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Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1559/73 of the Council of 14 May 1973 on the application of certain Decisions on customs matters taken by the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden

No L 160/38                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                18 . 6. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1559/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 14 May 1973
                on the application of certain Decisions on customs matters taken by the Joint Committee
                set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
                                                    Kingdom of Sweden
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas it is necessary to apply these Decisions in
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                   the Coimmiuinity ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  pean Economic Community, ' anid in particular Ar­
  ticle 113 thereof;
                                                                                         Article 1
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                  For the purpose of implementing the Agreement
                                                                  between the European Economic Community- and
  Whereas an Agreement (') between the European                   the Kingdom of Sweden the Decisions of the Joint
   Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden                   Committee Nos 3 /73 , 4/73 , 5/73 , 6/73 , 7/73 and 8/73
   was signed on 22 July 1972, and entered into force             of 2 February 1973 , annexed to this Regulation,
   on 1 January 1973 ;                                            shall apply in the Community.
 Whereas pursuant to Artides 16 and 28 of Protocol
 No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of                                        Article 2
 ' originating products ' anid methods of administrative
 cooperation which is an integral part of the                    This Regulation shaill enter into force on the third
Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted certain                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
Decisions on customs matters on 2 February 1973 ;                of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                      R. VAN ELSLANDE
(*) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 97.
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                                                        ANNEX I
                                DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 3/73
                laying down the methods of administrative cooperation in the customs field for the
               purpose of implementing the Agreement between the European Economic Community
                                              and the Kingdom of Sweden
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                            This request sha'll be made out on one of the forms
                                                                as showtn in Annexes V and VI of Protocol No 3 .
                                                                The form must be completed in accordance with the
Having regard to the Agreement between the Euro­                provisions of Protocol No 3 .
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Sweden signed at Brussels on 2.2 J'uily 1972 ;
                                                                2. The ' exporter or his representative shall submit
                                                                with his request any appropriate supporting docu­
Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the definition                ment proving that the goods to be exported qualify
of the concept of ' originating products' and methods           for the issue of a movement certificate .
of administrative cooperation, and in particular
Article 16 thereof;
                                                                                         Article 3
Whereais it is necessary, for the proper functioning
of the Agreement, to organize dose administrative
cooperation between the contracting Parties to the              1 . It shall be the responsibility of the customs
Agreement to ensure correct aind uniform application            authorities of the exporting country to ensure that
of the customs provisions contained therein, in par­            forms referred to in Artide 2 are dully completed . In
ticular those of Protocol No 3 concerning the defi­             particular, they shall check whether the space reserved
nition of the concept of 'originating products ' and            for the description of the goods has been completed
methods of administrative cooperation ;                         in such a manner as to exdude any possibility of
                                                                fraudulent additions . To this end, the description
                                                                of the goods must be given without leaving any
                                                                blank lines. Where the space is .not completely filled a
                                                                horizontal line must be drawn below the last line
HAS DECIDED :
                                                                of the description, the empty space being crossed
                                                                through.
                         Article 1
                                                                2 . Since the movement certificate constitutes the
                                                                documentary evidence for the application of the
Where the term ' movement certificate' or ' movement
                                                                preferential tariff and quota arrangements laid down
certificates ' is used in this Decision and it is not
                                                                in the Agreement, it shal'l be the responsibility of the
specified whether the certificate or certificates               customs authorities of the exporting country to take
concerned are of the type described in Article 8 ( 1 )          any steps neaessary to verify the origin of the goods
or Artide 8 (2) of Protocol No 3 on the definition              and to check the other statements on the certificate .
of the concept of ' originating products' and methods
of administrative cooperation, (hereinafter referred to
as Protocol No 3 ), the relevant provisions shall apply
equally to both types of certificate.                                                    Article 4
                                                                The A..S.1 .movement certificate shall be issued by
                         Article 2                               the customs authorities of a Member State of the
                                                                European Economic Community if the goods to be
1 . Under the responsibility . of the exporter, he or           exported can be considered products originating in
his authorized representative shall request the issue           the Community within the meaning of Article 1 ( 1 )
of a movement certificate .                                     of Protocol No 3 .
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                          Article 5                                      ( ii ) ithe date of unloading and reloading of the
                                                                                 goods and, where applicable, the names of
The A.S.I movement certificate shall be issued by                                the ships,
the customs authorities of Sweden if the goods to be                     ( iii ) certified proof of the conditions under which
exported can be considered products originating in                               the goods have stayed tin the transit country ;
Sweden within the meaning of Airticle 1 (2) of Proto­                            or,
col No 3 .
