CELEX: 31977R0230
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 230/77 of 2 February 1977 repealing Article 9 of Regulations (EEC) No 3201/76, (EEC) No 3202/76 and (EEC) No 3203/76 as regards the definition of the concept of originating products in connection with the generalized scheme of tariff preferences

3 . 2 . 77                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 31 / 13
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 230/77
                                                            of 2 February 1977
                repealing Article 9 of Regulations ( EEC) No 3201 / 76 , ( EEC) No 3202/76 and
                ( EEC) No 3203/ 76 as regards the definition of the concept of originating
                       products in connection with the generalized scheme of tariff preferences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          concept of originating products for purposes of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            application of tariff preferences granted by the Euro­
                                                                         pean Economic Community in respect of certain
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    products from developing countries ;
Economic Community,
                                                                        Whereas these Regulations also lay down special rules
Whereas, in order to implement the provisions                           concerning the proof of originating status and admi­
concerning the tariff preferences granted by the                         nistrative methods ;
Community in respect of certain products originating
in developing countries, Commission Regulation                          Whereas the provisions of Regulations ( EEC) No
(EEC) No 3200/76 of 21 December 1976 (') lays down                       3201 /76, ( EEC) No 3202/76 and ( EEC) No 3203 /76
rules of origin concerning both the conditions under                    do not apply to certain cotton textile products ;
which these products acquire the status of originating                  whereas the application of each of these Regulations
products and the mode of proof and verification of                      should be extended to these products, since each of
their status ;                                                          the countries in the abovementioned regional group­
Whereas in order to facilitate the close economic
                                                                         ings benefit from the relevant tariff preferences for
                                                                         these products ; whereas it is therefore necessary to
cooperation established under the Association of                         repeal Article 9 of Regulations ( EEC) No 3201 /76,
South      East     Asian         Nations       between   Indonesia,
                                                                        ( EEC) No 3202/76 and ( EEC) No 3203/ 76 ;
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
(hereinafter referred to as 'ASEAN countries'), under                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the Central America Common Market between Costa                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala , Honduras and Nica­                       on Origin ,
ragua (hereinafter referred to as 'CACM countries') and
under the Cartagena Agreement between Bolivia,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (hereinafter
referred to as 'Andean Group countries'), certain
                                                                                                Article /
amendments have been made to the provisions
concerning to the acquisition of the status of origi­                    Article 9 of Regulations ( EEC) No 3201 /76, ( EEC) No
nating products in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No                     3202/76 and ( EEC) No 3203 / 76 is hereby repealed .
3200 /76 by Regulations ( EEC) No 3201 /76 (2 ), ( EEC)
No 3202/ 76 (3 ) and ( EEC) No 3203 /76 (4 ) of 21                                              Article 2
December 1976 derogating respectively in respect of
ASEAN       countries , CACM               countries   and  Andean      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Group countries from Articles 1 , 6 and 13 of Regula­                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion (EEC) No 3200/76 on the definition of the                           the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 2 February 1977 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Etienne DAVIGNON
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ  No  L  36 ! ,  30 . 12 .  1976 , p. 1.
(-)  O)  No  L  361 ,   30 . 12 .  1976 , p. 70 .
(-') O)  No  L  361 ,   30 . 12 .  1976 , p. 73 .
(4)  OJ  No  L  361 ,   30 . 12 .  1976 , p. 76 .