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Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764
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<p class="oj-hd-date">7.10.2021 </p>
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<p class="oj-hd-oj">L 355/6</p>
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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/1764</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">of 5 October 2021
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<p class="oj-doc-ti">on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 203 thereof,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament <a id="ntc1-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0001" href="#ntr1-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)</a>,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Whereas:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision establishes the rules and the procedure for the association of the Union with the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), including Greenland, and replaces Council Decision 2013/755/EU (‘Overseas Association Decision’) <a id="ntc2-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0002" href="#ntr2-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">2</span>)</a> and Council Decision 2014/137/EU <a id="ntc3-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0003" href="#ntr3-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">3</span>)</a>. Decision 2013/755/EU should therefore be repealed.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), this association applies to the OCTs listed in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), excluding the 12 UK OCTs listed in that Annex.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Pursuant to Article 204 TFEU, the provisions of Articles 198 to 203 TFEU apply to Greenland, subject to the specific provisions set out in Protocol No 34 to the TFEU on special arrangements for Greenland. In accordance with the Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities <a id="ntc4-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0004" href="#ntr4-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0004"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">4</span>)</a>, the relations between the Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other are governed by Decision 2014/137/EU that highlights the close historical, political, economic and cultural connections between the Union and Greenland and defines a specific partnership and cooperation. Decision 2014/137/EU expired on 31 December 2020.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">From 1 January 2021, the Union assistance to OCTs previously financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) should be financed from the general budget of the Union.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In order to reduce the number of External Financing Instruments and to streamline their performance, the relations with all OCTs, including Greenland, should be regrouped by replacing Decision 2013/755/EU and Decision 2014/137/EU by a single Decision.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The partnership established by this Decision should allow for the continuation of strong relations between the Union on the one hand, and the OCTs on the other.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In 2003, the Council agreed that the future relationship of the Union with Greenland after 2006 would be based on a comprehensive partnership for sustainable development which would include a specific fisheries agreement, negotiated according to the general rules and principles for such agreements.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The Joint Declaration by the European Union, on the one hand, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark on the other, on relations between the European Union and Greenland, signed in Brussels on 19 March 2015, recalled the close historical, political, economic and cultural connections between the Union and Greenland and committed to further strengthening relations and cooperation based on broadly shared interests and to endow their mutual relations with a long-term perspective.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision should highlight the specificities of the partnership between the Union on the one hand and Greenland and Denmark on the other, such as the objective to preserve the close and lasting links between the Union, Greenland and Denmark, the acknowledgement of the geostrategic position of Greenland, the importance of policy dialogue between Greenland, Denmark and the Union, the existence of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Union and Greenland and the potential cooperation on Arctic issues. It should respond to the global challenges, allowing for the development of a proactive agenda and the pursuit of mutual interests, in particular, the increasing impact of climate change on human activity and the environment, maritime transport, natural resources, including raw materials and fish stocks, as well as research and innovation.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The TFEU and the secondary legislation adopted on the basis of it do not automatically apply to the OCTs, with the exception of a number of provisions which explicitly provide for their application. Although not third countries, the OCTs do not form part of the single market and must nevertheless comply with the obligations imposed on third countries in respect of trade, particularly rules of origin, health and plant health standards and safeguard measures.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The special relationship between the Union and the OCTs is moving from a development cooperation approach to a reciprocal partnership to support the OCTs’ sustainable development. The progress achieved so far should be consolidated and reinforced. Moreover, the solidarity between the Union and the OCTs should be based on their unique relationship and their belonging to the same European family.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The contribution of civil society to OCTs’ development can be enhanced by strengthening civil society organisations in all spheres of cooperation.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (‘2030 Agenda’), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. With the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (‘SDGs’), the Paris Agreement <a id="ntc5-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0005" href="#ntr5-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0005"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">5</span>)</a> adopted on 12 December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Paris Agreement) and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda – at its core, the 2030 Agenda is a transformative framework to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development globally. It is universal in scope, providing a comprehensive shared framework for action that applies both to the Union and to its partners. It balances the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, recognising the essential interlinkages between its goals and targets. The 2030 Agenda aims to leave no one behind. Its implementation will be closely coordinated with other international commitments. Actions implemented under this Decision will pay particular attention to interlinkages between SDGs and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are vital for achieving the SDGs and are cross-cutting issues for the entire 2030 Agenda.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The association between the Union and the OCTs should continue to be based on three key pillars, namely enhancing competitiveness, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability, and promoting cooperation and integration between the OCTs and other partners and neighbouring regions.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Union financial assistance allocated through the partnership should bring a European perspective to the development of OCTs and should contribute to the strengthening of the close and long lasting ties between the Union and the OCTs, while strengthening the position of OCTs as advanced outposts of the Union, based on the common values and history which link the partners.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Given the OCTs’ geographical position and despite the different status vis-à-vis Union law of each actor in a given geographical area, cooperation between the OCTs and their neighbours should be pursued in the interests of all sides, with a particular focus on areas of common interest and the promotion of the Union’s values and standards.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The development of intraregional cooperation is a priority of mutual interest. Intraregional operations should strive for a balance, where appropriate, between the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Arctic regions.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">OCTs face particular constraints due to their geographical position. In particular, the constraints imposed by their remoteness or extreme remoteness should be taken into account when implementing this Decision.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">When implementing this Decision, the social and economic situation of OCTs should be taken into account, in particular for OCTs eligible to receive official development assistance (‘ODA’), on the basis of the list of recipients of that assistance, drawn up by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (‘OECD’).</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Many OCTs are neighbours to outermost regions, referred to in Article 349 TFEU, to African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and to other third countries or territories <a id="ntc6-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0006" href="#ntr6-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0006"