                                                                   ( c) failing such particulars, any documentary evidence.
                          Article 6
                                                                                                 Article 10
The A.W.I movement certificate shall be issued by
the customs authorities of a Member State of the                   The date of issue of the movement certificate must
European Economic Community or of Sweden if the                    be indicated in the part of the certificate reserved
goods to be exported can be considered products                    for the customs authorities .
originating in the Community, in Sweden or in
Austria, Flnlland, Iceland, Portugal or Switzerland
within the meaning of Article 2 and , where appli­                                               Article 1 1
cable, Article 3 of Protocol No 3 .
                                                                   The customs authorities of the Member States and
                                                                   Sweden shall provide each other, through the Com­
                          Article 7
                                                                   mission of the European . Communities, with
                                                                   specimen impressions of stamps used in their customs
                                                                   offices for tihe issue of movement certificates .
For the .purpose of verifying whether the conditions
stated in Articles 4, 5 and 6 have been met, the
customs authorities shall have the righit to call for                                            Article 12
any documentary evidence or to carry out any check
which they consider appropriate .                                  It shall always be possible to replace one or more
                                                                   movement certificates by one or more certificates,
                                                                   provided that this is done at the customs office where
                          Article 8                                the goods are located .
1 . A.W.I movement certificates must indicate the
                                                                                                 Article 13
initials of certificates issued earlier followed by the
numbers of those certificates . This reference may be
replaced by that of the export dossier.                            1 . When a certificate is issued within the meaning
                                                                   of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Protocol No 3 after the goods
                                                                   to which it relates have actually been exported, the
2 . For the purpose of implementing Articles 2 and                 exporter must in the application referred to in Article
3 of Protocol No 3 A.W.l movement certificates                     9 of Protocol No 3 :
must indicate the state in which the products used
have acquired the status of originating products .                 ( a ) indicate the place and date of exportation of the
                                                                         goods to which the certificate relates ;
                          Article 9                                 (b) certify that no certificate was issued at the time
                                                                         of exportation of the goods in question, and state
                                                                         the reasons .
Proof that the conditions set out in Article 7 of Pro­
tocol No 3 have been met shall be provided by
submission to the customs -authorities of the import­              2. The customs authorities may issue a movement
ing state of either :                                               certificate retrospectively only after verifying that the
                                                                   particulars supplied in the exporter's application
                                                                    agrees with those on the corresponding document.
( a ) a single supporting transport document, made
      out in the exporting state, under the cover of               Certificates issued retrospectively must be endorsed
      which the transit country has been crossed ; or              with one of the following phrases : 'NACHTRAG­
                                                                    LICH AUSGESTELLT', 'DfiLIVRE A POSTERIORI',
(b ) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of            ' RLLASCIATO A POSTERIORI', 'AFGEGEVEN A
      the transit country comtainling :
                                                                   POSTERIORI',              'ISSUED       RETROSPECTIVELY';
                                                                   'DDSTEDT EFTERF0LGENDE', 'UTFARDAT I
       (i) an exact description of the goods,                      EFTERHAND '.
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                        Article 14                            issue a new certificate at the exporter's request if
                                                              the treatment or processing undergone is in confor­
In the event of the theft, loss or destruction of a           mity with the provisions of Protocol No 3 .
movement certificate, the exporter may apply to the
customs authorities whiich issued it for a duplicate
to be made out on the basis of the export documents
in their possession . The duplicate issued in this way                                 Article 18
must be endorsed with one of the following words :
'DUPLIKAT', 'DUPLT'GATA', 'DUPLICATO' ,DUPLI­
GAAT', 'DUPLICATE'.                                           1 . Under the responsibility of the exiporter, he or his
                                                              authorized representative shall complete and sign
                                                               the two parts of form EUR.2, of which a model is
The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of           amnexiad ito Joint Committee Decision No 4/73 .
the original movement certificate, shall take effect
as from that date .
