Considerations on COM(2012)700 - EU position on the implementation of certain provisions concerning the industrial products per the association agreement with Algeria

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dossier COM(2012)700 - EU position on the implementation of certain provisions concerning the industrial products per the association agreement ...
document COM(2012)700 EN
date November 28, 2012
 
(1) The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, was signed on 22 April 2002 and entered into force on 1 September 2005.

(2) Article 9(4) of the Agreement provides that the tariff dismantling schedule may be revised by common agreement by the Association Committee in the event of serious difficulties for a given product.

(3) Article 11 stipulates that Algeria may take exceptional measures of limited duration in the form of an increase in or reintroduction of customs duties. The total value of imports of the products subjected to such measures may not exceed 15% of total imports of industrial products from the Community over the last year. The Association Committee may decide on the schedule for the elimination of duties.

(4) Following the difficulties experienced by Algeria when applying the tariff dismantling schedule for industrial products, set out in Article 9(2) and (3) of the Agreement, an expert group of the European Commission and the Algerian Republic met eight times between September 2010 and June 2012.

(5) These consultations made it possible to define acceptable amendments to the basic duties and the tariff dismantling schedule initially established, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Articles 9(4) and 11 of the Association Agreement.

(6) Article 97 of the Association Agreement provides that the Association Committee has the power to make decisions for the management of the Agreement; The Association Committee should give its opinion on the planned amendments.

(7) The European Union's position within the EU-Algeria Association Committee must be therefore be set out.