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<p class="oj-normal">The Commission Communication of 24 October 2017‘A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the Union’s outermost regions’, the Conclusions of the 15th and 16th OCT-EU Forums and the Commission recommendations for the negotiations on a Partnership Agreement between the European Union and ACP countries call for the reinforcement of regional cooperation programmes involving OCTs and their neighbours.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The OCTs are host to wide terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Climate change is impacting on OCTs’ natural environment and constitutes a threat undermining their sustainable development. Actions in the fields of conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, disaster risk reduction, sustainable management of natural resources and the promotion of sustainable energy and environmental security contribute to adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the OCTs. The association should aim to ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and ecosystem services as a key element for the achievement of sustainable development.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The Union and the OCTs reaffirm their right to regulate the impact of waste on environmental and public health grounds, in compliance with their international commitments.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and to achieve the SDGs, the Programme established by this Decision (‘this Programme’) should contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 30 % of the Union budget expenditure supporting climate objectives. Actions under this Programme are expected to contribute 25 % of its overall financial envelope to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme’s implementation and the overall contribution from this Programme should be part of relevant monitoring, evaluations and review processes. In view of contributing to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity, this Programme should contribute to the ambition of providing 7,5 % of annual spending under the multiannual financial framework to biodiversity objectives in the year 2024 and 10 % of annual spending under the multiannual financial framework to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The significant role which OCTs could play in contributing to the Union’s commitments under Multilateral Environmental Agreements should be recognised in the relations between the Union and the OCTs.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The Union and the OCTs recognise the special importance of education and vocational training as a lever for OCTs’ sustainable development.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The association between the Union and the OCTs should take into account and contribute to the preservation of the cultural diversity and identity of OCTs.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Trade and trade-related cooperation between the Union and the OCTs should contribute to the objective of sustainable economic development, social development and environmental protection.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision will continue to provide for flexible rules of origin, including as regards cumulation of origin. Cumulation should be possible not only with OCTs and countries that have concluded an Economic Partnership Agreement with the Union, but under certain conditions also for products originating in countries with which the Union is applying a free trade agreement as well as for products entering the Union duty-free and quota-free under the Union’s General System of Preferences, also subject to conditions. Those conditions are necessary to prevent trade circumvention and ensure the proper functioning of the cumulation arrangements.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The procedures for certification of OCT origin should be updated, in the interests of the operators and administrations concerned in the OCTs. Provisions on administrative cooperation between the Union and the OCTs should also be updated accordingly.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In addition, detailed safeguard and surveillance provisions will be maintained to allow OCTs’ and Union competent authorities as well as economic operators to rely on clear and transparent rules and procedures. Finally, it is a matter of common interest to ensure the proper application of the procedures and arrangements that allow the OCTs to export goods to the Union duty-free and quota-free.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Taking into account the aims of integration and the developments of global trade in the area of services and establishment, it is necessary to support the development of services markets and investment possibilities by improving the market access of OCTs’ services and investment to the Union market. In this regard the Union should offer to OCTs the best possible treatment offered to any other trading partner through comprehensive most favoured nation clauses, while ensuring more flexible possibilities for trade relations for OCTs by limiting the treatment offered by OCTs to the Union to what has been offered to other major trading economies.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Cooperation in the area of financial services between the Union and OCTs should contribute to building a safer, sounder, more transparent financial system that is essential to enhance global financial stability and to underpin sustainable growth. Efforts in that area should focus on convergence with internationally agreed standards and approximation of OCTs’ legislation with Union <span class="oj-italic">acquis</span> on financial services. Adequate attention should be paid to strengthening administrative capacity of OCTs’ authorities, including in the area of supervision.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Union financial assistance should focus on areas where it has the most impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and to respond to global challenges such as poverty eradication, sustainable and inclusive development or the worldwide promotion of democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law, its long-term and predictable engagement in development assistance and its role in coordinating with its Member States.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In the interest of efficiency, simplification and recognition of the management capacities of the OCTs’ authorities, the financial resources granted to the OCTs should be managed on the basis of a reciprocal partnership. Moreover, the authorities of the OCTs should assume the responsibility for the formulation and implementation of those policies agreed upon between the parties as cooperation strategies. The limited administrative and human resources of the OCTs should be taken into account in the programming and implementation rules and process.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision lays down a financial envelope for the association of the OCTs with the Union, which is to constitute the financial reference amount, within the meaning of point 19 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources <a id="ntc7-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0007" href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0007"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. This amount should be taken as illustrating the will of the legislator and should not affect the budgetary powers of the European Parliament and of the Council as set out in the TFEU.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 TFEU apply to this Decision. Those rules are laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc8-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0008" href="#ntr8-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0008"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">8</span>)</a> (the ‘Financial Regulation’) and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, prizes, procurement, indirect management, financial instruments, budgetary guarantees, financial assistance and the reimbursement of external experts, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also include a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Decision should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs as referred to in Article 125(1) of the Financial Regulation, should be considered.