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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(28)-528final
Brussels,23October1978
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DECISIONOFTHEJOINT.COMMUTEE^
"TDrafty
DECISION OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
^r-•-replacingtheUnitofAccountbytheEuropeanUnitofAccount
inArticle8ofProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionofthe
conceptof"originating products"andmethodsofadministrative
co-operation
Draft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECLARATION
onthedefinitionoftheEuropeanUnitofAccountandfuture
revisionofthelevelsexpressedIn.EuropaanUnits .ofAccount .
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION <EEC>
ontheapplication JointCommitteeEEC-Decision (1)replacing
theUnitofAccountbytheEuropeanUnitofAccountinArticle?
ofProtocolNo3concerningthedefinition .?ftheconceptof
originating productsandmethodsofadministrative co-operation
(submittedbytheSowns*iontothe'.Council)
C0M(78)528final
(1)Austria^Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland

EXPLANATORY NOTE
1.TheCommission hasproposedtotheCouncilthattheunitofAccount
(UA)shallbereplacedwiththeEuropeanUnitofAccount(EUA)
generallyby1January1979.Thisproposalisentitled"the
procedureforapplyingtheEuropeanUnitofAccounttothelegal
actsadoptedbytheInstitutions oftheEuropeanCommunities".,
Article14(4)oftheproposalstatesthattheapplication of
theEUAwillforcertaincustomspurposes(whichincludesorigin)
bethesubjectofseparateregulations .
2.ThereferencestoUAinthecontextoftherulesoforiginapplicable
totheEFTAcountriesarecontainedinArticle8oftheProtocol No3.
(whichformintegralpartsoftheAgreements negotiated withthese
countries).TheseArticlescanbealteredbyaDecisionofthe
respectiveJointCommittees.
3.Theannexedproposalscontain:
a)aproposedmodelJointCommitteeDecisiontobeadoptedasthe
commonnegotiating positionoftheCommunity,
b)amodelDeclaration tobeadoptedbytheJointCommittee
concerningthedefinitionoftheEUA,andstating'theequivalent
oftheEUAincurrencytermstobeUseduntil30April1981and
certainelementsconcerning themethodoffuturerevisions,
c)forreasonsofclarityofpresentation andadministrative
simplicity amodelCouncilRegulationtoapplythevariousJoint
Committee Decisions .
4.UAisatpresent ,.usedintheoriginProtocolNo3forthepurpose
ofquotinglimits,belowwhich movementcertificates EUR1
arenotobligatory .Forshipmentsexceeding 1500UAamovement
certificate EUR1issuedbythecustomsauthorities hastobeused
asproofoforiginating status.Forshipmentsbelowthisfigure
aformEUR2,whichiscompleted bytheexporter,mayJoeused.

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Forsmallpostalpackagesforpersonalusenoformneedbeused
forvaluesbelow100UAandfortravellers baggagenoformneed
beusedforvaluesbelow300UA.
TheproposedDecisionsreplacereferencestotheUAwithreferences
totheEUAwithconsequential changestothefiguresquotedsoas
topreservethecurrencyequivalents atpresentinuseinthestrong
currencycountries.
TheproposednewamountsinEUAarerespectively 2400EUA(useofEUR2),
165EUA(smallconsignments )and480(travellers baggage).
Ithasbeennecessary,exceptionally ,forreasonsofadministrative
simplicity and%oavoidthecumbersome procedureofchangingProtocolNo3
everyyear,toallowfortheuseofamountsdefinedintermsofEUA's,.fixed
atacertainbasedateforperiodoftwoyears..From1.1.79to30.A.81
thebasedatewillbe30.6.78,forallsubsequent periodsthe .
basedatewillbethefirstworkingdayofOctoberinthepreceding
year,thusfor-1.5.81to1.5.83thebasedatewillbethefirst
workingdayinOctober1980.
Eachautomatic changeofbasedatewiltimplythattheamounts
expressedinEUAwillneedtobeexaminedtosee,assaidinthe,
•,\
proposedjointDeclaration
i • i "
a)thatnoamountexpressedinnationalcurrenciesisreduced,
b)whetheranincreaseinnecessarytopreservethereal,value
oftheseamountsexpressedincurrencyterms,astheuseof
formsEUR2orothersimplified procedures insteadofEUR1
shouldnotbereducedbytheeffectofinflation.
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Thisisbecausethesesimplified procedures representimportant
administrative simplification fortradersandthegeneralpublic
aswellasforcustomsauthorities,buthavenoeconomiceffect
asthegoodsconcernedmustinanycaseoriginate.

