Considerations on COM(2024)329 - - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2024)329 - . |
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| document | COM(2024)329 |
| date | July 30, 2024 |
(2) Pursuant to Article 29 of the Agreement, the Joint Committee, established according to the provisions of article 29 of the Agreement, may adopt decisions.
(3) The Joint Committee, during its next meeting, is to adopt a decision establishing the general requirements on proofs of origin issued electronically.
(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Joint Committee as the Decision of the Joint Committee will be binding on the Union.
(5) During the first technical meeting on Transitional rules of origin held in Brussels on 5 February 2020, the majority of the Contracting Parties to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the Convention)2 agreed to implement the revised rules of the Convention3 (the Transitional rules of origin) in parallel with the rules of the Convention, on a transitional bilateral basis, pending the adoption of the revised rules of the Convention.
(6) The application of the Transitional rules of origin ensures the adaptation of the trade flows and customs practices pending the entry into force on 1 January 2025 of the revised rules of the Convention, on which the Transitional rules of origin are based.
(7) Since 1 September 2021, a network of bilateral protocols on rules of origin among several Contracting Parties to the Convention4 is in force rendering the Transitional rules of origin applicable5 pending the entry into force of the amendment of the Convention.
(8) The two main objectives of the Transitional rules of origin6 are: to introduce more relaxed rules to facilitate the qualification of the preferential originating status for goods; and to create the possibility to use proofs of origin issued electronically or submitted electronically.
(9) The Union and Norway agreed to apply the provisions of Article 17(4) of Appendix A to Protocol 3 to the Agreement, as regards proofs of origin issued electronically. Therefore, a framework of general requirements should be determined.