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources in order to optimise the impact of its external action. That should be achieved through coherence and complementarity between the Union’s external financing instruments, as well as the creation of synergies with other Union policies and programmes. In order to maximise the impact of combined interventions to achieve a common objective, this Decision should allow for the combination of funding with other Union programmes, as long as the contributions do not cover the same costs. Taking into account that OCTs’ access to Union programmes remains a challenge, the Commission should, where appropriate, encourage OCTs’ better access to Union programmes, for example through capacity building and training activities. The level of OCTs’ participation should be evaluated regularly. Furthermore, the Union should ensure that natural persons from OCTs can participate in initiatives of the Union on the same basis as other nationals of Member States.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision should make reference, where required, to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc9-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0009" href="#ntr9-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0009"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">9</span>)</a> for the purpose of the implementation of the cooperation and thus ensuring coherence in the management across instruments.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In order to take into account developments and changes in customs and trade legislation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the procedural rules of origin and related definitions in Annex II and the Appendices of Annex II to enable the Commission to translate into the Decision these changes. The Commission should also be empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to amend Article 3 of Annex I to review or complement the indicators where considered necessary and to supplement that Annex with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 for Better Law-Making <a id="ntc10-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0010" href="#ntr10-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0010"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">10</span>)</a>, this Programme should be evaluated on the basis of information collected in accordance with specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, should include measurable indicators as a basis for evaluating the effects of the Programme on the ground. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(43)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The references to the external assistance instruments in Article 9 of Council Decision 2010/427/EU <a id="ntc11-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0011" href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0011"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a> should be read as reference also to this Decision. The Commission should ensure that this Decision is implemented in accordance with the role of the EEAS as provided in that Decision.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Article 10(6) and 16(8) of Annex II, Article 2 of Annex III, Article 5 and 6 of Annex IV of this Decision, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc12-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0012" href="#ntr12-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0012"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">12</span>)</a>.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(45)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc13-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0013" href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0013"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 <a id="ntc14-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0014" href="#ntr14-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0014"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">14</span>)</a>, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 <a id="ntc15-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0015" href="#ntr15-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0015"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">15</span>)</a> and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 <a id="ntc16-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0016" href="#ntr16-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0016"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">16</span>)</a>, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected by means of proportionate measures, including measures relating to the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative penalties. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has the power to carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is empowered, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, to investigate and prosecute criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc17-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0017" href="#ntr17-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0017"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">17</span>)</a>. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the Court of Auditors and, in respect of those Member States participating in enhanced cooperation pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the EPPO, and ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. For that reason, agreements with third countries and territories and with international organisations, and any contract or agreement resulting from the implementation of this Decision should contain provisions expressly empowering the Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with their respective competences and ensuring that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funding grant equivalent rights.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In order to increase the cooperation between OCTs, the REX system, the system for registering exporters authorised to certify the origin of goods set up pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 <a id="ntc18-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0018" href="#ntr18-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0018"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">18</span>)</a>, could be used by OCTs to grant preferential tariff treatment to products originating in another OCT in cases where there is no cumulation.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">By virtue of this Decision, the Union should be able to give an innovative response to all the factors mentioned above, which is both consistent and tailored to the variety of situations.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In order to ensure continuity in providing support to the relevant policy area and to allow implementation to start from the beginning of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency and should apply, with retroactive effect, from 1 January 2021,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:</p>
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<div id="prt_I">
<p id="d1e602-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">PART I</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_I.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-001" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE UNION</span>
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<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 1</span>
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<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-002" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">General provisions</span>
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<p id="d1e621-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 1</p>
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<p class="oj-sti-art">Subject matter</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">This Decision establishes an association of the OCTs with the Union (the ‘association’), which constitutes a partnership to support the OCTs’ sustainable development as well as to promote the values and standards of the Union in the wider world. The partners to the association are the Union, the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked. In addition, this Decision lays down rules concerning the relations between the Union on the one hand, and Greenland and Denmark on the other.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">This Decision establishes the funding programme for the association (the ‘Programme’) for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027. It lays down the objectives of the Programme, the budget for the period from 2021 to 2027, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding as set out in Annex I.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_2">
<p id="d1e644-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 2</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_2.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Territorial application</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">The association applies to the OCTs listed in Annex II to the TFEU, excluding the 12 UK OCTs listed in that Annex.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_3">
