NoL347/60 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2944/77
of20December1977
ontheapplicationofDecisionNo2/77oftheEEC-PortugalJointCommitteederogating
fromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrativecooperation
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthepurposesoftheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Portugal,JointCommitteeDecisionNo2/77shallapply
intheCommunity .
ThetextofthatDecisionisannexedhereto.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(1)
wassignedon22July1972andenteredintoforceon
1January1973;
"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
(J)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.164.

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JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISIONNo2/77
of21December1977
derogatingfromtheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3concerningthedefinitionof
theconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrativecooperation
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE , Whereastheinternational economicconditionsthatled
totheadoptionofthoseprovisionsfortheproductsin
questioncontinuetoobtain;whereastheperiodofval­
idityoftheprovisionsshouldthereforebeextended
until31December1978,HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic
signedinBrusselson22July1972,
HavingregardtoProtocol3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsof
administrative cooperation (hereinafterreferredtoas
'Protocol3),andinparticularArticle28thereof,HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Notwithstanding thespecialprovisionsapplicableto
headingNoex38.19inAnnexIItoProtocol3,the
productslistedincolumn2belowshallbeconsideredas
productsoriginatinginPortugalortheCommunityif
theconditionsincolumn4arefulfilled,providedthe
otherconditionsofProtocol3applicabletothosepro­
ductsaresatisfied.WhereastheprovisionsofListAannexedtoProtocol3,
asamendedbyJointCommitteeDecisionNo2/76(*),
applyonlyuntil30November1977inthecaseofcer­
tainproductsfallingwithinheadingNo38.19;
2Productsobtained
Workingorprocessingthat
doesnotconferthestatusof
originatingproductsV\orkingorprocessingthatconfersthe
statusoforiginatingproductswhenthe
followingconditionsaremetCCT
headingNoDescription
1 2 3 4
ex38.19Auxiliaryproductsofakindusedinthetextile,
leatherandpaperindustries (notelsewherespecified
orincluded);compositeplasticizers,hardeners,and
stabilizersforplasticmaterialsandforproducts
basedonplasticmaterials(notelsewherespecifiedor
included)Manufacture inwhichthe
valueoftheproductsused
doesnotexceed60%ofthe
valueofthefinishedprod­
uct
HOJNoL328,26.11.1976,p.34.

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Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1December1977andshallapplytoproductsexpor­
tedupto31December1978inclusive.
DoneatBrussels,21December1977.
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident
P.DUCHATEAU