CELEX: 51989PC0058
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ORIGIN OF GOODS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          C0M(89) 58 final
                                          Brussels, 22 May 1989
                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the common definition of the
                       concept of origin of goods
                      (presented by the Commission)
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                             EXPLANATORY NOTE
1. The criteria concerning the size of origin certificates are laid down in
   Annex II of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 802/68.
2. Recent developments show that the certification procedures are
   increasingly computerized by using continuous stationery. Thus it seems
   impossible to always respect the exact size and there might be a danger
   that certificates so issued will be rejected on the technicality that
   their size does not conform to the legal requirements.
3. In order to overcome this situation it is proposed to insert into Annex
   II of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 802/68 a provision allowing for a
   certain tolerance in the length of the origin certificates.
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 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         amending Regulation (EEC) N* 802/68 on the common definition
                       of the concept of origin of goods
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No. 802/68 , as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3860/87 lays down in its Annex II the criteria to be applied
as regards certificates of origin; whereas certificates of origin must measure
210 x 297mm,
Whereas the issue: of certificates of origin is increasingly computerised,
which involves the use of continuous stationery; whereas it has been found
impossible to conform brecisely to the prescribed measurements;
whereas it is necessary to avoid obstacles to trade and to remove the danger
that a certificate of origin may be rejected on the technicality that its size
does not conform to the measurements; whereas it is necessary to introduce a
tolerance of up to minus 5mm or plus 8mm in the length,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1) 0J No. L 148,   28.06.1968, p.l
(2) 0J No. L 363,   23.12.1987, p. 30
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Point 4 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 is hereby replaced by the
following :
"4. The size of the certificate shall be 210 x 297mm. A tolerance of up to
    minus 5mm or plus 8mm in the length is to be allowed. The paper used shall be
     white, free of mechanical pulp, dressed for writing purposes and weigh at
    least 4Ug/m2 or between 25 and 30g/m2 where air-mail paper is used.     It
    shall have a printed gui1loche pattern background in sepia such as to
    reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means".
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels
                                                 For the Council
                                                  The President
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Commission of the European Communities                              I
COM(89) 58 final
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the common definition of the
concept of origin of goods
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
22.5.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
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ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-49685-1
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-196-EN-C
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COM(89) 58 final
DOCUMENTS
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the
common definition of the concept of origin of
goods
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
02                                       22.5.1989
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-196-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-4968&-1
€
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES