CELEX: 21990D0804(01)
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 2/90 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee of 20 June 1990 derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' to take account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to its production of canned tuna

No L 206/30                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                   4. 8 . 90
                 DECISION        No   2/90    OF    THE ACP-EEC          CUSTOMS         COOPERATION
                                                      COMMITTEE
                                                     of 20 June 1990
                 derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' to take
                 account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to its production of
                                                       canned tuna
                                                       (90/401 /EEC)
THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE,                       manufactured by Mauritius shall be considered as origina­
                                                                 ting in Mauritius under the conditions set out in this
Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention,                  Decision.
signed at Lome on 15 December 1989*
                                                                                          Article 2
Having regard to Decision No 2/90 of the ACP-EEC
Council of Ministers of 27 February 1990, on transitional
                                                                 The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall relate to an
measures to be applied from 1 March 1990 ('),                    annual quantity of 1 000 tonnes of canned tuna falling
Having regard to Protocol 1 to the       Fourth ACP-EEC          within heading ex 16.04 of the Common Customs Tariff
Convention concerning the definition     of the concept of       produced in and exported from Mauritius between 1
                                                                 March 1990 and 31 December 1992.
originating products and methods         of administrative
cooperation, in particular Articles 30  and 31 thereof ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas the said Articles make provision for derogations
to be made from the rules of origin by the Customs               The competent authorities of Mauritius shall take the
Cooperation Committee, in particular to facilitate the           necessary steps to carry out quantitative checks on exports
development of existing industries or the creation of new        of the products referred to in Article 2 and shall forward
industries ;                                                     to the Commission every three months a statement of the
                                                                 quantities in respect of which movement certificates EUR
Whereas Article 31 (8) of the said Protocol lays down a          1 have been issued on the basis of this Decision.
special procedure for derogations concerning canned
tuna ;                                                                                    Article 4
Whereas the said derogations shall be - automatically            The ACP States, the Member States and the Community
granted within an annual quota ;                                 shall be bound, each to the extent to which it is
                                                                 concerned, to take the measures necessary to implement
Whereas the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States          this Decision.
have submitted a request under Article 31 (8) from the
Government of Mauritius for a derogation from the defi­
nition set out in Protocol 1 in respect Of 1 000 tonnes of                                Article 5
canned tuna per year produced by Mauritius ;
                                                                 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas in these circumstances a derogation from the             adoption.
definition of the concept of originating products shall be
accorded to Mauritius in accordance with Article 31 (8) of
Protocol 1 ,                                                     Done at Brussels, 20 June 1990.
                                                                                         For the ACP-EEC Customs
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                                                   Cooperation Committee
                                                                                                The Chairmen
                         Article 1
By way of derogation from the special provisions of the
List in Annex II to Protocol 1 , canned tuna falling within
heading ex 16.04 of the Common Customs Tariff and                                 R. O. MARVILLE                P. WILMOTT
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 2.