework for political dialogue between the Parties, allowing the development of close relations in all areas they consider relevant to such dialogue,

- establish the conditions for the gradual liberalisation of trade in goods, services and capital,

- promote trade and the expansion of harmonious economic and social relations between the Parties, notably through dialogue and cooperation, so as to foster the development and prosperity of Tunisia and its people,

- encourage integration of the Maghreb countries by promoting trade and cooperation between Tunisia and other countries of the region,

- promote economic, social, cultural and financial cooperation.

Article 2

Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles which guide their domestic and international policies and constitute an essential element of the Agreement.

TITLE I POLITICAL DIALOGUE

Article 3

1. A regular political dialogue shall be established between the Parties. It shall help build lasting links of solidarity between the partners which will contribute to the prosperity, stability and security of the Mediterranean region and bring about a climate of understanding and tolerance between cultures.

2. Political dialogue and cooperation are intended in particular to:

(a) facilitate rapprochement between the Parties through the development of better mutual understanding and regular coordination on international issues of common interest;

(b) enable each Party to consider the position and interests of the other;

(c) contribute to consolidating security and stability in the Mediterranean region and in the Maghreb in particular;

(d) help develop joint initiatives.

Article 4

Political dialogue shall cover all issues of common interest to the Parties, in particular the conditions required to ensure peace, security and regional development through support for cooperation, notably within the Maghreb group of countries.

Article 5

Political dialogue shall be established at regular intervals and whenever necessary notably:

(a) at ministerial level, principally within the Association Council;

(b) at the level of senior officials representing Tunisia, on the one hand, and the Council Presidency and the Commission on the other;

(c) taking full advantage of all diplomatic channels including regular briefings, consultations on the occasion of international meetings and contacts between diplomatic representatives in third countries;

(d) where appropriate, by any other means which would make a useful contribution to consolidating dialogue and increasing its effectiveness.

TITLE II FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

Article 6

The Community and Tunisia shall gradually establish a free trade area over a transitional period lasting a maximum of 12 years starting from the date of the entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and in conformity with those of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and the other multilateral Agreements on trade in goods annexed to the Agreement establishing the WTO, hereinafter referred to as the GATT.

CHAPTER I INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Article 7

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products originating in the Community and Tunisia with the exception of the products referred to in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Article 8

No new customs duties on imports nor charges having equivalent effect shall be introduced in trade between the Community and Tunisia.

Article 9

Products originating in Tunisia shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties and charges having equivalent effect and without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.

Article 10

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall not preclude the retention by the Community of an agricultural component on imports of the goods originating in Tunisia listed in Annex 1.

The agricultural component shall reflect differences between the price on the Community market of the agricultural products considered as being used in the production of such goods and the price of imports from third countries where the total cost of the said basic products is higher in the Community. The agricultural component may take the form of a fixed amount or an ad valorem duty. Such differences shall be replaced, where appropriate, by specific duties based on tariffication of the agricultural component or by ad valorem duties.

The provisions of Chapter 2 applicable to agricultural products shall apply mutatis mutandis to the agricultural component.

2. The provisions of this Chapter shall not preclude the separate specification by Tunisia of an agricultural component in the import duties in force on the products listed in Annex 2 originating in the Community. The agricultural component may take the form of a fixed amount or an ad valorem duty.

The provisions of Chapter 2 applicable to agricultural products shall apply mutatis mutandis to the agricultural component.

3. In the case of the products shown in Annex 2, list 1, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall apply upon the entry into force of this Agreement import duties and charges having equivalent effect no greater than those in force on 1 January 1995, within the limits of the tariff quotas shown in that list.

During elimination of the industrial component of the duties pursuant to paragraph 4, the level of the duties to be applied in respect of the products for which the tariff quotas are to be abolished may not be higher than the level of the duties in force on 1 January 1995.

4. In the case of the products in Annex 2, list 2, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall eliminate the industrial component of the duties in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 11 (3) of the Agreement in respect of products in Annex 4.

In the case of the products in Annex 2, lists 1 and 3, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall eliminate the industrial component of the duties in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 11 (3) of the Agreement in respect of products in Annex 5.

5. The agricultural components applied pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 may be reduced where, in trade between the Community and Tunisia, the charge applicable to a basic agricultural product is reduced or where such reductions are the result of mutual concessions relating to processed agricultural products.

6. The reduction referred to in paragraph 5, the list of products concerned and, where appropriate, the tariff quotas within which the reduction applies shall be established by the Association Council.

Article 11

1. Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of products originating in the Community other than those listed in Annexes 3 to 6 shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in Annex 3 shall be progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetable:

On the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 85 % of the basic duty;

One year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 70 % of the basic duty;

Two years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 55 % of the basic duty;

Three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 40 % of the basic duty;

Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 25 % of the basic duty;

Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

3. Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in Annexes 4 and 5 shall be progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetables:

In the case of the list appearing in Annex 4:

On the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 92 % of the basic duty;

One year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 84 % of the basic duty;

Two years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 76 % of the basic duty;

Three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 68 % of the basic duty;

Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 60 % of the basic duty;

Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 52 % of the basic duty;

Six years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 44 % of the basic duty;

Seven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 36 % of the basic duty;

Eight years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 28 % of the basic duty;

Nine years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 20 % of the basic duty;

Ten years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 12 % of the basic duty;

Eleven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 4 % of the basic duty;

Twelve years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

In the case of the list appearing in Annex 5:

Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 88 % of the basic duty;

Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 77 % of the basic duty;

Six years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 66 % of the basic duty;

Seven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 55 % of the basic duty;

Eight years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 44 % of the basic duty;

Nine years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 33 % of the basic duty;

Ten years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 22 % of the basic duty;

Eleven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 11 % of the basic duty;

Twelve years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

4. In the event of serious difficulties for a given product, the relevant timetables in accordance with paragraph 3 may be reviewed by the Association Committee by common accord on the understanding that the schedule for which the review has been requested may not be extended in respect of the product concerned beyond the maximum transitional period of 12 years. If the Association Committee has not taken a decision within thirty days of its application to review the timetable, Tunisia may suspend the timetable provisionally for a period which may not exceed one year.

5. For each product the basic duty to which the successive reductions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 are to be applied shall be that actually applied vis-à-vis the Community on 1 January 1995.

6. If, after 1 January 1995, any tariff reduction is applied on an erga omnes basis, the reduced duties shall replace the basic duties referred to in paragraph 5 as from the date when such reductions are applied.

7. Tunisia shall communicate its basic duties to the Community.

Article 12

The provisions of Articles 10, 11 and 19(b) shall not apply to products in the list appearing in Annex 6. The arrangements to be applied to such products shall be re-examined by the Association Council four years after the Agreement's entry into force.

Article 13

The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on imports shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.

Article 14

1. Exceptional measures of limited duration which derogate from the provisions of Article 11 may be taken by Tunisia in the form of an increase or reintroduction of customs duties.

These measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly where these difficulties produce major social problems.

Customs duties on imports applicable in Tunisia to products originating in the Community introduced by these measures may not exceed 25 % ad valorem and shall maintain an element of preference for products originating in the Community. The total value of imports of the products which are subject to these measures may not exceed 15 % of total imports of industrial products from the Community during the last year for which statistics are available.

These measures shall be applied for a period not exceeding five years unless a longer duration is authorised by the Association Committee. They shall cease to apply at the latest on the expiry of the maximum transitional period of twelve years.

No such measures can be introduced in respect of a product if more than three years have elapsed since the elimination of all duties and quantitative restrictions or charges or measures having equivalent effect concerning that product.

Tunisia shall inform the Association Committee of any exceptional measures it intends to take and, at the request of the Community, consultations shall be held on such measures and the sectors to which they apply before they are implemented. When taking such measures Tunisia shall provide the Committee with a timetable for the elimination of the customs duties introduced under this Article. This timetable shall provide for a phasing-out of these duties in equal annual instalments starting at the latest two years after their introduction. The Association Committee may decide on a different timetable.

2. By way of derogation from the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1, the Association Committee may exceptionally, in order to take account of the difficulties involved in setting up a new industry, authorise Tunisia to maintain the measures already taken pursuant to paragraph 1 for a maximum period of three years beyond the twelve-year transitional period.

CHAPTER II AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

Article 15

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the products originating in the Community and Tunisia listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Article 16

The Community and Tunisia shall gradually implement greater liberalisation of their reciprocal trade in agricultural and fishery products.

Article 17

1. Agricultural and fishery products originating in Tunisia shall benefit on import into the Community from the provisions set out in Protocols Nos 1 and 2 respectively.

2. Agricultural products originating in the Community shall benefit on import into Tunisia from the provisions set out in Protocol No 3.

Article 18

1. From 1 January 2000 the Community and Tunisia shall assess the situation with a view to determining the liberalisation measures to be applied by the Community and Tunisia with effect from 1 January 2001 in accordance with the objective set out in Article 16.

2. Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and taking account of the patterns of trade in agricultural products between the Parties and the particular sensitivity of such products, the Community and Tunisia will examine on a regular basis in the Association Council, product by product and on a reciprocal basis, the possibilities of granting each other further concessions.

CHAPTER III COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 19

Without prejudice to the provisions of the GATT:

(a) no new quantitative restriction on imports or measure having equivalent effect shall be introduced in trade between the Community and Tunisia;

(b) quantitative restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect in trade between Tunisia and the Community shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement;

(c) the Community and Tunisia shall apply to the other's exports customs neither duties or charges having equivalent effect nor quantitative restrictions or measures of equivalent effect.

Article 20

1. Should specific rules be introduced as a result of implementation of their agricultural policies or modification of their existing rules, or should the provisions on the implementation of their agricultural policies be modified or developed, the Community and Tunisia may modify the arrangements laid down in the Agreement in respect of the products concerned.

The Party carrying out such modification shall inform the Association Committee thereof. At the request of the other Party, the Association Committee shall meet to take appropriate account of that Party's interests.

2. If the Community or Tunisia, in applying paragraph 1, modifies the arrangements made by this Agreement for agricultural products, they shall accord imports originating in the other Party an advantage comparable to that provided for in this Agreement.

3. Any modification of the arrangements made by this Agreement shall be the subject, at the request of the other Contracting Party, of consultations within the Association Council.

Article 21

Products originating in Tunisia shall not enjoy more favourable treatment when imported into the Community than that applied by Member States among themselves.

The provisions of this Agreement shall apply without prejudice to the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands.

Article 22

1. The two Parties shall refrain from any measures or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly, discrimination between the products of one Party and like products originating in the territory of the other Party.

2. Products exported to the territory of one of the Parties may not benefit from repayment of indirect internal taxation in excess of the amount of indirect taxation imposed on them directly or indirectly.

Article 23

1. This Agreement shall not preclude the maintenance or establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for frontier trade insofar as they do not have the effect of altering the trade arrangements provided for in this Agreement.

2. Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the Association Committee concerning agreements establishing customs unions or free trade areas and, where appropriate, on other major issues related to their respective trade policies with third countries. In particular in the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account is taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Tunisia stated in this Agreement.

Article 24

If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it may take appropriate measures against this practice in accordance with the Agreement relating to the application of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, related internal legislation and the conditions and procedures laid down in Article 27.

Article 25

Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:

- serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, or

- serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region,

the Community or Tunisia may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 27.

Article 26

Where compliance with the provisions of Article 19(c) leads to:

(i) re-export to a third country of a product against which the exporting Party maintains quantitative export restrictions, export duties or measures or charges having equivalent effect; or

(ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to the exporting Party,

and where the situations referred to above give rise, or are likely to give rise, to major difficulties for the exporting Party, that Party may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 27. The measures shall be non-discriminatory and shall be eliminated when conditions no longer justify their maintenance.

Article 27

1. In the event of the Community or Tunisia subjecting imports of products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in Article 25 to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid supply of information on trade flow trends, it shall inform the other Party.

2. In the cases specified in Articles 24, 25 and 26, before taking the measures provided for therein or, in cases to which paragraph 3(d) applies, as soon as possible, the Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, shall supply the Association Committee with all relevant information with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two Parties.

In the selection of measures, priority shall be given to those which least disturb the functioning of this Agreement.

The safeguard measures shall be immediately notified to the Association Committee by the Party concerned and shall be the subject of periodic consultations, particularly with a view to their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.

3. For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) as regards Article 24, the exporting Party shall be informed of the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing Party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put to the dumping within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures;

(b) as regards Article 25, the difficulties arising from the situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee, which may take any decision needed to put an end to such difficulties.

If the Association Committee or the exporting Party has not taken a decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures shall not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the difficulties which have arisen;

(c) as regards Article 26, the difficulties arising from the situations referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee.

The Association Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within 30 days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting Party may apply appropriate measures to exports of the product concerned;

(d) where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible, the Community or Tunisia, whichever is concerned, may, in the situations specified in Articles 24, 25 and 26, apply forthwith the precautionary measures strictly necessary to deal with the situation and shall inform the other Party immediately thereof.

Article 28

The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property of rules relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.

Article 29

The concept of 'originating products` for the purposes of implementing this Title and the methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto are laid down in Protocol No 4.

Article 30

The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied to the classification of goods in trade between the two Parties.

TITLE III RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT AND SERVICES

Article 31

1. The Parties agree to widen the scope of the Agreement to cover the right of establishment of one Party's firms on the territory of the other and liberalisation of the provision of services by one Party's firms to consumers of services in the other.

2. The Association Council will make recommendations for achieving the objective described in paragraph 1.

In making such recommendations, the Association Council will take account of past experience of implementation of reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment and of the respective obligations of each Party under the General Agreement on Trade in Services annexed to the Agreement establishing the WTO, hereinafter referred to as the 'GATS`, particularly those in Article V of the latter.

3. The Association Council will make a first assessment of the achievement of this objective no later than five years after the Agreement enters into force.

Article 32

1. At the outset, each of the Parties shall reaffirm its obligations under the GATS, particularly the obligation to grant reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment in the service sectors covered by that obligation.

2. In accordance with the GATS, such treatment shall not apply to:

(a) advantages granted by either Party under the terms of an agreement of the type defined in Article V of the GATS or to measures taken on the basis of such an agreement;

(b) other advantages granted in accordance with the list of exemptions from most-favoured-nation treatment annexed by either Party to the GATS.

TITLE IV PAYMENTS, CAPITAL, COMPETITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I CURRENT PAYMENTS AND MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL

Article 33

Subject to the provisions of Article 35, the Parties undertake to allow all current payments for current transactions to be made in a freely convertible currency.

Article 34

1. With regard to transactions on the capital account of balance of payments, the Community and Tunisia shall ensure, from the entry into force of this Agreement, that capital relating to direct investments in Tunisia in companies formed in accordance with current laws can move freely and that the yield from such investments and any profit stemming therefrom can be liquidated and repatriated.

2. The Parties shall consult each other with a view to facilitating, and fully liberalising when the time is right, the movement of capital between the Community and Tunisia.

Article 35

Where one or more Member States of the Community, or Tunisia, is in serious balance of payments difficulties, or under threat thereof, the Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the conditions established under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Articles VIII and XIV of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, adopt restrictions on current transactions which shall be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is strictly necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. The Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, shall inform the other Party forthwith and shall submit to it as soon as possible a timetable for the elimination of the measures concerned.

CHAPTER II COMPETITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

Article 36

1. The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the Agreement, insofar as they may affect trade between the Community and Tunisia:

(a) all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;

(b) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territories of the Community or of Tunisia as a whole or in a substantial part thereof;

(c) any official aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods, with the exception of cases in which a derogation is allowed under the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.

2. Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of Articles 85, 86 and 92 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in the case of products falling within the scope of the European Coal and Steel Community, the rules of Articles 65 and 66 of the Treaty establishing that Community, and the rules relating to state aid, including secondary legislation.

3. The Association Council shall, within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement, adopt the necessary rules for the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2.

Until these rules are adopted, the provisions of the Agreement on interpretation and application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall be applied as the rules for the implementation of paragraph 1(c) and related parts of paragraph 2.

4. (a) For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1(c), the Parties recognize that during the first five years after the entry into force of this Agreement, any State aid granted by Tunisia shall be assessed taking into account the fact that Tunisia shall be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described in Article 92(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

During the same period of time, Tunisia may exceptionally, as regards ECSC steel products, grant State aid for restructuring purposes provided that:

- it leads to the viability of the recipient firms under normal market conditions at the end of the restructuring period,

- the amount and intensity of such aid are strictly limited to what is absolutely necessary in order to restore such viability and are progressively reduced,

- the restructuring programme is linked to a comprehensive plan for rationalising capacity in Tunisia.

The Association Council shall, taking into account the economic situation of Tunisia, decide whether the period should be extended every five years.

(b) Each Party shall ensure transparency in the area of official aid, inter alia by reporting annually to the other Party on the total amount and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request, information on aid schemes. Upon request by one Party, the other Party shall provide information on particular individual cases of official aid.

5. With regard to products referred to in Chapter II of Title II:

- the provisions of paragraph 1(c) do not apply,

- any practices contrary to paragraph 1(a) shall be assessed according to the criteria established by the Community on the basis of Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular those established in Council Regulation No 26/62.

6. If the Community or Tunisia considers that a particular practice is incompatible with the terms of paragraph 1, and:

- is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 3, or

- in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other Party or material injury to its domestic industry, including its services industry,

it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Association Committee or after 30 working days following referral to that Committee.

In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph 1(c) of this Article, such appropriate measures may, where the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade applies thereto, only be adopted in accordance with the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and any other relevant instrument negotiated under its auspices which is applicable between the Parties.

7. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in accordance with paragraph 3, the Parties shall exchange information taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of professional and business secrecy.

Article 37

The Member States and Tunisia shall progressively adjust, without affecting commitments made under the GATT, any state monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and of Tunisia. The Association Committee will be informed about the measures adopted to implement this objective.

Article 38

With regard to public enterprises and enterprises which have been granted special or exclusive rights, the Association Council shall ensure, from the fifth year following the entry into force of the Agreement, that no measures which disturbs trade between the Community and Tunisia in a manner which runs counter to the interests of the Parties is adopted or maintained. This provision shall not impede the performance in fact or in law of the specific functions assigned to those enterprises.

Article 39

1. The Parties shall provide suitable and effective protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, in line with the highest international standards. This shall encompass effective means of enforcing such rights.

2. Implementation of this Article and of Annex 7 shall be regularly assessed by the Parties. If difficulties which affect trade arise in connection with intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, either Party may request urgent consultations to find mutually satisfactory solutions.

Article 40

1. The Parties shall take appropriate steps to promote the use by Tunisia of Community technical rules and European standards for industrial and agri-food products and certification procedures.

2. Using the principles set out in paragraph 1 as a basis, the Parties shall, when the circumstances are right, conclude agreements for the mutual recognition of certifications.

Article 41

1. The Parties shall set as their objective a reciprocal and gradual liberalisation of public procurement contracts.

2. The Association Council shall take the steps necessary to implement paragraph 1.

TITLE V ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Article 42 Objectives

1. The Parties undertake to step up economic cooperation in their mutual interest and in the spirit of partnership which is at the root of this Agreement.

2. The objective of economic cooperation shall be to support Tunisia's own efforts to achieve sustainable economic and social development.

Article 43 Scope

1. Cooperation will be targeted first and foremost at areas of activity suffering the effects of internal constraints and difficulties or affected by the process of liberalising Tunisia's economy as a whole, and more particularly by the liberalisation of trade between Tunisia and the Community.

2. Similarly, cooperation shall focus on areas likely to bring the economies of the Community and Tunisia closer together, particularly those which will generate growth and employment.

3. Cooperation shall foster economic integration within the Maghreb using any measures likely to further such relations within the region.

4. Preservation of the environment and ecological balances shall constitute a central component of the various fields of economic cooperation.

5. Where appropriate, the Parties shall determine by agreement other fields of economic cooperation.

Article 44 Methods

Economic cooperation shall involve methods including:

(a) regular economic dialogue between the two Parties covering all aspects of macroeconomic policy;

(b) communication and exchanges of information;

(c) advice, use of the services of experts and training;

(d) joint ventures;

(e) assistance with technical, administrative and regulatory matters.

Article 45 Regional cooperation

In order to make the most of this Agreement, the Parties shall foster all activities which have a regional impact or involve third countries, notably:

(a) intra-regional trade within the Maghreb;

(b) environmental matters;

(c) the development of economic infrastructure;

(d) research in science and technology;

(e) cultural matters;

(f) customs matters;

(g) regional institutions and the establishment of common or harmonised programmes and policies.

Article 46 Education and training

The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) find ways to bring about a significant improvement in education and training, including vocational training;

(b) place special emphasis on giving the female population access to education, including technical training, higher education and vocational training;

(c) encourage the establishment of lasting links between specialist bodies on the Parties' territories in order to pool and exchange experience and methods.

Article 47 Scientific, technical and technological cooperation

The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) encourage the establishment of permanent links between the Parties' scientific communities, notably by means of:

- providing Tunisia with access to Community research and technological development programmes in accordance with Community rules governing non-Community countries' involvement in such programmes,

- Tunisian participation in networks of decentralised cooperation,

- promoting synergy in training and research;

(b) improve Tunisia's research capabilities;

(c) stimulate technological innovation and the transfer of new technology and know-how;

(d) encourage all activities aimed at establishing synergy at regional level.

Article 48 Environment

The aim of cooperation shall be to prevent deterioration of the environment, to improve the quality of the environment, to protect human health and to achieve rational use of natural resources for sustainable development.

The Parties undertake to cooperate in areas including:

(a) soil and water quality;

(b) the consequences of development, particularly industrial development (especially safety of installations and waste);

(c) monitoring and preventing pollution of the sea.

Article 49 Industrial cooperation

The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) encourage cooperation between the Parties' economic operators, including cooperation in the context of access for Tunisia to Community business networks and decentralised cooperation networks;

(b) back the effort to modernise and restructure Tunisia's public and private sector industry (including the agri-food industry);

(c) foster an environment which favours private initiative, with the aim of stimulating and diversifying output for the domestic and export markets;

(d) make the most of Tunisia's human resources and industrial potential through better use of policy in the fields of innovation and research and technological development;

(e) facilitate access to credit to finance investment.

Article 50 Promotion and protection of investment

The aim of cooperation shall be to create a favourable climate for flows of investment, and to use the following in particular:

(a) the establishment of harmonised and simplified procedures, co-investment machinery (especially to link small and medium-sized enterprises) and methods of identifying and providing information on investment opportunities;

(b) the establishment, where appropriate, of a legal framework to promote investment, chiefly through the conclusion by Tunisia and the Member States of investment protection agreements and agreements preventing double taxation.

Article 51 Cooperation in standardisation and conformity assessment

The Parties shall cooperate in developing:

(a) the use of Community rules in standardisation, metrology, quality control and conformity assessment;

(b) the updating of Tunisian laboratories, leading eventually to the conclusion of mutual recognition agreements for conformity assessment;

(c) the bodies responsible for intellectual, industrial and commercial property and for standardisation and quality in Tunisia.

Article 52 Approximation of legislation

Cooperation shall be aimed at helping Tunisia to bring its legislation closer to that of the Community in the areas covered by this Agreement.

Article 53 Financial services

The aim of cooperation shall be to achieve closer common rules and standards in areas including the following:

(a) bolstering and restructuring Tunisia's financial sectors;

(b) improving accounting, auditing, supervision and regulation of financial services and financial monitoring in Tunisia.

Article 54 Agriculture and fisheries

The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) modernise and restructure agriculture and fisheries through methods including the modernisation of infrastructure and equipment, the development of packaging and storage techniques and the improvement of private distribution and marketing chains;

(b) diversify output and external markets;

(c) achieve cooperation in health, plant health and growing techniques.

Article 55 Transport

The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) achieve the restructuring and modernisation of road, rail, port and airport infrastructure of common interest, in correlation with major trans-European communication routes;

(b) define and apply operating standards comparable to those found in the Community;

(c) bring equipment up to Community standards, particularly where multimodal transport, containerisation and transhipment are concerned;

(d) gradually improve road transit and the management of airports, air traffic and railways.

Article 56 Telecommunications and information technology

Cooperation shall focus on:

(a) telecommunications in general;

(b) standardisation, conformity testing and certification for information technology and telecommunications;

(c) dissemination of new information technologies, particularly in relation to networks and the interconnection of networks (ISDN - integrated services digital networks - and EDI - electronic data interchange);

(d) stimulating research on and development of new communication and information technology facilities to develop the market in equipment, services and applications related to information technology and to communications, services and installations.

Article 57 Energy

Cooperation shall focus on:

(a) renewable energy;

(b) promoting the saving of energy;

(c) applied research relating to networks of databases linking the two Parties' economic and social operators;

(d) backing efforts to modernise and develop energy networks and the interconnection of such networks with Community networks.

Article 58 Tourism

The aim of cooperation shall be to develop tourism, particularly with regard to:

(a) catering management and quality of service in the various fields connected with catering;

(b) development of marketing;

(c) promotion of tourism for young people.

Article 59 Cooperation in customs matters

1. The aim of cooperation shall be to ensure fair trade and compliance with trade rules. It shall focus on:

(a) simplifying customs checks and procedures;

(b) the use of the Single Administrative Document and creating a link between the Community and Tunisian transit systems.

2. Without prejudice to other forms of cooperation provided for in this Agreement, and particularly those provided for in Articles 61 and 62, the Contracting Parties' administrative authorities shall provide mutual assistance in accordance with the terms of Protocol No 5.

Article 60 Cooperation in statistics

The aim of cooperation shall be to bring the methods used by the Parties closer together and to put to use data on all areas covered by this Agreement for which statistics can be collected.

Article 61 Money laundering

1. The Parties agree on the need to work towards and cooperate on preventing the use of their financial systems to launder the proceeds of criminal activities in general and drug trafficking in particular.

2. Cooperation in this area shall include administrative and technical assistance with the purpose of establishing suitable standards against money laundering equivalent to those adopted by the Community and international fora in this field, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Article 62 Combating drug use and trafficking

1. The aim of cooperation shall be to:

(a) improve the effectiveness of policies and measures to prevent and combat the production and supply of and trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances;

(b) eliminate illicit consumption of such products.

2. The Parties shall together set out appropriate strategies and methods of cooperation, in accordance with their own legislation, to attain those objectives. For any action which is not conducted jointly, there shall be consultations and close coordination.

Such action may involve the appropriate public and private sector institutions and international organisations, in collaboration with the government of the Republic of Tunisia and the relevant authorities in the Community and the Member States.

3. Cooperation shall take the following forms in particular:

(a) the establishment or expansion of clinics/hostels and information centres for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts;

(b) the implementation of prevention, information, training and epidemiological research projects;

(c) the establishment of standards for preventing diversion of precursors and other essential ingredients for the illicit manufacture of narcotics and psychotropic substances, which are equivalent to those adopted by the Community and the appropriate international authorities, particularly the Chemicals Action Task Force (CATF).

Article 63

The two Parties shall together establish the procedures needed to achieve cooperation in the fields covered by this Title.

TITLE VI COOPERATION IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS

CHAPTER I WORKERS

Article 64

1. The treatment accorded by each Member State to workers of Tunisian nationality employed in its territory shall be free from any discrimination based on nationality, as regards working conditions, remuneration and dismissal, relative to its own nationals.

2. All Tunisian workers allowed to undertake paid employment in the territory of a Member State on a temporary basis shall be covered by the provisions of paragraph 1 with regard to working conditions and remuneration.

3. Tunisia shall accord the same treatment to workers who are nationals of a Member State and employed in its territory.

Article 65

1. Subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs, workers of Tunisian nationality and any members of their families living with them shall enjoy, in the field of social security, treatment free from any discrimination based on nationality relative to nationals of the Member States in which they are employed.

The concept of social security shall cover the branches of social security dealing with sickness and maternity benefits, invalidity, old-age and survivors' benefits, industrial accident and occupational disease benefits and death, unemployment and family benefits.

These provisions shall not, however, cause the other coordination rules provided for in Community legislation based on Article 51 of the EC Treaty to apply, except under the conditions set out in Article 67 of this Agreement.

2. All periods of insurance, employment or residence completed by such workers in the various Member States shall be added together for the purpose of pensions and annuities in respect of old age, invalidity and survivors' benefits and family, sickness and maternity benefits and also for that of medical care for the workers and for members of their families resident in the Community.

3. The workers in question shall receive family allowances for members of their families who are resident in the Community.

4. The workers in question shall be able to transfer freely to Tunisia, at the rates applied by virtue of the legislation of the debtor Member State or States, any pensions or annuities in respect of old age, survivor status, industrial accident or occupational disease, or of invalidity resulting from industrial accident or occupational disease, except in the case of special non-contributory benefits.

5. Tunisia shall accord to workers who are nationals of a Member State and employed in its territory, and to the members of their families, treatment similar to that specified in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4.

Article 66

The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to nationals of the Parties residing or working illegally in the territory of their host countries.

Article 67

1. Before the end of the first year following the entry into force of this Agreement, the Association Council shall adopt provisions to implement the principles set out in Article 65.

2. The Association Council shall adopt detailed rules for administrative cooperation providing the necessary management and monitoring guarantees for the application of the provisions referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 68

The provisions adopted by the Association Council in accordance with Article 67 shall not affect any rights or obligations arising from bilateral agreements linking Tunisia and the Member States where those agreements provide for more favourable treatment of nationals of Tunisia or of the Member States.

CHAPTER II DIALOGUE IN SOCIAL MATTERS

Article 69

1. The Parties shall conduct regular dialogue on any social matter which is of interest to them.

2. Such dialogue shall be used to find ways to achieve progress in the field of movement of workers and equal treatment and social integration for Tunisian and Community nationals residing legally in the territories of their host countries.

3. Dialogue shall cover in particular all issues connected with:

(a) the living and working conditions of the migrant communities;

(b) migration;

(c) illegal immigration and the conditions governing the return of individuals who are in breach of the legislation dealing with the right to stay and the right of establishment in their host countries;

(d) schemes and programmes to encourage equal treatment between Tunisian and Community nationals, mutual knowledge of cultures and civilizations, the furthering of tolerance and the removal of discrimination.

Article 70

Dialogue on social matters shall be conducted at the same levels and in accordance with the same procedures as provided for in Title I of this Agreement, which can itself provide a framework for that dialogue.

CHAPTER III COOPERATION IN THE SOCIAL FIELD

Article 71

With a view to consolidating cooperation between the Parties in the social field, projects and programmes shall be carried out in any area of interest to them.