                                                              If the goods contained in the consignment have
                                                              already been subject to verification in the exporting
                                                              country by reference to the definition of the concept
                        Article IS
                                                              of originalting products, the exporter may refer to
                                                              this check in the space reserved for 'Remarks' in
Movement certificates      submitted  to  the   customs        form EUR.2 .
authorities of the importing country after expiry of
the 'time limit for their submission stipulated in
Article 11 of Protocol No 3 may be accepted for the           2. The exporter shall enter the title, 'EUR.2', fol­
punpose of applying the preferential . arrangements           lowed by the serial number of the form on the green
provided the failure to observe this time limit results       label C 1 or customs declaration C2/ CP3 .
 from force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
In addition, the customs authorities of the importing
country miay accept such certificates provided the                                     Article 19
goods have been presented to them before the expiry
of the said time limit.
                                                              1 . Subsequent verifications of movement certificates
                                                              and of forms EUR.2 shalll be carried out at random
                                                              or whenever the customs authorities of the importing
                        Article 16
                                                              state have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of
                                                               the document or the accuracy of the information
The discovery of slight discrepancies between the              regarding the true origin of the goods in question .
statements made in the movement certificate and
those made in the documents submitted to the cus­
toms office for the purpose of carrying out the for­          2. For the purpose of implementing the provisions
malities for importing the goods shall not ipso facto         of paragraph 1 above, the customs authorities of the
render the certificate null and void, provided it is          importing state shall return the movement certificate
duly established that the certificate corresponds to          or Part 2 of form EUR.2, or a photocopy thereof,
the goods .                                                    to the customs authorities of the exporting state,
                                                               giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or
                                                              sulbstance for an inquiry. The invoice, if it has been
                                                              submitted, or a copy thereof shia'll be attached to
                        Article 17                             Part 2 of form EUR.2 and the customs authorities
                                                              shall forward any information that has been obtained
 1 . The Member States and Sweden shall take all              suggesting that the particulars given on the said
necessary steps to ensure 'that goods traded under            certificate or the said form are inaccurate .
cover of a movement certificate, which in the course
of transport use a free zone situated in their territory,
are not substituted by other goods and that they do            If the customs authorities of the importing state
not undergo handling other than normal operations             decide to suspend the provisions of the Agreement
designed to prevent their deterioration .                     while awaiting the results of the verification, they
                                                              shall offer to release the goods to the importer subject
                                                              to any precautionary measures judged necessary.
2 . "When products originating in the Community or
 Sweden and imported into a free zone under cover
of a movement certificate undergo treatment or                 3 . The customs authorities of the importing state
processing, the customs authorities concerned must            shall be informed of the results of the verification as
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 soon as possible. These results must be such as to                                     Article 20
 make it possible to determine whether the disputed
 movement certificate or form EUR.2 applies to the             For the application of Article 25 ( 1 ) of Protocol No
goods actually exported, and whether these goods               3, movement certificates and forms EUR.2 may be
can , in fact, quadify for the application of the pre­         endorsed with one of the following expressions :
 ferential arrangements .                                      'ART. 25.1 GEGEBEN', 'APPLICATION ART.
                                                               25.1 ', 'APPLICAZIONE ART. 25.1 ', 'ART. 25.1
                                                               VOLDAAN', 'ART. 25 ( 1 ) SATISFIED', 'ART. 25.1
When such disputes cannot be settled between the               OPFYLDT', 'ART. 25.1 TILLAMPLIG'.
 customs authorities of the importing state and those
 of the exporting state or when they raise a question
as to the interpretation of Protocol No 3 , they shall
                                                               These expressions shall be authenticated, in the case
 be submitted to the Customs Committee .                       of movement certificates, by means of the stamp used
                                                               by the appropriate customs office.
For the purpose of the subsequent verification of                                       Article 21
certificates, the customs authorities of the exporting
country must keep the export documents, or copies              The initial and endorsements referred to in Articles
of certificates used in place thereof, for not less than       8, 13 , 14 and 20 shall be added in the space in the
two years .                                                    certificate for ' Remarks '.
               Done at Brussels, 2 February 1973 .
                                                                           For the Joint Committee
                                                                                  The Chairman
                                                                                  E. von SYDOW
                          The Secretaries
               J. af SILLEN        J. von GRUMME
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                                                    ANNEX II
                               DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 4/73
              on Protocol No 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and
                                     methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,                                        not less than 64 grammes. Form EUR.2 may be de­
                                                             tached into two parts.
