Considerations on COM(2010)37 - EU position within the Association Council created by the association agreement with Tunisia with regards to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, 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)37 - EU position within the Association Council created by the association agreement with Tunisia with regards to the amendment of ...
document COM(2010)37 EN
date February  9, 2010
 
1. Protocol 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia[1], of the other part, 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 4 accordingly.

4. These amendments should be introduced by a decision of the Association Council established by the Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Tunisia.

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