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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1707/78
of18July1978
derogating ,forcertainproductscomingfromMalta,fromtheProtocoltothe
Agreementestablishing anassociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandMaltaconcerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating
products'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Malta(1),hereinaftercalled'theAgreement',was
signedatVallettaon5December1970andentered
intoforceon1April1971;
WhereasaProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreement(2)andtowhichisannexed
aProtocolconcerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrative
cooperation,hereinaftercalled'theOriginProtocol',
wassignedinBrusselson4March1976andentered
intoforceon1June1976;
WhereasanAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreement(3)
wassignedinBrusselson27October1977and
enteredintoforceon1January1978;whereasArticle
10ofthatProtocolprovidesforderogationsfromthe
OriginProtocolinthecaseofintermediate-frequency
transformers ,radiosandtaperecordersuntil30June
1978;
WhereastheGovernmentoftheRepublicofMalta
hasrequestedthatthesederogationsbeextended;
Whereasthederogationsshouldbegrantedfora
furtherperiodofsixmonths,Thefollowingentryshallbemadeinbox7ofmove­
mentcertificatesEUR.1issuedinrespectoforigi­
natingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'DerogationIFT.'
2.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
ofAnnexIItotheOriginProtocolforheadingNo
85.15,totheeffectthatnon-originating transistors
maynotrepresentmorethan3%ofthevalueofthe
finishedproduct,receptionapparatusmanufactured in
Maltashallberegardedasaproductoriginatingin
Maltaeventhoughthisconditionisnotobserved,
providedthattheotherconditionsrelatingtothis
headingaresatisfied.
Thefollowingentryshallbemadeinbox7ofmove­
mentcertificatesEUR.1issuedinrespectoforigi­
natingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph:
'Derogationradios.'
3.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
ofAnnexIItotheOriginProtocolforheadingNo
92.11,totheeffectthatnon-originating transistors
maynotrepresentmorethan3%ofthevalueofthe
finishedproduct,taperecordersmanufactured in
Maltashallberegardedasproductsoriginatingin
Maltaifthevalueofthenon-originating transistors
doesnotexceed5%ofthevalueofthefinished
product,providedthattheotherconditionsrelatingto
thisheadingaresatisfied.
Thefollowingentryshallbemadeinbox7ofmove­
mentcertificatesEUR.1issuedinrespectoforigi­
natingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'Derogationtaperecorders.'HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
ofAnnexIItotheOriginProtocolforheadingNo
85.15,totheeffectthatatleast50%invalueofthe
materialsandpartsusedshallbeoriginatingproducts,
intermediate-frequency transformersmanufactured in
Maltashallberegardedasproductsoriginatingin
Maltaeventhoughthisconditionisnotobserved,
providedthattheotherconditionsrelatingtothis
headingaresatisfied.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1Julyto31December1978.(')OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.
(3)OJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.2.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18July1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.LAHNSTEIN