Having regard to the Agreement between the Euro­             The Member States of the Community and Sweden
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of                   may reserve the right to print the forms themselves
Sweden signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972;
                                                             or may have them printed by printers they have
                                                             approved . In addition, each part must bear the
Having regard to Protocol No 3 concerning the                distinctive sign attributed to the approved printer and
definition of 'originating products' and methods of          a serial number.
administrative cooperation (hereinafter referred to as
'Protocol No 3 '), and in particular Article 28 there­
of;
                                                                                      Article 3
Whereas it is necessary to adopt certain measures to
adapt the provisions of Protocol No 3 to the require­
ments proper to specific goods or to certain modes           A form EUR.2 shall be completed for each postal
of transport;                                                consignment. After completing and signing the two
                                                             parts of the form, the exporter shall, in the case of
                                                             consignments by parcel post, attach the two parts to
                                                             the despatch note. In the case of consignments by
HAS DECIDED :                                                letter post, the exporter shall attach Part 1 firmly to
                                                             the consignment and insert Part 2 inside it.
                        Article 1
                                                             These provisions do not exempt exporters from
' Originating products' within the meaning of Proto­
                                                             complying with any other formalities required by
col No 3 which are postal consignments (including            customs or postal regulations .
parcels ) shall, provided that the consignments con­
tain only originating products and the value does
not exceed 1 000 units of account per con­
signment, benefit from the provisions of the Agree­
ment on import into the Community or Sweden on                                        Article 4
presentation of form EUR.2 (see specimen in the
Annex to this Decision).                                     1 . The Community and Sweden shall admit as
                                                             originating products benefiting from the provisions
                                                             of the Agreement, without requiring the completion
                        Article 2                            of a form EUR.2, goods sent as small packages to
                                                             private persons provided such goods are not impor­
                                                             ted by way of trade and have been declared as
Form EUR.2 shall be completed by the exporter. It            fulfilling the conditions required for the application
shall be made out in one of the languages in which           of these provisions and provided there is no doubt
the Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with             as to the accuracy of such declaration.
the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting
State. If it is handwritten it must be completed in
ink and in block letters . Form EUR.2 shall be com­          2. Importations not by way of trade shall be
posed of two parts, each part being 210 x 148 mm .           importations which are occasional and consist solely
The paper used shall be white paper dressed for              of goods for the personal use of the addressee or his
writing not containing mechanical pulp and weighing          family, it being evident from the nature and quantity
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of the goods that they have no commercial purpose .          checking the authenticity and accuracy of exporters'
Furthermore, the total value of these goods must             declarations made on forms EUR.2 .
not exceed 60 units of account.
                       Article 5                                                   Article 6
In order to ensure proper application of this De­            Penalties shall be imposed on any person who com­
cision , the Member States of the Community and              pletes a form or has a form completed which con­
Sweden shall assist each other, through their respec­        tains inaccurate information for the purpose of
tive customs administrations, for the purpose of             enabling goods to benefit from preferential treatment.
             Done at Brussels, 2 February 1973 .
                                                                        For the Joint Committee
                                                                             The Chairman
                                                                            E. von SYDOW
                        The Secretaries
             J. af S1LLEN         J. von GRUMME
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                      REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION                                                          RESULT OF VERIFICATION
   The undersigned Customs officer requests that the declaration by                 Verification carried out by the undersigned Customs officer
   the exporter on the front of this form be verified (*)                           shows that :
                                                                                             the statements and particulars given in this form are
                                                                                             accurate (');
                                                                                             this form does not meet the requirements as to authen­
                                                                                             ticity and accuracy ( see remarks appended ) (')
                            ( Place and date of signature)                                                   ( Placc and date of signature)
       Official
        stamp
                                      ( Signature of Customs officer)                                                  ( Signature of Customs officer)
                                                                                   (') Placc an x where applicable
(*) Verification of the form is made on a sampling basis or whenever the customs authorities of the importing count rv have reasonable doubt as to the true origin
    of the goods in question or of constituents thereof .
    The Customs authorities of the importing country must send the form to the authorities of the exporting country responsible for verification , specifying the
    reasons of substance or form which justify an inquiry . Wherever possible they must attach to the form the invoice submitted to them or a copy thereof ,
    and give any information which it has been possible to obtain and which suggests that the particulars given in the form arc inaccurate .
    If the Customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the provisions of the Agreement while awaiting the results of the verification , they
    shall offer to release the goods to the importer subject to such safeguards as mav be considered necessary .
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(') Indicate the Contracting Parties to the transaction in respect of which the form has been completed.
