CELEX: 51989PC0558
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) MODIFYING THE AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN ECUS IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1135/88 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ' ORIGINATING PRODUCTS ' AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION IN TRADE BETWEEN THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY, CEUTA, MELILLA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM (89) 558 final
                                             Brussels, 15 November 1989
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                      modifying the amounts expressed
    in ecus in Regulation (EEC) Mo 1135/88 concerning the definition of the
        concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative
            coopertion in trade between the customs territory of the
                Community, Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands
                        (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The preferential   tariff  treatment   accorded  to  trade between  the customs
territory of the Community and the Canary       Islands, Ceuta and Melilla is
subject  to  the  presentation   of  an  EUR.1  movement  certificate. However,
Articles 6 and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1135/88(1) provide for a
derogation from this principle where a certain limited value expressed in
ecus is not exceeded. At present, therefore, an importer's declaration of
origin on the invoice is sufficient for goods whose value does not exceed 310
ECU. Lastly, documentary evidence is not required for travellers' personal
luggage whose value does not exceed 880 ECU.
Under Article 6 the Value applicable to the ecu, based on its value on a
specific  date, is frozen    for two years. This reference date is changed
automatically every two years.
In the Member States with the strongest currencies, this automatic change
entails  a  reduction  in  the   national  currency  equivalent  of  the limits
expressed in ecus.
The amounts expressed in ecus must therefore be increased so as to maintain
their real value expressed     in the national currency, in order that the
benefits of the administrative simplicfications linked to these amounts are
not diminished.
To take account of the above, the proposed draft Council Regulation would
raise the limits from 4400 and 310 ECU to 4800 and 340 ECU respectively.
1 OJ NO L 114, 2.5.1988, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                         Draft
      Council Regulation (EEC) No       /89 modifying the amounts expressed
    in ecus in Regulation (EEC) No 1135/88 concerning the definition of the
         concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative
              coopertion in trade between the customs territory of the
                  Community, Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having    regard   to  the Act  of  Accession  of  Spain  and  Protugal,  and in
particular Article 9 of Protocol No 2 thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Articles 6 and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1135/88(1) contain
amounts expressed in ecus,
Whereas the amounts equivalent to the ecu in certain national currencies
applying on 3 October 1988 were below the corresponding amounts applying on 1
October 1986; whereas, owing to the automatic change in the reference date
laid down in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1135/88, conversion into the
national currencies under consideration would result in a reduction of the
actual    limits  regarding  simplified  documentary  evidence,  referred  to in
Articles 6 and 17 of the said Regulation; whereas to avoid such an effect,
the limits expressed in ecus should be raised,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1 O J N o L 114, 2.5.1988, p. 1.
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                                   Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1135/88 is hereby amended as follows:
    in Article 6(1)(c) the amount "4400 ECU" shall be replaced by
    "4800 ECU";
    in Article 17(2) the amount "310 ECU" shall be replaced by "ECU 340" and
    the amount "880 ECU" by "960 ECU".
                                   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 hinding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                           For the Council
                                           The President
 ---pagebreak---                              Impact Statement SME
This proposal concerns the biannual revision of value limits expressed in Ecu
for documentary evidence of origin required for a preferential tariff
treatment.
It is proposed to increase the amounts expressed in Ecu so as to maintain
their real value expressed in the national currency, in order that the
benefits of the administrative simplification linked to these amounts are not
diminished.
Consequently this proposal provides for a minor advantage for SME.
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