Considerations on COM(2010)31 - EU position within the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

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dossier COM(2010)31 - EU position within the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, ...
document COM(2010)31 EN
date February  9, 2010
 
1. Protocol 3 to the Euro – Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, on the other part,[1] concerning the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation contains in Annex II a list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status.

2. The entry into force of the amendments to the Nomenclature governed by the Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding (Harmonised System) as of 1 January 2007 implies that this Annex should be further adjusted.

3. It is therefore appropriate, for the proper functioning of the Agreement and with a view to facilitating the work of economic operators and customs administrations, to amend Annex II of Protocol 3 accordingly.

4. These amendments should be introduced by a decision of the EC-PLO Joint Committee established under the Euro – Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, on the other.

5. The Union should therefore take position in the Joint Committee as set out in the attached draft Decision