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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1302 final
Brussels.10September1974
DRAFTOF
DECISION OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
modifyingProtocolNo3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof"originating products"and
methodsofadministrative cooperation and
DecisionNo3/73oftheJointCommitteefixing
themethodsofadministrative cooperation in
thecustomsfield
DRAFTOF
DECISION OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
concerningProtocolNo3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof"originating products"andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)1302final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
When atthe end of1973 »the first set ofsimplification measures
totheCustoms procedures laid down inthethird Protocols annexed to
theAgreements between theEEC and theEFTA countries were prepared ,a
certain number ofproblems were left insuspense because there wasno
unanimous agreement andwere thus not included inthesupplementary
provisions contained inDecision No10/73oftheJoint Committee intro­
ducing thefirst measures ofsimplification .
The object ofthe two draft decisions ofthe Joint Committee
EEC-Austria which areannexed istoremedy this situation inintro­
ducing the solution totheproblems left insuspense .
Thefirst draft decision envisages three simplifications .Thefirst
consists ofdeleting thepresent requirement ofmentioning ontheEUR.l
movement certificate thecountry oforigin ofthegoods inapplying
Articles 2and 3ofProtocol No3>when thecountry isthe same onethat
has issued the certificate .The second isintended toraise the value
limits under which asmall consignment addressed toaprivate individual
andpersonal luggage oftravellers donothave tobecovered byaEUR.l
movement certificate oraform EUR .2inorder toobtain preferential
treatment .Lastly thethird consists ofdoing away with theobligation
toindicate onacertificate covering goods re-exported inthesame state
thecountry where the original certificate was issued .
Theother draft decision ,which replaces thepresent Decision
No *f/73introduces three essential modifications tothepossibilities
ofemploying aform EUR .2.Ineffect ,itisintended onthe onehand

toraise thevalue limit under which theform EUR .2canbeused from
1000 UCto1500 UCperconsignment ,andontheother hand toextend the
useoftheform EUR .2toalltypes oftransport andnolonger torestrict
ittopostal traffic .Thethird modification envisages thepossibility
ofconsignments containing amixture oforiginating andnonoriginating
products .
Allthese modifications have already been widely andlengthily
discussed ,both with theCustoms experts intheCommunity andwith
those oftheEFTA countries intheCustoms Committees .Faced with the
impossibility ofobtaining anunanimous agreement ,andtaking account
ofthat ,notwithstanding this lack ofunanimity ,themajority ofcountries
concerned ,both inEFTA andtheCommunity ,have pronounced themselves
infavour ofasimplification ofthis kind ,theCommission feels that
itdoes notmake sense todelay thepresentation ofthese propositions
tothe Council .
Thepositions oftheCustoms experts oftheMember States (attheir
level )atthetime ofthelast technical examination ofthese twodraft
decisions aswell asthose ofthe Commission are asfollows :
First Draft Décision
A.Problem ofthe deletion oftheneed toindicate the country of
origin incertain cases (Article 1ofthedraft )
TheGerman delegation hasreserved itsposition onthe
proposed newparagraph 2ofArticle 8ofDecision No3/73ofthe
Joint Committee ,assetoutinthefirst Article ofthedraft ,
feeling that thecases envisaged inthat paragraph areinfact
marginal ones .
TheBelgian and Italian delegations have expressed their view
that this newprovision would render impossible anydistinction at

