CELEX: 21984D0121(01)
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 2/83 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee of 21 December 1983 derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' to take account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to certain items of fishing tackle

No L 18 /26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           21 . 1 . 84
                   DECISION No 2/ 83 OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION
                                                     COMMITTEE
                                                of 21 December 1983
              derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' to take
              account of the special situation of Mauritius with regard to certain items of
                                                     fishing tackle
THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE,                             factured in Mauritius, falling within heading No ex
                                                               97.07 of the Common Customs Tariff shall be consi­
Having regard to the Second ACP-EEC Convention
signed at Lome on 31 October 1979 (hereinafter                 dered as originating in Mauritius, provided that the
referred to as 'the Convention '),                             value of the non-originating fish hooks used for their
                                                               manufacture and falling within heading No ex 97.07
Whereas Article 30 of Protocol 1 to the Convention ,           of the Common Customs Tariff does not exceed 25 %
concerning the definition of the concept of 'origina­          of the value of the finished product.
ting products' and methods of administrative coopera­
tion , makes provision for derogations to be made from                               Article 2
the rules of origin by the Customs Cooperation
Committee, in particular to facilitate the development
                                                               The competent authorities of Mauritius shall forward
of existing industries or the creation of new industries ;
                                                               to the Commission every three months a statement of
Whereas the African , Caribbean and Pacific States             the quantities in respect of which movement
(ACP) have requested a derogation from the definition          certificates EUR 1 have been issued pursuant to this
set out in Protocol 1 for items of fishing tackle falling      Decision .
within heading No ex 97.07 of the Common Customs
Tariff (assembled fishing lines including tackle) manu­
factured in Mauritius ;                                                              Article 3
Whereas non-originating products (hooks) are used in           The ACP States, the Member States and the Commu­
the manufacture of the said items of fishing tackle ;          nity shall be bound, each to the extent to which it is
whereas, however, Mauritius makes use of the possibi­          concerned, to take the measures necessary to imple­
lities offered by the cumulation system on origin to           ment this Decision .
obtain the other products used in the manufacture of
the finished product ;
                                                                                     Article 4
Whereas any deflection of trade should be avoided ;
whereas this can be achieved by fixing a maximum               This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
percentage of non-originating products used in the             adoption .
manufacture of the finished product ;
                                                               It shall apply from 1 January 1984 to 28 February
Whereas in these circumstances a temporary deroga­             1985 .
tion from the definition of the concept of 'originating
products' should be accorded to Mauritius,
                                                               Done at Brussels, 21 December 1983 .
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                        Article 1                                                         For the Customs
                                                                                      Cooperation Committee
By way of derogation from Protocol 1 to the Conven­
tion , assembled fishing lines including tackle manu­                                       The Chairmen