Council Regulation (EEC) No 1554/84 of 4 June 1984 on the application of Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of th concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession o the Hellenic Republic to the Community.
Date: 1984-06-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Greece, Portugal, accession to the European Union, administrative cooperation, originating product, protocol to an agreement













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31984R1554

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1554/84 of 4 June 1984 on the application of Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of th concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession o the Hellenic Republic to the Community.  


Official Journal L 150 , 06/06/1984 P. 0001 - 0001 





*****COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1554/84  of 4 June 1984  on the application of Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,  Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic (1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;  Whereas the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community on the one hand and the Portuguese Republic on the other hand (2) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1974;  Whereas, by virtue of Articles 16 and 9, respectively, of the Protocols which were annexed to the above Agreements following the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community and which form an integral part thereof, the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/84 amending Protocol 3 to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community;  Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  For the application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic, Joint Committee Decision No 1/84 shall be applied in the Community.  The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1984.  For the Council  The President  J. DELORS  (1) OJ No L 301, 31. 12. 1972, p. 165.  (2) OJ No L 350, 19. 12. 1973, p. 53.  DECISION  No 1/84 OF THE EEC-PORTUGAL JOINT COMMITTEE  of 4 May 1984  amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community  THE JOINT COMMITTEE,  Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, and in particular Article 28 of Protocol 3 annexed thereto,  Having regard to the Protocol which was annexed to the aforesaid Agreement following the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community, and in particular Article 16 thereof,  Having regard to the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community on the one hand, and the Portuguese Republic, on the other, signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, and in particular Article 8 thereof,  Having regard to the Additional Protocol which was annexed to this latter Agreement following the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community, and in particular Article 9 thereof,  Whereas Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation needs amending consequent upon the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Communities in respect of both technical amendments and transitional arrangements to implement correctly the trade regime contained in the Protocols consequent upon the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community;  Whereas the measures for which provision is made in the Additional Protocols have been brought into force by both Parties, as regards the Community with effect from 21 August 1981, and as regards Portugal on 1 January 1982; whereas, for the effective application of the said measures, the appropriate amendments should be made to the rules of origin before the entry into force of the abovementioned Additional Protocols;  Whereas the transitional arrangements should ensure the correct implementation of this trade regime between the Community as constituted before the accession of Greece (hereinafter referred to as the 'Community of Nine') and the Hellenic Republic, on the one hand, and the Portuguese Republic, on the other,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  Article 1  1. Article 9 (5) is hereby amended by the insertion of ' EKDOTHEN EK TON YSTERON' after 'UDSTEDT EFTERFOELGENDE'.  2. Article 9 (6) is hereby amended by the insertion of ' ANTIGRAFO' after 'DUPLICATE'.  3. Article 13 (5) is hereby amended by the insertion of ' aploystevméni diadikasía' after 'Vereenvoudigde procedure'.  4. Article 24 (2) is hereby amended by the insertion of a new indent 'Greece' after the indent 'Ireland'.  5. In Article 25 (1) (b) (1) and (c), 'as originally constituted or from Ireland' is hereby replaced by 'as originally constituted or from Ireland or Greece'.  6. Article 25 (2) is hereby amended by the insertion of ' EFARMOGI ARTHROY 25.1' after 'ART. 25.1 OPFYLDT'.  Article 2  1. The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 23 (1):  'However, by way of exception from this last provision concerning 'originating products', drawback of customs duty or benefit from an exemption from customs duty of whatever kind shall not be afforded to any originating products covered by the ECSC-Portugal Agreement coming from Greece, whether these products are used in the manufacturing of products in the Community of Nine or in Portugal, for which a movement certificate EUR. 1 is issued or a form EUR. 2 completed in the Community of Nine or in Portugal, or the products are re-exported in the same state from these territories with a movement certificate EUR. 1 issued or a form EUR. 2 completed in the Community of Nine or in Portugal.'  2. The following paragraph 5 is hereby added to Article 25:  '5. Where by virtue of Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the ECSC-Portugal Agreement, a different tariff treatment is reserved for imports into Portugal from Greece or the Community of Nine the special treatment reserved for Greece shall apply to all products originating in the Community accompanied by a movement certificate EUR. 1 issued or a form EUR. 2 completed in Greece.'  3. The following subparagraph is hereby added after the first subparagraph of Explanatory Note 8 to Annex I:  'For the purposes of Article 23 (1) the expression used in the second subparagraph 'exemption of customs duty of whatever kind' shall also mean, in the case of goods re-exported in the same state, the application of the regimes applicable to free ports, customs warehouses or transit through Portugal or the Community en route for another destination and any other regime where customs duty is only charged if the goods are retained for home use.'  Article 3  This Decision shall enter into force on 1 June 1984.  Article 2 shall apply until 31 December 1985.  Done at Brussels, 4 May 1984.  For the Joint Committee  The Chairman  Luiz Góis FIGUEIRA