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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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,JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION ,
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adding toNote 11-Article 23ofAnnex Iof
Protocol No .3concerning thedefinition ofthe
concept of"originating products nandmethods
ofadministrative co-operation <
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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NOTE F.ROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COONCIL
Article 23ofProtocol No3oftheAgreements EEC-EFTA ,modified
byDecision No1/75oftheEEC-EFTA Joint Committees ,stipulates that
products ofthekind covered bytheAgreements used inthemanufacture
ofproducts destined tobenefit from thepreferences provided bythe
Agreements ,may not bethesubject of"drawback orremission ofany
kind ",unless weareconcerned with "originating products ".
The expression "used inmanufacture "has caused some difficulties
ofintrepretation because given theabsence ofanyprecision onemay
limit this expression and thus theapplication ofArticle 23tothe
products actually "physically "used inthe final product .But ,the
procedures laid down ,especially intheCommunity ,governing theuseof
third cuntry products under suspension ofcustoms duties (called
"inward processing "intheCommunity )allows forincertain cases and 1
under certain conditions theuse ofanequivalent Community product
inreplacement ofthethird country product under consideration .
Itfollows that aninterpretation limiting theconcept ofproductB
"used inmanufacture "tothose products "physically "incorporated
allows third country products replaced byCommunity products toavoid
theapplication ofthe rule inArticle 23.
The annexed draft decision istherefore intended toclarify the
situation inthis respect .
Itisproposed that theCouncil adopts this draft asthe common
position oftheCommunity for thevarious EEC-EFTA Joint Committees .
Ithas been prepared for theEEC-Austria Agreement ,andisinsuch
aform that itcan beused asitstands for all theother EEC-EFTA
Agreements .

Draft
JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION
adding toNote 11-Article 23ofAnnex I
ofProtocol No3concerning the definition of
theconcept of"originating products "and
methods ofadministrative co-operation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE .
Having regard tothe Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
and theRepublic ofAustria signed on22July 1972 inBrussels ,
Having regard toProtocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative co-operation ,
andinparticular Article 28thereof ,
Whereas itisexpedient toclarify themeaning ofthe expression
"products used inmanufacture "used inArticle 23ofProtocol No3i
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
Note 11-Article 23ofAnnex IofProtocol No3shall beamended
bytheaddition ofthenew sub-paragraph asfollows t

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"Products used inmanufacture "shall mean anyproducts inrespect
ofwhich "drawback orremission ofanykind granted from customs
duties "isauthorized inview ofthe export oforiginating products
for which acertificate EUR.1 isissued oraform EUR .2ismade out."
The Secretaries Done atBrussels
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