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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)753 final
Brussels,25thNovember1980
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheapplication ofJointCommitteeEEC-Austria,Finland/
Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland DecisionNo..../80
amending,asregardsproductssentinsmallpackagestoprivate
persons,theprovisionsofArticle8ofProtocol "No3concerning
thedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating products"
andmethodsof.administrative cooperation
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)

EX?IJ\NATORY NOTE
Tnc text ofArticle 8(2 )cfProtocol No3totheEBC-EFTA Agreements which
concerns simplified documentation procedures ssevidence oforiginating
status hasgiven rise todifficulties .Theproblem iswhether orrotMarl
rYder Houses can take advantage ofthese pi-ocedures .Inmost cases the
existing text hasbeen interpreted ,asimplying that Mail .Order Houses
were obliged touseeither auEUR .1movement certificate oraform EUR .2
fortheir trade soastodocument originating status andwere notallowed
todispense with anydocumentation whatsoever .
However ,are-examina tion oftheexisting text has shown that forsales of
less than thevalue limit inArticle 8(2 )(165European Units ofAccount )
they arenotlegally obliged todoso.Thus itisproposed that thetext
ofArticle 8(2 )beamended tointroduce theobligation todocument their
transactions fororigin purposes .
This issuggested because mail order sales axe equ.ival.ent toother commercial
sales andshould equally besubject totineorigin verification system and
theproper application oftheno-drawback rule (Article 23ofProtocol No3).
Itissuggested ,that theproposed Joint Committee Decision deadopted asthe
common position oftheCommunity intheEEF-EFTA Joint Committees ,For
reasons ofsimplification andclarity adraft Council Regulation applying
theJoint Committee Decisions intheCommunity hasbeen included .

Council Regulation (EEC )
ontheapplication ofJoint Committee EEC- (1).decision No /80
amending,asregards products sent insmall packages toprivate persons ,the
provisions ofArticle 8ofProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative ,cooperation
THECOUNCIL 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)wassigned on (4)andentered into force
on (5);
teTnq cbyyir-Mio(~>fArf-irl e79Of W-i3rtyrve>rmntjm+■ionnf
Ute iuncepi uf-vtjyiiiaiing products ajidmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,.
which forms anintegral part oftheabove Agreement ,theJoint Committee has
adopted Decision No /80amending theprovisions of
Article 8ofthat Protocol ;
Whereas itisnecessary toapply this Decision intheCommunity ,
•••/•••
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Iceland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland
(2)TheRepublic ofAustria ,IheRepublic ofFinland *theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom of
Sweden ,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 :5October 1973
(5)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :1January 1973Norway :14May 1973
Finland :5October 1973
(5)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :
Iceland :1April 1973
Norway :1July 1973
Finland :1January 1974

HAS ADOPTED TJtlS REGULATION :
Article 1
Fortheapplication oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and (1),Joint Committee Decision No /80annexed hereto
shall beapplied inthe Community .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on /<(I}-
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
«
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The President
(1)TheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation

AGREERENT EFC- 1)
THE JOINT COMMITTLE
JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION No /80
amending ,_asregardsproducts sent :in_sjr.3l !packages topriv atepersons .-the
provisions ofArticle 8ofProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "and methods ofadministrative coooeration
THE JOINT COMiMITTEE ,
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
the (2),signed inBrussels on (3),
Having regard toProtocol No3onthedefinition oftheconcept of "originating
products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,hereinafter referred to
as "Protocol No3",and inparticular Article 28thereof ,
Whereas,since Article 8(2)ofProtocol No3hasnotbeeninterpreted uniformly,
itisnecessary toamend thetext toensure that all_commerc ialexportsare
treated inthe same way ;
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Iceland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland
(2)TheRepublic ofAustria ,'theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,the Swiss Confederation
(3)Austria ,Iceland ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July ,1972
Norway :14May 1973
Finland :5October 1973

HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
ThetextofArticle8(2)ofProtocolNo3shallbereplacedbythefollowing
"2.Thefollowingoriginating productswithinthemeaningofthisProtocol
shall,onimportationintotheCommunityorinto (1),benefit
fromtheAgreementwithoutitbeingnecessarytoproduceeitherof
thedocumentsreferredtoinparagraph 1:
a)productssentassmallpackagesfromprivatepersonstoprivate
persons,providedthatthevalueoftheproductsdoesnotexceed
165EuropeanUnitsofAccount.
b)productsformingpartoftravellers' personalluggage,provided
thatthevalueoftheproductsdoesnotexceed480EuropeanUnits
ofAccount.
Theseprovisionsshallbeappliedonlywhensuchproductsarenotimported
bywayoftradeandhavebeendeclaredasmeetingtheconditionsrequired
fortheapplication oftheAgreement ,andwherethereisnotdoubtasto
theveracityofsuchdeclaration .
Importation .?whichareoccasional findconsistsolelyofproductsforthe
personaluseoftherecipientsortravellersortheirfamiliesshallnot
beconsideredasimportations bywayoftradeifitisevidentfromthe
natureandquantityoftheproductsthatnocommercialpurposeisinview.
Article2
/ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon//[.'
DoneatBrussels, FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman
(1)Austria,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland