CELEX: 31975R3229
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3229/75 of the Council of 9 December 1975 concerning the proof of the origin of products required for the application of Regulations (EEC) No 1598/75 and (EEC) No 1957/75

12 . 12 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 321 / 1
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                                                (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3229/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 9 December 1975
              concerning the proof of the origin of products required for the application of
                                  Regulations (EEC) No 1598 /75 and ( EEC) No 1957 /75
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           of the customs authorities of the importing Member
COMMUNITIES,                                                          State by one of the methods listed below :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113                   (a) a certificate of origin issued by the competent
and 136 thereof ;                                                         authorities in the country of export ;
                                                                      (b) a movement certificate or a form , made out
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                          according to the models previously in force in the
                                                                          context of preferential trade between the Commu­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 (') of                       nity, on the one hand, and the Associated African
24 June 1975 on the advance implementation of                             and Malagasy States or the Republic of Tanzania,
certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Convention of                           the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of
 Lome relating to trade in goods, and Council Regula­                     Kenya on the other ;
tion (EEC) No 1 957/75 (2) of 30 July 1975 on the
interim trade arrangements with the 'overseas coun­                   (c) any document which can show that the goods
tries and territories' associated with the European                       satisfy the conditions set out in Title I of Annex II
 Economic Community, hereafter referred to as 'coun­                      of Regulation ( EEC) No 1598 / 75.
tries and territories' have defined the rules of origin
concerning the circumstances in which products
acquire the status of originating products and
concerning the proof of this status and the methods of
controlling it ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas it is expedient to provide for proof of origin
other than that laid down in the provisions listed
above ,
                                                                      Notwithstanding Title II of Annex II to Regulation
                                                                      ( EEC) No 1957/75, for goods which satisfy the condi­
                                                                      tions set out in Title I of the said Annex , and are sent
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                         to a Member State or 'country and territory' before 1
                                                                      January 1976 proof of originating status may be
                                                                      furnished to the satisfaction of the customs authorities
                                                                      of the importing Member State or 'country and terri­
                            Article 1                                 tory', by one of the methods listed below :
Notwithstanding Title II of Annex II to Regulation
(EEC) No 1598 /75 for goods which satisfy the condi­                  (a) a certificate of origin issued by the competent
tions set out in Title I of the said Annex and are sent                   authorities in the 'country and territory' of export ;
to a Member State before 1 January 1976, proof of
originating status may be furnished to the satisfaction               (b) a movement certificate or a form , made out
                                                                          according to the models previously in force in the
(') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p . 1 .                                   context of preferential trade between the Commu­
(2 ) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1975 , p . 5 .                                nity and the 'countries and territories' ;
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(c) any document which can show that the goods                submission of the documentary proof of origin as stip­
    satisfy the conditions set out in Title I to Annex II     ulated in Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 and Regula­
    of Regulation (EEC) No 1957/75.                           tion (EEC) No 1957/75.
                        Article 3
                                                                                     Article 4
This Regulation shall also apply to goods which the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
customs authorities of the Member States have offered,        following its publication in the Official Journal of
at the time of import, to release while awaiting the          the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 9 December 1975 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                            M. RUMOR