NoL342/86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2934/77
of20December1977
ontheapplicationofDecisionNo2/77oftheEEC-Switzerland JointCommitteederogating
fromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrativecooperation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthepurposesoftheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwiss
Cbnfederation ,JointCommitteeDecisionNo2/77shall
applyintheCommunity .
ThetextofthatDecisionisannexedhereto.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSwissConfederation (*)
wassignedon22July1972andenteredintoforceon
1January1973;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle28ofProtocol3concern­
ingthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingprod­
ucts'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation,
whichisanintegralpartofthatAgreement,theJoint
CommitteehasadoptedDecisionNo2/77derogating
fromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtothatProtocol;
WhereasitisnecessarytoapplythatDecisioninthe
Community ,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1December1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.CHABERT
(*)OJNoL300,31.12.1972,p.188.

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JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISIONNo2/77
of14December1977
derogatingfromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionof
theconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrativecooperation
Whereastheinternational economicconditionsthatled
totheadoptionofthoseprovisionsfortheproductsin
questioncontinuetoobtain;whereastheperiodofval­
idityoftheprovisionsshouldthereforebeextended
until31December1978,THEJOINTCOMMITTEE ,
Having,regardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSwissConfederation
signedinBrusselson22July1972,
HavingregardtoProtocol3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsof
administrative cooperation (hereinafterreferredtoas
'Protocol3'),andinparticularArticle28thereof,HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Notwithstanding thespecialprovisionsapplicableto
headingNoex38.19inAnnexIItoProtocol3,
theproductslistedincolumn2belowshallbecon­
sideredasproductsoriginatinginSwitzerlandorthe
Communityiftheconditionsincolumn4arefulfilled,
providedtheotherconditionsofProtocol3applicable
tothoseproductsaresatisfied.WhereastheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3,
asamendedbyJointCommitteeDecisionNo2/76(1),
applyonlyuntil30November1977inthecaseofcer­
tainproductsfallingwithinheadingNo38.19;
Productsobtained
CCT
headingNoDescriptionWorkingorprocessingthat
doesnotconferthestatusof
originatingproductsWorkingorprocessingthatconfersthe
statusoforiginatingproductswhenthe
followingconditionsaremet
1 2 3 4
ex38.19Auxiliaryproductsofakindusedinthetextile,
leatherandpaperindustries (notelsewherespecified
orincluded);compositepiasticizers,hardeners,and
stabilizersforplasticmaterialsandforproducts
basedonplasticmaterials(notelsewherespecifiedor
included)Manufacture inwhichthe
valueoftheproductsused
doesnotexceed60%ofthe
valueofthefinishedprod­
uct
(4)OJNoL328,26.11.1976,p.50.

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Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1December1977andshallapplytoproducts
exportedupto31December1978inclusive.
DoneatBrussels,14December1977.
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident
P.DUCHATEAU