NoL345/60 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2940/77
of20December1977
ontheapplicationofDecisionNo2/77oftheEEC-SwedenJointCommitteederogating
fromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrativecooperation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthepurposesoftheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Sweden,JointCommitteeDecisionNo2/77shallapply
intheCommunity .
ThetextofthatDecisionisannexedhereto.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofSweden(*)
wassignedon22July1972andenteredintoforceon1
January1973;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle28ofProtocol3concern­
ingthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingprod­
ucts'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation,which
isanintegralpartofthatAgreement,theJointCommit­
teehasadoptedDecisionNo2/77derogatingfromthe
provisionsofListAannexedtothatProtocol;
WhereasitisnecessarytoapplythatDecisioninthe
Community ,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1December1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.CHABERT
(!)OJNoL300,31.12.1972,p.96.

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JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISIONNo2/77
of14December1977
derogatingfromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionof
theconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE , Whereastheinternational economicconditionsthatled
totheadoptionofthoseprovisionsfortheproductsin
questioncontinuetoobtain;whereastheperiodofval­
idityoftheprovisionsshouldthereforebeextended
until31December1978,HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofSweden
signedinBrusselson22July1972,
HavingregardtoProtocol3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsof
administrative cooperation (hereinafterreferredtoas
'Protocol3),andinparticularArticle28thereof,HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Notwithstanding thespecialprovisionsapplicableto
headingNoex38.19inAnnexIItoProtocol3,the
productslistedincolumn2belowshallbeconsideredas
productsoriginatinginSwedenortheCommunityifthe
conditionsincolumn4arefulfilled,providedtheother
conditionsofProtocol3applicabletothoseproducts
aresatisfied.WhereastheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3,
asamendedbyJointCommitteeDecisionNo2/76(1),
applyonlyuntil30November1977inthecaseofcer­
tainproductsfallingwithinheadingNo38.19;
Productsobtained
CCT
headingNoDescriptionWorkingorprocessingthat
doesnotconferthestatusof
originatingproductsWorkingorprocessingthatconfersthe
statusoforiginatingproductswhenthe
followingconditionsaremet
1 2 3 4
ex38.19Auxiliaryproductsofakindusedindietextile,
leatherandpaperindustries(notelsewherespecified
orincluded);compositeplasticizers,hardeners,and
stabilizersforplasticmaterialsandforproducts
basedonplasticmaterials(notelsewherespecifiedor
included)Manufacture inwhichthe
valueoftheproductsused
doesnotexceed60%ofthe
valueofthefinishedprod­
uct
(!)OJNoL328,26.11.1976,p.42.

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Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1December1977andshallapplytoproductsexpor­
tedupto31December1978inclusive.
DoneatBrussels,14December1977.
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident
P.DUCHATEAU