Priority will be afforded to:

(a) reducing migratory pressure, in particular by creating jobs and developing training in areas from which emigrants come;

(b) resettling those repatriated because of their illegal status under the legislation of the state in question;

(c) promoting the role of women in the economic and social development process through education and the media in step with Tunisian policy on the matter;

(d) bolstering and developing Tunisia's family planning and mother and child protection programmes;

(e) improving the social protection system;

(f) enhancing the health cover system;

(g) improving living conditions in poor, densely populated areas;

(h) implementing and financing exchange and leisure programmes for mixed groups of Tunisian and European young people residing in the Member States, with a view to promoting mutual knowledge of their respective cultures and fostering tolerance.

Article 72

Cooperation schemes may be carried out in coordination with Member States and relevant international organisations.

Article 73

A working party shall be set up by the Association Council by the end of the first year following the entry into force of this Agreement. It shall be responsible for the continuous and regular evaluation of the implementation of Chapters 1 to 3.

CHAPTER IV COOPERATION ON CULTURAL MATTERS

Article 74

1. In order to boost mutual knowledge and understanding, taking account of activities already carried out, the Parties shall undertake - while respecting each other's culture - to provide a firmer footing for lasting cultural dialogue and to promote continuous cultural cooperation between them, without ruling out a priori any field of activity.

2. In putting together cooperation projects and programmes and carrying out joint activities, the Parties shall place special emphasis on young people, on written and audio-visual means of expression and communication, and on the protection of their heritage and the dissemination of culture.

3. The Parties agree that cultural cooperation programmes already under way in the Community or in one or more of its Member States may be extended to Tunisia.

TITLE VII FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Article 75

With a view to full attainment of the Agreement's objectives, financial cooperation shall be implemented for Tunisia in line with the appropriate financial procedures and resources.

These procedures shall be adopted by mutual agreement between the Parties by means of the most suitable instruments once the Agreement enters into force.

In addition to the areas covered by the Titles V and VI of this Agreement, cooperation shall entail:

- facilitating reforms aimed at modernizing the economy,

- updating economic infrastructure,

- promoting private investment and job creation activities,

- taking into account the effects on the Tunisian economy of the progressive introduction of a free trade area, in particular where the updating and restructuring of industry is concerned,

- flanking measures for policies implemented in the social sectors.

Article 76

Within the framework of Community instruments intended to buttress structural adjustment programmes in the Mediterranean countries - and in close coordination with the Tunisian authorities and other contributors, in particular the international financial institutions - the Community will examine suitable ways of supporting structural policies carried out by Tunisia to restore financial equilibrium in all its key aspects and create an economic environment conducive to boosting growth, while at the same time enhancing social welfare.

Article 77

In order to ensure a coordinated approach to dealing with exceptional macroeconomic and financial problems which could stem from the progressive implementation of the Agreement, the Parties shall closely monitor the development of trade and financial relations between the Community and Tunisia as part of the regular economic dialogue established under Title V.

TITLE VIII INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 78

An Association Council is hereby established which shall meet at ministerial level once a year and when circumstances require, on the initiative of its Chairman and in accordance with the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure.

It shall examine any major issues arising within the framework of this Agreement and any other bilateral or international issues of mutual interest.

Article 79

1. The Association Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Union and members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of members of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, on the other.

2. Members of the Association Council may arrange to be represented, in accordance with the provisions laid down in its rules of procedure.

3. The Association Council shall establish its rules of procedure.

4. The Association Council shall be chaired in turn by a member of the Council of the European Union and a member of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia in accordance with the provisions laid down in its rules of procedure.

Article 80

The Association Council shall, for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases provided for therein.

The decisions taken shall be binding on the Parties, which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken. The Association Council may also make appropriate recommendations.

It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between the Parties.

Article 81

1. Subject to the powers of the Council, an Association Committee is hereby established which shall be responsible for the implementation of the Agreement.

2. The Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee, in full or in part, any of its powers.

Article 82

1. The Association Committee, which shall meet at the level of officials, shall consist of representatives of members of the Council of the European Union and of members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of representatives of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, on the other.

2. The Association Committee shall establish its rules of procedure.

3. The Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and by a representative of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia.

The Association Committee shall normally meet alternately in the Community and in Tunisia.

Article 83

The Association Committee shall have the power to take decisions for the management of the Agreement as well as in those areas in which the Council has delegated its powers to it.

It shall draw up its decisions by agreement between the Parties. These decisions shall be binding on the Parties, which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken.

Article 84

The Association Council may decide to set up any working group or body necessary for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 85

The Association Council shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate cooperation and contacts between the European Parliament and the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Tunisia, and between the Economic and Social Committee of the Community and the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Tunisia.

Article 86

1. Either Party may refer to the Association Council any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this Agreement.

2. The Association Council may settle the dispute by means of a decision.

3. Each Party shall be bound to take the measures involved in carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.

4. In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other Party must then appoint a second arbitrator within two months. For the application of this procedure, the Community and the Member States shall be deemed to be one Party to the dispute.

The Association Council shall appoint a third arbitrator.

The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.

Each party to the dispute shall take the steps required to implement the decision of the arbitrators.

Article 87

Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Contracting Party from taking any measures:

(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential security interests;

(b) which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions or war materials or to research, development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for specifically military purposes;

(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.

Article 88

1. In the fields covered by this Agreement, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein:

- the arrangements applied by the Republic of Tunisia in respect of the Community shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals, or their companies or firms,

- the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of the Republic of Tunisia shall not give rise to any discrimination between Tunisian nationals or its companies or firms.

Article 89

Nothing in the Agreement shall have the effect of:

- extending the fiscal advantages granted by either Party in any international agreement or arrangement by which it is bound,

- preventing the adoption or application by either Party of any measure aimed at preventing fraud or the evasion of taxes,

- opposing the right of either Party to apply the relevant provisions of its tax legislation to taxpayers who are not in an identical situation as regards their place of residence.

Article 90

1. The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.

2. If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Association Council with all the relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.

In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the Agreement. These measures shall be notified immediately to the Association Council and shall be the subject of consultations within the Association Council if the other Party so requests.

Article 91

Protocols Nos 1 to 5, Annexes 1 to 7 and the declarations shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 92

For the purposes of this Agreement, 'Parties` shall mean, on the one hand, the Community or the Member States, or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective powers, and, on the other hand, Tunisia.

Article 93

This Agreement shall be concluded for an unlimited period.

Either Party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other Party. The Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date of such notification.

Article 94

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Coal And Steel Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand to the territory of the Republic of Tunisia.

Article 95

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 96

1. The Agreement shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.

It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.

2. Upon its entry into force, the Agreement shall replace the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia and the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Tunisia, signed in Tunis on 25 April 1976.

Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de julio de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende juli nitten hundrede og fem og halvfems.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Juli neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.

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Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.

Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept juillet mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette luglio millenovecentonovantacinque.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende juli negentienhonderd vijfennegentig.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Julho de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.

Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde juli nittonhundranittiofem.

