Council Regulation (EEC) No 2955/85 of 22 October 1985 derogating in respect of the countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, of the countries of the Central American Common Market and the countries which have signed the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) from Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 on the defintion of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 2955/85
of 22 October 1985
derogating in respect of the countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, of the countries of the Central American Common Market and the countries which have signed the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) from Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 on the defintion of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 hereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3563/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 to textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3564/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Decision 84/637/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 18 December 1984 applying for 1985 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries (4) provides that the definition of the origin of products is to be determined under the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 concerning the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods (5); whereas the rules to be applied for this purpose should be the same as those laid down for other products;
Whereas, for the purposes of implementation of the provisions concerning the tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community for certain products originating in developing countries, rules of origin are laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 (6), hereinafter referred to as 'the basic Regulation', concerning the conditions under which these products acquire the status of originating products and the mode of proof and verification of their status;
Whereas the Association of South-East Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as the ASEAN) has established close economic cooperation between Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand;
Whereas the Central American Common Market (hereinafter referred to as the CACM) has established close economic cooperation between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua;
Whereas, within the framework of the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group), close economic cooperation has been established between Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (hereinafter referred to as the 'Andean Group');
Whereas the provisions on the acquisition of the status of originating products laid down in Article 1 of the basic Regulation may, with the necessary adaptations, help to facilitate this cooperation and encourage the use in one country abelonging to a regional group of products originating in other countries of the same group; whereas the said provisions should be adapted accordingly and special rules as to the mode of proof and verification of the status of originating products should be laid down;
Whereas the Committee on Origin set up by Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 has not given a favourable opinion,