Considerations on COM(2018)510 - EU position in the Customs Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement with Ukraine as regards a new protocol concerning ‘originating products’ - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2018)510 - EU position in the Customs Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement with Ukraine as regards a new protocol ... |
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document | COM(2018)510 |
date | September 28, 2018 |
(2) | Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 39 of Protocol I to the Agreement (‘Protocol I’), the Customs Sub-Committee established under Article 83 of Chapter 5 of Title IV of the Agreement (‘the Customs Sub-Committee’) may adopt amendments to the provisions of that Protocol. |
(3) | Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 39 of Protocol I, the Customs Sub-Committee may also decide, following the accession of Ukraine to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (3) (‘the Convention’), to replace the rules of origin set out in that Protocol by those appended to the Convention. |
(4) | The Convention lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties and entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012 and in relation to Ukraine on 1 February 2018. |
(5) | The Customs Sub-Committee is to adopt a Decision on the replacement of Protocol I, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which refers to the Convention. |
(6) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Customs Sub-Committee as the Decision of the Customs Sub-Committee will be binding on the Union. |
(7) | 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, Protocol I should be replaced by a new protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention. |
(8) | The position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Customs Sub-Committee should therefore be based on the draft Decision attached to this Decision. |
(9) | As the Decision of the Customs Sub-Committee is to amend Protocol I, it should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. |
(10) | Within the Customs Sub-Committee, the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union, |