AGREEMENT EEC-C1)
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE
Draft
DECISION OFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE
λ \
replacingtheUnitofAccountbytheEuropeanUnitofAccpunt
inArticle8ofProtocol No3concerning thedefinition
oftheconceptof"originating products"andmethodsof
administrative co-operation
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE-
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthe (2),signedinBrusselson (3),
HavingregardtoProtocol No3onthedefinitionoftheconceptof
"originating products"andmethodsofadministrative co-operation,
hereinafter referredtoas"ProtocolNo3",andinparticularArticle
28thereof;
Whereastheunitofaccountisnolongerappropriate tothecurrent
international monetarysituationitisnecessarytofindanalternative
soastocontinuetohaveacommonvaluebasisfordetermining when
formsEUR2maybeusedinsteadofmovementcertificates EUR1and
whennodocumentary evidenceoforiginisrequired.
WhereastheEuropeanCommunities proposetoreplacetheunitofaccount
withtheEuropeanUnitofAccountasfrom1January1979.
Whereasitisconvenient tousetheEuropeanUnitofAccounttoserve
asacommonvaluebasis.
\
(1)Austna/Finland/Iceland/Norway/Portugal/Sweden/Switzerland
(2)theRepublicofAustria,theRepublicofFinland,theRepublic
ofIceland,theKingdomofNorway,thePortugeseRepublic,the
KingdomofSweden,theSwissConfederation .
(3)Austria,Iceland,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :July22,1972
Norway:14May1973,Finland:5October1973.

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Whereasforadministrative andcommercialreasonsthecommonvaluebasis
mustremainfixedforperiodsofatleasttwoyears,,andwhereas,therefore,
theEuropeanUnitofAccounttobeusedmustexceptionally befixedata
basedatetobisupdatedeverytwoyears;
Whereasitisdesirabletoavoidadiminutionincurrencytermsofthe
commonvaluebasisinrelationtothevaluesinforce,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
ThetextofArticle8(1),(2)and(3)ofProtocolNo3concerningthe
definitionoftheconceptof"originating products"andmethodsof
administrative cooperation ,shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
1.OriginatingproductswithinthemeaningofthisProtocolshall,on
importationintotheCommunityorinto (1),benefitfrom
theAgreementuponsubmissionofoneofthefollowingdocuments :
a)anEUR1movementcertificate,hereafterreferredtoas"anEUR1
certificate",aspecimenofwhichisgiveninAnnexVtothis
Protocol,or
b)aformEUR2,aspecimenofwhichisgiveninAnnexVItothis
Protocol,forconsignments consistingonlyoforiginatingproducts
andprovidedthevaluedoesnotexceed2400EuropeanUnitsof
Accountperconsignment . '
2.Thefollowingoriginatingproductswithinthemeaningofthis
Protocolshall,onimportationintotheCommunityorinto (1),
benefitfromtheAgreementwithoutitbeingnecessarytoproduce
eitherofthedocumentsreferredtoinparagraph 1:
a)productssentassmallpackagestoprivatepersons,provided
thatthevalueofthegoodsdoesnotexceed165EuropeanUnits
ofAccount,
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(1)Austria/Finland/Iceland/Norway/Portugal/Sweden/Switzerland .

b)productsformingpartoftravellers'personalluggage,provided
thatthevaluedoesnotexceed480EuropeanUnitsofAccount.
Theseprovisionsshallbeappliedonlywhensuchgoodsarenotimported
bywayoftradeandhavebeendeclaredasmeetingtheconditionsrequired
fortheapplication oftheAgreement,andwherethereisnodoubtasto
theveracityofsuchdeclaration.
Importations whichareoccasionalandconsistsolelyofgoodsforthe
personaluseoftherecipientsortravellersortheirfamiliesshall
notbeconsideredasimportations bywayoftradeifitisevident
fromthenatureandquantityofthegoodsthatnocommercialpurposeis
inview.
3.AmountsinthenationalcurrencyoftheexportingStateequivalentto
theamountsexpressedinEuropeanUnitsofAccountshallbefixedby
theexportingStateandcommunicated totheotherpartiestothe
agreement.Whentheamountsaremorethanthecorresponding amounts
fixedbytheimportingState,theimportingStateshallacceptthemif
thegoodsareinvoicedinthecurrencyoftheexportingState.
IfthegoodsareinvoicedinthecurrencyofanotherCommunityMember
StateoranotherStatementionedinArticle2ofProtocolNo3,the
importingStateshallrecognizetheamountnotifiedbythecountry
concerned.
4.Uptoandincluding30April-1981theEuropeanUnitofAccounttobe
usedinanygivennationalcurrencyshallbetheequivalentinthat
nationalcurrencyoftheEuropeanUnitofAccountasat30June1978.
Foreachsucceedingperiodoftwoyearsthereafteritshallbethe
equivalentinthatnationalcurrencyoftheEuropeanUnitofAccount
asatthefirstworkingdayinOctoberintheyearimmediately
precedingthattwoyearperiod."
2.Paragraphs4and5ofArticle8ProtocolNo3shallberenumbered 5and6
respectively . –- -
Article2
ThisDecisionshallenter,intoforceon1January1979.
DoneatBrussels, FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident

