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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)13final
Brussels,25January1982
Draft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION
amending,inrelationtoheadingNo84.59,ListAannexedtoProtocol
No3concerning thedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating product
andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
ontheapplication ofDecision oftheEECJointCommittee
amendinginrelationtoheadingNo84.59annexedtoProtocol No3
concerning thedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating productsand
methodsofadministrative cooperation
1___.V.
EECAustria,EECFinland,EECNorway,EECPortugal,EECSweden,
EECSwitzerland,EECIceland
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)13final

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
IntheEEC-EFTAAgreementsthereisaderogationinrespectofnuclearfuelelements
otheading84„59,whichexpireson31December1984,fromthenormaloriginrulesfor
theproductsofChapter84oftheCCT.Thenormaloriginrulerequiresthat60%of
thefinalvalueisaddedastheresultofworkingorprocessingintheCommunity.Itis
necessarytodecidewhatshouldbetheoriginrulefornuclearfuelelementsafter31
December1984,becauselongtermcontractsarebeingplacednowinrelationto1984
and1985.
Thederogationwasextendedin1976because,evenwhenproductionofenriched
uraniumwasstartedintheCommunity (thenexpectedtobe1980),thepriceofthe
uraniumyellow-cake ,thebasicrawmaterial,whichisnotproducedtoanysignificant
extentintheCommunityorintheEFTAcountrieswouldbesuchthatthevalueadded
byenrichmentandmakingnuclearfuelelementswouldnotreachthe60%required.
Présentsituation
EnricheduraniumisnowproducedintheCommunitybyEURODIF,basicallyaFrench
operation,andURENCO,whichisdividedbetweenGermany,theNetherlandsandthe
UnitedKingdom,butthepriceoftheyellowcakeissuchthatthe60%addedvalue
requiredbythebasicoriginruleisnotobtainedinmakingnuclearfuelelements.
Proposal
ThereforethedraftofamodelDecisionfortheEEC-EFTA3ointCommittees annexed
proposesthatthederogationbeextendeduntil31December1990,thatisforsixyears.
Itissuggestedthattheproposed3ointCommitteeDecisionbeadoptedasthecommon
positionoftheCommunity intheEEC-EFTAJointCommittees.Forreasonsof
simplification andclarityadraftCouncilRegulationapplyingIhejointCommittee
DecisionsintheCommunityha3beenincluded.

THE JOINT COMMITTEE
JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION No .
of
amending ,inrelation toheading No..84 ;59,List Aannexed toProtocol No,3
concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of"originating products "and
methods ofadministrative cooperation
THEJOINT COMMITTEE ,
H.iviaj regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and(!),.„ (2)the signed inBrussels on ,
Having regard toProtocol No.3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation (here­
inafter referred toas"Protocol No.3"),andinparticular Article 28
thereof .
Whereas thefootnote contained inList AofProtocol No3derogating in
respect ofnuclear fuel elements from theorigin rule applicable toChapter
84oftheCustoms Cooperation Council Nomenclature (CCCN )isvalid only
until 31December 1984 ;whereas nuclear fuel elements ofheading No,84.59
manufactured from non-originating uranium enriched intheCommunity donot
yetsatisfy thebasic requirements oftherules onorigin applicable Chapter
84andwill probably notdosointheforeseeable future ;whereas itistherefore
necessary toextend thederogation for afurther oeriod ;
Whereas inthenuclear fuel industry contracts are concluded forlong periods and
well inadvance ofthedate when supplies arecommenced ,aridwhereas itisadvisabl
toprovide for legal certainty inthis connexion ;whereas itistherefore necessas
toextend thederogation atthis time ;
(1)TheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation
(2)Austria ,Iceland ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :22July 1972
Norway :14May1973
Finland :5October 1973

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HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
The footnote relating toheading No84.59 atpresent inList Aannexed to
Protocol No3ishereby replaced bythe following :
"These provisions shall notapply tofuel elements ofheading NO.84.59
until 31December 1990 ."
Article 2
Ihis Decision shall enter into force on1July 1982 .
Done atBrussels , For the Joint Committee
the President

_3„
COUNCIL REGULATION (E~:C )No .
of
1ontheapplication ofDecision No. oftheEEC joint Committee
amending ,inrelation toheading No84.59 ,List Aannexed toProtocol
to.3concerning the -definition oftheconcept oforiginating products
andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
(2)(3)wassigned on (4)andentered into force on
(5);
Whereas byvirtue ofArticle 28ofProtocol No,3concerning thedefinition
oftheconcept of'Originating products "andmethods ofadministrative
cooperation ,,which forms anintegral part oftheAgreement ^theJoint
■Committee hasadopted Decision NOc amending ,inrelation toheading
No =84=59,List Aannexed tothat Protocol :
Whereas this Decision shall .beapplied intheCommunity ,
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Iceland .
(2)TheRepublic ofAustria ,the Rejxiblic ofFinland ,theKingdom of
Norway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,theSwiss
Confederation ,theRepublic ofIceland ,
(3)Austria ,Sweden ,Switzerland ;QJNo.L300of31„12ol972
Finland :CJNo,L328 of28.11.1973
Norway :QJNoL171of27.6.1973
Portugal ,Iceland :QJNoL301 of31=12,1972
(4)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Iceland :22July 1972
Norway :14May 1973
Finland :5October 1973
(5)Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland :1January 1973
Norway :1July 1973
Finland :1January 1974
Iceland :1April 1973

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article I
For theapplication oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community and (1),Joint Committee Decision :"No;.shall
apply inthe'Community .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .,,r .
Thiu Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
• • v
inall Member States . - <
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* ». I ·
Done atBrussels , ,•/ ' FortheCouncil ■;
* ThePresident !
(D TheRepublic ofAustria ,TheRepublic ofFinland ,theRepublic of
Iceland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom
ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation .