Article 1 
The common position of the Community with regard to a request presented by the ACP States for derogation from the rules of origin laid down in Protocol No 1 to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2. Article 2 The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee instituted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(5), hereinafter referred to as the "Committee". The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft common position within 25 working days from the receipt of a request for derogation by the EC Co-Chairman of the EC-ACP Customs Cooperation Committee. The Committee shall deliver an opinion on the draft within a time limit determined by its Chairman according to the urgency of the matter concerned. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 205(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the common position and transmit it immediately to the ACP States. However, if the common position is not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, it shall be submitted by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission shall defer its transmission to the ACP States for a period of 25 working days from the date of the vote in the Committee. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different common position within the period provided for in the third paragraph. Article 3 The definition of working days for the purposes of this Decision shall be that laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71. Article 4 This Decision shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2007. Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2000. For the Council The President L. Capoulas Santos (1) OJ L 56, 1.3.2000, p. 47. (2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (3) OJ L 290, 23.10.1990, p. 33. (4) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1. (5) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
Article 2 
The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee instituted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(5), hereinafter referred to as the "Committee". The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft common position within 25 working days from the receipt of a request for derogation by the EC Co-Chairman of the EC-ACP Customs Cooperation Committee. The Committee shall deliver an opinion on the draft within a time limit determined by its Chairman according to the urgency of the matter concerned. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 205(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the common position and transmit it immediately to the ACP States. However, if the common position is not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, it shall be submitted by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission shall defer its transmission to the ACP States for a period of 25 working days from the date of the vote in the Committee. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different common position within the period provided for in the third paragraph. Article 3 The definition of working days for the purposes of this Decision shall be that laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71. Article 4 This Decision shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2007. Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2000. For the Council The President L. Capoulas Santos (1) OJ L 56, 1.3.2000, p. 47. (2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (3) OJ L 290, 23.10.1990, p. 33. (4) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1. (5) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
Article 3 
The definition of working days for the purposes of this Decision shall be that laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71. Article 4 This Decision shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2007. Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2000. For the Council The President L. Capoulas Santos (1) OJ L 56, 1.3.2000, p. 47. (2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (3) OJ L 290, 23.10.1990, p. 33. (4) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1. (5) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
Article 4 
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2007. Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2000. For the Council The President L. Capoulas Santos (1) OJ L 56, 1.3.2000, p. 47. (2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (3) OJ L 290, 23.10.1990, p. 33. (4) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1. (5) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.