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8542190

8542200

8542800

8542900

8543200

8543800

8543900

8545110

8545190

8545200

8545900

8546200

8547100

8603100

8603900

8606100

8606200

8606300

8606910

8606920

8607191

8607192

8607199

8607210

8607290

8607300

8607910

8607990

8608009

8701100

8701300

8701900

8703212

8703222

8703322

8801100

8801900

8803100

8803200

8803300

8803900

8904000

8906009

9001100

9001200

9002110

9002190

9002200

9002900

9004903

9005100

9005801

9005809

9005901

9005909

9006200

9006301

9006309

9006400

9006510

9006520

9006530

9006590

9006610

9006620

9006690

9006910

9006990

9007110

9007191

9007199

9007210

9007290

9007910

9007920

9008100

9008300

9008900

9009110

9009120

9009210

9009220

9009300

9009900

9010300

9010900

9011900

9013900

9014100

9014200

9014800

9014900

9015300

9015900

9017109

9017209

9017300

9017809

9017900

9018110

9018190

9018200

9018320

9018390

9018410

9018491

9018499

9018500

9018902

9018903

9018904

9018909

9019100

9019200

9020000

9021211

9021291

9022110

9022210

9022900

9024900

9025190

9025209

9025900

9026900

9027400

9027901

9027909

9028100

9028209

9028900

9029201

9029209

9029900

9030900

9031900

9032100

9032900

9033000

9107000

9108110

9108120

9108190

9108200

9108910

9108990

9109110

9109190

9109900

9110110

9110120

9110190

9110900

9114100

9114200

9114300

9114400

9114900

9201100

9201200

9201900

9202100

9202900

9203000

9204100

9204200

9205100

9205900

9206000

9207100

9207900

9208100

9208900

9209100

9209200

9209300

9209910

9209920

9209930

9209940

9209990

9402102

9402902

9402909

9405501

9502910

9502991

9506110

9506120

9506190

9506290

9506310

9506320

9506390

9506400

9506510

9506590

9506610

9506690

9506700

9506910

9506990

9507100

9507201

9507202

9507300

9507900

9508000

9603500

9603901

9603909

9606300

9607201

9608103

9608409

9608600

9609200

ANNEX 4

CN Code

1302320

1506000

1521100

1521900

2008910

2101100

2103100

2205100

2205900

2503100

2503900

2510100

2510200

2511101

2511109

2515110

2515200

2516901

2516902

2520200

2522100

2530400

2710001

2710003

2710005

2710009

2713209

2804700

2805400

2806200

2808000

2811190

2811290

2819900

2822000

2828903

2834109

2834299

2837110

2837190

2837200

2838000

2843100

2843210

2843290

2843300

2843900

2844100

2844200

2844300

2844500

2845100

2845900

2902900

2903290

2903300

2903400

2903622

2904100

2931001

2932120

2936100

2936210

2936220

2936230

2936240

2936250

2936260

2936270

2936280

2936290

2936900

2937100

2937210

2937220

2937290

2937910

2937920

2937990

2938100

2938900

2939100

2939210

2939290

2939300

2939400

2939500

2939600

2939700

2939901

2939909

2941100

2941200

2941300

2941400

2941500

2941900

2942000

3208101

3208102

3208103

3208201

3208202

3208203

3208901

3208902

3208903

3209101

3209102

3209901

3209902

3210001

3210002

3210003

3211000

3212902

3214101

3214109

3215190

3302100

3401193

3406000

3601001

3601009

3602001

3602002

3602003

3602004

3602009

3603001

3603002

3603003

3603009

3604100

3604901

3604902

3604909

3605000

3606901

3701300

3808301

3808302

3808309

3823909

3902100

3904220

3904690

3905510

3906901

3907501

3907509

3909101

3915100

3915200

3915300

3915900

3916100

3916200

3916900

3917100

3917210

3917220

3917230

3917290

3917310

3917320

3917330

3917390

3917400

3919100

3920200

3920420

3920510

3920590

3920610

3920620

3920630

3920690

3920710

3920720

3920731

3920739

3920790

3920910

3920920

3920930

3920940

3920990

3921110

3921130

3921900

3922100

3922200

3922900

3923100

3923211

3923219

3923291

3923299

3923300

3923400

3923500

3923900

3924100

3924900

3925101

3925109

3925200

3925300

3925900

3926100

3926209

3926300

3926400

3926901

3926905

3926906

3926909

4011101

4011202

4011203

4011209

4104109

4104210

4104229

4104299

4104319

4104399

4105110

4105129

4105190

4105209

4106110

4106129

4106190

4106209

4107100

4108000

4109000

4110000

4201000

4205001

4205002

4206101

4206109

4206900

4301100

4301200

4301300

4301400

4301500

4301600

4301700

4301800

4301900

4302110

4302120

4302130

4302190

4302200

4302300

4303100

4303900

4304000

4409100

4409200

4412110

4412120

4412190

4412210

4412290

4412910

4412990

4414000

4415100

4415200

4416000

4417002

4417009

4418100

4418200

4418300

4418400

4418500

4418901

4418909

4420100

4420900

4421100

4421901

4421904

4421909

4502000

4503100

4503900

4504100

4504900

4601100

4707100

4707200

4707300

4707900

4804110

4804190

4805100

4805221

4805222

4805229

4805230

4805291

4805299

4805300

4805500

4806100

4806200

4806300

4806400

4807100

4807910

4807990

4808200

4808300

4908900

4810110

4810120

4810210

4810290

4810310

4810320

4810390

4810991

4810992

4811100

4811310

4811399

4811400

4811901

4813100

4813200

4814100

4814200

4814300

4814900

4815000

4818500

4823200

4823400

4823902

4823903

4823905

4904001

4907003

4907009

4908102

4908109

4908902

4908909

4909000

4910001

4910009

4911109

4911910

4911990

5106100

5106200

5107200

5111110

5111190

5111200

5111300

5111900

5112110

5112190

5112200

5112300

5112900

5113001

5113002

5202100

5202990

5205110

5205120

5205130

5205140

5205150

5205210

5205220

5205230

5205240

5205250

5205310

5205320

5205330

5205340

5205350

5205410

5205420

5205430

5205440

5205450

5206110

5206120

5206130

5206140

5206150

5206210

5206220

5206230

5206240

5206250

5206310

5206320

5206330

5206340

5206350

5206410

5206420

5206430

5206440

5206450

5401101

5401102

5401201

5401202

5407100

5407200

5407300

5407410

5407420

5407430

5407440

5407510

5407520

5407530

5407540

5407600

5407710

5407720

5407730

5407740

5407810

5407820

5407830

5407840

5407910

5407920

5407930

5407940

5408100

5408210

5408220

5408230

5408240

5408310

5408320

5408330

5408340

5505100

5505200

5508101

5508109

5508201

5508209

5509110

5509120

5509210

5509220

5509310

5509320

5509410

5509420

5509510

5509530

5509590

5509610

5509620

5509690

5509910

5509920

5509990

5510110

5510120

5510200

5510300

5510900

5513110

5513120

5513130

5513190

5513210

5513220

5513230

5513290

5513310

5513320

5513330

5513390

5513410

5513420

5513430

5513490

5514110

5514120

5514130

5514190

5514210

5514220

5514230

5514290

5514310

5514320

5514330

5514390

5514410

5514420

5514430

5514490

5516110

5516120

5516130

5516140

5516210

5516220

5516230

5516240

5516310

5516320

5516330

5516340

5516410

5516420

5516430

5516440

5516910

5516920

5516930

5516940

5601211

5601212

5601221

5601222

5601229

5601291

5601299

5601300

5602100

5602210

5602290

5602900

5607101

5607210

5607291

5607299

5607301

5607410

5607491

5607499

5607501

5607509

5607901

5702200

5704100

5704900

5802110

5802190

5802200

5802300

5803100

5803900

5804100

5804210

5804290

5806100

5806200

5806319

5806329

5806399

5806400

5807101

5807109

5807901

5807909

5808100

5808901

5808902

5808909

5810100

5810910

5810920

5810990

5811001

5811002

5811003

5811009

5901100

5901900

5904100

5904910

5904920

5906100

5906910

5906990

5907001

5907002

5907009

6001101

6001102

6001103

6001104

6001109

6001210

6001220

6001291

6001299

6001910

6001920

6001991

6001999

6116100

6117809

6117900

6301100

6306111

6306112

6306121

6306122

6306191

6306192

6306210

6306220

6306290

6306310

6306390

6306410

6306490

6306911

6306919

6306991

6306999

6307900

6308000

6402110

6403110

6406200

6406910

6406991

6406992

6406999

6501001

6501009

6502001

6503000

6504000

6505100

6505901

6505902

6505903

6505909

6506100

6506910

6506920

6506990

6601100

6601911

6601919

6601991

6601999

6602000

6701001

6701009

6702100

6702900

6703000

6704110

6704190

6704200

6704900

6801000

6802101

6802102

6802220

6802230

6802290

6802920

6802930

6802990

6803000

6804221

6804222

6804223

6804224

6804225

6804229

6804230

6805100

6805200

6805300

6808000

6809110

6809190

6809900

6810190

6810910

6810990

6811100

6811200

6811300

6811900

6813100

6813900

6901001

6901002

6901003

6901009

6902209

6902909

6903209

6905109

6905901

6905909

6907100

6907901

6908101

6908102

6908108

6908109

6909900

6914101

6914109

6914901

6914909

7001000

7004900

7005100

7005301

7005309

7006000

7007111

7007119

7007190

7007211

7007219

7007290

7008000

7009100

7009910

7009920

7010909

7015901

7015909

7016100

7016901

7016909

7018100

7018200

7018901

7018909

7117110

7117191

7117192

7117193

7117199

7117900

7204100

7204210

7204290

7204300

7204410

7204490

7204500

7206100

7208310

7208330

7208340

7208350

7208430

7208440

7208450

7208900

7210311

7210411

7212211

7212301

7213201

7213310

7213410

7214301

7214401

7214402

7214403

7214501

7214502

7214503

7216601

7217111

7217112

7217119

7217122

7217131

7217132

7217191

7217192

7217211

7217212

7217221

7217222

7217231

7217232

7217291

7217292

7217311

7217312

7217321

7217322

7217331

7217332

7217391

7217392

7301100

7304100

7304310

7304931

7304399

7305120

7305310

7305390

7305900

7306100

7306200

7306400

7306500

7308100

7309000

7310100

7310210

7310290

7313000

7314110

7314420

7314490

7317004

7317009

7318110

7318130

7318140

7318151

7318153

7318154

7318169

7318190

7318210

7318220

7318240

7318290

7320209

7320900

7321130

7321821

7321830

7321902

7321903

7321909

7322900

7323100

7323910

7323920

7323939

7323941

7323949

7323990

7324100

7324211

7324219

7324291

7324299

7324901

7324902

7324909

7326200

7326904

7404000

7407210

7410110

7410120

7411101

7411210

7411220

7411290

7413000

7415100

7415210

7415290

7415310

7415320

7415390

7417001

7418100

7418200

7419999

7503000

7602000

7606111

7606911

7607191

7607199

7607201

7607209

7608201

7608209

7611000

7612900

7614100

7615200

7616100

7616901

7616909

7802000

7803003

7805001

7805002

7806002

7902000

7907909

8002000

8006002

8101910

8104190

8105100

8109100

8109900

8112110

8112300

8113000

8201100

8201200

8201300

8201400

8201900

8202310

8202320

8202990

8205100

8205200

8205300

8205510

8205590

8205600

8205700

8205800

8206000

8207200

8207300

8207400

8207500

8207600

8207700

8207800

8207900

8208200

8208400

8208909

8212901

8213000

8214101

8214102

8214200

8214901

8214909

8301600

8301709

8302200

8302300

8302490

8304000

8305200

8306100

8306210

8306290

8306300

8307900

8308100

8308200

8308901

8308902

8308909

8309100

8309901

8309902

8309909

8310000

8311200

8311300

8401100

8401300

8401400

8402190

8402200

8404900

8407310

8407320

8407330

8407340

8408200

8408909

8409910

8409990

8413110

8413200

8413910

8413920

8414510

8414600

8415819

8415831

8415839

8415900

8416100

8416900

8417200

8417900

8418290

8418694

8418695

8418699

8418991

8418992

8418993

8418994

8418995

8418999

8419110

8419190

8419819

8421991

8421992

8421999

8422900

8423100

8423900

8424890

8424900

8425490

8426910

8427900

8428320

8428500

8431310

8431390

8432909

8433200

8433300

8433510

8436290

8436800

8436910

8436990

8438100

8438900

8439910

8439990

8440900

8441900

8448200

8448510

8448590

8449000

8450901

8450902

8451900

8452100

8452900

8462290

8462910

8465990

8468900

8474900

8476110

8476190

8476900

8479820

8479900

8480200

8481901

8481902

8481909

8483100

8483200

8483300

8483400

8483500

8483600

8483900

8484100

8484909

8502301

8502302

8503000

8504402

8504403

8504409

8506200

8512209

8512900

8513109

8514100

8514900

8515310

8516101

8516210

8516602

8516609

8516710

8516901

8516902

8516909

8517101

8517301

8517302

8517309

8517810

8517901

8517909

8518100

8518219

8518220

8518291

8518299

8518500

8518900

8519100

8519210

8519910

8519990

8520310

8520390

8520900

8522900

8523902

8523903

8523909

8524905

8524906

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8525101

8525102

8525300

8527110

8527190

8527210

8527290

8527313

8527314

8527323

8527329

8527391

8527392

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8527399

8527900

8529109

8529902

8529903

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8529909

8531200

8531800

8531900

8534000

8535100

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8535901

8535909

8536100

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8536499

8536502

8536619

8536699

8536903

8538100

8538900

8539100

8539291

8539299

8539399

8539900

8540490

8541900

8543100

8544111

8544119

8544190

8544301

8544309

8544591

8544592

8544601

8544602

8544700

8546100

8546900

8547200

8547900

8548000

8605000

8606990

8607120

8702900

8703100

8703211

8703213

8703219

8703221

8703223

8703224

8703229

8703231

8703232

8703239

8703241

8703242

8703249

8703311

8703312

8703319

8703321

8703329

8703331

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8703339

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8704101

8704109

8704211

8704221

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8704319

8704321

8704329

8704900

8705100

8705200

8705300

8705400

8705901

8705909

5706001

5706009

8707100

8707900

8708100

8708210

8708290

8708390

8708400

8708500

8708600

8708700

8708930

8708940

8708991

8708999

8709190

8709900

8710000

8711301

8711309

8711401

8711409

8711500

8711900

8714199

8714930

8714940

8714960

8714999

8715002

8716900

8802111

8802119

8802121

8802129

8802201

8802209

8802301

8802309

8802401

8802409

8802500

8804000

8805100

8805200

8903100

8903910

8903920

8903990

8906001

8907100

8907900

9001300

9001400

9001500

9001900

9004101

9004901

9004904

9017201

9017801

9025111

9025201

9025801

9028201

9028309

9032891

9032892

9101111

9101112

9101121

9101122

9101191

9101192

9101211

9101212

9101291

9101292

9101911

9101912

9101991

9101992

9103101

9103109

9103901

9103909

9104000

9105111

9105119

9105191

9105199

9105211

9105219

9105291

9105299

9105911

9105919

9105991

9105999

9106100

9106200

9106900

9111101

9111102

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9111909

9112100

9112801

9112809

9112901

9112909

9113100

9113200

9113901

9113909

9301000

9302000

9303100

9303200

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9304000

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9305210

9305290

9305901

9305909

9306100

9306210

9306290

9306301

9306309

9306901

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9307000

9401100

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9402901

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9405300

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9405509

9405600

9405911

9405919

9405920

9405991

9405999

9406000

9501000

9502999

9503100

9503200

9503300

9504100

9504200

9504300

9504401

9504409

9504900

9505100

9505900

9506210

9601101

9601109

9601901

9601902

9601903

9601909

9602001

9602002

9602009

9603100

9603210

9603290

9603300

9603400

9604000

9605000

9606101

9606102

9606210

9606220

9606290

9607110

9607190

9607209

9608101

9608201

9608203

9608206

9608209

9608311

8608319

9608391

9608401

9608501

9608911

9608919

9608999

9609901

9609909

9610000

9611000

9612200

9613100

9613201

9613209

9613301

9613309

9613801

9613809

9613901

9613909

9614100

9614201

9614209

9614900

9615110

9615190

9615901

9615902

9615909

9616100

9616200

9617000

9618000

9701100

9701900

9702000

9703000

9704000

9705000

9706000

ANNEX 5

CN Code

0509009

1212200

1517900

1518000

2008110

2103200

2103302

2103900

2104100

2104200

2202100

2202900

2207101

2207109

2207201

2207209

2208100

2208901

2208902

2208909

2515121

2515129

2522200

2522300

2523100

2523210

2523290

2523900

2620500

2620900

2710007

2806100

2807000

2809200

2825901

2834219

3005100

3005900

3006100

3006600

3215110

3303001

3303002

3303003

3303004

3304100

3304200

3304300

3304910

3304990

3305100

3305200

3305300

3305901

3305909

3306100

3306900

3307101

3307109

3307200

3307300

3307410

3307490

3307900

3401119

3401191

3401192

3401200

3402110

3402199

3402200

3402900

3405100

3506100

3606100

3606909

3808101

3808109

3808201

3808209

3808401

3808409

3808901

3808909

3813000

3819000

3920100

3920300

3920410

3923212

3923292

4008110

4008190

4008210

4008290

4009101

4009109

4011009

4011201

4011400

4011500

4011910

4011991

4011992

4011993

4011994

4011995

4011999

4012101

4012109

4012201

4012209

4012900

4013101

4013109

4013200

4013901

4013909

4016910

4016920

4016930

4016992

4016993

4202110

4202120

4202190

4202210

4202220

4202290

4202310

4202320

4202390

4202911

4202919

4202921

4202929

4202991

4202999

4203101

4203102

4203109

4203210

4203291

4203299

4203301

4203309

4203400

4205009

4407100

4407210

4407220

4407230

4407910

4407920

4407990

4408101

4408109

4408201

4408209

4408901

4408909

4410100

4410900

4411110

4411190

4411210

4411290

4411310

4411390

4411910

4411990

4419000

4802100

4802510

4802521

4802529

4802530

4802600

4803001

4803009

4804210

4804290

4804310

4804390

4804410

4804420

4804490

4804510

4804520

4804590

4805210

4805600

4805700

4805800

4808100

4809100

4809200

4809900

4810910

4810999

4811210

4811290

4811909

4816100

4816200

4816300

4816900

4817100

4817200

4817300

4818100

4818200

4818300

4818401

4818402

4818409

4818900

4819100

4819201

4819209

4819300

4819400

4819500

4819600

4820100

4820200

4820300

4820400

4820501

4820509

4820900

4821100

4821900

4822901

4822909

4823110

4823190

4823519

4823590

4823600

4823700

4823909

4901911

4901912

4901991

4901992

5208110

5208120

5208130

5208190

5208210

5208220

5208230

5208290

5208310

5208320

5208330

5208390

5208410

5208420

5208430

5208490

5208510

5208520

5208530

5208590

5209110

5209120

5209190

5209210

5209220

5209290

5209310

5209320

5209390

5209410

5209420

5209430

5209490

5209510

5209520

5209590

5210110

5210120

5210190

5210210

5210220

5210290

5210310

5210320

5210390

5210410

5210420

5210490

5210510

5210520

5210590

5211110

5211120

5211190

5211210

5211220

5211290

5211310

5211320

5211390

5211410

5211420

5211430

5211490

5211510

5211520

5211590

5212110

5212120

5212130

5212140

5212150

5212210

5212220

5212230

5212240

5212250

5512110

5512190

5512210

5512290

5512910

5512990

5515110

5515120

5515130

5515190

5515210

5515220

5515290

5515910

5515920

5515990

5601100

5703100

5703200

5703300

5703900

6002100

6002200

6002300

6002410

6002420

6002430

6002491

6002499

6002910

6002920

6002930

6002991

6002999

6101100

6101200

6101300

6101901

6101909

6102100

6102200

6102300

6102901

6102909

6103110

6103120

6103191

6103199

6103210

6103220

6103230

6103291

6103299

6103310

6103320

6103330

6103391

6103399

6103410

6103420

6103430

6103491

6103499

6104110

6104120

6104130

6104191

6104199

6104210

6104220

6104230

6104291

6104299

6104310

6104320

6104330

6104391

6104399

6104410

6104420

6104430

6104440

6104491

6104499

6104510

6104520

6104530

6104591

6104599

6104610

6104620

6104630

6104691

6104699

6105100

6105200

6105901

6105909

6106100

6106200

6106901

6106909

6107110

6107120

6107191

6107199

6107210

6107220

6107291

6107299

6107910

6107920

6107991

6107992

6107999

6108110

6108191

6108199

6108210

6108220

6108291

6108299

6108310

6108320

6108391

6108399

6108910

6108920

6108991

6108999

6109100

6109901

6109902

6109909

6110100

6110200

6110300

6110901

6110909

6111100

6111200

6111300

6111901

6111909

6112110

6112120

6112191

6112199

6112200

6112310

6112391

6112399

6112410

6112491

6112499

6113000

6114100

6114200

6114300

6114901

6114909

6115110

6115120

6115191

6115199

6115201

6115202

6115209

6115910

6115929

6115939

6115991

6115999

6116910

6116920

6116930

6116991

6116999

6117101

6117102

6117103

6117109

6117201

6117202

6117203

6117209

6201110

6201120

6201130

6201191

6201199

6201910

6201920

6201930

6201991

6201999

6202110

6202120

6202130

6202191

6202199

6202910

6202920

6202930

6202991

6202999

6203110

6203120

6203191

6203199

6203210

6203220

6203230

6203291

6203299

6203310

6203320

6203330

6203391

6203399

6203410

6203420

6203430

6203491

6203499

6204110

6204120

6204130

6204191

6204199

6204210

6204220

6204230

6204291

6204299

6204310

6204320

6204330

6204391

6204399

6204410

6204420

6204430

6204440

6204491

6204499

6204510

6204520

6204530

6204591

6204599

6204610

6204620

6204630

6204691

6204699

6205100

6205200

6205300

6205901

6205909

6206100

6206200

6206300

6206400

6206900

6207110

6207191

6207199

6207210

6207220

6207291

6207299

6207910

6207920

6207991

6207999

6208110

6208191

6208199

6208210

6208220

6208291

6208299

6208910

6208920

6208991

6208999

6209100

6209200

6209300

6209901

6209909

6210100

6210200

6210300

6210400

6210500

6211111

6211112

6211119

6211121

6211122

6211129

6211200

6211311

6211319

6211321

6211329

6211331

6211339

6211391

6211392

6211399

6211411

6211419

6211421

6211429

6211431

6211439

6211491

6211492

6211499

6212101

6212109

6212201

6212209

6212301

6212309

6212901

6212909

6213100

6213200

6213900

6214100

6214200

6214300

6214400

6214900

6215100

6215200

6215900

6216001

6216009

6301200

6301300

6301400

6301900

6302100

6302210

6302220

6302290

6302310

6302320

6302390

6302400

6302510

6302520

6302530

6302590

6302601

6302602

6302910

6302920

6302930

6302990

6303110

6303120

6303190

6303910

6303920

6303990

6304110

6304190

6304910

6304920

6304930

6304990

6305100

6305200

6305310

6305390

6305900

6310101

6310109

6310901

6310909

6401100

6401910

6401920

6401990

6402190

6402200

