CELEX: 51976PC0098
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-18
Title: Draft DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE supplementing and modifying lists A and B annexed to Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the consept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, and the list contained in Article 25 of that Protocol

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 ---pagebreak---             COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(76)98 final.
                                                     Brussels , 18 March 1976
                                             Draft *
                                DECISION CF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                          supplementing and modifying lists A and B annexed
                          to Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the
                          consept of 'originating products' and methods of
                          administrative cooperation , and the list contained
                                 in Article 25 of that Protocol             >
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COM(76 ) 98 final .
 ---pagebreak---                NOTE FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
  The evolution in manufacturing techniques and in economic conditions
  connected with international trade in some products has led the Member
  States and the EFTA countries as well as the services of the Commission
  to 6tudy the possibility of amending the rules of origin in relation
  ta these products listed in Lists A and B annexed to the Protocols No' 3
  of the various EEC-EFTA Agreements .
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  The draft of a Decision for the EEC-Austria Joint Committee annexed
           f
  includes the amendments upon which an agreement has been reached after
  discussions on this subject with the customs experts of the Member
f States . '
  It is suggested that the Council adopts this draft on the common position
  of the Community for use in the EEC-EFTA Joint Committees . It has been
  drawn up for the EEC-Austria Agreement , but acts as a model for use
  mutatis mutandis in the context of the other EFTA Agreements .
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                          JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION No      6
                             of
              supplementing and ' amending Lists A and B annexed to
            Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept
f 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation ,
              and the list contained in Article 25 of that Protocol
 THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,
 Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
 and th^ , Republic of Austria , signed at Brussels on 22 July 197^^,
 Having regard to Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept
 of ' 'originating products' and methods of administrative coopeation
 ( hereinafter referred to as 'Protocol No 3' )« and in particular Article
 28 thereof ,
 Whereas experience gained since the entry into force of the Agreement
 shows that the rules of origin laid down for certain products in Protocol
 No 3 mupt be adapted to take account of developments         in the manufacturing
  techniques for those products and in international economic conditions of
            t .
  trade 'therein ; whereas the amendment of tariff classification made for non–
  crystallizable sorbitol must also be taken into account ;
 whereas certain of these rules of origin should therefore be supplemented
 and .amended .
                                                                      • » •/ • • •
 ( 1 ) OJ L 300 , 31.12.1972 , p. 1,
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H AS DECXDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                     Article 1
1.          In List A annexed "to Protocol No 3 the rules relating to headings
      Nos 38.19 » 40.05 , 43*03 , ex Chapter 84 and 84*41 shall be replaced "by those
      set out in Annex I to this Decision.
2.          In the said List A the headings listed "below and their corresponding
    rules shall be deleted !
       ex 28.13          Hydrobroric acid
       ex 28.19          Zinc oxide
          28.27          Lead oxides : red lead and orange lead
      ex  28.28          Lithium hydroxide
      ex  28.29          Lithium fluoride
      ex  28.30          Lithium chloride
      ex  28.33          Bromides
      ex 28.^2           Lithium carbonate
      ex 29.02           Organic bromides
      ex 29.02           Trichlorodi ( chloro-phenyl ) ethane
      ex 29.35           Pyridine } alphapicoline 5 betapicoline ; gammapicoline
      ex 29.35           Vinylpyridme
      ex 29.38           Nicotinic acid
          33.02          Termenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils
  ' ex 98.15             Vacuum flaeks and other vacuum vessels
                                       Article 2
      1.      In List B annexed to Protocol No 3 the rules set out in Annex II to
         this Deoision shall be inserted in the . appropriate place as deter­
          mined by the numerical order of the tariff headings .
                                                                   y
      2.      In the said List B the rules relating to Chapters 28 to 37 and
          heading No ex 84*41 shall be replaoed by those set out in Annex III
          to this Deoision.
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1.        In the list Bet out in Article 25 of Protoool Kb 3      as amended
    "by Decision No 9/73 of the Joint Committee rule No 1 shall he replaced
    hy the rule set out in Annex IV to this Decision.
2.         In the said list set out in Article 25 there shall he added the
    rule set out in Annex V to this Decision.
                                    Done at Brussels ,
                                    For the Joint Committee
                                    The Président
( 2) OJ L 160. 18.6.1973 , p. 13.
 ---pagebreak---                        Products obtamcd
                                                                 Working or processing that does not I Working or proccvxittK ( hat confer* i!»e
 Costoms Tariff                                               confer the status- of originating products    Mauis of origin-iiing product * when the
  hradine No                        Description .    .                                                           .. following conditions arc nici
                                                          1 .
