13.9.84 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL243/23
DECISION No1/84OFTHEACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION
COMMITTEE
of31July1984
derogatingfromthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'totake
accountofthespecialsituationofMauritiuswithregardtoitsproductionof
cannedtuna
THECUSTOMSCOOPERATION COMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtothesecondACP-EECConvention
signedatLomeon31October1979,hereinafter
referredtoas'theConvention',
WhereasArticle30ofProtocol 1totheConvention
concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating
productsandmethodsofadministrative cooperation
makesprovisionforderogationstobemadefromthe
rulesoforiginbytheCustomsCooperation
Committee,inparticulartofacilitatethedevelopment
ofexistingindustriesorthecreationofnewindustries;
WhereastheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific(ACP)
StateshavesubmittedarequestfromtheGovernment
ofMauritiusforaderogationfromthedefinitionset
outinProtocol1inrespectofcannedtunaproduced
byMauritius;x
Whereas,inordertomaintainitsexistingfishery
industryandtotakethemeasuresnecessaryforits
finishedproductstoobtainoriginatingstatus,Mauri­
tiushasfrom1August1982to31July1984benefited
fromthedefinitionsetoutinProtocol 1forcanned
tuna;
WhereasMauritiushasalreadypurchasedavesselwith
aviewtosupplyingthecannerieswithrawfishforits
productionofcannedtuna;
Whereasthisvessel,whileincreasingitscatches
steadily,isnotinapositiontosupplysufficientquan­
titiesoftunafishforthecanneries;whereasthe
undertakingconcernedintendsmakinguseofa
secondfishingvesselwithinaperiodofthreeyearsif
experienceshowsthatfurthersuppliesoforiginating
fishcannotbeguaranteed ;
WhereasMauritiushasbeenunabletoobtainsuffi­
cientsuppliesoffishoriginatinginotherACPStates;
whereastheMauritiuscanningindustrytherefore
continuestobedependentuponsuppliesoftunafish
fromthirdcountriesinordertocontinueitsexportsof
cannedtunatotheCommunity ;requestforaderogationshouldinparticulartakeinto
accountsuchapossibility ;
Whereasinthesecircumstances atemporaryderoga­
tionfromthedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating
productsshouldbeaccordedtoMauritius,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisionsof
ListAinAnnexIItoProtocol1,cannedtunafalling
withinheadingNoex16.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,manufactured inMauritiusfromtunaoriginat­
inginotherdevelopingcountriesshallbeconsidered
asoriginatinginMauritiusunderthefollowingcondi­
tions.
Article2
ThederogationprovidedforinArticle1shallrelateto
600tonnesofcannedtunafallingwithinheadingNo
ex16.04oftheCommonCustomsTariffandexported
fromMauritiusbetween 1August1984and28
February1985.
Article3
ThecompetentauthoritiesofMauritiusshalltakethe
necessarystepsto.ensurethatthetunausedinthe
manufacture ofthecannedtunareferredtoinArticle
1originatesinotherdevelopingcountries.These
authoritiesshallalsocarryoutquantitativecheckson
exportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle2and
shallforwardtotheCommissioneverythreemonthsa
statementofthequantitiesinrespectofwhichmove­
mentcertificatesEUR1havebeenissuedonthebasis
ofthisDecision.
Article4
TheACPStates,theMemberStatesandtheCommu­
nityshallbebound,eachtotheextenttowhichitis
concerned,totakethemeasuresnecessarytoimple­
mentthisDecision.
Article5
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
adoption.
Itshallapplyfrom1August1984until28February
1985./
WhereasitispossibleforMauritiustomeetitstuna
fishrequirementsforthecanneriesthroughsupplies
fromotherdevelopingcountries;whereas,pursuantto
Article30(5)ofProtocol 1,theexaminationofa