CELEX: 21987D0526(01)
Language: en
Date: 1987-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 1/87 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee of 5 May 1987 derogating from the definition of the concept of originating products to take account of the special situation of Fiji with regard to its production of canned tuna

26. 5. 87                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 136/5
                      DECISION No 1 /87 OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION
                                                      COMMITTEE
                                                      of 5 May 1987
                 derogating from the definition of the concept of originating products to take
                 account of the special situation of Fiji with regard to its production of canned
                                                           tuna
THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE,                      Fiji and falling within heading No ex 16.04 of the
                                                                Common Customs Tariff shall be considered as origina­
Having regard to the Third ACP-EEC Convention signed            ting in Fiji subject to the following conditions.
at Lome on 8 December 1984, hereinafter referred to as
'the Convention',                                                                        Article 2
Whereas Article 30 of Protocol 1 to the Convention              The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall relate to
concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating        850 tonnes per year of canned tuna falling within heading
products' and methods of adminsitrative cooperation             No ex      16.04 of the   Common      Customs Tariff and
makes provision for derogations to be made from the             exported from Fiji to the Community between 1 May
rules of origin by the Customs Cooperation Committee,           1987 and 30 April 1988 .
in particular to facilitate the development of existing         This derogation may be tacitly renewed for two consecu­
industries or the creation of new industries ;
                                                                tive periods of one year subject to the right of each party
Whereas the ACP States have submitted a request from            to denounce it by written notification given one month
the Government of Fiji for a derogation from the defini­        before the date on which any one of these periods expires.
tion set out in Protocol 1 in respect of canned tuna
produced by Fiji ;                                                                       Article 3
Whereas Fiji has a fleet of vessels in order to supply its      The competent authorities of Fiji shall take the necessary
canning industry with raw material for the produciton of        steps to carry out quantitative checks on exports of the
canned tuna ;                                                   products referred to in Article 2 and shall forward to the
                                                                Commission every three months a statement of the quan­
Whereas at present this fleet cannot supply sufficient          tities in respect of which movement certificates EUR. 1
quantities of tuna fish for the canneries to maintain the       have been issued pursuant to this Decision .
eocnomic viability of its canning operations ;
                                                                                         Article 4
Whereas Fiji has been unable to obtain supplies of fish
originating in other ACP States ;                               The ACP States, the Member States and the Community
Whereas the Fijian canning industry is temporarily              shall be bound, each to the extent to which it is
dependent upon supplies of tuna fish of third country           concerned, to take the measures necessary to implement
                                                                this Decision .
origin ;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the granting of an                                      Article 5
annual derogation limited to 850 tonnes, tacitly renewable
for two one-year consecutive periods, will permit addi­         This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
tional exports to the Community without changing the            adoption.
traditional patterns of trade,
                                                                Done at Brussels, 5 May 1987.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                                For the ACP-EEC Customs
                         Article 1                                                Cooperation Committee
                                                                                      The Chairmen
By way of derogation from the special provisions of List A
in Annex II to Protocol 1 , canned tuna manufactured in         E. RUY VI LAR                             Z. MONGO SO'O