Annexes to SEC(2000)1715 - Draft Decision of the EC - Norway Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement with Norway concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation - Draft common position of the EC

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dossier SEC(2000)1715 - Draft Decision of the EC - Norway Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 to the Agreement with Norway concerning the ...
document SEC(2000)1715 EN
date October 23, 2000
Agreement on the European Economic Area and to the different Europe Agreements between the EC and the CEEC, the Baltic States and Slovenia, and in Protocol 3 to the free trade agreements between the EC and the EFTA-countries

2. Budget heading(s) involved

Chapter 12, Article 120 (zero-rated duty)

3. Legal basis

Article 133 of the Treaty

4. Objective

The objectives of the operation are the following:

4.1. To ensure proper interpretation of the list of insufficient working and processing, and to include some operations not covered previously;

4.2. To prolong the possible use of flat rates in cases where drawback is prohibited or exemptions from customs duties are granted; (not applicable to the EEA and the EC-EFTA agreements)

4.3. To introduce a system of accounting segregation of originating and non-originating materials, subject to authorisation by customs authorities;

4.4. To clarify the provisions concerning the amounts expressed in euro and to provide greater stability for the level of the amounts in national currencies;

4.5. To correct anomalies between the different language versions of the text;

4.6. To revise, in a single case, the rule concerning the working or processing of non-originating materials that confer originating status;

5. Financial impact

The proposal has no financial implications.