Considerations on COM(2015)26 - EU position within the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority as regards a new protocol concerning ‘originating products’ - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2015)26 - EU position within the Joint Committee EU-Palestinian Authority as regards a new protocol concerning ‘originating products’. |
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document | COM(2015)26 |
date | January 29, 2015 |
(2) The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin[5] (‘the Convention’) lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties.
(3) The Union and Palestine[6] signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and 18 September 2013 respectively.
(4) The Union and Palestine deposited their instruments of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and 27 May 2014 respectively. Consequently, in application of Article 10(3) of the Convention, the Convention entered into force in relation to the Union and Palestine on 1 May 2012 and on 1 July 2014 respectively.
(5) Article 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party is to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the Joint Committee established by the Agreement should adopt a decision replacing Protocol 3 by a new protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention.
(6) The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision.