Commission notice concerning the date of application of the protocols on rules of origin providing for diagonal cumulation between the Community, Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and West Bank and Gaza Strip
Date: 2006-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: free-trade agreement, originating product, third country, trade agreement (EU)

13.9.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 220/5

Commission notice concerning the date of application of the protocols on rules of origin providing
for diagonal cumulation between the Community, Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland,
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein), Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey and West Bank and Gaza Strip

(2006/C 220/03)

For the purpose of the creation of diagonal cumulation of origin among the Community, Algeria, Bulgaria,
Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Switzerland (including
Liechtenstein), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Community and the countries
concerned notify each other, through the European Commission, of the origin rules in force with the other
countries.

Based on the notifications received from the countries concerned, the table here enclosed gives an overview
of the protocols on rules of origin providing for diagonal cumulation specifying the date from which such
cumulation becomes applicable. This table replaces the previous one (OJ C 187, 10.8.2006).

It is recalled that cumulation can be only applied if the countries of final manufacture and of final destina-
tion have concluded free trade agreements, containing identical rules of origin, with all the countries parti-
cipating in the acquisition of originating status, i.e. with all the countries from which all the materials used
originate. Materials originating in the country which has not concluded an agreement with the countries of
final manufacture and of final destination shall be treated as non-originating. Specific examples are given
in the Explanatory Notes concerning the pan-Euro-Mediterranean protocols on rules of origin (1).

It is also recalled that:

— Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein form a customs union;

— within the European Economic Area, which is composed of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway,

the date of application is 1.11.2005.

The ISO-Alpha-2 codes for the country listed in the table are given here below.

— Algeria

— Bulgaria

— Egypt

— Faroe Islands

— Iceland

— Israel

— Jordan

— Lebanon

— Morocco

— Norway

— Romania

— Switzerland

— Syria

— Tunisia

— Turkey

— West Bank and Gaza Strip

DZ

BG

EG

FO

IS

IL

JO

LB

MA

NO

RO

CH

SY

TN

TR

PS

(1) OJ C 16, 21.1.2006.

Date of application of the protocols on rules of origin providing for diagonal cumulation in the pan-euro-med zone

EU

DZ BG CH(EFTA)

EG

FO

IL

IS(EFTA)

JO

LB

LI(EFTA)

MA

NO(EFTA)

PS

RO

SY

TN

1.1.2006

1.3.2006

1.12.2005

1.1.2006

1.1.2006

1.7.2006

1.1.2006

1.12.2005

1.1.2006

1.8.2006

TR

(1)

EU

DZ

BG

CH(EFTA)

1.1.2006

1.1.2006

1.7.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2005

1.8.2005

1.6.2005

EG

FO

IL

1.3.2006

1.12.2005

1.1.2006

IS(EFTA)

1.1.2006

1.1.2006

1.7.2005

1.8.2005

1.11.2005

1.1.2006

1.7.2005

9.2.2006

1.7.2005

1.12.2005

1.7.2005

27.10.2005

1.3.2006

1.11.2005

1.7.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2006

1.7.2006

9.2.2006

JO

LB

LI(EFTA)

1.1.2006

MA

1.12.2005

NO(EFTA)

1.1.2006

1.3.2005

1.8.2005

1.1.2006

1.7.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2005

1.3.2005

1.3.2005

1.12.2005

1.7.2005

1.8.2005

1.8.2005

1.3.2005

PS

RO

SY

TN

TR

27.10.2005

1.8.2006

1.6.2005

1.3.2006

1.6.2005

1.8.2005

(1)

1.3.2006

1.1.2006

1.2.2006

1.7.2005

(1) For goods covered by the EC-Turkey customs union, the date of application is 27 July 2006.

For goods not covered by the EC-Turkey customs union (agricultural products and coal and steel products), diagonal cumulation is not yet applicable.

1.6.2005

1.8.2005

1.1.2006

1.2.2006

1.7.2005

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