NoL221/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.7.82
DECISION No1/82OFTHEACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION
COMMITTEE
of22June1982
derogatingfromthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'totake
accountofthespecialsituationofMauritiuswithregardtoitsproductionof
cannedtuna
THECUSTOMSCOOPERATION COMMITTEE , Whereasinthesecircumstances atemporaryderoga­
tionfromthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating
productsshouldbeaccordedtoMauritius,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisionsof
ListAinAnnexIItoProtocol1,cannedtunafalling
withinheadingNoex16.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,manufacturedinMauritiusfromtunaorigina­
tingintheMaldivesshallbeconsideredasoriginating
inMauritiusunderthefollowingconditions.
Article2
ThederogationprovidedforinArticle1shallrelateto
1000tonnesperyearofcannedtunafallingwithin
headingNoex16.(^4oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andexportedfromMauritiusbetween1August1982
and31July1984.
Article3HavingregardtotheSecondACP-EECConvention
signedatLomeon31October1979,hereinafter
referredtoas'theConvention',
WhereasArticle30ofProtocol 1totheConvention
concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating
productsandmethodsofadministrative cooperation
makesprovisionforderogationstobemadefromthe
rulesoforiginbytheCustomsCooperation
Committee,inparticulartofacilitatethedevelopment
ofexistingindustriesorthecreationofnewindustries;
WhereastheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific(ACP)
StateshavesubmittedarequestfromtheGovernment
ofMauritiusforaderogationfromthedefinitionset
outinProtocol1inrespectofcannedtunaproduced
byMauritius;
Whereas,inordertomaintainitsexistingfishery
industryandtotakethemeasuresnecessaryforits
finishedproductstoobtainoriginatingstatus,Mauri­
tiushasfromJanuary1981toJanuary1982benefitted
fromaderogationfromthedefinitionsetoutin
Protocol1forcannedtuna;
WhereasMauritiushasalreadypurchasedavesselwith
aviewtosupplyingthecannerieswithrawfishforits
productionofcannedtuna;
Whereasthisvessel,whileincreasingitscatches
steadily,isnotinapositiontosupplysufficientquan­
titiesoftunafishforthecanneries;whereasthe
undertakingconcernedintendsmakinguseofa
secondfishingvesselwithinaperiodofthreeyearsif
experienceshowsthatfurthersuppliesoforiginating
fishcannotbeguaranteed ;
WhereasMauritiushasbeenunabletoobtainsuffi­
cientsuppliesoffishoriginatinginotherACPStates;
whereastheMauritiuscanningindustrytherefore
continuestobedependentuponsuppliesoftunafish
fromthirdcountriesinordertocontinueitsexportsof
cannedtunatotheCommunity ;
WhereasitispossibleforMauritiustomeetitstuna
fishrequirementsforthecanneriesthroughsupplies
fromotherdevelopingcountries;whereas,pursuantto
Article30(5)ofProtocol1,theexaminationofa
requestforaderogationshouldinparticulartakeinto
accountsuchapossibility;ThecompetentauthoritiesofMauritiusshalltakethe
necessarystepstoensurethatthetunausedinthe
manufacture ofthecannedtunareferredtoinArticle
1originatesintheMaldives.Theseauthoritiesshall
alsocarryoutquantitativechecksonexportsofthe
productsreferredtoinArticle2andshallforwardto
theCommissioneverythreemonthsastatementof
thequantitiesinrespectofwhichmovementcertifi­
catesEUR1havebeenissuedonthebasisofthis
Decision.
Article4
TheACPStates,theMemberStatesandtheCommu­
nityshallbebound,eachtotheextenttowhichitis
concerned,totakethemeasuresnecessarytoimple­
mentthisDecision.
Article5
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
adoption.
Itshallapplyfrom1August1982until31July1984.