6402300

6402910

6402990

6403190

6403200

6403300

6403400

6403510

6403590

6403910

6403990

6404110

6404191

6404199

6404201

6464209

6405100

6405200

6405900

6406101

6406109

6802210

6802910

6907902

6907909

6908901

6908902

6908908

6908909

6910100

6910900

6911101

6911109

6911901

6911909

6912001

6912002

6912003

6912009

6913100

6913901

6913909

7010100

7012000

7013100

7013210

7013291

7013292

7013299

7013310

7013320

7013391

7013399

7013910

7013991

7013992

7013999

7020001

7020009

7101101

7101102

7101210

7101220

7102100

7102210

7102290

7102310

7102390

7103101

7103109

7103911

7103919

7103991

7103999

7104109

7104209

7104909

7105100

7105900

7106100

7106910

7106921

7106922

7106929

7107001

7107002

7108110

7108121

7108129

7108131

7108139

7108200

7109000

7110110

7110191

7110192

7110199

7110210

7110291

7110299

7110310

7110391

7110399

7110410

7110491

7110499

7111000

7112100

7112200

7112900

7113111

7113112

7113113

7113114

7113119

7113191

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7113197

7113198

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7113201

7113202

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7114111

7114119

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7114201

7114209

7115100

7115901

7115902

7115903

7115909

7116101

7116109

7116201

7116209

7118101

7118109

7118901

7118902

7118909

7207110

7207120

7207190

7207200

7213100

7214200

7216211

7216219

7306300

7306600

7306900

7307110

7307190

7307910

7307920

7308200

7308300

7308400

7308901

7308909

7311000

7312100

7314190

7314200

7314300

7314410

7314500

7315820

7316000

7317001

7317003

7318120

7318159

7318231

7318232

7318239

7320101

7320109

7320201

7321111

7321119

7321120

7321810

7321829

7322110

7322190

7323931

7325100

7325910

7325990

7326110

7326905

7326909

7409111

7409191

7409211

7409291

7411109

7412200

7419994

7604103

7604210

7604293

7608100

7610100

7610900

7612100

7615100

7616906

8202100

8202200

8202910

8203100

8203200

8204110

8204120

8205400

8205900

8208100

8211100

8211911

8211912

8211919

8211921

9211929

8211931

8211932

8211939

8212101

8215100

8215200

8215910

8215990

8301100

8301200

8301300

8301400

8302100

8302410

8302420

8302500

8303000

8311100

8403101

8403109

8408100

8408901

8413301

8413302

8413309

8413702

8413709

8413811

8413812

8413819

8415100

8415811

8415820

8418100

8418210

8418220

8418300

8418400

8418500

8418610

8418691

8418692

8418693

8418910

8419811

8421230

8421310

8422400

8423810

8423820

8424100

8424811

8424819

8425421

8425429

8426110

8428100

8432100

8432210

8432290

8432401

8432409

8433400

8436210

8450110

8450120

8450190

8452400

8462390

8465100

8465910

8465920

8465950

8474311

8481102

8481809

8484901

8501201

8501209

8501400

8501519

8501521

8501529

8502110

8502120

8502130

8504100

8504210

8504220

8504319

8504320

8504330

8504340

8504401

8506110

8506120

8506130

8506190

8507100

8507200

8507903

8515390

8516102

8516290

8516601

8517109

8528100

8528200

8529101

8529102

8529901

8529904

8531100

8536201

8536300

8536491

8536501

8536509

8536611

8536691

8536901

8536902

8537100

8537200

8539221

8544112

8544201

8544209

8544410

8544491

8544499

8544511

8544519

8544593

8544599

8544603

8544609

8607110

8609001

8609009

8701200

8702100

8704212

8704219

8704230

8704311

8708310

8708800

8708910

8708920

8708992

8708993

8711101

8711109

8711201

8711209

8712001

8712009

8714110

8714191

8714192

8714193

8714194

8714195

8714200

8714910

8714920

8714950

8714991

8714992

8715001

8716100

8716200

8716310

8716390

8716400

8716800

9003110

9003191

9003199

9003900

9004109

9004902

9004909

9017101

9018310

9028202

9028301

9102110

9102120

9102190

9102210

9102290

9102910

9102990

9401200

9401300

9401400

9401500

9401610

9401690

9401710

9401790

9401809

9402101

9403100

9403201

9403202

9403209

9403300

9403400

9403500

9403600

9403700

9403800

9404100

9404210

9404290

9404300

9404900

9502100

9503410

9503490

9503500

9503600

9503700

9503800

9503900

9506620

9608102

9608109

9608202

9608399

9608509

9608991

9609100

9612100

ANNEX 6

CN Code

0403900

0403100

1902110

1902190

1902200

1902300

1902400

1905100

1905200

1905300

1905400

1905901

1905902

1905909

2102100

2102200

2102300

2201100

2201900

5701101

5701102

5701103

5701109

5701901

5701902

5701903

5701909

5702100

5702310

5702320

5702390

5702410

5702420

5702490

5702510

5702520

5702590

5702910

5702920

5702990

5705000

5804300

5805000

6307100

6309000

ANNEX 7 relating to intellectual, industrial and commercial property

1. By the end of the fourth year after the entry into force of the Agreement, Tunisia shall accede to the following multilateral conventions on the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property:

- International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome, 1961);

- Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, amended in 1980);

- Patent Cooperation Treaty (1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984);

- International Convention for the Protection of the New Varieties of Plant (Act of Geneva, 1991);

- Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Geneva, 1977).

2. The Association Council may decide that paragraph 1 of this Annex applies to other multilateral conventions in this field. In this connection, Tunisia will do its utmost to accede in particular to the conventions to which the Member States of the European Community are party.

3. The Contacting Parties express their attachment to observing the obligations flowing from the following multilateral conventions:

- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in the 1967 Act of Stockholm (Paris Union);

- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the Act of Paris of 24 July 1971.

PROTOCOL No 1 on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Tunisia

Article 1

1. The products listed in the Annex, originating in Tunisia, shall be admitted for import into the Community in accordance with the conditions set out below and in the Annex.

2. Import duties shall be either eliminated or reduced by the percentage indicated in respect of each product in column (a).

Where the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a specific customs duty in respect of certain products, the rates of reduction shown in column (a) and in column (c), as referred to in paragraph 3, shall apply only to the ad valorem customs duty.

3. The customs duties shall be eliminated in respect of certain products within the limits of the tariff quotas shown against them in column (b).

The Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the quantities imported in excess of the quotas shall be reduced by the percentage indicated in column (c).

4. The reference quantities fixed in respect of certain other products exempt from customs duties are shown in column (d).

Where imports of a product exceed the reference quantities, the Community may, having regard to an annual review of trade flows which is shall carry out, make the product concerned subject to a Community tariff quota the volume of which shall be equal to the reference quantity. In such a case, for quantities imported in excess of the quota, the common customs tariff duty shall, according to the product concerned, be applied in full or reduced, as indicated in column (c).

5. For some of the products referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and indicated in column (e), the quotas or reference quantities shall be increased from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2000 on the basis of four equal instalments each corresponding to 3 % of these amounts.

6. For some of the products other than those referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and indicated in column (e), the Community may fix a reference quantity as provided for in paragraph 4 if, in the light of the annual review of trade which it shall carry out, it establishes that the volume of imports may cause difficulties on the Community market. If, subsequently, the product is subject to a tariff quota under the conditions set out in paragraph 4, the Common Customs Tariff duty shall be applied in full or reduced, depending on the product concerned, by the percentage shown in column (c) in respect of the quantities imported in excess of the quota.

Article 2

Article 1 shall apply in respect of wines of fresh grapes of heading 2204 of the Combined Nomenclature, originating in Tunisia and entitled to a designation of origin, where such wines are put up in containers holding two litres or less and have an actual alcoholic strength of 15 % volume or less.

In accordance with Tunisian law, these wines shall have the following designations: Côteaux de Teboura, Côteaux d'Utique, Sidi Salem, Kelibia, Thibar, Mornag, Grand cru Mornag.

Article 3

1. Each marketing year from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1999, within the limits of a quantity of 46 000 tonnes per year, a customs duty of ECU 7,81/100 kg shall be levied on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil of subheadings 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 of the Combined Nomenclature wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from Tunisia to the Community.

2. Where imports of olive oil under the above arrangements threaten to disturb the balance of the European Union market, in particular as a result of the latter's obligations relating to this product in the WTO framework, the European Community may take the appropriate measures to remedy this situation.

3. The parties shall reassess the situation during the second half of 1999 with a view to determining the arrangements for the period from 1 January 2000.

ANNEX

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PROTOCOL No 2 on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia

Sole Article

The products listed below, originating in Tunisia, shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties

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PROTOCOL No 3 on the arrangements applying to imports into Tunisia of agricultural products originating in the Community

Sole Article

The customs duties on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in the Annex, shall not be higher than those shown in column (a) within the limits of the tariff quotas shown in column (b).

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PROTOCOL No 4 concerning the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation

TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:

(a) 'manufacture` means any kind of working or processing including assembly or specific operations;

(b) 'material` means any ingredient, raw material, component or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;

(c) 'product` means the product being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation;

(d) 'goods` means both materials and products;

(e) 'customs value` means the value as determined in accordance with the Agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994 (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);

(f) 'ex-works price` means the price paid for the product ex-works to the manufacturer in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out, including the value of all the materials used, minus all internal taxes which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported;

(g) 'value of materials` means the customs value at the time of importation of the non-originating materials used, or, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainable price paid for the materials in the territories concerned;

(h) 'value of originating materials` means the customs value of such materials as defined in point (g) applied mutatis mutandis;

(i) 'chapters` and 'headings` means the chapters and the headings (four-digit codes) used in the nomenclature which makes up the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, referred to in this Protocol as 'the Harmonised System` or 'HS`;

(j) 'classified` refers to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading;

(k) 'consignment` means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of such a document, by a single invoice.

TITLE II DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF 'ORIGINATING PRODUCTS`

Article 2 Origin criteria

For the purpose of implementing this Agreement and without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of this Protocol, the following products shall be considered as:

1) products originating in the Community:

(a) products wholly obtained in the Community, within the meaning of Article 6 of this Protocol;

(b) products obtained in the Community which contain materials not wholly obtained there, provided that the said materials have undergone sufficient working and processing in the Community within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;

2) products originating in Tunisia:

(a) products wholly obtained in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 6 of this Protocol;

(b) products obtained in Tunisia which contain materials not wholly obtained there, provided that the said materials have undergone sufficient working or processing in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol.

Article 3 Bilateral cumulation

1. Notwithstanding Article 2(1)(b), materials originating in Tunisia within the meaning of this Protocol shall be considered as materials originating in the Community and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing there, provided however that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.

2. Notwithstanding Article 2(2)(b), materials originating in the Community within the meaning of this Protocol shall be considered as materials originating in Tunisia and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone working or processing there, provided however that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.

Article 4 Cumulation with materials originating in Algeria and Morocco

1. Notwithstanding Article 2(1)(b) and subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, materials originating in Algeria or Morocco within the meaning of Protocol No 2 annexed to the Agreements between the Community and these countries shall be considered as originating in the Community and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, on condition however that they have undergone working or processing beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.

2. Notwithstanding Article 2(2)(b) and subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, materials originating in Algeria or Morocco within the meaning of Protocol No 2 annexed to the Agreements between the Community and these countries shall be considered as originating in Tunisia and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, on condition however that they have undergone working or processing beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.

3. The provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 concerning materials originating in Algeria are only applicable to the extent that trade between the Community and Algeria and between Tunisia and Algeria, is governed by identical rules of origin.

4. The provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 concerning materials originating in Morocco are only applicable to the extent that trade between the Community and Morocco and between Tunisia and Morocco, is governed by identical rules of origin.

Article 5 Cumulation of working or processing

1. For the purpose of implementing Article 2(1)(b), working or processing carried out in Tunisia, or, when the conditions required by Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled, in Algeria or in Morocco shall be considered as having been carried out in the Community when the products obtained undergo subsequent working or processing in the Community.

2. For the purpose, of implementing Article 2(2)(b), working or processing carried out in the Community or, when the conditions required by Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled, in Algeria or in Morocco shall be considered as having been carried out in Tunisia when the products obtained undergo subsequent working or processing in Tunisia.

3. Where pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 the originating products are obtained in two or more of the States referred to in those provisions or in the Community, they shall be considered as originating products of the State or the Community according to where the last working or processing took place, provided that that working or processing went beyond that referred to in Article 8.

Article 6 Wholly obtained products

1. Within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) and (2)(a), the following shall be considered as 'wholly obtained` either in the Community or in Tunisia.

(a) mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed;

(b) vegetable products harvested there;

(c) live animals born and raised there;

(d) products from live animals raised there;

(e) products obtained by hunting or fishing there;

(f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea by their vessels;

(g) products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (f);

(h) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or use as waste;

(i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;

(j) products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside their territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil;

(k) goods produced exclusively from products specified in subparagraphs (a) to (j).

2. The terms 'their vessels` and 'their factory ships` in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships:

- which are registered or recorded in a Member State or in Tunisia,

- which sail under the flag of a Member State or of Tunisia,

- which are owned to the extent of at least 50 % by nationals of Member States or of Tunisia, or by a company with its head office in a Member State or in Tunisia, of which the manager or managers, chairman of the board of directors or the supervisory board and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia and of which, in addition in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to Member States or Tunisia, to public bodies or to nationals of the Member States or Tunisia,

- of which the master and officers are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia,

- of which at least 75 % of the crew are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia.

3. Insofar as trade between Tunisia or the Community and Algeria or Morocco are covered by identical rules of origin, the terms 'their vessels` and 'their factory ships` in paragraph 1(f) shall also apply to Algerian or Moroccan vessels or factory ships within the meaning of paragraph 2.

4. The terms 'Tunisia` and the 'Community` shall also cover the territorial waters which surround Tunisia and the Member States of the Community.

Vessels operating on the high seas, including factory ships on which the fish caught is worked or processed, shall be considered as part of the territory of the Community or of Tunisia provided that they satisfy the conditions set out in paragraph 2.

Article 7 Sufficiently worked or processed products

1. For the purposes of Article 2, non-originating materials are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed when the product obtained is classified in a heading which is different from that in which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture are classified, subject to paragraph 2 and Article 8.

2. For a product mentioned in columns 1 and 2 of the list in Annex II, the conditions set out in column 3 for the product concerned must be fulfilled instead of the rule set out in paragraph 1.

For the products falling under Chapters 84 to 91, as an alternative to satisfying the conditions set out in column 3, the exporter may opt to apply the conditions set out in column 4 instead.

Where in the list in Annex II a percentage rule is applied in determining the originating status of a product obtained in the Community or in Tunisia the value added by the working or processing shall correspond to the ex-works price of the product obtained, less the value of third-country materials imported into the Community or Tunisia.

3. These conditions indicate, for all products covered by the Agreement, the working or processing which must be carried out on the non-originating materials used in the manufacture of these products, and apply only in relation to such materials. Accordingly, it follows that if a product, which has acquired originating status by fulfilling the conditions set out in the list for that product, is used in the manufacture of another product, the conditions applicable to the product in which it is incorporated do not apply to it, and no account that be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.

Article 8 Insufficient working or processing operations

For the purpose of implementing Article 7 the following shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not there is a change of heading:

(a) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good conditions during transport and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, chilling, placing in brine, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations);

(b) simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles), washing, painting, cutting up;

(c) (i) changes of packaging and division and assembly of packages;

(ii) simple placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc., and all other simple packaging operations;

(d) affixing marks, labels and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;

(e) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not meet the conditions laid down in this Protocol to enable them to be considered as originating in the Community or in Tunisia;

(f) simple assembly of parts to constitute a complete product;

(g) a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (f);

(h) slaughter of animals.

