Commission Communication concerning trade between the European Community and Laos, and the entry into force of the provisions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 12/97, relating to the definition of the concept of originating products, for the purposes of applying tariff preferences granted by the Community to certain products from developing countries (regional cumulation of origin, for countries which are members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN))
Date: 1998-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ASEAN countries, Laos, accession to an agreement, generalised preferences, originating product, tariff preference

8.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  381/5

Code

Catalogue
No

Title

COM(1998)  660

CB(cid:220)CO(cid:220)98(cid:220)660(cid:220)EN(cid:220)C Proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  amending
Directive  77/388/EEC  as  regards  the  deter(cid:220)
mination  of  the  person  liable  for  payment  of
value  added  tax(cid:216)(ˇ)

COM(1998)  695

CB(cid:220)CO(cid:220)98(cid:220)701(cid:220)EN(cid:220)C Amended 

proposal 

a  European
Parliament  and  Council  Decision  estab(cid:220)
lishing  the  Community  action  programme
for  youth(cid:216)(ˇ)(cid:216)(—)

for 

Date  adopted
by  the
Commission

Date
forwarded  to
the  Council

Number
of  pages

27.11.1998

27.11.1998

14

27.11.1998

27.11.1998

34

(˛)(cid:217)This  document  contains  an  impact  assessment  on  business,  and  in  particular  on  SMEs.
(ˇ)(cid:217)This  document  will  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities.
(—)(cid:217)Text  with  EEA  relevance.

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Commission  communication  concerning  trade  between  the  European  Community  and  Laos,  and
the  entry  into  force  of  the  provisions  laid  down  in  Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2454/93,
as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  12/97,  relating  to  the  definition  of  the  concept  of  orig(cid:220)
inating  products,  for  the  purposes  of  applying  tariff  preferences  granted  by  the  Community  to
certain  products  from  developing  countries  (regional  cumulation  of  origin,  for  countries  which
are  members  of  the  Association  of  South(cid:220)East  Asian  Nations  (ASEAN))

(98/C  381/04)

Article  72  et  seq.  of  Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2454/93(cid:216)(˛),  as  amended  by  Regulation
(EC)  No  12/97(cid:216)(ˇ),  provide  for  regional  cumulation  to  apply,  inter  alia,  to  those  countries
which  are  members  of  the  Association  of  South(cid:220)East  Asian  Nations  (ASEAN),  in  the  context  of
the  Community’s  rules  of  origin  applicable  to  the  Generalised  System  of  Preferences  (GSP).

In  particular,  Article  72b  includes  provision  for  the  members  of  each  of  the  regional  groups
mentioned  to  transmit,  through  the  Secretariat  of  the  regional  group  concerned,  an  under(cid:220)
taking  to  comply  with  the  GSP  rules  of  origin  and  to  provide  the  necessary  administrative
cooperation  with  regard  to  certificates  of  origin  Form  A.

Laos,  whose  membership  of  ASEAN  became  effective  on  23  July  1997,  has  provided  such  an
undertaking,  and  the  provisions  for  regional  cumulation  shall  therefore  apply  to  it  from
1  January  1999.

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  253,  11.10.1993,  p.  1.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  9,  13.1.1997,  p.  1.