PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS
Date: 1990-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: originating product, standardisation, technical barriers to trade

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMVIUNITIES 

COM(90)  518 final 

Brussels,  12 December  1990 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

amerriing Regulation (EBC) No 802/68 

on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods 

(presented by the Commission) 

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This  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  Is  Intended  to  include  petroleum 
products under  normal  Community  non-preferential  origin  rules. 

Explanatory Memorandum 

1. 

Community  non-preferential  origin  rules  are  set  down  In  Council 

Regulation  (EEC) No. 802/68 on the common definition of the origin of 
goods, as  amended^1).  At  the  time of  drafting  the  1968 Regulation, 

petroleum  products were  specifically  excluded  from  the scope of  its 

application. Member  States, therefore, have continued  to apply  their 

own national origin provisions to petroleum products. 

2. 

In  the  approach  to  the  completion  of  the  single  market  in  1992, 

harmonization of origin rules for petroleum products  is a necessity. 

Following analysis of existing national origin rules  in this area and 

detailed  discussion  in the Origin Committee,  it appears  appropriate 

to  include petroleum  products under  the scope of  the Community  non-

preferential  origin  rules,  established  by  Regulation  (EEC) 

No. 802/68, referred  to above. 

3. 

The attached  proposal  for a Council  Regulation  is  Intended  therefore 

to remove  the present  exclusion  of  petroleum  products  in Regulation 

(EEC) No. 802/68. 

(1)  0J No. L 148 Of 28.6.1968, p. 1. 

Proposal for 

Council Regulation (EBC) No 

of 

amending Regulation (EBC) No 802/68 

on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods 

TBE OOONGIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Ccmmunity, 

and in particular Article 113 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas Regulation (EBC) No 802/68,1 as last amended by Council Regulation 
(EBC) No 1769/892 provides that the said Regulation shall not apply to the 
petroleum products listed in Annex I; 

Whereas in the absence of a common definition of the origin of petroleum 

products,  Member  States  apply  the  provisions  of  their  national  law; 

whereas those national provisions differ from one another and may give rise 

to differing results with regard to the application of customs duties or 

measures and instruments of œmmercial policy; 

Whereas  with  a  view  to  the  completion  of  the  internal  market  on 

31 December 1992,  it  would  appear  essential  that  those  provisions  be 

harmonized; 

Whereas the most appropriate way to harmonize the said provisions is to 

make Regulation No 802/68 applicable to tho petroleum products in question, 

1  O J N OL 148, 28.6.1968, p.l. 

2  OJ NO L 174, 22.6.1989, p.11. 

HAS ADOPTED ISIS RH3JLATICK: 

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Article 1 

Article 3 of Regulation No 802/68 and Annex I thereto are hereby deleted. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 
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 

, 

For the Council 

The President 

competitiveness and employment  Impact  statement 

I. 

What  Is the main  reason  for  Introducing  the measure? 

This  measure  Is  Intended  to  Include  petroleum  products  in the general 
framework  of  non-preferential  origin  rules  established  under  Council 
Regulation  (EEC) No.  802/68.  It  Is  Intended  to  ensure  harmonized 
treatment  of such  products  within  the customs  union. 

11.  Imp IIcatlons. for  SME 

It  is not  anticipated  that  this  proposed  Regulation  will  Introduce  a 
significant  departure  from  present  practice.  For  this  reason,  its 
impact  on SME will  be negligable. 

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None. 

IV, 

What  indirect  obligations  are national,  regional  or  local  authorities 

None  additional  to present  requirements. 

V.  Are there any special  provisions  In respect  of  SME? 

None. 

vi.  What  Is the iiKolv  effect on: 

a) competitiveness of business? 

No change  from  present  position. 

b) on employment? 

No  change  from  present  position. 

V M.  Have  relevant  representative  associations  been  consulted? 

As  this  a  routine  harmonization  exercise  with  no  forseeable  negative 
consequences, no consultation  Is considered  appropriate. 

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