                                                                                                          I : '
                                                                         *    V
ex 38.19            Chemical products and prepara­                                                           Manufacture in which rhc value
                    tions of the chemical or allied                                                          of the products used docs not ex­
                    industries (including ..those con­            •      i                                   ceed 50 °/o of the value of the
                    sisting of mixtures of naturai              «'     )
                                                                                                             finished product
                    product ;!), not elsewhere specified
                    or included ; residual products of              ;i     4:
                    the chemical or allied industries,
                    not elsewhere specified or in­
                    cluded, excluding:
                    – Fusel oii and Dippcl's oil;
                    – Naplithenic acids and their
                        lion -water- soluble salts, esters
                        of naphtlienic acids ;
                    – Sujphonaphthenic acids           and
                        their non -water-soluble saits;
                        esters, , of sulphonaphthcnic
                        acids ; . •      ' .
                    – Petroleum sulplionates, ' ex­
                        cluding petroleum sulplionates
                        of alkali metals, of ammonium
                        or of cthanoir.niines, thio-
                        phenatcd sulphonic acids of
                        oils obtained from bituminous,
                        minerals, and their salts ;
                  – Mixed          alkylben/.cnes     "and
                        mixed alkylnaphthalcncs :
                  – ion exchangers ; '
                  – Catalysts ; ■
                  – Gctters for vaçuum tubes ;"
                  –1 Hefractory ccinents or mortars
                        and similar préparations ;
                  – Alkaline iron oxide for the
                       purification of gas ;
                  – Carbon (excluding that in arti­
                       ficial graphite of heading No
                       38.01 ) of mecallo-graphite or
                       other compounds, in the form
                  •    of small plates, bars or other
                       semi-manufactures                                                                     sir i.
                  – Sorbitol other than sorbi­
                      tol of heading No 29.04
  40.05          I'l.ircs, sheets and strip, of tinvul-                                                    Manufacture in which the value
                c.mi / ed natural or synthetic rub­                                                        of the products used * except that
                ber, other than smoked sheets and
                crepe sheets of heading No 40.01                                                         ■ of natural rubbar ,. does not excecd
                or 40.02 ; granules of unvulcanizcd                                                        50 % of the value of the finished
                natural or synthetic rubber com­                                                           product
                pounded ready foe vulcanization ;
                unvulcanizcd natural or synthetic
                rubber, compounded before or
                after coagulation either with car­
                bon black (with or without the
                addition of mineral oil) or with
                silica ( with or without the addi­
                tion of mineral oil), in any form,
                of a kind known as mastcrbatch
 ---pagebreak---                                 Frodncis obtaincd
                                                                          Working or processing that docs not        WorkmR or procruing th.it confcrj the
                                                                        confer the status of originating products    StJlus of oricin.uini; prodiuis wlnn ihc
          Customs Tartff                                                                                                    followina conditions arc met
             hcading No                      Description
                43.03       Articles of furskfn                                                                       Hanufacture from furskin assembled
                                                                                                                      in plates , crosses and similar forms
                                                                                                                     ( ex 43.02 ) the value of which does
                                                                                                                     not exceed 30 % of the value of the
                                                                                                                     finished product ( 1 )
         ex Chap            Boilers , machinery and mecha­                                                           Working , processing or assembly
            84              nical appliances and parts                                                                in which the value of the materials
                            thereof , excluding refriger­                                                             and parts used does not exceed 40 %
                            ators and refrigerating                                                                   of the value of the finished product
                            equipment ( electrical and                                                               ( 2)
                            other)(No 84.15 ) and sewing
                            machines ( lock stitch only),
                            with hoads of a weight not
                            exceeding 16 kg without
                            motor or 17 kg including
                            the motor ( ex 84.41 )
       ex 84.41             Sewing machines ( ldck                                                                   Working , processing or assembly in
                            stitch only) with heqds of                                                               which the value of the non-originating
                            a weight not exceeding 16kg                                                              materials and parts used doe6 not
                            without motor or 17 kg                                                                   exceed 40 % of the value of the
                            including the motor                                                                      finished product , and provided that :
                                                                                                                     ( a) at least 50 % by value of the
                                                                                                                           materials and parts ( 3 ) used for
                                                                                                                           the assembly of the head ( motor
                                                                                                                           excluded ) are originating products ,
                                                                                                                           and
                                                                                                                      ( b) the thread tension , crochet and
                                                                                                                           zigzag mechanisms are originating
                                                                                                                           products
( 1 ) These provisions do not apply where the products are obtained from products which have aquired the status of
       originating products in accordance with the conditions laid down in List 8.
