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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80>924final
Brussels,20January1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheapplication ofJointCommitteeEECDecision(1)No
toandamendingListsAan
definitionoftheconcept^
ministrativecooperation/^and/
^^originatingproductst""*/o•F*'!^M
\cv-V.adding
ProtocolNo3concerningthe
productsandmethodsofad­
ministrativecooperationDraft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION(1)
addingtoandamendingListsAandBannexedtoProtocolNo3con­
cerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating products"and
methodsofadministrative cooperation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
Austria,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland
COM(80)924final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Inthecontext ofadopting Joint Committee Decision No.1/77ofeach ofthe
EEC-EFTA Agreements ,aJoint Committee Declaration wasmade asfollows :
«
" When thenewLists AandB,introduced byDecision No.1/77following
theamendments made totheCustoms Cooperation Council Nomenclature ,
modify ,because thetexts were simplified ,theeffect ofoneorother
oftherules existing prior toDecision No.1/77,andifitissaid 7
that themodification results inasituation prejudicial tothe
interest.of the sector concerned ,theaeed tore-establish theeffect
oftherule concerned asitwasbefore Decision No.1/77will be
examined urgently attherequest ofoneofthecontracting parties ,
until 31December 1979 ,inaccordance with theprocedure laid down
inArticle 28ofProtocol No3."
This review hasbeen carried outandananomaly wasdiscovered inrelation to
heading ex35.07 .Thecurrent rules inLists Aand Barerestricted to
enzymatic preparations used forcertain purposes andthesame orsimilar
enzymatic preparations used fordifferent purposes have amore restrictive
rule .Itistherefore proposed toremove this anomaly byapplying the
rules uniformly andtheannexed draft ofamodel Decision tobetaken
byeach Joint Committee includes theamendments upon which anagreement
hasbeen reached after discussion onthis subject with thecustoms experts
ofthe Member States . '
Itissuggested that theCouncil adopts this draft onthecommon position
oftheCommunity foruse intheEEC-EFTA Joint Committees .
Forreasons ofclarity ofpresentation andtoprevent duplication ofwork
amodel proposition forCouncil Regulations toapply theJoint Committee
Decisions isalso annexed .

Proposal Council Regulation (EEC) ontheapplication ofJoint
Committee EEC-Decision (1)No'. adding toand amending _ListsAandB
annexed toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating
products andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal oftheCommission ,
Whereas anAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
(2)(3)was signed on (4)andentered into force on
(5);
Whereas byvirtue ofArticle 28ofProtocol No3concerning thedefinition
oftheconcept oforiginating products andmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,
which forms anintegral part oftheabove Agreement ,theJoint Committee
hasadopted Decision No adding toand amending Lists AandBannexed
tothat Protocol .
Whereas itisnecessary toapply this Decision intheCommunity ;
*•»/•«•
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Iceland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland
(2)TheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation
(3)Austria ,Sweden ,Switzerland :OJNoL300of31.12.72
Finland :OJNoL328 of28.11.73
Norway :OJNoL171of27.6.73
Iceland ,Portugal :OJNoL301of31.12.72
(4)Austria ,Iceland ^Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July 1972
Norway :14May 1973
Finland :5Cctober 1973
(5)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :1stJanuary 1973
Iceland :1stApril 1973
Norway :1stJuly 1973
Finland :1stJanuary 1974

*4»
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Decision No. oftheEEC- (1)Joint Committee shall apply inthe
;Community .
•/ * '
Thetext oftheDecision isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
1
inall Member States ..
Done atBrussels , 7 FortheCouncil
The President
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Iceland .

AGREEMENT EEC-
The Joint Committee
/ ,
Draft
JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION
adding .toand Lists AandBannexed toProtocol No3concerning
thedefinition oftheconcept of"originating products "andmethods of
administrative .cooperation
THEJOINT COMMITTEE , -
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and the COsigned inBrussels on (2),
4
Having regard toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
oforiginating products andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
(hereinafter referred toas"Protocol No3"),andinparticular Article
28thereof , ,
Whereas ,asaresult oftheadoption ofJoint Committee Decision No 1/77/
certain anomalies intherules oforigin relating toenzymatic preparations
have been established ;whereas itisdesirable toremove these anomalies ;_
•♦•/•••
(1)TheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation
(2)Austria ,1Iceland ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July 1972
Norway :14May 1973
Finland :5October 1973

HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1 /
InList Aannexed toProtocol No3,therules relating toex-heading No.35.07
shall bereplaced bythose setoutinAnnex ItothisDecision.
Article 2 .
InList B/.annexed toProtocol No3,therules relating toChapters 28-37
andex-heading 35.07 shall bereplaced bythose setoutinAnnex IItc^'this
Decision . .
Article 3 / ■ '
This Decision shall enter into force on
Done atBrussels , For the Joint Committee
The President

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ANNEX I
Products obtained Working orprocessing
that does not confer
thestatus oforigin -
ating products■
,Working orprocessing
that confers the status
oforiginating products
when thefollowing
conditions are met
\CCTHeading
No.Description
ex35.07 Prepared enzymes
not otherwise
specified or
.included-Manuf acure inwhich
thevalue ofthépro­
ducts used does not
.exceed 50%ofthe
value ofthe finished
product

-6- ANNEX II
Finished products Working orprocessing that confers
thestatus oforiginating products
CCTHeading
No.Description
exChapter
28-37Products ofthechemical
and allied industries
excluding sulphuric anhy­
dride (ex28.13 ),tannins
(ex32.01 ),essential oil^
resinoids andterpenic by-
products (ex33.01 ),pre-
pared enzymes nototherwise
specified orincluded
tex 35.07 )-Working orprocessing inwhich the ·
value ofthenon-originating
products used does notexceed 20%
ofthe value ofthe finished
product
ex35.07 Prepared enzymes notother -
wise specified orincluded
:Manufacture in'which the value of
theproducts used doew not exceed
50%ofthevalue ofthe finished
product .