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~' Draft
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECLARATION ONTHEDEFINITION OFTHEEUROPEANUNIT
OFACCOUNTANDFUTUREREVISION OFTHELEVELSEXPRESSED INEUROPEAN
UNITS.OFACCOUNT . .
1.ForthepurposesofArticle8ofProtocolNo3theEuropeanUnit
ofAccountshallbethesumofthefollowingamountsinthecurrencies
oftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity :
Germanmark
PoundSterling
Frenchfranc
ItalianLira
DutchguiIder
Belgianfranc
Luxembourg franc
DanishKrone
Irishpound0.828
0.0885
1.15
109
0.286
3.66
0.14
0.217
0.00759
2.Theequivalents of1EUAintherespective currencies asat
30June1978areasfollows .::
Germanmark
PoundSterling
Frenchfranc
Italianlira
Dutchguilder
Belgianfranc
Luxembourg franc
DanishKrone
Irishpound
(1)2.58101
0.668451
5.60057
1062.79 .
2.77740
40.6953
40.6953
7.01962
0.666451
(1)Addforeachcountryasappropriate
Austrianschillings
Norwegian crowns
Swedishcrowns • '.
Finnishmarks
Portugese escudos
Swissfrancs
Icelandcrowns/1
Vtobeinsertedafterbeing
~~communicated bythecountry
concerned./

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3.ThesumsexpressedinEuropeanUnitsofAccountinthatarticleshall
bereviewedwheneverthebasedatechangeshavingregard,amongother
things,totheprinciplethatthereshouldbenodeclineintheactual
amountsexpressedinanynationalcurrencyandtotheeffectsofinflation
sincethelastchangeofbasedate.Howeverthefirstreview,in
1980,shalltakeintoaccountinflationsince1972.

ProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC) ontheapplication
JointCommitteeEEC-Decision (1)replacingtheUnitof'ji
AccountbytheEuropeanUnitofAccountinArticle8ofProtocolNo3
concerning thedefinitionoftheconceptoforiginating productsand
methodsofadministrative co-operation
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity and
(2)(3)wassignedon (4)
andenteredintoforceon (5);
WhereasbyvirtueofArticle28ofProtocolNo3concerning the
definition oftheconceptoforiginating productsandmethodsof
administrative co-operation,whichformsanintegralpartoftheabove
Agreement,theJointCommitteehasadoptedDecisionNo /78
replacingtheUnitofAccountbytheEuropeanUnitofAccountinArticle8
ofthatProtocol; '
WhereasitisnecessarytoapplythisDecisionintheCommunity,
•I
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(1)Austria,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland
(2)TheRepublicofAustria,theRepublicofFinland,theRepublic
ofIceland,theKingdomofNorway,thePortugeseRepublic,the
kingdomofSweden,theSwissConfederation
(3)Austria,Sweden,Switzerland :OJNoL300of31.12.72
Finland:OJNoL328of28.11.73
Norway:OJNoL171of27.6.73
Iceland,Portugal :OJNoL301of31.12.72
X4)Austria,Iceland,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :22July1972
Norway:14May1973
•Finland:5October1973 - r™
(5)Austria,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland :1January1973
Iceland:1April1973 ,
Norway:1July1973
Finland 1January1974X5J_;j_lVi_scLi;i/.■r.ri j.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Fortheapplication oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Communityand (1)/JointCommitteeDecision-
No /78shallbeappliedintheCommunity.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
ThisReaulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates. "
DoneatBrussels,, FortheCouncil
ThePresidentThisReaulationshallbe
inallMemberStates.
(1)TheRepublicofAustria,theRepublicofFinland,theRepublicof
Iceland,theKingdomofNorway,thePortugeseRepublic,theKingdom
ofSweden,theSwissConfederation .