(2) Refer to any verification already carried out by the appropriate authorities.
Instructions for the completion of form Eur. 2
A. A form EUR . 2 may be made out only for goods which in the exporting country meet the conditions specified by the provi­
    sions governing the trade referred to in space 2.
    Those provisions must be studied carefully before the form is completed .
B. The exporter must give the reference ' EUR. 2' followed by the serial number of the form either on green label CI or on
    customs declaration C2/ CP3 .
C. After completing and signing the two parts of the form , the exporter must,
    — in the case of a consignment by parcel post, attach the two parts to the despatch note,
    — in the case of a consignment by letter post, attach Part 1 firmly to the consignment and insert Part 2 inside it.
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                                                    ANNEX III
                              DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 5/73
              concerning movement certificates A.S.1 and A.W.l contained in Annexes V and VI to
                                                   Protocol No 3
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                         added to Note 1 on the front :     •
                                                             'or Austria, Finland, Iceland, Portugal or Switzer­
                                                             land'.
Having regard to the Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of                                            Article 2
Sweden signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972 ;
                                                             1 . The words ' EEC-SWEDEN AGREEMENT' at
                                                             the top of the front page of the specimen of move­
Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the definition             ment certificate A.W.l contained in Annex VI to
of the concept of 'originating products' and methods         Protocol No 3 shall be deleted .
of administrative cooperation (hereinafter referred to
as 'Protocol No 3 '), and in particular Article 28           2 . The words ' movement certificate' written in the
thereof;                                                     languages in which the Agreement was drawn up
                                                             shall be replaced by the following words :
Whereas it is necessary to make an addition to Note                        Warenverkehrsbescheinigung
 1 on the front of the model of movement certificate                               Varecertifikat
A.S.I contained in Annex V to Protocol No 3
in order to enable the specimen to be used for pur­                            Movement Certificate
poses of the Agreements specified in Article 2 of                   Certificat de circulation des marchandises
Protocol No 3 ;
                                                                      Certificato di circolazione delle merci
Whereas it is necessary to amend the specimen of                        Certificaat inzake goederenverkeer
movement certificate A.W.l contained in Annex VI                                   Varesertifikat
to Protocol No 3 in order to render it identical to
the models contained in Annex VI of Protocol No                                   Tavaratodistus
3 annexed to each of the Agreements referred to
above ;                                                                          Flutningsski'rteini
                                                                    Certificado de circulaçao das mercadorias
Whereas in order to ensure concordance of the                                      Varucertifikat
versions in the different languages of Protocol No           The order of the above may be changed in order to
3 , certain amendments must be made to the English           place at the top the version in the language of the
and German versions of the specimen of movement              country which prints the certificate.
certificate A.W.l .
                                                                                      Article 3
                                                             the word 'date . . . .' shall be inserted in the space
                                                             ' customs endorsement' to be found on the front of
HAS DECIDED :                                                the specimens of movement certificates A.S.I and
                                                             A.W.l .
                        Article 1
                                                                                      Article 4
In the specimens of movement certificate A.S.I               In the German-language version of the 'Declaratipn
contained in Annex V to Protocol No 3 which are              by the exporter' to be found in Annex VI to Protocol
printed in Sweden, the following words shall be              No 3 the words :
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    'Beschreibe den ursprungsbegründenden Vorgang                    'Declares that these goods were obtained in . . . ( 1 )'
    wie folgt : (3)'
                                                                 shall be replaced by the following words :
shall be replaced by the following words :
                                                                     'Declares that these goods are situated in . . . (1 )'.
    'Beschreibe den Sachverhalt, aufgrund dessen die
    Waren die vorgenannten Voraussetzungen erfül­
    len , wie folgt : (3)'.
                                                                                         Article 6
                            Article 5
In the English-language version of the 'Declaration              The movement certificates drawn up in accordance
by the exporter' to be found in Annex VI to Protocol             with the specimens previously in force may continue
No 3 the words :                                                 to be used until stocks are used up.
              Done at Brussels, 2 February 1973 .
