CELEX: 31973R3615
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3615/73 of the Commission of 20 December 1973 derogating from Articles 5 and 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3614/73 of 20 December 1973 on the definition of the concept of the origin of goods for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3615/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 20 December 1973
               derogating from Articles 5 and 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3614/73 on the
               definition of the concept of the origin of goods for purposes of the application of tariff
               preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products
                                                 from developing countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee
                                                                 on Origin,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
pean Economic Community;
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3506/
73 i1) of 18 December 1973 establishing, for certain
products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Com­              By way of provisional and exceptional derogation
mon Customs Tariff, a system of generalized prefer­               from the provisions of Article 5 of Commission Regu­
 ences for developing countries ;                                 lation (EEC) No 3614/73 , products listed in Annex
                                                                  A which meet the requirements of this Regulation
                                                                  for treatment as products originating in Indonesia,
                                                                  Malaysia, the Philippines or Thailand shall be con­
 Whereas, as regards the products referred to in the              sidered as being conveyed directly from any one of
 abovementioned Regulation, rules were laid down                  these countries into the Community, notwithstanding
 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3614/73 (2) of                 that they transit through the port of Singapore and
 20 December 1973 to define the conditions in which
                                                                  be commercialized or not, provided that they remain
 they acquire the character of originating products,              under the supervision of the Trade Department of
 and the mode of proof and the terms as to verifi­                the Ministry of Finance of Singapore, that they do
 cation thereof;                                                  not undergo any operation other than those listed
                                                                  in Annex B and that no product is added in the
                                                                  course of these operations, except those required to
 Whereas the Association of South-East Asian Nations              pack goods and identify packages.
  (ASEAN) established very close economic cooper­
 ation between Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
 Thailand and Singapore ; whereas this cooperation                                       Article 2
 would be affected by the enforcement of the pro­
 visions made for the transport of originating prod­
 ucts under Article 5 of Commission Regulation                     Certificates of Origin Form A issued in Indonesia,
                                                                  Malaysia, the Philippines or Thailand shall state in
  (EEC) No 3614/73 of 20 December 1973 , owing to                 column 12 that the products are bound for the Euro­
 the fact that certain products originating in Indo­
                                                                  pean Economic Community. They shall also include,
  nesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand would
                                                                  in column 2, the name of the consignee in the Com­
 lose their character of originating products on under­            munity or the words 'to order'.
 going certain operations whilst in transit through
  the port of Singapore; whereas the said provisions
  should be amended accordingly and tariff preferences
  should be granted in respect to these originating prod­                                Article 3
  ucts on production of a Certificate of Origin Form
  A issued by Singapore;'                                          1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of
                                                                   Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3614/
                                                                   73 of 20 December 1973 the preferential tariff
                                                                   measures provided for in Article 1 shall be applied
  (x) See p. 94 of this Official Journal.                          to the products referred to in that Article on prod­
  (2) See p. 132 of this Official Journal.                         uction of a Certificate of Origin Form A issued by
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the Trade Department of the Ministry of Finance of            Article 1 agree to assist the Community, through
Singapore, replacing the certificate(s) formerly issued       the Customs authorities of the Member States, in
and referred to in Article 2.                                 checking the authenticity and correctness of the cer­
                                                              tificates .
2. The certificates made out under the conditions
described in Paragraph 1 shall state, in column 4,
the references of the certificate(s) referred to in Ar­                             Article 4
ticle 2 on production of which they are issued.
3 . The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
apply on condition that the countries referred to in          1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                          ANNEX A
                                         List of the products referred to in Article 1
                  CCT
                heading                                            Description
                   No
               ex 03.03       Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead),
                              chilled, frozen, salted, in brine or dried ; crustaceans, in shell, simply boiled in
                              water
               ex 15.07       Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude , refined or purified
               ex 15.10       Fatty acids , acid oils from refining ; fatty alcohols
               ex 20.06        Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar
                               or spirit
               ex 44.05        Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, but not further prepared, of a thickness
                               exceeding 5 m
               ex 44.15        Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood
                               products (including veneered panels and sheets) ; inlaid wood and wood mar­
                               quetry
                                                           ANNEX B
                                         List of the operations referred to in Article 1
            1 . Sorting, classifying, matching.
            2. Packing, unpacking, changes of packing, decanting or repacking into other containers.
            3 . Breaking up and assembly of goods and consignments.
            4. Affixing marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on products or their packing.
            5 . All operations to ensure the preservation of merchandise in good condition during transport
                 and storage.