31981R2821

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 347 , 22 . 12 . 1980 , P . 73 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2821/81

OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1981

CONCERNING THE APPLICATION , IN THE COMMUNITY , OF REVISED AMOUNTS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS IN PROTOCOL 1 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ' ORIGINATING PRODUCTS ' AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO PROTOCOL 1 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ' ORIGINATING PRODUCTS ' AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION ( 1 ) TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) ( D ) OF THE PROTOCOL PROVIDES THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY WHERE NECESSARY REVISE THE AMOUNTS FOR DETERMINING WHEN FORMS EUR 2 MAY BE USED INSTEAD OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATES EUR 1 OR WHEN NO DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF ORIGIN IS REQUIRED AS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 16 ;

WHEREAS ON 1 OCTOBER 1980 THE EQUIVALENT VALUE OF THE AMOUNTS CONCERNED IN SOME NATIONAL CURRENCIES WAS LOWER THAN THEIR VALUE ON 30 JUNE 1978 ;

WHEREAS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION EVERY TWO YEARS , ON THE BASE DATE PROVIDED FOR IN THE SECOND SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) ( C ) OF THE PROTOCOL , THE EFFECTIVE VALUE OF THE LIMITS EXPRESSED IN THE NATIONAL CURRENCIES CONCERNED , WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE AMOUNTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 6 AND ARTICLE 16 OF THE PROTOCOL , WOULD BE REDUCED ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO OFFSET SUCH A REDUCTION IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE THESE AMOUNTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE AMOUNT LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF PROTOCOL 1 SHALL BE INCREASED TO 1 620 .

THE AMOUNTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 16 ( 2 ) OF PROTOCOL 1 SHALL BE INCREASED TO 105 AND 325 RESPECTIVELY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 MAY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 SEPTEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER