31986R1427

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1427/86

of 14 May 1986

regarding the application of Decision No 1/86 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee extending the application of Decisions No 1/85, No 2/85 and No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee, derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products'

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 81/968/EEC of 24 November 1981 on the application of derogations from the definition of originating products under the Second ACP-EEC Convention (1),

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 690/86 of 3 March 1986 concerning the application of Decision No 1/86 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers concerning the extension of Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on the transitional measures valid from 1 March 1985 (2), has extended the transitional measures adopted with Council Regulation (EEC) No 485/85 (3), beyond 28 February 1986;

Whereas the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee set up under the Second ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 31 Octobrer 1979, adopted pursuant to Articles 28 (3) and 30 (1) of Protocol 1 to that Convention, Decision No 1/86, concerning the prolongation of Decisions No 1/85, No 2/85 and No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee, derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products';

Whereas it is necessary in accordance with Article 33 of the said Protocol 1 to take the measure required to implement those Decisions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Decision No 1/86 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee annexed to this Regulation shall apply in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 1986

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 354, 9. 12. 1981, p. 30.

(2) OJ No L 63, 5. 3. 1986, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, p. 1.

DECISION No 1/86 OF THE ACO-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE

of 18 April 1986

extending Decisions No 1/85, No 2/85 and No 3/85 derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products' for certain products manufactured in Jamaica, Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius

THE ACP-EEC CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE:

Having regard to the Second ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979,

Whereas Decision No 1/86 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers (1) extended Decision No 2/85 (2) beyond 28 February 1986;

Whereas ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee Decisions No 1/85 (3), No 2/85 (4) and No 3/85 (5) are applicable until 28 February 1986, in accordance with Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers, given that this last mentioned Decision was scheduled to cease to apply if the Third ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 8 December 1984 had not entered into force by that date;

Whereas the derogation covered by Decision No 1/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee was intended to apply until 2 October 1986, the derogation covered by Decision No 2/85 until the entry into force of the Third ACP-EEC Convention and the derogation by Decision No 3/85 until 29 February 1988; whereas it is necessary to provide for these Decisions to be extended,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. In Article 5 of Decision No 1/85, Article 4 of Decision No 2/85 and Article 5 of Decision No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee, the date '28 February 1986' is hereby replaced by '30 June 1986'.

2. Without prejudice to the dates mentioned in Article 2 of Decision No 1/85 and in Article 2 of Decision No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee, should Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers be extended beyond 30 June 1986, the expiry date mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be replaced by that laid down by the extension provisions, without the need to adopt a new Decision accordingly.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

It shall apply from 1 March 1986.

Done at Brussels, 18 April 1986.

For the ACP-EEC

Customs Cooperation Committee

The Chairmen

1.2 // // F. KLEIN Maurice Oscar ST. JOHN

(1) OJ No L 63, 5. 3. 1986, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, p. 2.

(3) OJ No L 244, 12. 9. 1985, p. 15.

(4) OJ No L 244, 12. 9. 1985, p. 14.

(5) OJ No L 244, 12. 9. 1985, p. 15.