Annexes to COM(2007)38 - Community position within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000, concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

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dossier COM(2007)38 - Community position within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint ...
document COM(2007)38 EN
date May 21, 2007
Annexes). Decision as last amended by Decision No 3/2004 of the EU – Mexico Joint Council (OJ L 293, 16.9.2004, p. 15).

(2) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 60.

(3) OJ L 44, 18.2.2003, p. 97.


ANNEX I

(Referred in Article 3)

Text of the footnotes in Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 referring to products classified in HS headings 5208 to 5212, 5407 and 5408, 5512 to 5516, 5801, 5806 and 5811

Footnote to HS headings 5208 to 5212

The printing rule shall apply only to exports from the EC to Mexico for an aggregate annual quota of 2 000 000 m2. This quota will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis by Mexico. See Note 13 to Appendix II(a).

Footnote to HS headings 5407 and 5408

The printing rule shall apply only to exports from the EC to Mexico for an aggregate annual quota of 3 500 000 m2. This quota will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis by Mexico. See Note 13 to Appendix II(a).

Footnote to HS headings 5512 to 5516

The printing rule shall apply only to exports from the EC to Mexico for an aggregate annual quota of 2 000 000 m2. This quota will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis by Mexico. See Note 13 to Appendix II(a).

Footnote to HS headings 5801, 5806 and 5811

For HS headings 5801, 5806 and 5811, the printing rule shall apply only to exports from the EC to Mexico for an aggregate annual quota of 500 000 m2. This quota will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis by Mexico. See Note 13 to Appendix II(a).

Text of Note 13 of Appendix II(a) to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000

Note 13

Mexico shall allocate the benefit of the annual quotas set out in Appendix II for products classified in HS headings 5208 to 5212, 5407 and 5408, 5512 to 5516, 5801, 5806 and 5811 on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

The Joint Committee shall review in 2009 the annual quotas to adjust them in the light of the experience in managing them and the bilateral trade flows.


ANNEX II

(Referred in Article 4)

Text of Note 9 of Appendix II(a) to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000

Note 9

For HS headings 6402, 6403 and 6404:

HS headingDescription of productWorking or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)(2)(3) or (4)
6402 to 6404Footwear of plastics, leather and textilesManufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406

This rule shall confer origin only to goods exported by the EC to Mexico within the following annual quotas for each heading:

6402120 000 pairs
6403, only for pairs with a customs value over USD 20250 000 (women’s pairs)

250 000 (men’s pairs)

125 000 (children’s pairs)
6404120 000 pairs

Mexico shall allocate the benefit of these annual quotas on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

The Joint Committee shall review in 2009 the conditions established in this Note to adjust it in the light of the quota management experience with a view to allowing effective use of the trading opportunities offered.


ANNEX III

(Referred in Article 5)

Rule of origin set out in Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 for products classified in HS heading 1904

HS headingDescription of productWorking or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)(2)(3) or (4)
1904Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal); precooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or includedManufacture:

—from materials not classified within heading 1806,

—in which all the cereals and flour (except durum wheat and Zea indurata maize, and their derivatives) used must be wholly obtained,

—in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product


ANNEX IV

(Referred in Article 6)

Rule of origin set out in Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 for products classified in HS heading 7601

HS headingDescription of productWorking or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)(2)(3) or (4)
7601Unwrought aluminiumManufacture:

—from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and

—in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

or

Manufacture by thermal or electrolytic treatment from unalloyed aluminium or waste and scrap of aluminium