CELEX: 51985PC0210
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-09
Title: Draft DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE derogating from the definition of originating products, as regards certain fishing requisites, in order to take account of the special situation of Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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           DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE
 derogating from the d e f i n i t i o n of o r ig i n a t in g products, as regards
 c e r ta in fis h in g r e q u is it e s , in order to take account of the special
                     s i t u a t i o n o f Malawi, Kenya and M a u ritiu s
                  (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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U n t il 28 February 1985 Malawi, Kenya and M auritius be ne fited from a derogation
to the d e f i n i t i o n of o r ig in a t in g products in Protocol 1 to the second Lomé
Convention, fo r c e rta in fis h in g r e q u is ite s , f a l l i n g w ith in Common Customs
T a r i f f heading ex 97.07.          The aim was to enable up to 25 % of n o n -o rig in a tin g
products to be incorporated in fin is h e d products ( f l i e s and ca sts).
During the n e g o tia tio n s on the t h i r d Lomé Convention, i t was decided that
the above fis h in g r e q u is ite s would be placed permanently on L is t B, provided
the value of the n o n - o rig in a tin g products used did not exceed 25 % of the
value of the fin is h e d products.
This Decision is intended to extend the derogation from which the three
 countries concerned already b e n e fit u n t i l the e n try in t o force of the new
p ro visio n s of L is t B of Protocol 1 to the t h i r d Lomé Convention.
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            DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE
   derogating from the d e f i n i t i o n o f o r ig in a t in g products, as regards c e rta in
fis h in g r e q u is ite s , in order to take account of the sp e cia l s i t u a t io n of
Malawi, Kenya and M a u ritiu s
THE CUSTOMS         CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the second ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 31 Octo­
ber 1979, h e r e in a fte r c a lle d the "1979 Lomé Convention",
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 485/85 o f 26 February 1985
concerning the a p p lic a tio n of Decision No. 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council
of M in is te rs on t r a n s i t i o n a l measures v a li d from 1 March 1985 ( 1 ) ,
Having regard to the d r a f t           Decision submitted by the Commission of the
■European Communities,
Whereas A r t i c l e 4 o f the         said Decision No. 2/85 lays down th a t the p ro visio n s
concerning the procedure fo r derogating from the rule s o f o r ig i n contained
in A r t i c l e 30 o f Protocol 1 to the t h i r d ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé
on 8 December 1984, h e r e in a fte r c a lle d the "1984 Lomé Convention", are
to be applied in advance;
Whereas the A fr ic a n , Caribbean and P a c ific States have requested a derogation
from the d e f i n i t i o n given in Protocol 1 fo r c e r ta in f is h in g r e q u is ite s
f a l l i n g w ith in Common Customs T a r i f f heading ex 97.07 manufactured in Malawi,
Kenya and M a u ritiu s ;
Whereas a derogation from the above mentioned d e f i n i t i o n f o r fis h in g r e q u is ite s
was enjoyed by Malawi and Kenya from 1 March 1983 to 28 February 1985 and
by M a u ritiu s from 1 January 1984 to 28 February 1985;
Whereas the economic co n d itio n s of production in the co u n trie s re fe rre d
to above have not changed;
(1)        0J No. L 61, 1.3.1985, p. 1.
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Whereas the new d e f i n i t i o n in Protocol 1 to the 1984 Lomé Convention introduces
a permanent new ru le a llo w in g in c o rp o ra tio n in c e rta in fis h in g re q u is ite s
of up to 25 % n o n -o rig in a tin g products;
Whereas th e re fo re Malawi, Kenya and M a u ritiu s should be granted a temporary
derogation from the d e f i n i t i o n of o r ig in a t in g products,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                      A rtiç le _ 1
By way of derogation from Protocol 1 to the 1979 Lomé Convention, mounted
fish-hooks w ith a r t i f i c i a l b a it and mounted fis h in g lin e s in c lu d in g casts,
manufactured in Malawi, Kenya or M a u ritiu s and f a l l i n g w ith in Common Customs
T a r i f f heading ex 97.07, s h a ll be considered as o r ig in a t in g in Malawi,
Kenya or M a u ritiu s , provided th a t the value of the n o n - o rig in a tin g products
used in t h e i r manufacture and f a l l i n g w ith in Common Customs T a r i f f heading
ex 97.07 does not exceed 25 % of the value of the fin is h e d product.
                                       Article_2
 The competent a u th o r it ie s of the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Kenya
 and M a u ritiu s s h a ll send to the Commission each quarter a l i s t of the q u a n titie s
 f o r which EUR 1 movement c e r t i f i c a t e s have been issued under t h i s Decision.
                                       Article_3
The A frica n ,C a rib b e a n and P a c ific States and the Member States of the Community
 s h a ll , each to the e xtent to which i t is concerned, take the measures
necessary to implement t h i s Decision.
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                                       ArtiçLe_A
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
I t s h a ll apply from 1 March 1985 u n t i l the 1984 Lomé Convention enters
in t o fo r c e , but at the la t e s t u n t i l 28 February 1986.
Done at B ru sse ls, 9 May 1985                         For the ACP-EEC Customs
                                                        Co-operation Committee
                                                        The Chairman