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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)375 final
Brussels/13-July1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ONTHEAPPLICATION OFDECISION No/79OFJOINT
COMMITTEE EEC-AUSTRIA
-FINLAND
-ICELAND
-NORWAY
-PORTUGAL
-SWEDEN
-SWITZERLAND
AMENDINGLISTBANNEXEDTO^PROTOCOLNo3CONCERNING THE
DEFINITION OFTHECONCEPTOFORIGINATING PRODUCTS
ANDMETHODS OFADMINISTRATIVE CO-OPERATION
r'; DRAFTDÉCISION
v ./
AMENDINGLISTBANNEXED TOPROTOCOL No3CONCERNING
THEDEFINITION OFTHECONCEPTOF"ORIGINATING PRODUCTS"
ANDMETHODS OFADMINISTRATIVE CO-OPERATION
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
C0M(79)375final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Theevolution inmanufacturing techniques andineconomic conditions connected
with international trade inimitation jewellery hasledtheEFTA countries to
propose achange totheorigin rules inrelation tothese products ascontained
intheProtocols No3ofthevarious EEC-EFTA Agreements .
This proposal hasbeen studied intheCustoms Legislation Committee .Onthe
basis ofthese discussions thedraft ofamodel Decision tobetaken byeach
Joint Committee ,which isannexed ,hasbeen proposed .
Itissuggested that theCouncil adopts this draft asthecommon position of
theCommunity foruseintheEEC-EFTA Joint Committees .
Forreasons ofclarity ofpresentation andtoprevent duplication ofwork
amodel proposition forCouncil Regulations toapply theJoint Committee
Decisions isalso annexed .
ι

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Proposal Council Regulation (EEC ) ontheapplication ofJoint
Committee EEC-Decision (1)No /79amending List Bannexed toProtocol No3
concerning thedefinition cftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods
ofadministrative co-operation
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal oftheCommission ,
Whereas anAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community arid
(2)(3)wassigned on (4)andentered
into force on (5);
Whereas byvirtue ofArticle 28ofProtocol No3concerning thedefinition of
theconcept oforiginating products andmethods ofadministrative co-operation ,
which forms anintegral part oftheabove Agreement ,theJoint Committee has
adopted Decision No */79adding toandamending •List Bannexed tothat
Protocol :
Whereas itisnecessary toapply this Decision intheCommunity ,
•••/•••
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Iceland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland
(2)T±ieRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic ofIceland ,
theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortugese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,the
Swiss Confederation
(3)Austria ,Sweden ,Switzerland ;OJNoL300of31.12.1972
Finland :OJNoL328 of28.11.1973
Norway :OJNoL171of27.6.1973
Iceland ,Portugal :OJNoL301of31.12.1972
(4)Austria ,Iceland ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July 1972
Norway :14May1973
Finland :5October 1973
(5)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :1January 1973
Iceland :1April 1973
Norway t1Jt&y 1973
Finland i1January 1974

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HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION J
Article 1
Fortheapplication oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and (1),Joint Committee Decision No /79shall be
applied intheCommunity .
Thetext oftheDecision isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President
(1)theRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic ofIceland ,
theKincfiom ofNorway ,thePortugese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,the
Swiss Confederation .

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AGREEMENT EEC-
The Joint Committee
JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION NO /79
of
amending List Bannexed toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition ofthe
concept of'originating products 1andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
THEJOINT COMMITTEE ,
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
the (1)signed inBrussels on (2),
Having regard toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of
•originating products *andmethods ofadministrative cooperation (hereinafter
referred toas'Protocol No3'),andinparticular Article 28thereof ,
Whereas experience acquired since theentry into force oftheAgreement shows
that theorigin rule laid down forcertain imitation jewellery inProtocol No3
must beadapted totake account oftheevolution ofmanufacturing techniques of
those products andtheinternational economic conditions concerning trade in
those products ;
Whereas itisnowconvenient to 'amend -this rule , 1
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
InList Bannexed toProtocol No3therule set out inthe Annex tothis Decision
shall beinserted intheappropriate place asdetermined bythenumerical order
ofthetariff headings .
•••/•••
(1)theRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic ofIceland ,
theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortugese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,the
Swiss Confederation .
(2)Austria ,Iceland ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July 1S72
Norway :14May1973
Finland :5October 1973

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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on
Done atBrussels ,1979 .
For the Joint Committee
The President
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ANNEX
Finished products Working ofprocessing
that confers the status
oforiginating products CCT
heading NoDescription
ex71.16 Imitation jewellery of
base metalManufacture frorauncoated
base metal products pro­
vided that the total
value ofallnon-originat -
ingmaterials does not
exceed 50%ofthevalue
ofthefinished product