CELEX: 51977PC0487
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-12
Title: DRAFT FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ACP - EEC Request from the Government of Mauritius for a derogation from the concept of 'originating products' in respect of unbleached woven fabrics of cotton (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(77 ) 487 final .
                                                           Brussels , 12 October 1977
                      •  DRAFT   FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ACP - EEC
                        Request from the Government of Mauritius
                          for a derogation from the concept of
                          'originating products' in respect of
                           unbleached woven fabrics of cotton
                    ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM (77 ) 487 final
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  I. THE SITUATION
                      »
             By virtue _of ACP-CZS Council of Ministers Decision 3 /76 of 14 July
      1976 , which- enteredinto force on 1 August 1976 , Mauritius was granted
      a derogation from the concept of 'originating products' for unbleached
      woven fabrics of cotton manufactured from non-originating yarn .          The
      derogation , valid for one year and renewable , on certain conditions , for
      a further year , covered a quantity of 832 tonnes to be allocated among
      the Member States *   Reunion was excluded from the scope of the above ,
      decision .
             The aim of the derogation was to facilitate the creation of a new
       industry ; the profits earned from the sale of unbleached cotton fabrics
      in the Community were to be reinvested initially in a bleaching arid
      printing plant and then in a spinning mill , thus allowing Mauritius to
      build up over two years an integrated production unit whose output would
      fully satisfy the criteria governing the origin of textile products .
             It appears that in the course of the year of application of the
      Decision only 170 of the 832 tonnes covered by the derogation were actually
      exported to the Community .       This would seem to be the result of teething
      troubles with the weaving plant caused partly by problems with staff
      qualifications and partly by the lack of transport for conveying supplies
      to the plant and for despatching finished goods .
 II . REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION
             At the third ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committeq meeting on
      22 March 1977 the ACP Chairman submitted a request for an extension , while
      the Mauritian Representative referred to the terms of the derogation in
      force , pointing out that it could be the subject of a further decision ,
      also valid for one year and covering the same quantity in the event of this
      still being proved to be necessary .
III . OPINION OF THE COMMISSION' 3 DEPART T-SI^S
             Despite the fact that Community policy 011 textiles is currently
      being revised , "it would seem that in view of the an . urances , if not
      undertakings ,, already given , this request canr.ot s     " -r bo rejected .
 ---pagebreak--- On this subj'-vyH , the Mauritian government has coni irmed , through    its
mission in.Lmseels , that the spinning mills would "be operative by the
stated time -• that is^to say the second half of 1978 and that , as a
result , the products' . constituting the present request for derogation
would comply entirely with the rules of origin foreseen in the special
provision in List A.      Given " the quantities actually exported , however ,
the initial quantity should "be reduced to 400 t and to make it clear
that under no circumstances could the decision be further extended .
The 400 t should be allocated among the Member States in the same
proportions as were used in the original Decision , and Reunion should ■
again be excluded from the scope of the provisions .
        The Commission accordingly proposes the following draft decision
of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers .
 ---pagebreak---        Decision           of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers of
       derogating from the concept of 'originating products' to take account of
       the special sanation of Kauritius with regard to certain products of
       the textile 'industry
    . THE! ACP-EEC COUNCIL OP MINISTERS .
                                  *
       Having regard to the -ACP-EEC Convention of Lome signed on 28 February 1975 >
       hereinafter called 'the Conventions and in particular Article 9(2 ) thereof
       Whereas Article 27 of Protocol No 1 to the Convention , concerning the
       definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of adminis­
       trative cooperation , 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 Cooperation
  ■_ Committee has adopted a report on the said request ;
       Whereas in order to take account of the special situation of Kauritius
      "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 ,. at the
i   ^ 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 :
                                             Article 1
      By way of derogation from the special provisions in List A in Annex II to
       Protocol No 1 , unbleached ootton fabrics falling within tariff heading No ex 55*09
       manufactured in Kauritius , from non-originating yarn , shall be considered as
      originating in Mauritius subject to the following conditions *
       conditions .
                                             Article 2
       This derogation shall relate to 400 tonnes of unbleached ootton fabrics falling
       within tariff heading No ex 55*09 imported into the
       Comr-unity between            and                 , this quantity being allocated
       as follows :
       Germany     .                         108 tonnes
       Benelux                                AC   "
       France               _                 lb
       Italy                                  56
       Denmark                        . •     28
       Ireland                                 4
       United Kingdom                         88
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                                  Article 3
Movement certificates EUR 1 issued pursuant - to this Decision shall been
               one of the following endossements s
- " marchandi-aa originaires en vertu de la décision n°          du Conseil
   des ministres ACP-CEE ".
– "Ursprungswaren gemäss Beschluss Nr «         des AKP-EWG Ministerrates" t
- "merci originarie in virtù della deoisione n .           del Consiglio dei
   ministri ACP-CEE ".
- " goederen van oorsprong uit hoofde van Besluit nr.           van de
   ACS-EEG Raad van Ministers ".
- 'briginating products by virtue of Deoision No         of the ACP-EEC
   Council of Ministers ".
- "varer med oprindelsesstatus i henhold til AVS-EpF-ministerradets
   afgørelse nr.
This endorsement shall be entered under the heading 'Remark^"*
                                 Article 4
Mauritius shall ensure that exports to each of the Member States do not #
exceed the quantities stipulated in Article 2 *
The competent authorities of Mauritius shall forward to the Commission
every three months a statement of the quantities in respect of which
movement certificates EUR 1 have been issued pursuant to this Deoision ,
indicating the Member States of destination .
                                 Article 5
The ACP States , the Member States and the Community shall each take the
measures necessary to implement this Decision *
                                 Article 6
This Deoision shall enter into foroe on
It shall apply until
Done at Brussels .                                  The President of the
                                                ACP-EEC Counoil of Ministers