Council Decision (EU) 2015/285

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area^note, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:

(1)Protocol 4 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area^note (‘the EEA Agreement’) concerns rules of origin.

(2)The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin^note (‘the Convention’) lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties.

(3)The European Union, Norway and Liechtenstein signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and Iceland signed the Convention on 30 June 2011.

(4)The European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein deposited their instrument of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012, 9 November 2011, 12 March 2012 and 28 November 2011, respectively. As a consequence, in application of its Article 10(3), the Convention entered into force in relation to the European Union and Iceland on 1 May 2012 and in relation to Norway and Liechtenstein on 1 January 2012.

(5)Article 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. As a consequence, Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement on rules of origin should be replaced by a new Protocol which is aligned to the Convention and refers to it as much as possible.

(6)The position of the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,

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Total added value
shall mean all costs accumulated outside the EEA, including the value of all materials added there.
Value of materials
means the customs value at the time of importation of the non-originating materials used, or, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainable price paid for the materials in the EEA.

Council Decision (EU) 2015/285

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