CELEX: 21990D0710(06)
Language: en
Date: 1990-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 1/90 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 2 May 1990 amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation following the suspension of customs duties applicable by the Community of Ten and Switzerland to imports from Spain

No L 176/ 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               10 . 7. 90
                    DECISION No 1 /90 OF THE EEC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE
                                                     of 2 May 1990
                 amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating
                 products' and methods of administrative cooperation following the suspension
                 of customs duties applicable by the Community of Ten and Switzerland to
                                                  imports from Spain
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,                                            fore, the identification of products originating in Spain
                                                                has become superfluous,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation,
signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972,                             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,            Protocol 3 is hereby amended as follows :
                                                                1 . Articles 24 and 25 (2) are deleted ;
Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EEC) No 1673/89 and
of Decision 89/372/ECSC of the Council of the European         2. in Annex V, the last sentence of footnote (1 ) is
Communities, the collection of certain customs duties               replaced by the following :
applicable in the Community of Ten to imports from                  'When an invoice also includes products having the
Spain has been totally suspended since 1 July 1989 ;                status of products originating in the Canary Islands,
Whereas a third Additional Protocol to the Agreement                Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 19 of
between the European Economic Community and the                     Protocol, the exporter must clearly indicate them by
Swiss Confederation consequent on the accession of the              means of the symbol "CCM".'
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
Community has been approved providing also for the                                       Article 2
suspension of customs duties on products covered by the
Agreement and imported into Switzerland from Spain ;           This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1989.
whereas Switzerland has already been applying autono­
mously, as from 1 July 1989, the provisions of this third
Additional Protocol pending its ratification ;                  Done at Brussels, 2 May 1990.
Whereas, in the framework of the said Agreement, this                                    For the Joint Committee
situation results in granting to Spanish products a prefe­
                                                                                               The President
rential treatment identical to the one applied to products
originating in the rest of the Community ; whereas, there­                                  B. de TSCHARNER