                                                                            For the Joint Committee
                                                                                  The Chairman
                                                                                  E. von SYDOW
                             The Secretaries
              J. af SILLEN            J. von GRUMME
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                                                         ANNEX IV
                                 DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 6/73
                supplementing and amending Protocol No 3 on the definition of the concept of
                           'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                                     has been issued indicating that they have
                                                                         acquired the status of originating products
                                                                          and have undergone any additional proces­
Having regard to the Agreement between the Euro­                         sing solely in Sweden or in the two countries
                                                                         referred to above or in the other five countries
pean Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Sweden signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972 ;                              specified in Article 2 of this Protocol ;
Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the definition
of the concept of 'originating products' and methods
of administrative cooperation, (hereinafter referred to
as 'Protocol No 3 '), and in particular Article 28                  ( b) products, other than products of Chapters 50
thereof;                                                                 to 62, which meet the conditions of this
                                                                         Protocol and for which a movement certificate
                                                                         has been issued indicating :
Whereas it is necessary to make certain amendments
to Article 25 ( 1 ) of Protocol No 3 in order to prevent
the occurence, to the detriment of originating pro­
ducts within the meaning of the Agreement of                             ( i ) that they have been obtained by the
22 July 1972, of some alteration of sources of supply                          processing of goods which, upon their ex­
which could occur until the date from which customs                            port from the Community as originally
duties are abolished between the Community as                                  constituted or from Ireland, had already
originally, constituted and Ireland on the one hand                            acquired there the status of originating
and Sweden on the other ; whereas it is in conse­                               products ;
quence necessary to amend the texts of Articles 23
arid 24 ;
                                                                         (ii) and that the added value acquired in
                                                                                Sweden or in the two countries referred to
HAS DECIDED :                                                                  above or in the other five countries
                                                                               specified in Article 2 of this Protocol
                                                                               represents 50 %> or more of the value of
                          Article 1                                             those products ;
The text of Article 25 ( 1 ) of Protocol No 3 shall
be replaced by the following text :
     ' 1 . The following products may benefit, on                   (c) products of Chapters 50 to 62 listed in Column
                                                                         2 below which meet the conditions of this
     import into Sweden or Denmark or the United
                                                                         Protocol and for which a movement certificate
     Kingdom, from the tariff provisions in force in
     Sweden      or in the latter two      countries   and               has been     issued indicating that they have been
     covered by Article 3 ( 1) of the Agreement :                        obtained     by the processing of goods listed in
                                                                         Column       1 below which, upon their export
                                                                         from the     Community as originally constituted
     (a) products which meet the conditions of this                      or from      Ireland, had already acquired there
           Protocol and for which a movement certificate                 the status of originating products .
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                                  Column 1                                                  Column 2
                                Products used                                         Products obtained
 1.     50.03    Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable
                 for reeling, silk noils and pulled or gar­
                 netted rags)
                                                                         All products falling within Chapters 50
        56.03    Waste (including yarn waste and pulled                  to 62
                 or garnetted rags) of man-made fibres
                 (continuous or discontinuous), not car­
                 ded, combed or otherwise prepared for
                 spinning
 2.     53.05    Sheep's or Iambs' wool or other animal                   All products falling within Chapters
                  hair (fine or coarse), carded or combed                50 to 57
 3.  ex 56.01    Synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous),                   All products falling within Chapters
                 not carded , combed or otherwise                            50 to 57, except heading 56.04:
                 prepared for spinning , and defined in                      man-made fibres and wastes of man­
                 Note 1 (a) to Chapters 5l                                   made fibres (continuous or discontinu­
                                                                             ous), carded, combed or otherwise pre­
                                                                             pared for spinning
     ex 56.02    Continuous filament tow for the manu­                       The following products of Chapters
                                                                             58 to 62 :
                 facture of man-made synthetic textile
                 fibres (discontinuous)                                      ex 59.01 : Sanitary towels
                                                                             ex 59.04 : Twine, cordage, ropes and
                                                                                         cables, plaited or not, other
                                                                                         than single yarn composed
                                                                                         solely of continuous syn­
                                                                                         thetic textile fibres
4.   ex 56.01    Fibres and -, continuous filament tow of    ex 59.02    Needleloom felt, whether or not impreg­
     ex 56.02    polypropylene, provided that their value                nated or coated
                 does not exceed 40 % of the value of
                 the finished products
5.   ex Chapters Yarn                                        ex 50.09    Woven fabrics, dyed containing 80% or
        50 to 57                                                         more by weight of silk or waste silk
                                                                         other than noil
                                                             ex 51.04    Woven      fabrics   of   man-made       fibres
                                                                         (continuous), flocked
                                                             ex 55.09    Other woven fabrics of cotton, flocked
                                                             ex 55.09    Organdies,     bleached,    mercerized      and
                                                                         parchmentized
                                                             ex 56.07    Woven      fabrics   of   man-made       fibres
                                                                         (discontinuous or waste), flocked
                                                                58.01    Carpets, carpeting and rugs, knotted
                                                                         (made up or not)
                                                             ex 59.01    Sanitary towels
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                                       Column 1                                                Column 1