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importation between products originating onthebasis ofArticle 1
ofProtocol No3and theproducts originating onthebasis of
Article 3ofProtocol No3»
TheCommission feels that this isanimportant simplification
towhich theEFTA countries assign considerable value .Asfar as
theBelgian andItalian observations areconcerned theCommission is
notconvinced ofthepractical value ofbeing able todistinguish
between the twokinds oforiginating products ,asinall cases
they are subject tothe same regime .
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The Freiich delegation has suggested moreover ,when thenew
paragraph 2ofArticle 8ofDecision No3/73isapplied theplacing
ofacrossing out inboxNo7ofthecertificate when itwill not
beused .This concerns aprovision which hasalready been introduced
inageneral fashion inthenotes ontheback oftheEUR .movement
certificate and theCommission feels that itcould beenough ,to '
cater forthis difficulty ,toprovide foradeclaration intherecords
ofthemeeting oftheJoint Committee when this decision isadopted ,
stating that
"Ineach case where one otmore boxes ofthe EUR.l movement
certificate orform EUR .2are not used ,this box orthese
boxes must becrossed out insuch amanner tomake itimpossible
toaddanything atalater stage ."
B.Problem ofraising the value limits applicable tosmall consignments
andpersonal luggage (Article 2ofthe draft )
Only theBelgian delegation isopposed totheraising ofthe
limit vfeeling that itismore than anormal adjustment .TheCommission
feels therise envisaged isjustified ,bearing inmind thechanges
ineconomic andmonetary conditions since theinstitution ofthis limit .
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C.Problem ofthe deletion ofthe obligation toindicate the country
who issued the original certificate inthe case ofre-export int'■
same state
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Some delegations felt that this was auseful indication .
The Commission feels that this indication which isoflittle
practical use canbeeasily dispensed with .
XI.Second Draft Decision :Draft concerning theEUR .2forms
TheFrench andBelgian delegations are opposed ,onatechnical
level ,tothe Commission draft ,feeling that ,onthe onehand ,the
rise inthevalue limit governing theuse oftheEUR .2form isnot
justified and ,onthe other hand ,that its extension toother forms
oftransport inmaking more general theEUR .2procedure would achieve
theopposite tothegoal intended ,that isthat itwould lead toa
Complication rather than asimplification ,notably that itmight
lead topermanent arguments between theusers and theadministrations .
These delegations equally feel that theproposal envisaged does not
contain thesame guarantees asarepresent with postal traffic by
reason ofthecontrols towhich thepackages aresubmitted ,notably
concerning weight and volume .
TheItalian delegation hasreserved itsposition for themoment
buthasexpressed anegative expedition inthesame sense astheFrench
andBelgian delegations .
TheCommssion feels that thexaising ofthevalue limit envisaged
isamply justified andconstitutes aminimum ,bearing inmind the
changes ineconomic andmonetary conditions since itsintroduction .
TheCommission feels ,additionally ,that thenewprovision does not
lead inevery case totheuseoftheform EuR.2 andthat theguarantees
offered bytheprivate companies concerned arenot ,taking into account
their administrative structure ,much inferior tothose offered bythe
postal administrations .
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Concerning the draft form annexed tothedecision ,the Irish
delegation haspresented aproposal intended toinclude onthe
form information :'.c6ncerning thecriteria oforigin used .The
majority of ;thedelegations donotagree with this suggestion
and theCommission does not agree with this view ,because this
supplementary information would risk making theform ,onaformal
basis ,oi^ewhich does notagree with theGeneva lay-out keyand
fundamentally might lead tocomplications atitsissue and control .
Itshould benoted ,however ,that this form has-been simpli -
i
fied compared with theformer version ,insofar asitnolonger
consists oftwopages ;inpractice both were used whereas onewas
suff icient .
This isthestate ofplay concerning these twodraft decisions
which areproposed totheCouncil foradoption asthe common position
ofthe Community for the Joint Committees instituted for thevarious
EEC-EFTA Agreements .Theannexed drafts are for theEEC-Austria Agreement
and constitute models foruse inidentical form for theother Agreements .

J2E0-AUSTRIA AORMMENT .,r
-JOINT COMMITTEE - '
Draft
DECISION "OFTHEJOINT COKMITTEE
amending ,Protocol No3concerning thedefinition
oftheconcept of"originating products "and
methods ofadministrative cooperation and
Decision No3/73oftheJoint Committee fixing
themethods ofadministrative cooperation
inthe customs field
THEJOINT COKMITTEE ,
•• ••
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
*
and theRepublic ofAustria ,signed inBrussels on22July 1972 ;
Having regard toProtocpl No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "andmethods of .administrative cooperation (here­
inafter referred toas"Protocol No3")»andinparticular Article 28
thereof ; ' '
Whereas experience hasshown that itisnecessary tosimplify theprocedures
for the issue ofmovement certificates "TTi toraise -thevalue limits
laid down inArticle 1^ofProtocol No3i • '
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS I '
Article 1
Article 8ofiJeoision No3/73oftheJoint Committee isreplaoed bythe
following t "'.-V-r. -f' ■
"Article 8
Forthepurpose ofimplementing Artioles 2and3ofProtoool No3,

JEUR .1movement .certif icates .must indicate ^without prejudice t0"the
application ofparagraph 2below ,thecountry inwhich thegoods are
considered tooriginate .
2.. Iftheinformation specified inparagraph 1isnotentered inthespace
No7marked "Remarks ",thecertificate shall "beregarded ascovering products'
originating inthecountry issuing it."\ ' ' - •
Article 2
Paragraphs 1and2ofArtiole 14ofProtoool' No3arereplaoed bythe
following »
"Article l*f
1.' TheCommunity andAustria shall admit goods sent assmall packages
toprivate persons orforming part oftravellers' personal luggage as
originating products benefiting from theAgreement without requiring the
production ofamovement certificate EUR.l orthecompletion ofaform
EUR .2provided that such goods arenotimported byway oftrade andhave
been declared asmeeting theconditions required for theapplication of
these provisions ,andwhere there isnodoubt astotheveracity ofsuch
declaration .
2. Importations which are occasional and consist solely ofgoods
forthepersonal use oftherecipients ortravellers ortheir families
shall notbeconsidered asimportations byway oftrade ifitisevident .
from thenature andquantity ofthegoods that nocommercial purpose is ,
inview .Furthermore ,the total value ofthese goods must not exceed
100units ofaccount inthecase ofsmall packages or300units of
account inthecase ofthecontents oftravellers 1personal luggage .

Note8referringtoArtide10inAnnexItoProtocolNo3isdeleted.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheJointCommittee,
TheChairman,
TheSeoretaries

EEC-AUSTRIA' AGREMENT
-JOINT COMMITTEE -
DECISION OFTHEJOINT COMMITTEE
relating toProtocol No3concerning the definition
ofthe concept of"originating products "and
methods ofadministrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,
«
Having regard totheAgreement betv /eentheEuropean Economic Community
and theRepublic ofAustria ,signed inBrussels on22July 1972 ;
Having regard toProtocol .,No3concerning the definition ofthe concept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
(hereinafter referred toas"Protocol No3n)»andinparticular Article
thereof ;
.Whereas itisnecessary to .extent toother modes oftransport themeasures
adopted under Deoision No4/73oftheJoint Committee andtoraise thevalue
limit ofonethousand units ofacoount laid down inthat Decision ; * %
HAS DECIDED A3FOLLOWS 1 •
•i ;
Article 1
1. Originating produots ooming within thedefinitions laid down in
Protocol No3shall ,provided that their value does notexceed onethousand
five hundred units ofaccount perconsignment ,beadmitted forimportation
into theCommunity orAustria vuider theterms oftheAgreement onpresentar -
tion ofaform EUH.2 corresponding tothespecimen setoutintheAnnex to
this Decision .

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2. One form EUB.2 shall beused for each consignment .Each consign­
ment mayalso contain non-originating products .Insuch cases ,the
.provisions of 'i'paragraph 1shall apply only tothat part ofthecon- '
signment which consists oforiginating products .
2>. Theunit ofaccount (UA)hasavalue of0.88867088 gr.offine
gold .Should theunit ofaccount bechanged ,theContracting Parties
shall make contact with each other atJoint Committee level forthe
purpose ofre-defining ,thevalue interms ofgold .
Article 2
Form EUR .2shall becompleted bytheexporter .Itshall bemade out
inoneofthelanguages inwhich theAgreement isdrawn upandinaccordance
with theprovisions ofthedomestic lawoftheexporting State .Ifitis
handwritten itmust becompleted ininkandinblock letters .Form EtfH .2
shall bemeasure 210x148mm.Thepaper used shall bewhite paper dressed for .
writing notcontaining mechanical pulp andweighing notless-than Skg/m.
TheMember States oftheCommunity andAustria mayreserve the
right toprint theforms themselves ormayhave them printed byprinters
they have approved .Inthelatter case each certificate must include a
reference tosuch approval .Inaddition ,itomustrbear thedistinctive
sign attributed totheapprovedvprinter and'aserial number .
Article 3
Inorder toensure proper application ofthis Decision ,theMember
States oftheCommunity andAustria shall assist each other ,through
their respective Customs administrations ,forthepurpose ofchecking
theauthenticity andaccuracy ofexporters' declarations made onforms
EÏÏR.2 .

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Article
Penalties shall beimposed onanyperson who completes aform
orcauses aform tobecompleted which contains inaccurate information
forthepurpose ofenabling goods tobenefit from preferential treat­
ment .
Article 5
Forms A.OS.2,based onthespecimen annexed toProtocol No3
oftheInterim Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and theRepublic ofAustria signed on22July 1972 ,and
forms EUR .2based onthespecimen annexed toDecision Nok/73°£the
Joint Committee ,maycontinue tobeused under theconditions laid down
inthis Decision ,until stooks have been exhausted .
Article 6
Decision No4/73oftheJoint Committee isrepealed .
Article 7
1. Thetext ofparagraph 1ofArticle 18ofJoint Committee
Decision No3/73isreplaced by !thefollowing :
" Under theresponsibility oftheexporter ,heorhis
authorized representative shall complete andsign form EUR .2,
asDeoimen ofwhich isannexed toJoint Committee Decision No
Ifthegoods contained inthe oonsignmeht have already been
subject toverification intheexporting country byreference
tothedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating products ,the
exporter mayrefer tothis check inspace No .6marked ."Remarks "onform
EUR .2.»

