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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee adopted three decisions 
(No 1, 2, 3/85), derogating from the definition of "originating products" 
set out in Protocol No 1 of the second Lomé Convention, in favour of 
certain products manufactured in Malawi, Kenya, Mauritius and Jamaica.
The derogations were always intended to apply until 2 October 1986 
(decision No 1/85 for tufted carpets manufactured in Jamaica), 29 February 1988 
(decision No 3/85 for tuna canned in Mauritius) and until the entry into force 
of the Lomé III Convention (whose Protocol No 1 introduces a permanent new 
rule - decision No 2/85 for fishery items from Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius).
However, as they were based on ACP-EEC Council of Ministers Decision No 2/85 
which was scheduled to expire at latest on 28 February 1986, should the Lomé 
III Convention have not come into force by then, the three Customs Cooperation 
Council Decisions could not apply after this date.
Now, as the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers Decision has been prorogated by an  
ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors Decision (No ), the expiry date of
the derogations can be modified accordingly.

Draft
DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE 
extending ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee Decisions Nos 1/85, 2/85 
and 3/85, derogating from the definition of the concept of 
"originating products" for certain products manufactured 
in Jamaica, Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius
THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE :
Having regard to the second ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979,
Whereas Decision No /86 of the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors, of
/1986\ has extended the Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of 
Ministers beyond 28 February 1986,
Whereas ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee Decisions No 1/85, No 2/85 and 
No 3/853 are applicable until 28 February 1986, in conformity with ACP-EEC Council 
of Ministers Decision No 2/85, when this Decision was scheduled to cease to apply 
if the third ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 8 December 1984 had not entered 
into force at that date,
OJ No L , 1986, p.
20J No L 61, 1.3.1985, p. 2.
30J No L 244, 12.9.1985, p. 15.

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Whereas the derogation covered by Customs Cooperation Committee Decision No 1/85 
was intended to  apply u n til 2 October 1986, that covered by Decision No 2/85 
u n til the entry in to  force of the th ird  ACP-EEC Convention, and that covered by 
Decision No 3/85 u n til 29 February 1988; whereas i t  is necessary to provide fo r 
these Decisions to be extended,
H A S  DECIDED A S  F O L L O W S  :
A rtic le  1
1. The expiry date "28 February 1986" in A rtic le  5  of Decision No 1/85,
A rtic le  4 of Decision No 2/85 and A rtic le  5 of Decision No 3/85 of the 
ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee, is  hereby replaced by the date 
"30 June 1986".
2. Without prejudice to the dates mentioned in A rtic le  2 of Decision N o 1/85 
and in A rtic le  2 of Decision No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation 
Committee, i f  Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of M inisters
is extended beyond 30 June 1986, then the expiry date mentioned in paragraph 
1  sh a ll be replaced by the date of expiry of the prolongation provisions, 
without the need to adopt a new Decision.
A rtic le  2
This Decision sh a ll enter in to  force on the day of it s  adoption.
I t  sh a ll apply with e ffe ct from 1  March 1986.
Done at Brussels, For the ACP-EEC 
Customs Cooperation Committee 
The Chairman