Article 9 Unit of qualification

1. The unit of qualification for the application of the provisions of this Protocol shall be the particular product which is considered as the basic unit when determining classification using the nomenclature of the Harmonised System.

Accordingly, it follows that:

(a) when a product composed of a group assembly of articles is classified under the terms of the Harmonised System under a single heading, the whole constitutes the unit of qualification;

(b) when a consignment consists of a number of identical products classified under the same heading of the Harmonised System, each product must be taken individually when applying the provisions of this Protocol.

2. Where, under general rule 5 of the Harmonised System, packaging is included with the product for classification purposes, it shall be considered to form a whole with the product for the purposes of determining origin.

Article 10 Accessories, spare parts and tools

Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle, which are part of the normal equipment and included in the price thereof or which are not separately invoiced, shall be regarded as forming a whole with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle in question.

Article 11 Sets

Sets, as defined in general rule 3 of the Harmonised System, shall be regarded as originating when all component products are originating. Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the non-originating products does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set.

Article 12 Neutral elements

In order to determine whether a product originates in the Community or in Tunisia it shall not be necessary to establish whether the electrical energy, fuel, plant and equipment as well as machines and tools used to obtain such product, or whether any goods, used in the course of production which do not enter and which were not intended to enter into the final composition of the product, are originating or not.

TITLE III TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS

Article 13 Principle of territoriality

The conditions set out in Title II relative to the acquisition of originating status must be fulfilled without interruption in the Community or in Tunisia without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4 and 5.

Article 14 Reimportation of goods

If originating products exported from the Community or Tunisia to another country are returned, except insofar as provided for in Article 4 or 5 they must be considered as non-originating, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

(a) the goods returned are the same goods as those exported; and

(b) they have not undergone any operation beyond that necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.

Article 15 Direct transport

1. The preferential treatment provided for under the Agreement applies only to products or materials which are transported between the territories of the Community and Tunisia or, when the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 are applied, of Algeria or Morocco without entering any other territory. However, goods originating in Tunisia or in the Community and constituting one single consignment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community or Tunisia or, when the provisions of Article 3 apply, of Algeria or Morocco with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing and that they have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Products originating in Tunisia or in the Community may be transported by pipeline across territory other than that of the Community or that of Tunisia.

2. Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled may be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:

(a) a through bill of lading issued in the exporting country covering the passage through the country of transit; or

(b) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:

(i) giving an exact description of the products;

(ii) stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships used; and

(iii) certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or

(c) failing these, any substantiating documents.

Article 16 Exhibitions

1. Products sent from one of the Contracting Parties for exhibition in a third country and sold after the exhibition for importation in another Contracting Party shall benefit on importation from the provisions of the Agreement on condition that the products meet the requirements of this Protocol entitling them to be recognised as originating in the Community or in Tunisia and provided that it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

(a) an exporter has consigned these product from one of the Contracting Parties to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;

(b) the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in another Contracting Party;

(c) the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the latter Contracting Party in the state in which they were sent for exhibition; and

(d) the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.

2. A proof of origin must be issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of Title IV and submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the nature of the products and the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.

3. Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organised for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products and during which the products remain under customs control.

TITLE IV PROOF OF ORIGIN

Article 17 Movement certificate EUR.1

Evidence of originating status of products, within the meaning of this Protocol, shall be given by an EUR.1 movement certificate, a specimen of which appears in Annex III to this Protocol.

Article 18 Normal procedure for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate

1. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting country on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative.

2. For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the EUR.1 movement certificate and the application form, specimens of which appear in Annex III.

These forms shall be completed in one of the languages in which the Agreement is drawn up, in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink inprinted characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.

3. The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting country where the EUR.1 movement certificate is issued, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol.

4. The EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of a Member State of the European Community if the goods to be exported can be considered as products originating in the Community within the meaning of Article 2(1) of this Protocol. The EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of Tunisia; if the goods to be exported can be considered as products originating in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 2(2) of this Protocol.

5. Where the cumulation provisions of Articles 2 to 5 are applied, the customs authorities of the Member States of the Community or of Tunisia may issue EUR.1 movement certificates under the conditions laid down in this Protocol if the goods to be exported can be considered as originating products within the meaning of this Protocol and provided that the goods covered by the EUR.1 movement certificate are in the Community or in Tunisia.

In these cases EUR.1 movement certificates shall be issued subject to the presentation of the proof of origin previously issued or made out. This proof of origin must be kept for at least three years by the customs authorities of the exporting State.

6. The issuing customs authorities shall take any steps necessary to verify the originating status of the products and the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check which they consider appropriate.

The issuing customs authorities shall also ensure that the forms referred to in paragraph 2 are duly completed. In particular, they shall check whether the space reserved for the description of the products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude all possibility of fraudulent additions.

7. The date of issue of the EUR.1 movement certificate shall be indicated in the part of the certificate reserved for the customs authorities.

8. An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting country when the products to which it relates are exported. It shall be made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.

Article 19 EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively

1. Notwithstanding Article 18(8), an EUR.1 movement certificate may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates if:

(a) it was not issued at the time of exportation because of errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances; or

(b) it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that an EUR.1 movement certificate was issued but was not accepted at importation for technical reasons.

2. For the implementation of paragraph 1, the exporter must indicate in this application the place and date of exportation of the products to which the EUR.1 movement certificate relates, and state the reasons for his request.

3. The customs authorities may issue an EUR.1 movement certificate retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file.

4. EUR.1 movement certificate issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:

'NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT`, 'DELIVRE A POSTERIORI`, 'RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI`, 'AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI`, 'ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY`, 'UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE`, 'ÅÊÄÏÈÅÍ ÅÊ ÔÙÍ ÕÓÔÅÑÙÍ`, 'EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI`, 'EMITADO A POSTERIORI`, 'ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN`, 'UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND`, '>REFERENCE TO A GRAPHIC>

`.

5. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 4 shall be inserted in the 'Remarks` box of the EUR.1 movement certificate.

Article 20 Issue of a duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate

1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an EUR.1 movement certificate, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of the export documents in their possession.

2. The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:

'DUPLIKAT`, 'DUPLICATA`, 'DUPLICATO`, 'DUPLICAAT`, 'DUPLICATE`, 'ÁÍÔÉÃÑÁÖÏ`, 'DUPLICADO`, 'SEGUNDA VIA`, 'KAKSOISKAPPALE`, '>REFERENCE TO A GRAPHIC>

`.

3. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2, the date of issue and the serial number of the original certificate shall be inserted in the 'Remarks` box of the duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate.

4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original EUR.1 movement certificate, shall take effect as from that date.

Article 21 Replacement of certificates

1. It shall at any time be possible to replace one or more EUR.1 movement certificates by one or more other certificates provided that this is done by the customs office responsible for controlling the goods.

2. The replacement certificate shall be regarded as a definite EUR.1 movement certificate for the purpose of the application of this Protocol, including the provisions of this Article.

3. The replacement certificate shall be issued on the basis of a written request from the re-exporter, after the authorities concerned have verified the information supplied in the applicant's request. The date and serial number of the original EUR.1 movement certificate shall be given in box 7.

Article 22 Simplified procedure for the issue of certificates

1. By way of derogation from Articles 18, 19 and 20 of this Protocol, a simplified procedure for the issue of EUR.1 movement certificate can be used in accordance with the following provisions.

2. The customs authorities in the exporting State may authorise any exporter, hereinafter referred to as 'approved exporter`, making frequent shipments for which EUR.1 movement certificates may be issued and who offers, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, all guarantees necessary to verify the originating status of the products, not to submit at the time of export to the customs office of the exporting State or territory either the goods or the application for an EUR.1 certificate relating to those goods, for the purpose of obtaining an EUR.1 certificate under the conditions laid down in Article 18 of this Protocol.

3. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 shall stipulate, at the choice of the competent authorities, that box No 11 'Customs endorsement` of the EUR.1 movement certificate must:

(a) either be endorsed beforehand with the stamp of the competent customs office of the exporting State and the signature, which may be a facsimile, of an official of that office; or

(b) endorsed by the approved exporter with a special stamp which has been approved by the customs authorities of the exporting State and corresponds to the specimen given in Annex V of this Protocol. Such stamp may be pre-printed on the forms.

4. In the cases referred to in paragraph 3(a), one of the following phrases shall be entered in box No 7 'Remarks` of the EUR.1 movement certificate:

'PROCEDIMIENTO SIMPLIFICADO`, 'FORENKLET PROCEDURE`, 'VEREINFACHTES VERFAHREN`, 'ÁÐËÏÕÓÔÅÕÌÅÍÇ ÄÉÁÄÉÊÁÓÉÁ`, 'SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE`, 'PROCEDURE SEMPLIFICATA,`, 'VEREENVOUDIGDE PROCEDURE`, 'PROCEDIMENTO SIMPLIFICADO`, 'YKSINKERTAISTETTU MENETTELY`, 'FÖRENKLAT FÖRFARANDE`, '>REFERENCE TO A GRAPHIC>

`.

5. Box No 11 'Customs endorsement` of the EUR.1 certificate shall be completed if necessary by the approved exporter.

6. The approved exporter shall, if necessary, indicate in box No 13 'Request for verification` of the EUR.1 certificate the name and address of the authority competent to verify such a certificate.

7. Where the simplified procedure is applied, the customs authorities of the exporting State may be prescribe the use of EUR.1 certificates bearing a distinctive sign by which they may be identified.

8. In the authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 the competent authorities shall specify in particular:

(a) the conditions under which the applications for EUR.1 certificates are to be made;

(b) the conditions under which these applications are to be kept for at least three years;

(c) in the cases referred to in paragraph 3(b) the authority competent to carry out the subsequent verification referred to in Article 33 of this Protocol.

9. The customs authorities of the exporting State may declare certain categories of goods ineligible for the special treatment provided for in paragraph 2.

10. The customs authorities shall refuse the authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 to exporters who do not offer all the guarantees which they consider necessary. The competent authorities may withdraw the authorisation at any time. They must do so where the approved exporter no longer satisfies the conditions or no longer offers these guarantees.

11. The approved exporter may be required to inform the competent authorities, in accordance with the rules which they lay down, of the goods to be dispatched by him, so that such authorities may make any verification they think necessary before the departure of the goods.

12. The customs authorities of the exporting State may carry out any check on approved exporters which they consider necessary. Such exporters must allow this to be done.

13. The provisions of this Article shall be without prejudice to the application of the rules of the Community, the Member States and Tunisia concerning customs formalities and the use of customs documents.

Article 23 Information certificate and declaration

1. When Articles 3, 4 and 5 are applied for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate the competent customs office in the State requested to issue the certificate for products in the manufacture of which products coming from Algeria, Morocco or the Community are used, shall take into consideration the declaration, of which a specimen is given in Annex VI, given by the exporter in the State from which it came, either on the commercial invoice applicable to these products, or on a supporting document to that invoice.

2. The submission of the information certificate, issued under the conditions set out in paragraph 3 and of which a specimen is given in Annex VII, may however be requested of the exporter by the customs office concerned, either for checking the authenticity and accuracy of information given on the declaration provided for in paragraph 1, or for obtaining additional information.

3. The information certificate concerning the products taken into use shall be issued at the request of the exporter of these products, either in the circumstances envisaged in paragraph 2, or at the initiative of this exporter, by the competent customs office in the State from which these goods were exported. It shall be made out in duplicate. One copy shall be given to the exporter who has requested it, who shall send it either to the exporter of the final products or to the customs office where the issue of the EUR.1 movement certificate for these products has been requested. The second copy shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years.

Article 24 Validity of proof of origin

1. EUR.1 movement certificate shall be valid for four months from the date of issue in the exporting country, and must be submitted within the said period to the customs authorities of the importing country.

2. EUR.1 movement certificate which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential treatment, where the failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to reasons of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.

3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the EUR.1 movement certificates where the products have been submitted to them before the said final date.

Article 25 Submission of proof of origin

EUR.1 movement certificates shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in accordance with the procedures applicable in that country. The said authorities may require a translation of an EUR.1 movement certificate or an invoice declaration. They may also require the import declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the importer to the effect that the goods meet the conditions required for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 26 Importation by instalments

Where, at the request of the importer and on the conditions laid down by the customs authorities of the importing country, dismantled or non-assembled products within the meaning of general rule 2(a) of the Harmonised System falling within Chapters 84 and 85 of the Harmonised System are imported by instalments, a single proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the customs authorities upon importation of the first instalment.

Article 27 Invoice declaration

1. Notwithstanding Article 17, the evidence of originating status, within the meaning of this Protocol, may be given by an invoice declaration, the text of which appears in Annex IV to this Protocol, made by the exporter on an invoice, a delivery note or other commercial document (hereafter referred to as 'invoice declaration`) describing the products concerned in sufficient detail as to permit the identification of consignments containing only originating products and whose value does not exceed ECU 5 110 per consignment.

2. The invoice declaration shall be completed and signed by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative in accordance with this Protocol.

3. An invoice declaration shall be completed for each consignment.

4. The exporter who applied for the invoice declaration shall submit at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting State all supporting documents concerning the use of this form.

5. Articles 24 and 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the invoice declaration.

Article 28 Exemptions from formal proof of origin

1. Products sent as small packages from private persons to private persons or forming part of travellers' personal luggage shall be admitted as originating products without requiring the submission of a formal proof of origin, provided that such products are not imported by way of trade and have been declared as meeting the requirements of this Protocol and where there is no doubt as to the veracity of such a declaration. In the case of products sent by post, this declaration can be made on the customs declaration C2/CP3 or on a sheet of paper annexed to that document.

2. Imports which are occasional and consist solely of products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their families shall not be considered as imports by way of trade if it is evident from the nature and quantity of the products that no commercial purpose is in view.

3. Furthermore, the total value of these products must not exceed ECU 500 in the case of small packages or ECU 1 200 in the case of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage.

Article 29 Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents

1. The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the documents referred to in Article 18(1) and (3).

2. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 27(1).

3. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 27(1).

3. The customs authorities of the exporting country issuing an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the application form referred to in Article 18(2).

4. The customs authorities of the importing country shall keep for at least three years the EUR.1 movement certificate submitted to them.

Article 30 Discrepancies and formal errors

1. The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in an EUR.1 movement certificate, or in an invoice declaration and those made in the documents submitted to the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso facto render the EUR.1 movement certificate, or the invoice declaration null and void if it is duly established that this document does correspond to the products submitted.

2. Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on an EUR.1 movement certificate, or an invoice declaration should not cause this document to be rejected if these errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the correctness of the statements made in this document.

Article 31 Amounts expressed in ecus

1. Amounts in the national currency of the exporting country equivalent to the amounts expressed in ecus shall be fixed by the exporting country and communicated to the other Contracting Parties. When the amounts exceed the corresponding amounts fixed by the importing country, the latter shall accept them if the products are invoiced in the currency of the exporting country or in the currency of one of the other countries referred to in Article 4 of this Protocol.

If the goods are invoiced in the currency of another Member State of the Community the importing State shall recognize the amount notified by the country concerned.

2. Up to and including 30 April 2000, the amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that national currency of the amounts expressed in ecus as at 1 October 1994.

For each successive period of five years, the amounts expressed in ecus and their equivalents in the national currencies of the States shall be reviewed by the Association Council on the basis of the exchange rates of the ecu on the first working day of October in the year immediately preceding that five-year period.

