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DECISION No1/85OFTHEACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION
COMMITTEE
of7June1985
derogatingfromthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'totake
intoaccountthespecialsituationofJamaicawithregardtotuftedcarpetsfalling
withinheadingNo58.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff
productsshouldbegrantedtoJamaicauntil2October
1986,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisionsof
ListAofAnnexIItoProtocol 1totheSecond
ACP-EECConvention ,tuftedcarpetsfallingwithin
subheading58.02AIIa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,manufacturedinJamaica,intheproductionof
whichnon-originating backingfallingwithinheading
No51.04or57.10oftheCommonCustomsTariffis
used,shallbeconsideredasoriginatinginJamaica
providedthattheotherconditionsapplicableto
headingNo58.02arerespected.THEACP-EECCUSTOMSCOOPERATION COMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtothesecondACP-EECConvention
signedatLomeon31October1979,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No485/85
of26February,1985concerningtheapplicationof
DecisionNo2/85oftheACP-EECCouncilof
Ministersontransitionalmeasuresvalidfrom1March
19850,
WhereasArticle30ofProtocol 1totheThird
ACP-EECConvention,signedatLomeon8
December1984,concerningthedefinitionofthe
conceptoforiginatingproductsandmethodsof
administrative cooperation,providesthatderogations
fromtherulesororiginmaybemade,inparticular
wherethedevelopment ofexistingindustriesorthe
creationofnewindustrieswouldbefacilitated
thereby;
WhereasArticle4ofDecisionNo2/85(2)statesthat
theprovisionsconcerningtheprocedureforderoga­
tingfromtherulesoforigin,containedinArticle30
ofProtocolNo1totheThirdACP-EECConvention ,
shallbeappliedinadvance,
Whereas,topreserveitscarpetindustryandinorderto
allowittotakethenecessarystepsinordertoobtain
originatingstatusforitsfinishedproducts,Jamaica
benefitedfrom3October1984to28February1985
fromaderogationfromthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts',containedinProtocolNo1
totheSecondACP-EECConvention ,fortufted
carpets;
Whereasthedurationofthisdrogationhasnotbeen
sufficienttopermittheJamaicanindustryconcerned
toadaptitsproductiontotheconditionsrequiredfor
theacquisitionoforiginbytheSecondACP-EEC
Convention ;whereas,asaresult,theprovisionsneces­
sarytogiveacontinuedderogationshouldbe
adopted;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,atemporaryderoga­
tionfromthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginatingArticle2
ThederogationreferredtoinArticle1shallbein
respectofaquantityof220000squareyardsoftufted
carpetsexportedfromJamaicabetween1March1985
and2October1986.
Article3
TheJamaicanauthoritiesshalltakethestepsnecessary
tocheckthequantitiesofexportsofproductsreferred
toinArticle1andshallforwardtotheCommission
everythreemonthsastatementofthequantitiesin
respectofwhichEUR1movementcertificateshave
beenissuedpursuanttothisDecision.
Article4
TheACPStates,theMemberStatesandtheCommu­
nityshallbebound,eachtotheextenttowhichitis
concerned,totakethemeasuresnecessarytoimple­
mentthisDecision.(')OJNoL61,1.3.1985,p.1.
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Article5
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayonwhich,itisadopted.
However,itshallceayeotapplyon28February1986iftheThirdACP-EECConvention
hasnotenteredintoforcebythatdate.
DoneatBrussels,7June1985.
FortheACP-EECCustoms
CooperationCommittee
TheChairmen
F.KLEIN MauriceOscarSTJOHN