<p id="d1e651-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 3</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_3.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Objectives, principles and values</p>
</div>
<div id="003.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association between the Union and the OCTs shall be based on objectives, principles and values shared by the OCTs, the Member States to which they are linked and the Union.</p>
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<div id="003.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The partners recognise each other’s rights to determine their sustainable development policies and priorities, to establish their own levels of domestic environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or amend accordingly the relevant laws and modify the relevant policies, consistently with commitment to the internationally recognised standards and agreements. In doing so, they shall strive to ensure high levels of environmental and labour protection.</p>
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<div id="003.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. In implementing this Decision, the partners shall be guided by the principles of transparency, subsidiarity and the need for efficiency and shall equally address the three pillars of OCTs’ sustainable development, implementing the 2030 Agenda across all its internal and external policies in a comprehensive and strategic approach: economic development, cultural and social development and nature and environmental protection. Gender equality and the rights of girls and women should be mainstreamed into all actions as a key contribution to the successful achievement of the SDGs.</p>
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<div id="003.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The general objective of this Decision is to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Union as a whole. The association shall pursue this general objective by enhancing the OCTs’ competitiveness, strengthening the OCTs’ resilience, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability and by promoting cooperation between them and other partners. Furthermore, the aim of this Decision is to preserve the existing ties between the Union on the one hand, and Greenland and Denmark on the other, acknowledging the geostrategic position of Greenland in the Arctic, and to preserve existing ties between the Union and the other OCTs, acknowledging their geostrategic positions in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Pacific.</p>
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<div id="003.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. In accordance with Articles 3(5) and 21 of the TEU, the specific objectives of this Decision are the following:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">to foster and support cooperation with OCTs, including in addressing their major challenges and reaching the SDGs,</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">to support and to cooperate with Greenland in addressing its major challenges such as the raising of education level and to contribute to the capacity of the administration of Greenland to formulate and implement national policies.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">6. In pursuing the general objectives referred to in paragraph 4 and the specific objectives referred to in paragraph 5, the association shall respect the fundamental principles of liberty, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development, all of which are common to the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_4">
<p id="d1e700-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 4</p>
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<p class="oj-sti-art">Management of the association</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">Management of the association shall be conducted by the Commission and the OCTs’ authorities and, where necessary, by the Member State to which the OCT is linked, in accordance with their respective institutional, legal and financial competences.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_5">
<p id="d1e707-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 5</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_5.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Mutual interests, complementarity and priorities</p>
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<div id="005.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association shall be the framework for policy dialogue and cooperation on issues of mutual interest.</p>
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<div id="005.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Priority shall be given to cooperation in areas of mutual interest, such as:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the sustainable diversification of OCTs’ economies, including their further integration in world and regional economies; in the specific case of Greenland, the need to increase the skills of its labour force;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">fostering exchange, cooperation and partnerships for accelerating the achievement of the SDGs;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">education and training, public health, tourism and culture;</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of a green and blue economy;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the sustainable management of natural resources, including the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">mitigation of climate change and adaptation to the impacts of climate change;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of disaster risk reduction;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of research, innovation and scientific cooperation activities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">digital accessibility;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of social, cultural and economic exchanges between the OCTs, their neighbours and other partners;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the social sector, mobility of the workforce, social protection systems, food safety and food security issues;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(l)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Arctic issues;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(m)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of regional cooperation in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Pacific;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(n)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of intraregional cooperation in the Arctic, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Pacific.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="005.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Cooperation in the areas of mutual interest shall aim to promote OCTs’ self-reliance and of the development of OCTs’ capacities to formulate, implement and monitor strategies and policies set out in paragraph 2.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_6">
<p id="d1e814-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 6</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_6.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Promotion of the association</p>
</div>
<div id="006.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. With an aim to strengthen their mutual relations, the Union and the OCTs shall endeavour to make the association known among their citizens, in particular by promoting the development of the links and cooperation between the authorities, academic community, civil society and businesses of OCTs on the one hand and their interlocutors within the Union on the other.</p>
</div>
<div id="006.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. OCTs shall make efforts to strengthen and promote their relations with the Union as a whole. The Member States shall support these efforts.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_7">
<p id="d1e829-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 7</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_7.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Regional cooperation, regional integration and cooperation with other partners</p>
</div>
<div id="007.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Subject to Article 3, the association shall support the OCTs in their efforts to take part in relevant international, regional and sub-regional cooperation initiatives as well as regional and sub-regional integration processes, in line with their own aspirations and in accordance with objectives and priorities defined by the competent OCTs’ authorities.</p>
</div>
<div id="007.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. To this end, the Union and the OCTs may exchange information and best practices or establish any other form of close cooperation and coordination with other partners in the context of the OCTs’ participation in regional and international organisations, where appropriate by means of international agreements.</p>