( 2) These provisions shall not apply to fuel elements of heading No ex 84.59 until 31 December 1994 *
 ($ In determining the value of products, materials and parts, the following must be taken into account!
         lor r^r«iH°L^ri|R ' ",a,'nR PJoduCtS' ""'""'J5 «nd P"W. 'he <■'», verifiable price paid, or the price whidi would be paid in case of sale
         lor the said products on the territory of the country where working, ptoccssing or assembly is carried out)                                   1
     (b) in respect of other products, materials and parts, the provisions of Article 6 of this Protocol determining:
          (i) the value of importcd products.
         (n) the value of products of undetermined origin.
 ---pagebreak---                          Finishctl producti
                                                                   »          WorkinR or proccssing
    Customs                                                                    that confers t he snun
                                       Description                            of ongin.mng products
    hc.ulmg
      No
 ex 25.19      Natural magnesium carbonate ( magnesite ), -    Crushing and putting Into hermetically sealed
               whether or not calcined , other than magnesiuir containers of natural magnesium carbonate ( magnesite )
               oxide , crushed and put into hermetically       whether or not calcined , other than magnesium oxide
               sealed containers
 ex 25.24      Natural asbestos fibres                         Treatment of concentrated mineral asbestos
 ex 25.26      Milled and homogenized mica waste               Killing and homogenizing mica waste
ex 33.01       Essential oils other than of citrus fruit ,     Deterpenation of essential oils other than of ,
         ' £
               torpeneless                                     citrus fruit
ex 47.01       Sulphate pulp derived by mechanical or          Manufacture from unbleached sulphate pulp derived
               chemical means from any fibrous vegetable       by mechanical or chemical means fro# any fibrous
              •material , bleached                             vegatable material , provided that the value of the
                                                               non-originating products used does not exceed 60 %
                                                               of the value of tjie finished product
ex 73.29       Skid chains                                     Working or processing in which the value of the
                                                               non-originating products used does not exceed
                                                               50 % of the value of the finished product
                 t                           >  •
     98.10   Mechanical lighters and similiar lighters ,       Working , processing or assembly fn which the
             including chemical and electrical                 value of the materials and parts used does not
             lighters , and parts thereof , excluding          exceed 30 % of the value of the finished product
             flints and wicks
χ 84.31       Suction rolls                                    Drilling , grinding and cleaning of
                                                               unworkek rolls of stainless steel
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                                                                                  - ? -
                                                  Finiihcd tirothictk
                                                                                                            Working or proccnihii'
                                                                                                            ilui tmWcrs the M mix
      *
     hc.ntine
                        1 '                  '                 l>«criprion
                                                                       1
                                                                             •                 •
                                                                                                            of origni uint; products
         Ni»                     h
ex Chapters                           Products of the chemical and allied industries #  Working or processing in which the value of
    28 to 37,                        excluding essential oils other than of             the non-originating products used docs not exceed
                                     citrus fruit , terpeneless ( ex 33.01 )            20 •/• of the value of the finished product
   ex 84.41                          Sowing machines , including furniture              Working, processing or assembly in which the
                                     specially designed for sewing machines             value of the non-originating materials and pans
                                    with the exception of sewing machines               used docs not exceed 40 V. of the value of the
                                                                                        finished product
                                    ( lickstitch only ) with heads of a weight
                                    not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17kg
                                     including the motor
 . éx 84.41                         Sewing machines ( lockstitch only ) with            Working, processing or assembly in which the - *
                                    heads of a weight not exceeding 16 kg               value of the non-originating materials and parts
                                                                                        used docs not exceed 40 "In of the value of the
                                    without motor or 17 kg including the                finished product, and provided that :
                                    motor                                                (a) at least 50Vo by value of the materials and parts ( l )
                                                                                              used for assembly of the head ( motor excluded )
                                                                                              arc originntine prouucts, and
                                                                                         ( b) the thread tension , crochet and zigzag mccna*   ^
                                                                                              nisms arc originating products
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                                      • s ■
          COLUMN 1                                  COLUMN 2
        Products used                           Products obtamed
1 . ex 11.08   Starches obtained from       35*05   Dextrins and dextrin glues {
               maize , potatoes , wheat ,           soluble or roasted starches
               manioc ( tapioca ) or 6ago           starch glues
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                                                                        9
                                     COLUMN 1                                      COLUMN 2
                               Products used                                   Products obtained
   25 .       ex 29.1 ^                           Vinyl acetate monomer   ex 39*02   Poluvinyl acetate
             Any product other than or not
       * 1 containing a product obtained
             by polymerization of the monomer
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