CELEX: 31977R2938
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2938/77 of 20 December 1977 on the application of Decision No 2/77 of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee derogating from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

No L 344/60                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 12 . 77
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2938/77
                                                    of 20 December 1977
              on the application of Decision No 2/77 of the EEC-Norway Joint Committee derogating
              from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept
                           of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                                        Article i
 thereof,
                                                                 For the purposes of the Agreement between the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
                                                                 Norway, Joint Committee Decision No 2/77 shall apply
 Whereas an Agreement between the European                       in the Community.
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (*)
was signed on 14 May 1973 and entered into force on              The text of that Decision is annexed hereto.
1 Julv 1973 ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 28 of Protocol 3 concern­
 ing the definition of the concept of 'originating prod­
 ucts' and methods of administrative cooperation,                                         Article 2
 which is an integral part of that Agreement, the Joint
 Committee has adopted Decision No 2/77 derogating               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 from the provisions of List A annexed to that Protocol ;        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                 European Communities.
 Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the
 Community,                                                      It shall apply with effect from 1 December 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977 .
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       J. CHABERT
(») OJ No L 171 , 17. 6. 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                             JOINT COMMITTEE DECISION No 2/77
                                                        of 19 December 1977
               derogating from the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of
                      the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                                     Whereas the international economic conditions that led
                                                                         to the adoption of those provisions for the products in
                                                                         question continue to obtain; whereas the period of val­
Having .regard to the Agreement between the European                     idity of the provisions should therefore be extended
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway                             until 31 December 1978 ,
signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973 ,
                                                                         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to Protocol 3 concerning the definition
of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of                                                   Article 1
administrative cooperation (hereinafter referred to as
'Protocol 3 '), and in particular Article 28 thereof,                    Notwithstanding the special provisions applicable to
                                                                         heading No ex 38.19 in Annex II to Protocol 3 ,
                                                                         the products listed in column 2 below shall be con­
Whereas the provisions of List A annexed to Protocol 3 ,                 sidered as products originating in Norway or the
as amended by Joint Committee Decision No 2/76 ( 1),                     Community if the conditions in column 4 are fulfilled,
apply only until 30 November 1977 in the case of cer­                    provided the other conditions of Protocol 3 applicable
tain products falling within heading No 38.19 ;                          to those products are satisfied.
                              Products obtained
                                                                              Working or processing that      W orking or processing that confers the
      CCT
                                                                             does not confer the status of   status of originating products when the
   heading No                            Description                             originating products              following conditions are met
        1                                     2                                            3                                     4
 ex 38.19        Auxiliary products of a kind used in the textile,                                              Manufacture in which the
                 leather and paper industries (not elsewhere specified                                          value of the products used
                 or included); composite plasticizers, hardeners, and                                           does not exceed 60% of the
                 stabilizers for plastic materials and for products                                             value of the finished prod­
                 based on plastic materials ( not elsewhere specified or                                        uct
                 included)
(4) OJ No L 328 , 26 . 11 . 1976 , p . 26.
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                                                    Article 2
           This Decision shall enter into force on 1 December 1977 and shall apply to products
           exported up to 31 December 1978 inclusive.
           Done at Brussels, 19 December 1977.
                                                                      For the Joint Committee
                                                                            The President
                                                                           P. DUCHATEAU