</div>
<div id="007.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The association aims to support cooperation between the OCTs and other partners in the areas of cooperation set out in Parts II and III of this Decision. In that respect, the objective of the association is to promote the cooperation between the OCTs and the outermost regions, referred to in Article 349 TFEU, their neighbouring ACP and non-ACP states and territories <a id="ntc19-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0019" href="#ntr19-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0019"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">19</span>)</a>. In order to achieve that objective, the Union shall improve coordination and synergies between the relevant Union programmes or instruments. The Union shall also endeavour to associate OCTs in its instances of dialogue with their neighbouring countries, whether they are ACP or non-ACP States or territories, and with the outermost regions, where appropriate.</p>
</div>
<div id="007.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The support to OCTs’ participation in relevant regional integration organisations shall focus in particular on:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">capacity building of relevant regional organisations and institutions of which OCTs are members;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">regional or sub-regional initiatives such as the implementation of sectoral reform policies relating to the areas of cooperation identified in Parts II and III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the awareness and knowledge of the OCTs on the impacts of regional integration processes in different areas;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">OCTs’ participation in the development of regional markets within the framework of regional integration organisations;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cross-border investment between OCTs and their neighbours.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_8">
<p id="d1e897-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 8</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_8.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Participation in European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the application of Article 7(1), (2) and (3) of this Decision, the cooperation initiatives or other forms of cooperation shall also mean that governmental authorities, regional and sub-regional organisations, local authorities and, where appropriate, other public and private bodies or institutions, including public service providers, from an OCT may participate in a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) subject to the rules and objectives of the cooperation activities of this Decision and those of Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc20-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0020" href="#ntr20-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0020"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">20</span>)</a> and in accordance with the arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the OCT is linked.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_9">
<p id="d1e914-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 9</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_9.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Specific treatment</p>
</div>
<div id="009.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association shall take into account the diversity of the OCTs in terms of economic development and their capacity to benefit fully from regional cooperation and regional integration referred to in Article 7.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. A specific treatment shall be established for isolated OCTs.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. In order to enable isolated OCTs to overcome structural and other obstacles to their development, specific treatment shall take account of their specific difficulties, <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span>, when determining the volume of financial assistance and the conditions attached thereto.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. St Pierre et Miquelon shall be considered to be an isolated OCT.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_I.cpt_2">
<p id="d1e943-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 2</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_I.cpt_2.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-003" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Cooperation</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_10">
<p id="d1e953-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 10</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_10.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General approach</p>
</div>
<div id="010.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association shall be based on a broad dialogue and consultations on issues of mutual interest between the OCTs, the Member States to which they are linked and the Commission, and, if appropriate, the European Investment Bank (EIB), as well as other Union institutions and bodies.</p>
</div>
<div id="010.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The OCTs shall organise, where appropriate, a dialogue and consultations with authorities and bodies such as:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the competent local and other public authorities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the economic and social partners;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">any other appropriate body representing civil society, such as environmental partners, non-governmental organisations and bodies responsible for promoting equality between men and women.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_11">
<p id="d1e988-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 11</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_11.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Actors of cooperation</p>
</div>
<div id="011.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Actors of cooperation in the OCTs shall include:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the government authorities of the OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the local authorities within the OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">public service providers and civil society organisations, such as social, business, employers’ and trade union associations, and local, national or international non-governmental organisations;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">regional and sub-regional organisations.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="011.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Member States to which the OCTs are linked shall notify to the Commission the names of the governmental and local authorities referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_12">
<p id="d1e1029-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 12</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_12.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Responsibilities of the non-governmental actors</p>
</div>
<div id="012.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Non-governmental actors may play a role in the exchange of information and consultations concerning the cooperation, and in particular for the preparation and implementation of cooperation assistance, projects or programmes. They may receive a delegation of financial management powers for implementing such projects or programmes for the purpose of supporting local development initiatives.</p>
</div>
<div id="012.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Non-governmental actors eligible for decentralised management of projects or programmes shall be identified by agreement between the OCT authorities, the Commission and the Member State to which the OCT is linked, taking into account the subject concerned, their expertise and field of activity. The process of identification shall be conducted in each OCT as part of the broad dialogue and consultations referred to in Article 10.</p>
</div>
<div id="012.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The association aims to contribute to the efforts of the OCTs to strengthen civil society organisations, in particular to facilitate their creation and development, and the development of the arrangements necessary for opening their involvement in the design, implementation and evaluation of development strategies and programmes.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_I.cpt_3">
<p id="d1e1050-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 3</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_I.cpt_3.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-004" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Institutional framework of the association</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_13">
<p id="d1e1060-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 13</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_13.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Guiding principles for dialogue</p>