                                    Products used                                          Products obtained
                                                                     ex 59.15   Textile hosepiping and similar tubing in
                                                                               which linen or true hemp or the two
                                                                               materials together represent not more
                                                                               than 50 % of the weight of the textile
                                                                               components
                                                                     ex 59.17  Bolting cloth
                                                                     ex 59.17  Textile articles other than the products
                                                                               defined in Note 5 ( a) to Chapter 59
                                                                     ex 60.03  Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle­
                                                                               socks, sockettes and the like, complete
                                                                               and ready to wear
                                                                     ex 60.06  Articles of the kinds falling within
                                                                               headings 60.02 to 60.05, knitted or
                                                                              crocheted    and   elastic or  rubberized ,
                                                                              complete and ready to wear or ready
                                                                               for use
 6.      ex Chapters Single yarn                                        59.05  Nets and netting made of twine, cordage
            50 to 59                                                          or rope, and made lip fishing nets of
                                                                              yarn , twine, cordage or rope
                                                                        59.06  Other articles made from yarn , twine,
                                                                               cordage, rope or cables, other than
                                                                              textile fabrics and articles made from
                                                                              such fabrics
 7.      ex Chapters Single yarn                                     ex 58.08 Knotted net fabrics, having a uniform
            55 and 56                                                         square or diamond-shaped mesh knotted
                                                                              at each corner, entirely made of cotton
                                                                              or synthetic textile fibres
 8.      ex 51.01     Yarn of synthetic textile fibre (continu­      ex 58.08 Knotted net fabrics having a uniform
                      ous), not put up for retail sale                        square or diamond-shaped mesh knotted
                                                                              at each corner, entirely made of cotton
                                                                              or of synthetic textile fibres
         ex 51.02     iMonofil, strip (artificial straw and the      ex 59.04 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables,
                      like) and imitation catgut, of synthetic                plaited or not other than single yarn
                      textile materials                                       composed solely of continuous synthetic
                                                                              textile fibres
                                                                        59.05 Nets and netting made of twine, cordage
                                                                              or rope, and made up fishing nets of
                                                                              varn , twine, cordage or rope
                                                                        59.06 Other articles made from yarn , twine ,
                                                                              cordage, rope or cables, other than
                                                                              textile fabrics and articles made from
                                                                              such fabrics
 9.      ex 51.01 .   Yarn , monofil , strip ( artificial straw and     58.06 Woven labels, badges and the like, not
         ex 51.02     the like) and imitation            catgut,  of          embroidered in the piece, in strips or
         ex 56.05     cuprammonium fibres                                     cut to shape or size
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                                      Column 1                                                  Column 2
                                   Products used                                          Products obtained
 10. ex 51.02       Monofil of polyesters                        ex 59.17    Fabrics (other than felted fabrics of
                                                                             textile fibres), of a kind commonly used
                                                                             in machinery for making or finishing
                                                                             cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard ,
                                                                             including fabrics of tubular or endless
                                                                             kind
11 . ex Chapters Fabric and other products except those              59.10   Linoleum and materials prepared on a
        50 to 59 falling within headings 59.10 and 59.11                     textile  base    in  a   similar manner     to
                                                                             linoleum , whether or not cut to shape
                                                                            or of a kind used as floor coverings ;
                                                                             floor coverings consisting of a coating
                                                                             applied on a textile base, cut to shape
                                                                             or not
                                                                 ex 59.11    Plates, sheets and strip, of expanded
                                                                            foam or sponge rubber, combined with
                                                                             textile fabric
12 . ex Chapters Fabric, provided that the value of the          ex 61.01   Men 's     and      boys'    outer garments,
        50 to 59   fabric ( linings, trimmings and accessories              complete and ready to wear
                   not included ) docs not exceed 45 °/o of
                   the value of the finished product
                                                                 ex 61.02   Women 's, girls' and infants' outer
                                                                            garments, complete and ready to wear,
                                                                            of the following kinds : frocks, skirts,
                                                                            jackets, trousers (other than trousers
                                                                            the fabric of which falls within headings
                                                                            55.08 and 55.09), costumes (composed
                                                                            of a jacket and skirt or a jacket and
                                                                            trousers) and coats
13 . ex Chapters Fabric, provided that the value of the          ex 61.09   Brassières, corsets, corset-belts, corselet­
        50 to 59   fabric does not exceed 40 % of the                       tes, girdle corsets, hip belts and other
                   value of the finished product                            articles designed for wear as body-sup­
                                                                            porting garments, whether or not elastic,,
                                                                            complete and ready to wear
            The provisions of this paragraph, shall apply only to products which by virtue of the
            provisions of this Agreement and of. the annexed Protocols will benefit from the abolition
            of customs duties at the conclusion of the period of tariff dismantling laid down for
            each product.
