CELEX: 21985D0912(01)
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 1/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee of 7 June 1985 derogating from the definition of the concept of originating products to take into account the special situation of Jamaica with regard to tufted carpets falling within heading No 58.02 of the Common Customs Tariff

No L 244/ 12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             12. 9 . 85
               DECISION          No    1/85    OF    THE ACP-EEC          CUSTOMS        COOPERATION
                                                         COMMITTEE
                                                        of 7 June 1985
               derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' to take
               into account the special situation of Jamaica with regard to tufted carpets falling
                            within heading No 58.02 of the Common Customs Tariff
  THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE,                      products should be granted to Jamaica until 2 October
                                                                  1986,
  Having regard to the second ACP-EEC Convention
  signed at Lome on 31 October 1979,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 485/85             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 of 26 February , 1985 concerning the application of
  Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of
 Ministers on transitional measures valid from 1 March
  1985 0,                                                                               Article 1
 Whereas Article      30   of Protocol    1  to  the Third
                                                                  By way of derogation from the special provisions of
 ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lome on 8                          List A of Annex II to Protocol 1 to the Second
 December 1984, concerning the definition of the                 ACP-EEC Convention, tufted carpets falling within
 concept of originating products and methods of                   subheading 58.02 A II a) of the Common Customs
 administrative cooperation, provides that derogations           Tariff, manufactured in Jamaica, in the production of
 from the rules or origin may be made, in particular             which non-originating backing falling within heading
 where the development of existing industries or the              No 51.04 or 57.10 of the Common Customs Tariff is
 creation   of  new     industries   would   be   facilitated
                                                                 used, shall be considered as originating in Jamaica
 thereby ;                                                       provided that the other conditions applicable to
                                                                 heading No 58.02 are respected.
 Whereas Article 4 of Decision No 2/85 (2) states that
 the provisions concerning the procedure for deroga­
 ting from the rules of origin, contained in Article 30                                 Article 2
 of Protocol No 1 to the Third ACP-EEC Convention,
 shall be applied in advance,
                                                                 The derogation referred to in Article 1 shall be in
 Whereas, to preserve its carpet industry and in order to        respect of a quantity of 220 000 square yards of tufted
 allow it to take the necessary steps in order to obtain         carpets exported from Jamaica between 1 March 1985
                                                                 and 2 October 1986.
 originating status for its finished products, Jamaica
 benefited from 3 October 1984 to 28 February 1985
 from a derogation from the definition of the concept
of 'originating products', contained in Protocol No 1                                   Article 3
to the Second ACP-EEC Convention, for tufted
carpets ;
                                                                 The Jamaican authorities shall take the steps necessary
                                                                 to check the quantities of exports of products referred
Whereas the duration of this drogation has not been              to in Article 1 and shall forward to the Commission
sufficient to permit the Jamaican industry concerned             every three months a statement of the quantities in
to adapt its production to the conditions required for           respect of which EUR 1 movement certificates have
the acquisition of origin by the Second ACP-EEC                  been issued pursuant to this Decision.
Convention ; whereas, as a result, the provisions neces­
sary to give a continued derogation should be
adopted ;
                                                                                        Article 4
Whereas, in these circumstances, a temporary deroga­
tion from the definition of the concept of originating           The ACP States, the Member States and the Commu­
                                                                 nity shall be bound, each to the extent to which it is
(') OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 1 .                             concerned, to take the measures necessary to imple­
0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 2.                                ment this Decision .
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                                                   Article 5
           This Decision shall enter into force on the day on which, it is adopted.
           However, it shall ceaye ot apply on 28 February 1986 if the Third ACP-EEC Convention
           has not entered into force by that date.
           Done at Brussels, 7 June 1985.
                                                               For the ACP-EEC Customs
                                                                 Cooperation Committee
                                                                      The Chairmen
                                                        F. KLEIN            Maurice Oscar ST JOHN