</div>
<div id="013.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Union, the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked shall regularly engage in a comprehensive and political dialogue.</p>
</div>
<div id="013.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The dialogue shall be conducted in full compliance with the respective institutional, legal and financial powers of the Union, of the OCTs and of the Member States to which they are linked. The dialogue shall be conducted in a flexible manner. It may be formal or informal, at an appropriate level or format and shall be conducted within the framework referred to in Article 14.</p>
</div>
<div id="013.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The dialogue shall enable the OCTs to take part fully in the implementation of the association.</p>
</div>
<div id="013.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The dialogue shall focus, <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span>, on specific political issues of mutual concern or of general significance for the attainment of the objectives of the association.</p>
</div>
<div id="013.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The dialogue with OCTs, including Greenland, shall, in particular, provide the basis for broad cooperation and dialogue in areas concerning, <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span>, education, energy, climate change, nature, environment, the blue economy, natural resources, including raw materials and fish stocks, maritime transport, research and innovation, as well as the Arctic dimension of those issues, where relevant.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_14">
<p id="d1e1096-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 14</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_14.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Instances of dialogue of the association</p>
</div>
<div id="014.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association shall establish the following instances of dialogue:</p>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">an OCTs-EU forum for dialogue (the ‘OCTs-EU Forum’), which shall meet annually to bring together OCTs’ authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission. Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the EIB and representatives of the outermost regions shall, where appropriate, be associated with the OCTs-EU Forum;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">trilateral consultations between the Commission, the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked, which shall be held on a regular basis. Those consultations shall be organised at least four times a year on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of OCTs and of the Member States to which they are linked. Member States will be informed about the results of the consultations appropriately;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">working parties, acting in an advisory capacity, which shall be set up in agreement between the OCTs, the Member States to which they are linked and the Commission,, to follow the implementation of the association, in a form appropriate to the issues to be addressed. Those working parties may be convened at the request of the Commission, of a Member State or of an OCT. They shall provide for technical discussions on matters which are of specific concern to the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked, complementing the work that is being done in the OCTs-EU Forum and/or in the trilateral consultations.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="014.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Commission shall chair the OCTs-EU Forum, the trilateral consultations and the working parties and shall provide their secretariat. The working orientations of the trilateral consultations shall be jointly defined by the Commission, the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked. The working orientations of the OCTs-EU Forum shall be jointly defined by the Commission, the OCTs, the Member States to which they are linked and other interested Member States.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II">
<p id="d1e1136-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">PART II</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-005" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">AREAS OF COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ASSOCIATION</span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_1">
<p id="d1e1145-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 1</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_1.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-006" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Environmental issues, climate change, oceans and disaster risk reduction</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_15">
<p id="d1e1155-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 15</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_15.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General principles</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of nature, environment, climate change and disaster risk reduction may concern:</p>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support to the OCTs’ efforts to define and implement policies, strategies, action plans and measures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support to the OCTs’ efforts to integrate in regional, Union and global networks and initiatives;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of sustainable use of resources and resource efficiency, and encouragement towards the decoupling of economic growth from environmental degradation; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support to the OCTs’ efforts to act as regional hubs and centres of excellence.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_16">
<p id="d1e1188-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 16</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_16.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity, and ecosystem services may concern:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of the establishment and effective management of marine and terrestrial protected areas and improved management of existing protected areas;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the encouragement of sustainable management of marine and terrestrial resources, which contribute to protecting species, habitats and ecosystem functions outside protected areas, in particular, endangered, vulnerable and rare species;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the strengthening of conservation and sustainable use of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems by:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">addressing the wider ecosystem challenge of climate change by maintaining healthy, resilient ecosystems and fostering green and blue infrastructure and ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, which often produce multiple benefits;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">strengthening capacities at a local, regional or international scale, by promoting the exchange of information, knowledge, including indigenous, traditional and local knowledge, and best practices amongst all stakeholders including public authorities, landowners, private sector, researchers and civil society;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">strengthening existing nature conservation programmes and related efforts within and outside conservation areas;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(iv)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">broadening the knowledge base and filling the knowledge gaps, including quantifying the value of ecosystem functions and services and developing long-term monitoring programmes of the development of species and ecosystems;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the encouragement and facilitation of regional cooperation in order to address issues such as invasive alien species or the impacts of climate change and the sustainable conservation of oceans;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the development of mechanisms to lever resources, including payments, for ecosystem services.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_17">
<p id="d1e1253-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 17</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_17.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sustainable forest management</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of sustainable forest management may concern the promotion of the conservation and sustainable management of forests, including their role in the conservation of the environment from erosion and desertification control, afforestation and management of timber exports.</p>
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<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_18">