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2. Paragraph "2ofArticle 18ofJoint Committee Decision
No3/73isrepealed#
Article 8
'
2ofArticle 19ofJoint Committee Decision
No3/73isreplaced bythefollowing :
"2. For thepurpose ofimplementing theprovisions of "
paragraph 1,theCustoms authorities oftheimporting State
shall return movement certificate EUR.l or form EUR .2
oraphotocopy 'thereof totheCustoms authorities ofthe
exporting State ,giving where appropriate thereasons of
form orsubstance foraninquiry . Theinvoice ,
if submitted ,oracopy thereof ,shall beattached tothe
form EUR .2,ortothephotocopy thereof and theCustoms autho­
rities shall forward anyinformation that hasbeen obtained
suggesting that theparticulars given onthesaid certificate
oronthe said form are inaccurate ."
Done atBrussels ,
;
For the Joint Committee ,
The Chairman
The Secretaries

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ANNEX
(front )
FORMEUR.2NoAOOOOOO 1,1.FORM USED INPREFERENTIAL TRADE
iietween anH
2.EXPORTER (name ,full address ,,
country )3.DECLARATION BYTHEEXPORTER
I,theundersigned ,exporter ofthe
goods described below
-DECLARE that they fulfil theneces -
*sajry conditions forthecompletion
–UNDf.RTAKPtosubmit t?iIheappropriate ^"1h"^j'Vo""Krcc 'T"any Ivevidence which these authorities mayreq bvthem |
-inspection bytl.cn ,olmyaccounts an ,Jany ■^ckbv
.processes ofmjnuf.icture oftilegoods described belo ■^.CONSIGNEE (name ,full addresfe
country )
5."PLACÉ 'AND DATE
6.REMARKS (1)7.SIGNATURE OFEXPORTER
8 *•ffiWWDEST1"
10.GkUSS WE1GHT ~~
Tl.MARKS ANDNUMBERS OFPACKAGES AND I
TION OFGOODS '*JESCRIPj -12.AUTHORITIES INTHEEXPORT­
ING COUNTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR
VERIFICATION OFTHEDECLA­
RATION BYTHE EXPORTER
t
(1)(Refer toanyverification already carried outbytheappropr ae
authorities .
(2)Theexpression "country ofdestination "includes agroup ofcountries
andasingle "territory *

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(back)
REQUESTFORVERIFICATION RESULTOFVERIFICATION
TheundersignedCustomsofficerrequeststhatthedeclarationby
theexporteronthefrontofthisformbeverified/
(Placeanddateofsignature)
Officiât
stamp
(SignatureofCustomi •ofnccr)VerificationcarriedoutbytheundersignedCustomsofficer
showsthat:
nthcstatementsandparticularsgiveninthisformaieaccurate('); ,
□thisformdocsnotmeettherequirementsastoauthen­ ticityandaccuracy(seeremarksappended)(')
(Placeandd.ncofsignature)
Ofhcul
stainp
(SignatureofCuvomsofhcer)
Ρ)ΡΙ,ια:.»ηχ\νΗοπ:,ιρρΙιοΜο
INSTRUCTIONS FOBTHECOMPLETION OFFORM EUR .2
A.AformEUR.2maybemadeoutonlyforgoodswhichintheexporting
countryfulfiltheconditionsspecifiedbytheprovisionsgoverning
■tradeofthetypereferredtoinspaceNo1ontheform.
Theseprovisionsmustbestudiedcarefullybeforetheformis
completed.
B.Inthecaseofpostaldespatches (includingparcels),theexporter
must
1.giveeitheronthegreenlabelCIoroncustomsdeolaration C2/CP3,
thereferenoe"EUR.2"followedbytheserialnumberofthefona;_
2.wherethegoodsaresentbyparoelpost,attaohtheformtothedespatoh
note,-orwherethegoodsaxesentbyletterpost,attaohitfirmlytothe
packageitself.