2007/713/EC: Decision No 2/2007 of the EU-Algeria Association Council of 16 October 2007 amending Protocol 6 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Algeria, European Community, administrative cooperation, association agreement (EU), originating product, protocol to an agreement

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

DECISION No 2/2007 OF THE EU-ALGERIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 16 October 2007

amending Protocol 6 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, concerning the definition of the concept
of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation

(2007/713/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing
an association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria, of the other part (1), hereinafter referred to as
‘the Agreement’, signed in Valencia on 22 April 2002, and in par-
ticular Article 40 of Protocol 6 thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Protocol 6 to the Agreement provides for the bilateral
cumulation of origin between the Community and Alge-
ria, and for full cumulation of origin between the Commu-
nity, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

In accordance with the Joint Declaration on the cumula-
tion of origin attached to Protocol 6 the extension of the
system of cumulation is desirable making it possible to use
materials originating in the Community, Bulgaria, Roma-
nia, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland (including Liechtenstein),
the Faeroe Islands, Turkey or in any other country which
is a participant in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership,
based on the Barcelona Declaration adopted at the Euro-
Mediterranean Conference held on 27 and 28 November
1995, in order to develop trade and promote regional
integration.

(1) OJ L 265, 10.10.2005, p. 2.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

For the purposes of implementing the extended system of
cumulation only between the countries which have ful-
filled the necessary conditions and in order to avoid cir-
cumvention of customs duties, it is necessary to introduce
new provisions concerning certification of origin.

For the purposes of implementing the extended system of
cumulation and in order to avoid circumvention of cus-
toms duties, it is necessary to harmonise the provisions
concerning the prohibition of drawback of, or exemption
from, customs duties and the processing requirements laid
down in Protocol 6 for non-originating materials to obtain
originating status.

The extended system of cumulation of origin implies that
the same provisions on rules of origin apply in the context
of preferential agreements concluded between the coun-
tries concerned.

Goods in transit or storage on the day on which this Deci-
sion becomes applicable should be covered by transitional
provisions allowing them to benefit from the extended sys-
tem of cumulation.

To facilitate trade and simplify administrative tasks it is
desirable to allow trade operators to use long-term suppli-
ers’ declarations.

Some technical amendments are required in order to cor-
rect anomalies in and between the different language ver-
sions of the text.

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(9)

It is therefore appropriate, for the proper functioning of
the Agreement and with a view to facilitating the work of
users and customs administrations, to incorporate in a new
text of Protocol 6 all the provisions in question.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

It shall apply from the first day of the month following the day of
its adoption.

Article 1

Done at Brussels, 16 October 2007.

Protocol 6 to the Agreement, concerning the definition of the
concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative
cooperation, shall be replaced by the text attached hereto, together
with the relevant Joint Declarations.

For the Association Council
The President
M. MEDELCI