<p id="d1e1260-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 18</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_18.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Integrated coastal zone management</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of integrated coastal zone management may concern:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the support to the efforts of the OCTs towards an effective sustainable management of marine and coastal zones in defining strategic and integrated approaches to marine and coastal zone planning and management, including support for long-term monitoring programmes;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">conciliation of economic and social activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, maritime transports and agriculture with the potential of marine and coastal zones in terms of renewable energy, water resources, raw materials, whilst taking into account impacts of climate change and human activities.</p>
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</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_19">
<p id="d1e1281-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 19</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_19.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Oceans</p>
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<div id="019.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of international ocean governance may concern:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the strengthening of the dialogue on issues of common interest in that field;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of marine knowledge and biotechnology, ocean energy, maritime surveillance, coastal zone management and ecosystem-based management, including through monitoring of marine ecosystems;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of integrated approaches at regional and international level;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the active promotion of good governance, best practices and responsible fisheries management in the conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks, including fish stocks of common interest and those managed by regional fisheries management organisations;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the local development of responsible fisheries processing industries;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">dialogue and cooperation regarding the conservation of fish stocks, including through measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and by effectively cooperating with and within regional fisheries management organisations, which shall include control and inspection schemes, incentives and obligations for a more effective management of fisheries and coastal environments in the long term.</p>
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<div id="019.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In the context of the association, and while ensuring consistency and complementarity with existing Fisheries Partnership Agreements, cooperation referred to in points (d) and (f) of paragraph 1 shall be based on the following principles:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">commitment to responsible fisheries management and fishing practices;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">refraining from measures or activities that are inconsistent with the principles of sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources and sustainable local development;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">taking into account existing or possible future bilateral Fisheries Partnership Agreements between the Union and the OCTs, the Union and the OCTs shall aim to regularly consult each other on the conservation and management of the living marine resources and to exchange information on the ongoing state of resources within the context of the relevant instances of dialogue as provided for in Article 14.</p>
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</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_20">
<p id="d1e1354-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 20</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_20.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sustainable water management</p>
</div>
<div id="020.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, the Union and the OCTs may cooperate in the field of sustainable water management through water policy and institution building, protecting water resources, water supplies in rural and urban areas for domestic, industrial or agricultural purposes, storage, distribution and management of water resources, the reduction of water loss and the efficient use of water and waste water management.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In the field of water supply and sanitation sector, particular attention shall be given to access in under-served areas to clean and affordable drinking water supply and sanitation services and in those areas particularly exposed to natural disasters, which contribute directly to human resources development by improving the state of health and increasing productivity.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Cooperation in the fields referred to in paragraph 1 shall be guided by the principle that the continuing need to extend the provision of basic services in water and sanitation to both urban and rural populations must be addressed in environmentally sustainable ways. Priority shall be given to the development of active and climate-sensitive water resource management.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_21">
<p id="d1e1374-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 21</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_21.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Waste management</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of waste management may concern the promotion of the use of the best environmental practice in all operations related to waste management. Such cooperation may also concern the reduction of waste, including ocean plastic waste, recycling or other processes of recovery, e.g. energy recovery and waste disposal.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_22">
<p id="d1e1381-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 22</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_22.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Energy</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of sustainable energy may concern:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">sustainable energy production, distribution and access, in particular the development, promotion, use and storage of low-carbon energy from renewable energy sources;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">energy policies and regulations, in particular the formulation of policies and the adoption of regulations guaranteeing affordable and sustainable energy tariffs;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">energy efficiency, in particular the development and introduction of energy efficiency standards and the implementation of energy efficiency measures in different sectors, such as industrial, commercial, public and households, as well as accompanying educational and awareness activities;</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">transport, in particular the development, promotion and use of more environmentally friendly public and private transport means such as hybrid, electric or hydrogen vehicles, carpooling and cycling schemes;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">town planning and construction, in particular the promotion and introduction of high environment quality standards and high energy performance in urban planning and construction; and</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">tourism, in particular the promotion of energy self-sufficient (renewable energy based) and green tourism infrastructures.</p>
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</tbody>
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</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_23">
<p id="d1e1426-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 23</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_23.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Raw materials</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of raw materials, including rare earths, may concern the promotion of a raw material sector which is sustainable in respect of all operations related to mining and which aims to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">support an efficient and optimal use of resources;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">promote responsible consumption and recycling;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">develop and strengthen environmental protection at local and regional level;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support environmentally friendly handling and exploitation;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">strengthen capacities, training, innovation, research and business measures for raw material exploitation and extraction on a local, regional and national level, in accordance with international labour standards;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support the sustainable management of socio-economic impacts of exploitation and extraction of raw materials;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">take into account the views of stakeholders involved in raw materials activities.</p>
