Council Decision (EU) 2019/1355

Contents

CONTENTSTITLE IGENERAL PROVISIONSArticles1.DefinitionsTITLE IIDEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’Articles2.General requirements3.Wholly obtained products4.Sufficiently worked or processed products5.Insufficient working or processing operations6.Working or processing of materials imported into the European Union free of duty7.Cumulation of origin8.Cumulation with other countries benefiting from duty-free quota-free access to the market of the European Union9.Unit of qualification10.Accessories, spare parts and tools11.Sets12.Neutral elements13.Accounting segregationTITLE IIITERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTSArticles14.Principle of territoriality15.Non-alteration16.ExhibitionsTITLE IVPROOF OF ORIGINArticles17.General requirements18.Procedure for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.119.Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively20.Issue of a duplicate movement certificate EUR.121.Conditions for making out an origin declaration22.Approved exporter23.Validity of proof of origin24.Submission of proof of origin25.Importation by instalments26.Exemptions from proof of origin27.Information procedure for cumulation purposes28.Supporting documents29.Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents30.Discrepancies and clerical errors31.Amounts expressed in euroTITLE VADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONArticles32.Administrative conditions for products to benefit from the Agreement33.Notification of customs authorities34.Other methods of administrative cooperation35.Verification of proof of origin36.Verification of suppliers' declarations37.Dispute settlement38.Penalties39.Free zones40.DerogationsTITLE VICEUTA AND MELILLAArticles41.Special conditions42.Specific conditionsTITLE VIIFINAL PROVISIONSArticles43.Revision and application of rules of origin44.Annexes45.Implementation of the Protocol46.Transitional provisions for goods in transit or storageANNEX TO PROTOCOL 1ANNEX I to Protocol 1:Introductory notes to the list in Annex II to the ProtocolANNEX II to Protocol 1:List of working or processing to be carried out on non-originating materials in order for the product manufactured to acquire originating statusANNEX II-A to Protocol 1:Derogations from the list of working or processing to be carried out on non-originating materials in order for the product manufactured to acquire originating statusANNEX III to Protocol 1:Form for movement certificate EUR.1ANNEX IV to Protocol 1:Origin declarationANNEX V-A to Protocol 1:Supplier declaration for products having preferential origin statusANNEX V-B to Protocol 1:Supplier declaration for products not having preferential origin statusANNEX VI to Protocol 1:Information certificateANNEX VII to Protocol 1:Form for application for a derogationANNEX VIII to Protocol 1:Overseas Countries and TerritoriesANNEX IX to Protocol 1:Products referred to in Article 7(4) of the ProtocolJOINT DECLARATIONconcerning the Principality of AndorraJOINT DECLARATIONconcerning the Republic of San Marino

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Defined terms · 16

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classified
refers to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading;
Committee
means the Special Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation referred to in Article 34 of the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, unless otherwise provided for.
consignment
means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of such a document, by a single invoice;
customs value
means the value as determined in accordance with the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);
ex-works price
means the price paid for the product ex works to the manufacturer in the European Union or in Côte d'Ivoire in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out, provided the price includes the value of all the materials used, minus any internal taxes paid which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported;
goods
means both materials and products;
manufacture
means any kind of working or processing including assembly or specific operations;
manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading …
means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product of a description other than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used.
material
means any ingredient, raw material, component or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;
natural fibres
includes horsehair of heading 0511, silk of headings 5002 and 5003 as well as wool fibres and fine or coarse animal hair of headings 5101 to 5105, cotton fibres of headings 5201 to 5203 and other vegetable fibres of headings 5301 to 5305.
OCT
means the Overseas Countries and Territories as defined in Annex VIII to this Protocol;
product
means the product being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation;
territories
includes territorial waters;
value added
means the ex-works price of the products minus the customs value of materials imported from third countries into the European Union, the African States, the Carribean and the Pacific (hereafter called the ‘ACP countries’) having applied an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) at least on a provisional basis, or OCTs;
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 European Union or in Côte d'Ivoire;
value of originating materials
means the value of such materials as defined in (g) applied mutatis mutandis;