            The above provisions shall no longer be applicable once the period of tariff dismantling
           laid down for each product expires.'
                                                         Article 2
           In Article 23 (2) and (3) of Protocol No 3 the words :
               'where the products used are those referred to in Article 25 ( 1 ) of this Protocol'
           shall be replaced by the following words :
               'where the products used are those referred to in Article 25 ( 1 ) (a) of this Protocol.'
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                                                     Article 3
           The text of Article 24 ( 1 ) of Protocol No 3 shall be replaced by the following text :
               ' 1 . Movement certificates may, where appropriate, be required to indicate that the
               products to which they relate have acquired the status of originating products and
               have undergone any additional processing under the conditions set out in Article 25 (1 )
               until the date from which the customs duties applicable to the said products are
               abolished between the Community as originally constituted and Ireland on the one
               hand, and Sweden on the other hand.'
           Done at Brussels , 2 February 1973 .
                                                                       For the Joint Committee
                                                                            The Chairman
                                                                            E. von SYDOW
                        The Secretaries
           J. af SILLEN          J. von GRUMME
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                                                      ANNEX V
                             DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 7/73
                                   on goods which are en route on 1 April 1973
            THE JOINT COMMITTEE ,
            Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
            Kingdom of Sweden signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972 ;
            Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the definition of the concept of 'originating products'
            and methods of administrative cooperation, and in particular Article 28 thereof ;
            Whereas it is desirable to enable goods which were despatched before 1 April 1973 and
            on that date are en route because of force majeure or exceptional circumstances to benefit
            from Article 3 ( 1 ) of the Agreement ;
            HAS DECIDED :
                                                     Sole Article
           Goods which on 1 April 1973 are en route because of force majeure or exceptional cir­
           cumstances may be allowed until 15 May 1973 to benefit from Article 3 ( 1 ) of the Agree­
           ment and subject to submission to the customs authorities of the importing State of the
           documents required before 1 April 1973 in order to benefit from the said provisions.
           Done at Brussels, 2 February 1973 .
                                                                     For the Joint Committee
                                                                           The Chairman
                                                                          E. von SYDOW
                            The Secretaries
           J. af SILLEN            J. von GRUMME
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                                                    ANNEX VI
                                   DECISION JOINT COMMITTEE No 8/73
                        on A.W.I certificates contained in Annex VI to Protocol No 3
           THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
           Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
           Kingdom of Sweden signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972 ;
           Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the definition of the concept of 'originating products'
           and methods of administrative cooperation (hereinafter referred to as 'Protocol No 3'),
           and in particular Article 28 thereof ;
           Whereas it is desirable to adopt certain measures in order to permit the use, in the course
           of working or processing in conformity with the provisions of Article 2 of Protocol No 3 ,
           of certain 'originating products' within the meaning of the said Protocol which are with­
           out a movement certificate ;
           HAS DECIDED :
                                                    Sole Article
           In the case in which products originating in the Community, in Sweden or in one or other
           of the five countries referred to in Article 2 of Protocol No 3 have been imported before
           1 April 1973 either into Sweden or into the Community or into one or other of those
           five countries and have been used in the course of working or processing in conformity
           with that Article, movement certificates A.W.I may be issued up to 31 December 1973
           inclusive, without the submission of previous movement certificates relating to these
           products being required provided that the customs authorities of the exporting country
           have made sure that those products satisfy the provisions of Title I of the said Protocol.
           Done at Brussels, 2 February 1973 .
                                                                   For the Joint Committee
                                                                        The Chairman
                                                                        E. von SYDOW
                        The Secretaries
           J. af SILLEN           J. von GRUMME