When carrying out this review, the Association Council shall ensure that there will be no decrease in the amounts to be used in any national currency and shall furthermore consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in ecus.

TITLE V ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

Article 32 Communication of stamps and addresses

The customs authorities of the Member States and of Tunisia shall provide each other, through the Commission of the European Communities, with specimen impressions of stamps used in their customs offices for the issue of EUR.1 certificates and with the addresses of the customs authorities responsible for issuing EUR.1 movement certificates and for verifying those certificates and invoice declarations.

Article 33 Verification of EUR.1 movement certificates, invoice declaration and information certificate

1. Subsequent verification of EUR.1 movement certificates and invoice declarations shall be carried out randomly or whenever the customs authorities of the importing state have reason to doubt the authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol.

2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the EUR.1 movement certificate, the invoice declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons of substance or form for an inquiry.

In order to assist with the verification, the customs authorities shall provide all the necessary documents and any information collected which indicate that the information on the EUR.1 certificate or the invoice declaration are incorrect.

3. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check which they consider appropriate.

4. If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, they shall offer to release the products to the importer subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.

5. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification within a maximum of ten months. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as originating products and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.

6. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten months or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to the preferences.

7. The subsequent verification of information certificates provided for by Article 23 shall be carried out in the cases mentioned in paragraph 1 and in accordance with the procedures laid down in paragraphs 2 to 6.

Article 34 Dispute settlement

Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures of Article 33 which cannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting a verification and the customs authorities responsible for carrying out this verification or where they raise a question as to the interpretation of this Protocol, they shall be submitted to the Customs Cooperation Committee.

In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the customs authorities of the importing State shall be under the legislation of the said State.

Article 35 Penalties

Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information for the purpose of obtaining a preferential treatment for products.

Article 36 Free zones

1. The Member States and Tunisia shall take all necessary steps to ensure that products traded under cover of an EUR.1 movement certificate, which in the course of transport use a free zone situated in their territory, are not substituted by other goods and that they do not undergo handling other than normal operations designed to prevent their deterioration.

2. By means of an exemption to the provisions contained in paragraph 1, when products originating in the Community or in Tunisia and imported into a free zone under cover of an EUR.1 certificate undergo treatment or processing, the authorities concerned must issue a new EUR.1 certificate at the exporter's request, if the treatment or processing undergone is in conformity with the provisions of this Protocol.

TITLE VI CEUTA AND MELILLA

Article 37 Application of the Protocol

1. The term 'Community` used in this Protocol does not cover Ceuta or Melilla. The term 'products originating in the Community` does not cover products originating in these zones.

2. This protocol shall apply mutatis mutandis to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, subject to particular conditions set out in Article 38.

Article 38 Special conditions

1. The following provisions shall apply instead of Articles 2 to 4(1) and (2) and references to these articles shall apply mutatis mutandis to this ARticle.

2. Providing they have been transported directly in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, the following shall be considered as:

1) products originating obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;

(a) products wholly obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;

(b) products obtained in Ceuta and Melilla in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:

(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;

or that

(ii) those products are originating in Tunisia or the Community within the meaning of this Protocol, or when the conditions required in Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled from Algeria or from Morocco provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the insufficient working or processing referred to in Article 8.

2) products originating in Tunisia:

(a) products wholly obtained in Tunisia;

(b) products obtained in Tunisia, in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:

(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;

or that

(ii) those products are originating in Ceuta and Melilla or the Community within the meaning of this Protocol, or when the conditions required in Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled from Algeria or from Morocco provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the insufficient working or processing referred to in Article 8.

3. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.

4. The exporter or his authorised representative shall enter 'Tunisia` and 'Ceuta and Melilla` in box 2 of EUR.1 movement certificates. In addition, in the case of products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, this shall be indicated in box 4 of EUR.1 movement certificates.

5. The Spanish customs authorities shall be responsible for the application of this Protocol in Ceuta and Melilla.

TITLE VII FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 39 Amendments to the Protocol

The Association Council may decide to amend the provisions of this protocol at the request of one of the contracting parties or of the customs cooperation committee.

Article 40 Customs Cooperation Committee

1. A Customs Cooperation Committee shall be set up, charged with carrying out administrative cooperation with a view to the correct and uniform application of this Protocol and with carrying out any other tasks in the customs field which may be entrusted to it.

2. The Committee shall be composed, on the one hand, of experts of the Member States and of officials of the Commission of the European Communities who are responsible for customs questions and, on the other hand, of experts nominated by Tunisia.

Article 41 Annexes

The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 42 Implementation of the Protocol

The Community and Tunisia shall each take the steps necessary to implement this Protocol.

Article 43 Arrangements with Algeria and Morocco

The Contracting Parties shall take any measures necessary for the conclusion of arrangements with Morocco and Algeria enabling this Protocol to be applied. The Contracting Parties shall notify other of measures taken to this affect.

Article 44 Goods in transit or storage

The provisions of the Agreement may be applied to goods which comply with the provisions of this Protocol and which on the date of entry into force of the Agreement are either in transit or are in the Community or in Tunisia or, insofar as the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 5 are applicable, in Algeria or Morocco in temporary storage in bonded warehouses or in free zones, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing State, within four months of that date, of an EUR.1 certificate endorsed retrospectively by the competent authorities of the exporting State together with the documents showing that the goods have been transported directly.

ANNEX I

INTRODUCTORY NOTES

FOREWORD

These notes shall apply, where appropriate, to all manufactured products using non-originating materials, even if they are not subject to specific conditions contained in the list in Annex II but are subject instead to the change of heading rule set out in Article 7(1).

Note 1

1.1. The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column gives the heading number, or the chapter number, used in the Harmonised System and the second column gives the description of goods used in that system for that heading or chapter. For each entry in the first two columns a rule is specified in columns 3 or 4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by an 'ex`, this signifies that the rule in columns 3 or 4 only applies to the part of that heading or chapter as described in column 2.

1.2. Where several heading numbers are grouped together in column 1 or a chapter number is given and the description of product in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rule in columns 3 or 4 applies to all products which, under the Harmonised System, are classified within headings of the chapter or within any of the headings grouped together in column 1.

Note 2

2.1. In the case of any heading not in the list or any part of a heading that is not in the list, the 'change of heading` rule set out in Article 7(1) applies. If a 'change of heading` condition applies to any entry in the list, then it is contained in the rule in column 3.

2.2. The working or processing required by a rule in column 3 has to be carried out only in relation to the non-originating materials used. The restrictions contained in a rule in column 3 likewise apply only to the non-originating materials used.

2.3. Where a rule states that 'materials of any heading` may be used, materials of the same heading as the product may also be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule. However, the expression 'manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No . . .` means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product of a different description than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used.

2.4. If a product made from non-originating materials which has acquired originating status during manufacture by virtue of the change of heading rule or its own list rule is used as a material in the process of manufacture of another product, then the rule applicable to the product in which it is incorporated does not apply to it.

For example:

An engine of heading No 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may be incorporated may not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price, is made from 'other alloy steel roughly shaped by forging` of heading No 7224.

If this forging has been forged in the country concerned from a non-originating ingot then the forging has already acquired origin by virtue of the rule for heading No ex 7224 in the list. It can then count as originating in the value calculation for the engine regardless of whether it was produced in the same factory or another. The value of the non-originating ingot is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the non-originating materials used.

2.5. Even if the change of heading rule or the other rules contained in the list are satisfied, a product shall not acquire originating status if the processing carried out, taken as a whole, is insufficient within the meaning of Article 6.

Note 3

3.1. The rule in the list represents the minimum amount of working or processing required and the carrying out of more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying out of less working or processing cannot confer origin. Thus if a rule says that non-originating material at a certain level of manufacture may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed and the use of such material at a later stage is not.

3.2. When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that any one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used.

For example:

The rule for fabrics say that natural fibres may be used and that chemical materials, among other materials, may also be used. This does not mean that both have to be used; one can use one or the other or both.

If, however, a restriction applies to one material and other restrictions apply to other materials in the same rule, then the restrictions only apply to the materials actually used.

For example:

The rule for sewing machines specifies that both the thread tension mechanism used and the zigzag mechanism used must originate; these two restrictions only apply if the mechanisms concerned are actually incorporated into the sewing machine.

3.3. When a rule in the list specifies that a product must be manufactured from a particular material, the condition obviously does not prevent the use of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy the rule.

For example:

The rule for heading No 1904 which specifically excludes the use of cereals or their derivatives does not prevent the use of mineral salts, chemicals and other additives which are not produced from cereals.

For example:

In the case of an article made from non-woven materials, if the use of only non-originating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth even if non-woven cloths cannot normally be made from yarn. In such cases, the starting material would normally be at the stage before yarn that is the fibre stage.

See also Note 6.3 in relation to textiles.

3.4. If in a rule in the list two or more percentages are given for the maximum value of non-originating materials that can be used, then these percentages may not be added together. The maximum value of all the non-originating materials used may never exceed the highest of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual percentages must not be exceeded in relation to the particular materials they apply to.

Note 4

4.1. The term 'natural fibres` is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres and is restricted to the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, the term 'natural fibres` includes fibres that have been carded, combed or otherwise processed but not spun.

4.2. The term 'natural fibres` includes horsehair of heading No 0503, silk of heading Nos 5002 and 5003 as well as the wool fibres, fine or coarse animal hair of heading Nos 5101 to 5105, the cotton fibres of heading Nos 5201 to 5203 and the other vegetable fibres of heading Nos 5301 to 5305.

4.3. The terms 'textiule pulp`, 'chemical materials` and 'paper-making materials` are used in the list to describe the materials not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper fibres or yarns.

4.4. The term 'man-made staple fibres` is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or waste, of headings Nos 5501 to 5507.

Note 5

5.1. In the case of the products classified within those headings in the list to which a reference is made to this Note, the conditions set out in column 3 of the list shall not be applied to any basic textile materials used in their manufacture which, taken together, represent 10 % or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used (but see also Notes 5.3 and 5.4 below).

5.2. However, this tolerance may only be applied to mixed products which have been made from two or more basic textile materials.

The following are the basic textile materials:

- silk,

- wool,

- coarse animal hair,

- fine animal hair,

- horsehair,

- cotton,

- paper-making materials and paper,

- flax,

- true hemp,

- jute and other textile bast fibres,

- sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave,

- coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres,

- synthetic man-made filaments,

- artificial man-made filaments,

- synthetic man-made staple fibres,

- artificial man-made staple fibres.

For example:

A yarn of heading No 5205 made from cotton fibres of heading No 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading No 5506 is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres that do not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used up to a weight of 10 % of the yarn.

For example:

A woollen fabric of heading No 5112 made from woollen yarn of heading No 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading No 5509 is a mixed fabric. Therefore synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) or woollen yarn that does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning) or a combination of the two may be used up to a weight of 10 % of the fabric.

For example:

Tufted textile fabric of heading No 5802 made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and cotton fabric of heading No 5210 is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric being made from yarns classified in two separate headings or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures.

For example:

If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading No 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile fabric is accordingly a mixed product.

For example:

A carpet with tufts made from both artificial yarns and cotton yarns and with a jute backing is a mixed product because three basic textile materials are used. Thus, any non-originating materials that are at a later stage of manufacture than the rule allows may be used, provided their total weight taken together does not exceed 10 % of the weight of the textile materials in the carpet. Thus, both the jute backing and/or the artificial yarns could be imported at that stage of manufacture, provided the weight conditions are met.

5.3. In the case of fabrics incorporating 'yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether whether or not gimped` this tolerance is 20 % in respect of this yarn.

5.4. In the case of fabrics incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of an adhesive between two films of plastic film, this tolerance is 30 % in respect of this strip.

Note 6

6.1. In the case of those textile products which are marked in the list by a footnote referring to this note, textile materials with the exception of linings and interlinings which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made up products concerned may be used provided that they are classified in a heading other than that of the product and that their value does not exceed 8 % of the ex-works price of the product.

6.2. Materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 may be used freely, whether or not they contain textiles.

For example:

If a rule in the list provides that for a particular textile item, such as trousers, yarn must be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63. For the same reason, it does not prevent the use of slide-fasteners even though slide-fasteners normally contain textiles.

6.3. Where a percentage rule applies, the value of trimmings and accessories must be taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.

Note 7

7.1. For the purposes of heading Nos ex 2707, 2713, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, the 'specific processes` are the following:

(a) vacuum distillation;

(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process (1);

(c) cracking;

(d) reforming;

(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;

(f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;

(g) polymerisation;

(h) alkylation;

(i) isomerisation.

7.2. For the purposes of heading Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the 'specific processes` are the following:

a) vacuum distillation;

(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process;

(c) cracking;

(d) reforming;

(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;

(f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;

(g) polymerisation;

(h) alkylation;

(ij) isomerisation;

(k) (in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) desulphurisation with hydrogen resulting in a reduction of at least 85 % of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1 266-59 T method);

(l) (in respect of products falling within heading No 2710 only) deparaffining by a process other than filtering;

(m) (in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250 °C with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment with hydrogen of lubricating oils of heading No ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolorisation) in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;

(n) (in respect of fuel oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 °C by the ASTM D 86 method;

(o) (in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharege.

7.3. For the purposes of heading Nos ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, simple operations such as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water separation, filtering, colouring, marketing obtaining a sulphur content as a result of mixing products with different sulphur contents, any combination of these operations or like operations do not confer origin.

(1) See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.

ANNEX II

LIST OF WORKING OR PROCESSING REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT ON NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS IN ORDER THAT THE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED CAN OBTAIN ORIGINATING STATUS

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ANNEX III

EUR.1 MOVEMENT CERTIFICATES

1. EUR.1 movement certificates shall be made out on the form of which a specimen appears in this Annex. This form shall be printed in one or more of the languages in which the Agreement is drawn up. Certificates shall be made out in one of these languages and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting State. If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink and in capital letters.

2. Each certificate shall measure 210 × 297 mm; a tolerance of up to minus 5 mm or plus 8 mm in the length may be allowed. The paper used must be white, sized for writing, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m3. It shall have a printed green guilloche pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye.

3. The competent authorities of the Member States of the Community and of Tunisia may reserve the right to print the certificates themselves or may have them printed by approved printers. In the latter case each certificate must include a reference to such approval. Each certificate must bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified. It shall also bear a serial number, either printed or not, by which it can be identified.

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DECLARATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27

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ANNEX VIII

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLE 1

The parties agree that the provisions of Article 1(e) of the Protocol shall not prejudice the right of Tunisia to benefit from special and differential treatment and other derogations accorded to developing countries by the agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLES 19 AND 33

The parties agree to the necessity to establish Explanatory Notes to the provisions of Article 19(1)(b) and Article 33(1) and (2) of the Protocol.

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLE 39

For the implementation of Article 39 of this Protocol, the Community is prepared to examine any request from Tunisia for derogations from the rules of origin after signature of the Agreement.

PROTOCOL No 5 on mutual assistance in customs matters between the administrative authorities

Article 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:

(a) 'customs legislation` shall mean any statutory or regulatory provision applicable in the territory of the Contracting Parties governing the import, export, transit of goods and their placing under any customs procedure, including measures of prohibition, restriction and control adopted by the Parties concerned;

(b) 'applicant authority` shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been appointed by a Contracting Party for this purpose and which makes a request for assistance in customs matters;

(c) 'requested authority` shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been appointed by a Contracting Party for this purpose and which receives a request for assistance in customs matters;

(d) 'personal data` shall mean any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Article 2 Scope

1. The Contracting Parties shall assist each other, within their areas of responsibility, according to the procedures and under the conditions laid down in this Protocol, with a view to the prevention, investigation and detection of operations that contravene customs legislation.

