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Draft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION
derogating fromListAannexedtoProtocol No3
concerning thedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating
products *andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
(1)
ontheapplication ofDecision No/77oftheEEC-
JointCommitteederogating fromListAannexedtoProtocol
No3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating
products' andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
(1)Austria-Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland
COM(77)604final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
AderogationtotheoriginruleinProtocolNo3totheFreeTradeAgreements
withtheEFTA-countries forcertainproductsintariffheading38.19was
introducedin1976byJointCommitteeDecision.
Thisderogation,validfortheperiod'1December1976-30November1977,was
madenecessarybyachangeinthe.international economicconditionsatthe
timewhichgaverisetothepossibilitythattheproductsinquestionwould
loseoriginatingstatuseventhoughtheprocessesofmanufacture remained
unchanged.
Theseeconomicconditionspersistanditisthereforenecessarytoextend
thederogationuntil31December .1978/afterwhichdatenofurtherextention
isforeseen.
ThisisthereasonforthesevenproposalsforJointCommitteeDecisions
whichshouldbeadoptedasthecommonCommunityposition.
ForsimplicityandforreasonsofurgencythedraftRegulationstoapply
theseDecisionsarealsobeingsubmittedatthesametimeforapproval.

Draft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION No/77
derogatingfromListAannexedtoProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionofthe
conceptof'originating products'andmethodsofadministrative -cooperation
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE,
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
the (A),signedinBrusselson (B),
HavingregardtoProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originating products *andmethodsofadministrative co-operation,andin
particularArticle28thereof,
WhereastheprovisionsinListAannexedtoProtocolNo3,asamendedby
(1)JointCommitteeDecisionNo2/76,onlyapplyuntil30November1977
inthecaseofcertainproductsfallingwithintariffheadingNo38.19;
Whereas,sincetheinternational economicconditionsthatledtotheintroduction
oftheseprovisionsfortheproductsinquestioncontinuetoexist,
theperiodofvalidityoftheseprovisions shouldbeextendeduntil
31December1978,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
Article 1.
Bywayofderogation fromthespecialprovisions applyingtotariffheadingNoex38.»
inAnnexIItoProtocolNo3,theproductslistedincolumn2belowshallbe
considered asoriginating productsin (C)ortheCommunity
providedthatboththeconditionsincolumn4andtheotherconditionsofProtocol Hr
applicabletotheseproductsaresatisfied.
•••/••■
(1)0JNoL328,26.11.1976,p....(D) j
(A)RepublicofAustria,RepublicofFinland,RepublicofIceland,Kingdom
ofNorway,RepublicofPortugal,KingdomofSweden,SwissConfederation I
(B)Austria,Iceland,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :22July1972
Norway:14May1973
Finland:5October1973
(C)Austria,Iceland,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland,Norway,Finland.
(D)Austria:2;Finland:10;Iceland:18;Norway:P.6;Portugal:34;
Sweden:42;Switzerland :50.

-2-
ProductsobtainedI iworkingorprocessing
thatconfersthestatusof
originatingproductswhen
thefollowingconditions
aremetCustomsTariff
beadingNoDescriptionworkingorprocessing
thatdoesnotconferthe
statusoforiginating
products
1|–2- ;lX U
ex38.19Auxiliaryproductsofakindusedinthetextile,
leatherandpaperindustries(notelsewhere
specifiedorincluded);compositeplasticizers,
hardeners,andstabilizersforplasticmaterials ,
andforproductsbasedonplasticmaterials(not
elsewherespecifiedorincluded)I
!Manufacture inwhichthe
valueoftheproductsused
doesnotexceed60%ofthe
valueofrhefinishedpro­
ductI
Article2
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1December1977andshallapplyto
productsexportedonorbefore31December1978.
DoneatBrussels, FortheJointCommittee
TheChairman

proposaltora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No/77
ontheapplicationofDecisionNo/77oftheEEC- (1)Joint
CommitteederogatingfromListAannexedtoProtocolNo-3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrative
coooeration
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
(2X3),wassignedon (4)
andenteredintoforceon (5);
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle28ofProtocolNo3concerningthedefinition
oftheconceptof'originating products'andmethodsofadministrative co­
operation,whichisanintegralpartofthatAgreement,theJointCommittee
hasadoptedDecisionNo177derogatingfromListAannexedtothatProtocol;
WhereasitisnecessarytospplythisDecisionintheCommunity,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
ForthepurposeoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthe (2),JointCommitteeDecisionNo177annexed
heretoshallapplyintheCommunity.
•••/•••
(1)Austria,Finland,IceCand,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland.
(2)RepublicofAustria,RepublicofFinland,RepublicofIceland,Kingdom
ofNorway,RepublicofPortugal,KingdomofSweden,SwissConfederation .
(3)Austria,Sweden,Switzerland :OJNoL300,31.12.1972
Finland:OJNoL328,28.11.1973
Norway:0JNoL171,27.6.1973
Iceland,Portugal:0JNoL301,31.12.1972
(4)Austria,Iceland,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :22July1972
Norway:14May1973
Finland:5October1973
(5)Austria,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :1January1973
Iceland:1April1973
Norway:1July1973
Finland:1January1974

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December1977.
/ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficial -JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities andshallapplywitheffect
from1December
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident