31987R0996

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 996/87 of 23 March 1987 on the application of Decision N° 3/86 of the EEC-Iceland Joint Committee supplementing and amending Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation with a view to simplifying the documentation relating to evidence of origin

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland(1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 April 1973;

Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the above Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision N° 3/86 supplementing and amending that Protocol;

Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Decision N° 3/86 of the EEC-Iceland Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.

The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 March 1987 For the CouncilThe PresidentH. DE CROO

(1)OJ N° L 301, 31. 12. 1972, p. 2.