2. Assistance in customs matters, as provided for in this Protocol, applies to any administrative authority of the Contracting Parties which is competent for the application of this Protocol. It shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual assistance in criminal matters. Nor shall it cover information obtained under powers exercised at the request of judicial authorities, unless those authorities so agree.

Article 3 Assistance on request

1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, in particular information regarding detected or projected operations which contravene or would contravene such legislation.

2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Contracting Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applying to the goods.

3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall undertake surveillance, in accordance with its own legislation, of:

(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are engaging in or have engaged in operations which contravene customs legislation;

(b) places where stocks of goods have been assembled in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for supposing that they are intended as supplies for operations contrary to the legislation of the other Contracting Parties;

(c) movements of goods notified as possibly involving operations that contravene customs legislation;

(d) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be, used for the purpose of contravening customs legislation.

Article 4 Spontaneous assistance

The Contracting Parties shall provide each other, in accordance with their laws, rules and other legal instruments, with assistance if they consider that to be necessary for the correct application of customs legislation, particularly when they obtain information pertaining to:

- operations which contravene or which they believe to be contravention of such legislation and which may be of interest to the other Contracting Parties,

- new means or methods employed in realising such operations,

- goods known to be involved in operations contracting customs legislation,

- natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are engaging in or have engaged in operations which contravene customs legislation,

- means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be used in the contravening of customs legislation.

Article 5 Delivery/Notification

At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall in accordance with its legislation take all necessary measures in order:

- to deliver any document,

- to notify any decision,

falling within the scope of this Protocol to an addressee, residing or established in its territory. In such a case Article 6(3) is applicable.

Article 6 Form and substance of requests for assistance

1. Requests pursuant to this Protocol shall be made in writing. Documents deemed useful to help respond to such requests shall accompany the request. When required because of the urgency of the situation, oral requests may be accepted, but must be confirmed in writing immediately.

2. Requests pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include the following information:

(a) the applicant authority making the request;

(b) the measure requested;

(c) the object of and the reason for the request;

(d) the laws, rules and other legal elements involved;

(e) indications as exact and comprehensive as possible on the natural or legal persons being the target of the investigations;

(f) a summary of the relevant facts and of the enquiries already carried out, except in cases provided for in Article 5.

3. Requests shall be submitted in an official language of the requested authority or in a language acceptable to such authority.

4. If a request does not met the formal requirements, its correction or completion may be demanded; the ordering of precautionary measures may, however, take place.

Article 7 Execution of requests

1. In order to comply with a request for assistance, the requested authority shall proceed, within its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account or at the request of other authorities of that same Contracting Party, by supplying information already possessed, by carrying out appropriate enquiries or by arranging for them to be carried out. This provision shall apply also to the administrative department to which the request has been addressed by the requested authority when the latter cannot act on its own.

2. Requests for assistance shall be executed in accordance with the laws, rules and other legal instruments of the requested Contracting Party.

3. Duly authorised officials of a Contracting Party may, with the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and within the conditions laid down by the latter, obtain from the offices of the requested authority or other authority for which the requested authority is responsible, information relating to the operations contravening or likely to contravene customs legislation which the applicant authority needs for the purposes of this Protocol.

4. Officials of a Contracting Party may, with the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and within the conditions laid down by the latter, be present at enquiries carried out in the latter's territory.

Article 8 Form in which information is to be communicated

1. The requested authority shall communicate results of enquiries to the applicant authority in the form of documents, certified copies of documents, reports and the like.

2. The documents provided for in paragraph 1 may be replaced by computerised information produced in any form for the same purpose.

Article 9 Exceptions to the obligation to provide assistance

1. The Contracting Parties may refuse to give assistance as provided for in this Protocol, where to do so would:

(a) be likely to prejudice Tunisia's sovereignty or that of a Member State of the Community whose assistance has been requested pursuant to this Protocol; or

(b) be likely to prejudice their public policy, security or other essential interests; or

(c) involve legislation other than customs legislation; or

(d) violate an industrial, commercial or professional secret.

2. Where the applicant authority asks for assistance which it would itself be unable to provide if so asked, it shall draw attention to that fact in its request. It shall then be left to the requested authority to decide how to respond to such a request.

3. If assistance is denied, the decision and the reasons therefor must be notified to the applicant authority without delay.

Article 10 Obligation to observe confidentiality

1. Any information communicated in whatsoever form pursuant to this Protocol shall be of a confidential nature. It shall be covered by the obligation of official secrecy and shall enjoy the protection extended to like information under the relevant legislation of the Contracting Party which received it and the corresponding provisions applying to the Community authorities.

2. Personal data may be communicated only where the level of protection granted to persons laid down in the legislation of the Contracting Parties is equivalent. The Contracting Parties must ensure at least a level of protection based on the principles contained in the Annex to this Protocol.

Article 11 Use of information

1. Information obtained, including information relating to personal data, shall be used solely for the purposes of this Protocol and may be used within each Contracting Party for other purposes only with the prior written consent of the administrative authority which furnished the information and shall be subject to any restrictions laid down by that authority. These provisions shall not be applicable when the information obtained for the purposes of this Protocol could also be used for the purposes of fighting against illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Such information may be communicated to other authorities directly involved in combating illicit drug traffic, within the limits of Article 2.

2. Paragraph 1 shall not impede the use of information in any judicial or administrative proceedings subsequently instituted for failure to comply with customs legislation. The competent authority which provided the information shall be informed immediately of such use.

3. The Contracting Parties may, in their records of evidence, reports and testimonies and in proceedings and charges brought before the courts, use as evidence information obtained and documents consulted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.

Article 12 Experts and witnesses

1. An official of a requested authority may be authorised to appear, within the limitations of the authorisation granted, as expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of the other Contracting Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings. The request for an appearance must indicate specifically on what matters and by virtue of what title or qualification the official will be questioned.

2. The authorised official shall enjoy the protection guaranteed by existing legislation to officials of the applicant authority on its territory.

Article 13 Assistance expenses

The Contracting Parties shall waive all claims on each other for the reimbursement of expenses incurred pursuant to this Protocol, except, as appropriate, for expenses to experts, witnesses, interpreters and translators who are not dependent upon public services.

Article 14 Implementation

1. The implementation of this Protocol shall be entrusted to the national customs authorities of Tunisia on the one hand and the competent services of the Commission of the European Communities and, where appropriate, the customs authorities of the Member States on the other. They shall decide on all practical measures and arrangements necessary for its application, taking into consideration rules in the field of data protection. They may, through the Customs Cooperation Committee set up by Article 40 of Protocol No 4, recommend to the Association Council, amendments which they consider should be made to this Protocol.

2. The Contracting Parties shall consult other and subsequently keep each other informed of the detailed rules of implementation which are adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.

Article 15 Complementarity

1. This Protocol shall complement and not impede the application of any agreements on mutual assistance which have been concluded or may be concluded by individual or several Member States of the European Union and Tunisia. Nor shall it preclude more extensive mutual assistance granted under such agreements.

2. Without prejudice to Article 11, these agreements shall not prejudice Community provisions governing the communication between the competent services of the Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States of any information obtained in customs matters which could be of Community interest.

Annex to the Protocol

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO DATA PROTECTION

1. Personal data undergoing computer processing must be:

(a) obtained and processed fairly and lawfully;

(b) kept for explicit and legitimate purposes and not further used in a way incompatible with those purposes;

(c) appropriate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected;

(d) accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;

(e) kept in a form which permits identification of the person concerned for no longer than is necessary for the procedure for which the data were collected.

2. Personal data revealing racial origin, political or religious opinions or other beliefs, and data concerning a person's health or sex life, may not undergo computer processing except where suitable safeguards are provided by national law. These provisions apply also to personal data relating to criminal convictions.

3. Appropriate security measures must be taken to ensure that personal data recorded in computer filing systems are protected against unlawful destruction or accidental loss and against unauthorised alteration, disclosure or access.

4. Any person must have the right to:

(a) establish whether personal data relating to him are kept in a computer filing system, the purposes for which they are mainly used and the identity and normal lace of residence or work of the person responsible for the filing system;

(b) obtain at reasonable intervals, and without excessive delay or expense, confirmation as to the existence of a computer filing system containing personal data relating to him and communication of such data in an intelligible form;

(c) obtain, as appropriate, the rectification or erasure of such data where they have been processed in violation of the provisions laid down by the national legislation applying the fundamental principles contained in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Annex;

(d) have access to legal remedies if no action is taken on a request for communication or, where appropriate, the communication, rectification or erasure referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) above.

5.1. Derogations from the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Annex are allowed only in the cases below.

5.2. Derogations from the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Annex may be allowed where provided for in the legislation of the Contracting Party and where such derogation constitutes a necessary measure in a democratic society and is intended to:

(a) safeguard national security, public order or a State's financial interests or prevent criminal offences;

(b) protect the data subjects or the rights and freedoms of others.

5.3. In the case of computerised filing systems containing personal data used for statistical purposes or scientific research, the rights referred to in paragraphs 4(b), (c) and (d) of this Annex may be restricted by law where such use is clearly unlikely to constitute an invasion of privacy of the data subjects.

6. No provision in this Annex is to be interpreted as restricting or prejudicing a Contracting Party's power to grant data subjects wider protection than that provided for in this Annex.

FINAL ACT

The plenipotentiaries of:

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY.

hereinafter referred to as 'the Member States`, and

of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as 'the Community`,

of the one part,

and the plenipotentiaries of the REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA hereinafter to as 'Tunisia`,

of the other part,

meeting at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five for the signature of the Agreement establishing an association between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, have adopted the following texts:

the Euro-Mediteranean Agreement and the following Protocols:

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The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of Tunisia have adopted the texts of the Joint Declarations listed below and annexed to this Final Act:

Joint Declaration relating to Article 5 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 10 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 39 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 42 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 49 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 50 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 64 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 64(1) of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Article 65 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to Articles 34, 35, 76 and 77 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration relating to textiles

The plenipotentiaries of Tunisia have taken note of the Declaration by the European Community mentioned below and annexed to this Final Act.

Declaration relating to Article 29 of the Agreement.

The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community have taken note of the Declaration by Tunisia mentioned below and annexed to this Final Act:

Declaration on safeguarding Tunisia's interests.

Declaration concerning Article 69 of the Agreement.

Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de julio de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende juli nitten hundrede og fem og halvfems.

Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Juli neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.

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Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.

Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept juillet mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.

Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette luglio millenovecentonovantacinque.

Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende juli negentienhonderd vijfennegentig.

Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Julho de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.

Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.

Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde juli nittonhundranittiofem.

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Pour le Royaume de Belgique

Voor het Koninkrijk België

Für das Königreich Belgien

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Cette signature engage également la Communauté française, la Communauté flamande, la Communauté germanophone, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.

Diese Unterschrift verbindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt.

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For Ireland

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Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften

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For the European Communities

Pour les Communautés européennes

Per le Comunità europee

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Euroopan yhteisöjen puolesta

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JOINT DECLARATIONS

Joint declaration relating to Article 5 of the Agreement

1. The Parties hereby agree that political dialogue at ministerial level should take place at least once a year.

2. The Parties consider that political dialogue should be established between the European Parliament and the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies.

Joint declaration relating to Article 10 of the Agreement

The Parties hereby agree to establish jointly the separate specification by Tunisia of an agricultural component in the import duties in force on goods originating in the Community before the entry into force of the Agreement in respect of the products appearing in list 2 in Annex 2 to the Agreement.

This principle will also apply to the products appearing in list 3 in Annex 2 to the Agreement before elimination of the industrial component begins.

Should Tunisia raise the duties in force on 1 January 1995 for the products mentioned above owing to the agricultural component, it will accord the Community a 25 % reduction on the increase in duties.

Joint declaration relating to Article 39 of the Agreement

Under the Agreement, the Parties agree that intellectual, industrial and commercial property comprises, in particular, copyright, including copyright in computer programs, and neighbouring rights, commercial trademarks and geographical descriptions including designation of origin, industrial designs and models, patents, configuration plans (topographies) of integrated circuits, protection of undisclosed information and protection against unfair competition in accordance with Article 10(a) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in the 1967 Act of Stockholm (Paris Union).

Joint declaration relating to Article 42 of the Agreement

The Parties reaffirm the importance they attach to decentralised cooperation programmes as an additional means of promoting exchange of experience and transfer of knowledge in the Mediterranean region and between the European Community and its partners.

Joint declaration relating to Article 49 of the Agreement

The Parties recognize the need to modernise the Tunisian productive sector in order to adapt it better to the realities of the international and European economy.

The Community will give its support to Tunisia in implementing a support programme in the industrial sectors to benefit from restructuring and updating in order to cope with difficulties which may stem from the liberalisation of trade and in particular the dismantling of tariffs.

Joint declaration relating to Article 50 of the Agreement

The Contracting Parties attach importance to boosting the flow of direct investment to Tunisia.

They agree to expand Tunisia's access to Community investment promotion instruments in accordance with the relevant Community provisions.

Joint declaration relating to Article 64 of the Agreement

Without prejudice to the conditions and procedures applicable in each Member State, the Parties will examine the matter of access to a Member State's labour market of the spouse and children, legally resident under family reunification arrangements, of Tunisian workers legally employed on the territory of a Member State, except for seasonal workers, those on secondment or on placement, for the duration of the worker's authorised stay.

Joint declaration relating to Article 64(1) of the Agreement

With regard to the absence of discrimination as regards redundancy, Article 64(1) may not be invoked to obtain renewal of a residence permit. The granting, renewal or refusal of a residence permit shall be governed by the legislation of each Member State and the bilateral agreements and conventions in force between Tunisia and the Member State.

Joint declaration relating to Article 65 of the Agreement

It is understood that the term 'members of their family` shall be defined according to the national legislation of the host country concerned.

Joint declaration relating to Articles 34, 35, 76 and 77 of the Agreement

If, during the progressive implementation of the Agreement, Tunisia experiences serious balance of payments difficulties, Tunisia and the Community may hold consultations to work out the best ways and means of helping Tunisia cope with these difficulties.

Such consultations will take place in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund.

Joint declaration relating to textiles

It is understood that the arrangements for textile products will be the subject of a special protocol, to be concluded by 31 December 1995, on the basis of the provisions of the arrangement in force in 1996.

DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY

Declaration relating to Article 29 of the Agreement

If Tunisia concludes agreements with other Mediterranean countries with a view to establishing free trade, the Community is willing to consider cumulation of origin in its trade with those countries.

DECLARATIONS BY TUNISIA

Declaration on safeguarding Tunisia's interests

Tunisia wishes its interests be taken into account where any concessions and advantages are granted to other Mediterranean non-member countries under future agreements concluded between those countries and the Community.

Declaration concerning Article 69 of the Agreement

- Considering family reunification as a basic right of Tunisian workers residing abroad,

- bearing in mind that this right is a key factor in maintaining the balance of the family and guaranteeing success at school and the children's social and occupational integration,

- notwithstanding the bilateral agreements concluded between Tunisia and certain Member States of the European Union,

Tunisia wishes the question of family reunification to be the subject of in-depth discussions with the Community with a view to easing and improving the conditions for family reunification.