CELEX: 51977PC0695
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the application of Decision 11/77 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers derogating from the concept of "originating products" to take account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to certain products of the textile industry (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(77)695 final
                                                Brussels , 15 December 1977
                               Proposai for a
                           COUCOU. REGULATION ( SEC)
            on the application of Decision . 11/ 77 of the ACP-EEC
            Council of 'Ministers derogating from the concept of
            "originating products" to take account of the special
            situation, of Mauritius with regard to certain products
                           of the textile industry
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 695 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY NOTE
On 23 November 1977 the Council of Ministers ACP-EEC approved the text
of Decision No 11 / 77 derogating from the definition of the concept of
" originating products " to take account of the particular situation of
Mauritius for certain products of the textile industry .
This text has to be applied in the Community .
In addition , as the date of application of Decision No 11 / 77 has been
fixed on 25 November 1977 , it is necessary to use this date for the appl
cation of this Regulation .
This is the subject of the annexed draft .
 ---pagebreak---          Council Regulation ( EEC )                                   on the .
application of Decision 11 / 77 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers deroga­
ting from the concept of " originating products " to take account of the
special situation of Mauritius with regard to certain products of the
textile industry
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission /
Whereas the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers set up under the ACP-EEC Convention
of Lome ( 1 ) signed on 28 February 1975 , hereinafter called " the Convention ",
adopted , pursuant to Article 75 of the Convention , Decision 11 / 76 of
15 July 1976 delegating its competence to the ACP-EEC Committee of
Ambassadors ,
Whereas the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors has adopted , in application
of the powers delegated to it by the above Decision , Decision No 11 / 77 of
the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers of 23 November 1977 derogating from the
concept of "originating products" to take account of the special situation |
of Mauritius with regard to certain products of the textile industry ,           '
Whereas it is necessary , in accordance with Article 74(3 ) of the Convention ,
to take the measures required to implement that Decision ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :        '
Article 1
Decision 11 / 77 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers annexed to this Regula­
tion shall apply in the Community .    ;              .
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( 1 ) OJ No L. 25 , 30.1.1976 , p. 2                                           }
                                                                               i
 ---pagebreak--- Article 2
Member States shall manage their shares in the quota in accordance with
their own relevant provisions .                                                !
                                                                        t      !
Member States shall ensure that lnporters of the product in question
established in their territory have free access to the shares allocated
to them .                                                                       j
The extent to which each Member State has used up its share .shall be deter-
                                                                                ί
mined on the basis of the irrports of the products in question entered          i
with the customs authorities for home use .        \
Member States shall forward to the Commission , not later than the fifteenth
day of each month , a statement of all' imports of the products in question '
effected during the previous month .                                            ,
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Offdcial Journal of the European Communities .
                                            ■                               ■ !
It shall apply from 25 November 1977     until 31 July 1978 .                  j
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable       '
in all Member States .                                                        >
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Done at Brussels ,                                   For the Council
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                                                     The President            !
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX
    DECISION No 11 / 77 OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
                        OF 23 NOVEMBER 1977
    derogating from the concept of " originating products "
    to take account of the special situation of Mauritius
                with regard to certain products
                     of the textile industry
THE ACP-EEC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS ,
Having regard to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lom§ signed on
28 February 1975 hereinafter called " the Convention ", and in
particular Article 9(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to Decision No 11 / 7 6 of the ACP-EEC Council of
Ministers of 15 July 1976 on the delegation of certain powers
to the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors , and in particular
Article 1(1 ) thereof ,
                                                           • Mí • «
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Article 27 of Protocol No 1 to the Convention , concerning
the definition of the concept of " originating products " and
methods of administrative co-operation , states that derogations
from the rules of origin may be made , in particular to facilitate
the development of existing industries or the creation of new
industries ; ,
Whereas the ACP States have submitted a request from the
Government of Mauritius for a ,one-year derogation from the
definition set out in the said Protocol for textile products
manufactured in that State ;                                -
Whereas , in accordance with Article 27 of Protocol No 1 , the
Customs Co-operation Committee has adopted a report on the said
request ;
Whereas in order to take account of the special situation of
Mauritius and to enable the industrial sectors concerned to set
up new industries which necessitate derogations from the said
Protocol for a period of one year , provision should be made for
a derogation from the definition set out in the said Protocol ;
Whereas an assurance has been given that the products subject
to this request for a derogation will meet the relevant criteria
laid down in Protocol No 1 4 at the latest by the end of the
period of the said derogation ;
Whereas the quantity covered by the derogation should be broken
down among the Member States of destination ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 1
      By way of derogation from the special provisions of List A
in Annex II to Protocol No l t unbleached cotton fabrics falling
within tariff heading No ex 55-09 manufactured in Mauritius 'from
non-originating yarn , shall be considered as originating in
Maurit5.us subject to the following conditions .
                           Article 2
      This derogation shall relate to 400 tonnes of unbleached
cotton fabrics falling within tariff heading No ex 55.09
imported into the Community between 25 November 1977 and
31 July 1979 , this quantity being broken-down as follows :
                                               in tonnes
Federal Republic of Germany                       108
Bénélux                                            40
Prance                                             76
Italy                                              56
Denmark                                            28
Ireland                                             4
United Kingdom                                     88
                           Article 3
      Movement certificates EUR 1 issued pursuant to this
Decision shall bear one of the following entries :
- " marchandises originaires en vertu de la décision n° 11 / 77
    du Conseil des Ministres ACP-CEE " ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                     - 4 -
                  - " Ursprüngen gemäss Beschluss Nr . 11/ 77 des AKP-EWG-
            !         Ministerrates ",
                  - "merci originarie in virtù della decisione n . 11 / 77 del
                      Consiglio dei ministri ACP-EEC ",
                  - " goederen van oorsprong uit hoofde van Besluit nr . 11 / 77
                      van de ACS -EEG - Raad van Ministers ",
                  - " originating products by virtue of Decision No 11/ 77 of the
                      ACF-EEC Council of Ministers ",
              1 - " varer med0 opnndelsesstatus i henhold til AVS-EØF-
                      ministerradets afgørelse nr . 11 / 77 ".
          ■    i                       .    .               .
                        This entry shall be made under the heading " Remarks ".
                                                 Article 4
                        The competent authorities of Mauritius shall ensure
               I that exports to each of the Member States do not exceed the
               I quantities stipulated in Article 2 and shall forward to the
,                 Commission every three months a statement of the quantities
                  in respect of which movement certificates EUR 1 have been
                i issued pursuant to this Decision , indicating the Member States
                  of destination .
                                                 Article 5
                        The ACP States , the Member States and the Community shall
              ] be required , each for its own part , to take the necessary steps
  !           ! to implement this decision .
                                               ' Article 6
      \                                                 .
                        This Decision shall enter into force on 25 November 1977 •
    1   •               It shall apply until 31 July 1978 .
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Done at Brüssels ,
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                For the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors
                  Par le Comité des Ambassadeurs ACP / CEE
               Per il Comitato degli Ambasciatori ACP / CEE
                Voor het ACS - EEG - Comité van Ambassadeurs
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