CELEX: 51989PC0058
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the common definition of the concept of origin of goods (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(89 ) 58 final
                                             Brussels , 22 May 1989
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 802 / 68 on the common definition of the
                        concept of origin of goods
                      ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY NOTE
1. The criteria concerning the size of origin certificates are laid down in
   Annex II of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 802/68 .
2. Recent developments show that the certification procedures are
   increasingly computerized by using continuous stationery . Thus it seems
   impossible to always respect the exact size and there might be a danger
   that certificates so issued will be rejected on the technicality that
   their size does not conform to the legal requirements .
3. In order to overcome this situation it is proposed to insert into Annex
   11 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 802/68 a provision allowing for a
   certain tolerance in the length of the origin certificates .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) N° 802/68 on the common definition
                          of the concept of origin of goods
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                  1
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 802/68 , as last amended by Commission
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3860/872 lays down in its Annex II the criteria to be applied
as regards certificates of origin ; whereas certificates of origin must measure
210 x 297mm ,
Whereas the issue of certificates of origin is increasingly computerised ,
which involves the use of continuous stationery ; whereas it has been found
impossible to conform precisely to the prescribed measurements ;
whereas it is necessary to avoid obstacles to trade and to remove the danger
that a certificate of origin may be rejected on the technicality that its size
does not conform to the measurements ; whereas it is necessary to introduce a
tolerance of up to minus 3mm or plus 8mm in the length ,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) 0J No . L 148 ,  28.06.1968 , p.l
 ( 2 ) UJ No . L 363 , 23.12.1987 , p. 30
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 ---pagebreak---                                        Artide 1
Point 4 of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 802 / 68 is hereby replaced by the
following :
"4 . The size of the certificate shall be 210 x 297mm . A tolerance of up to
     minus 5mm or plus 8mm in the length is to be allowed . The paper used shall be
     white, free of mechanical pulp , dressed for writing purposes and weigh    at
     least 40g/ m2 or between 25 and 30g/ m2 where air-mail paper is used .     It
     shall have a printed guilloche pattern background in sepia such as to
     reveaL any falsification by mechanical or chemical means ".
                                       Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shaLl be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels
                                                   For the Council
                                                   The President