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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
laying down provisions forgranting derogations from thedefinition
oftheconcept oforiginating products under thesecond Convention'
ofLomé
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
During theapplication oftheLome Convention which expired on29February
1980 theACP States presented anumber ofrequests forderogations from
theorigin rules contained intheOrigin Protocol .TheCommunity agreed
inall cases tothese requests .
However ,theACP States complained about thelong period taken toconsider
their requests and toput thederogations into effect .
There arebasically 4reasons for this delay :
1.Theelements presented justifying aderogation request have not
beer ,sufficient basis for areasonable judgement ofthecase .
Supplementary information hasbeen slow inforthcoming .
2.Thecumbersome Community procedure forarriving atacommon position .
3.Thecomplex ACP-EEC procedures foradopting decisions .
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4.Theprocedural delays forapplying such decisions intheCommunity .
Intheframework ofthenegotiations ofthe 1979 Lome Convention the
procedure concerning derogations totheorigin rules wasanimportant
point ofdiscussion and anumber ofprocedural improvements have been
included inthenewConvention with aview toshortening theprocedure
from themoment arequest for aderogation hasbeen presented tothe
Community until itsapplication .Thus thedelay fortheCommunity
consideration ofarequest wasreduced from 6to3months asprovided
forinArticle 30(6 )ofProtocol No..1concerning thedefinition ofthe
concept of"originating products ",andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
which says that "theCommittee shall take steps necessary toensure that
adecision isreached asquickly aspossible andinanycase not later
than three months after referral totheCommunity

Furthermore ,theCommunity made thefollowing declaration (Annex XXXVI
«
tothe 1979 Lomé Convention ):
TheCommunity recognizes thespecial importance for theACP States
ofimplementing themeasures forapplying derogation decisions as
swiftly aspossible after their adoption . ^, .
Itwill introduce procedures which enable ittotake such application
measures intheshortest possible time ,.with aview notably to
being able todeal with emergency situations ,andwithin thecontext
ofArticle 31ofthe Protocol ."
Itisevident that under thepresent procedures ,neither thereduced
delay of3months nor thecommitment tospeed upapplication procedures
. - ' ' ' ' . <canberespected and that itistherefore necessary toprovide fornew
andmore rapid procedures within theCommunity .^TheCommission isof
theopinion that theuseofexisting instruments rather than thecreation
ofnewones will fulfil therequirement inthis .area .V
Theprocedure embodied inthis draft regulation isbased upon the 'Comirte
degestion 1procedure assetoutinCouncil Regulation 802/68of27June
1968 ontheconcept oftheorigin ofgoods :.
With regard totheadoption ofacommon Community position ona
* •.'*' * *
,derogation request intheACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee the
Origin Committee setupbyRegulation 802/68shall deliver an
opinion onthemeasures t®betaken ,submitted toitbytheCommission
- After theOrigin Coirttnittee has .delivered anopinion ,theCommission
orwhere necessary t'tie ,.Council ,shall adopt thedraft onthe
measures tobetaken ,which isthen tobesubmitted totheACP
States . , ' - - '
- Following theadoption ofaDecision onaderogation bytheACP-EEC
Customs Cooperation Committee theprovisions concerning theenactment
oftheDecision intheCommunity will betaken bywayofaCommission
•.Regulation . '

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
laying down provisions forgranting derogations from thedefinition ofthe
concept oforiginating products under thesecond Convention ofLome
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .. '
» ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
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inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 30ofProtocol No1tothe second ACP-EEC Convention ofLome
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provides that derogations from theprovisions ofthesaid Protocol maybe
adopted inrespect ofthedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products
where thedevelopment ofexisting industries orthecreation ofnew industries
justifies them andinaccordance with terms ofthesaid Article ;
Whereas thesame Article 30provides that derogation decisions must betaken .
bytheCustoms Cooperation Committee established under theConvention not
later than three months after referral totheCommunity andwhereas procedures
should accordingly beimplemented toenable theCommunity toadhere tothis
deadline ;
Whereas ,inorder toadhere tothedeadlines referred toinArticle 30(6 ), .
ofProtocol No1totheConvention ,theCommunity 'sposition should be
decided bytheCommission ,following theopinion oftheCommittee onOrigin
established under Council Regulation (EEC )No.802/68 (1),
and inaccordance with aspecial procedure ; . .
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Whereas initsdeclaration inAnnex XXXVI .tothesaid Convention ,theCommunity
undertook toimplement byexpedited procedure themeasures forapplying
derogation decisions ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Where arequest forderogation submitted byanACP State isreferred to
the Community inaccordance with Article 30ofProtocol No.1tothe second
ACP-EEC Convention ofLome ,the Commission shall forward totheCommittee on
Origin set upunder Regulation (EEC )No.802/68adraft of
theprovisions tobeadopted .TheCommittee onOrigin shall deliver
anopinion onthedraft within atime mlimit setbytheChairman
having regard totheurgency ofthematter .Decisions shall betaken
byamajority of .45votes ,thevotes oftheMember States being weighted
asstipulated inArticle 148(2 )oftheTreaty .TheChairman shall not
vote .
.2(a )TheCommission shall adopt theproposed provisions ifthey areinaccor­
dance with theopinion oftheCommittee onOrigin .
(b)Iftheproposed provisions arenot inaccordance with theopinion ofthe
Committee onOrigin ,theCommission mayeither accept that opinion or
submit totheCouncil without delay aproposal onthe !provisions tobe
adopted .TheCouncil shall actbyaqualified majority . ,
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(c)If,within onemonth ofreferral toit,theCouncil hasnotacted ,the
proposed provisions shall beadopted bytheCommission .
3.Theproposed provisions asadopted bytheCommission or,where appropriate
bytheCouncil ,shall constitute theCommunity 'sjoint position ;they
shall becommunicated forthwith tothe ACP States .
Article 2
Derogation decisions taken bytheCustoms Cooperation Committee or,where
appropriate /bytheother institutions established under thesecond Convention
ofLome ,shall beimplemented intheCommunity bymeans ofaCommission
regulation .

/'article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day' following that of
itspublication intheOfficial Journal ofthe -European .Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States ' .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President