CELEX: 31977R2934
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2934/77 of 20 December 1977 on the application of Decision No 2/77 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee derogating from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

No L 342/86                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 12 . 77
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2934/77
                                                     of 20 December 1977
             on the application of Decision No 2/77 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee derogating
             from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept
                            of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                                           Article 1
thereof,
                                                                   For the purposes of the Agreement between the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 European Economic Community and the Swiss
                                                                   Cbnfederation, Joint Committee Decision No 2/77 shall
Whereas an Agreement between the European                          apply in the Community.
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (*)
was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on               The text of that Decision is annexed hereto.
1 January 1973 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 28 of Protocol 3 concern­
ing the definition of the concept of 'originating prod­
ucts' and methods of administrative cooperation,                                            Article 2
which is an integral part of that Agreement, the Joint
Committee has adopted Decision No 2/77 derogating                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
from the provisions of List A annexed to that Protocol;            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the
Community,                                                         It shall apply with effect from 1 December 1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977.          ,
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                         J. CHABERT
(*) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 188 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                            JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION No 2/77
                                                        of 14 December 1977
               derogating from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of
                      the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                                   Whereas the international economic conditions that led
                                                                       to the adoption of those provisions for the products in
                                                                       question continue to obtain ; whereas the period of val­
Having , regard to the Agreement between the European                  idity of the provisions should therefore be extended
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation                         until 31 December 1978 ,
signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972,
                                                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to Protocol 3 concerning the definition
of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of                                                 Article 1
administrative cooperation (hereinafter referred to as
'Protocol 3 '), and in particular Article 28 thereof,                  Notwithstanding the special provisions applicable to
                                                                       heading No ex 38.19 in Annex II to Protocol 3 ,
                                                                       the products listed in column 2 below shall be con­
Whereas the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 ,               sidered as products originating in Switzerland or the
as amended by Joint Committee Decision No 2/76 ( 1),                   Community if the conditions in column 4 are fulfilled,
 apply only until 30 November 1977 in the case of cer­                 provided the other conditions of Protocol 3 applicable
tain products falling within heading No 38.19 ;                        to those products are satisfied.
                             Products obtained
                                                                            Working or processing that      W orking or processing that confers the
      CCT
                                                                           does not confer the status of   status of originating products when the
   heading No                            Description                           originating products              following conditions are met
        1                                    2                                           3                                     4
 ex 38.19       Auxiliary products of a kind used in the textile,                                             Manufacture in which the
                leather and paper industries (not elsewhere specified                                         value of the products used
                or included); composite piasticizers, hardeners, and                                          does not exceed 60% of the
                stabilizers for plastic materials and for products                                            value of the finished prod­
                based on plastic materials (not elsewhere specified or                                        uct
                included)
(4) OJ No L 328 , 26. 11 . 1976 , p. 50 .
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                                                     Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on 1 December 1977 and shall apply to products
            exported up to 31 December 1978 inclusive.
            Done at Brussels, 14 December 1977.
                                                                       For the Joint Committee
                                                                              The President
                                                                             P. DUCHATEAU