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</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_24">
<p id="d1e1477-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 24</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_24.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Climate change</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of climate change shall aim to support the initiatives of the OCTs concerning mitigation of climate change and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change, and may cover:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">the development of evidence; identification of key risks and territorial, regional and/or international actions, plans, or measures in view of adapting to climate change or mitigating its adverse effects;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contributing to partners countries’ efforts to pursue their commitments on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the integration of adaptation to climate change and its mitigation in public policies and strategies;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the elaboration and identification of statistical data and indicators, essential tools for policy making and implementation; and</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of the participation of the OCTs in regional and international dialogue in order to foster cooperation, including exchange of knowledge and experience.</p>
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</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_25">
<p id="d1e1517-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 25</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_25.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Disaster risk reduction</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction may cover:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development or perfection of systems, including infrastructures, for disaster prevention and preparedness, including prediction and early-warning systems, with a view to reducing the consequences of disasters;</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of detailed knowledge of the exposure to disasters and the current response capacities in the OCTs and in the regions where they are located;</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the strengthening of existing measures of disaster prevention and preparation at local, national and regional levels;</p>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the improvement of response capacities of the actors concerned, to improve their coordination, effectiveness and efficiency;</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the improvement of awareness-raising amongst and access to information by the population regarding the exposure to risks, prevention, preparation and the response in the event of disaster, with due attention to the specific needs of persons with disabilities;</p>
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</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the strengthening of collaboration between key actors involved in civil protection;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of international disaster-risk reduction initiatives, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of the participation of the OCTs in regional, European and international instances in order to allow a more regular exchange of information and closer cooperation among the different partners in the event of a disaster.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_2">
<p id="d1e1575-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 2</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_2.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-007" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Accessibility</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_26">
<p id="d1e1585-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 26</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_26.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General objectives</p>
</div>
<div id="026.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of accessibility shall aim to:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensure greater access of OCTs to global transport networks; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensure greater access of OCTs to information and communication technologies (ICT) and services.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="026.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Cooperation as referred to in paragraph 1 may cover:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">policy and institution building;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">transport by road, rail, air, sea or inland waterway;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">storage facilities in sea- and airports; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">security of supply for remote areas and isolated islands.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_27">
<p id="d1e1640-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 27</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_27.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Maritime transport</p>
</div>
<div id="027.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of maritime transport shall aim to the development and promotion of cost-effective and efficient maritime transport services in the OCTs and may concern:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of efficient and low-carbon shipments of cargo at economically and commercially viable rates;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the facilitation of greater participation of the OCTs in international shipping services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the encouragement of regional programmes;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the support to local private sector involvement in shipping activities; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="027.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Union and the OCTs shall promote shipping safety, the security of crews and the prevention of pollution.</p>
</div>
<div id="027.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Union and the OCTs shall promote maritime safety and security, protection of the marine environment, living and working conditions on board that are consistent with the relevant international conventions and Union legislation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_28">
<p id="d1e1692-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 28</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_28.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Air transport</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of air transport may concern:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the reform and modernisation of the OCTs’ air transport industries;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of the commercial viability and competitiveness of the OCTs’ air transport industries;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the facilitation of private sector investment and participation; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of the exchange of knowledge and good business practice, taking into account issues of sustainability and of mitigation of climate change.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_29">
<p id="d1e1725-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 29</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_29.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Air transport safety and security</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the fields of air transport safety and security shall aim to support the OCTs in their efforts to comply with the relevant Union and international standards and may cover inter alia:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the implementation of the European aviation safety system and, where relevant, of international standards;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the implementation of airport security and the strengthening of the capacity of civil aviation authorities to manage all aspects of operational security placed under their control; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of infrastructures and human resources.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_30">
<p id="d1e1752-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 30</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_30.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">ICT services</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of ICT services shall aim to address the digital divide and spur, in the OCTs, digital accessibility, innovation, economic growth and improvements in daily life for both citizens and businesses, including the promotion of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Cooperation shall, in particular, be directed at enhancing OCTs’ regulatory capacity and may support the expansion of ICT networks and services, including adequate and reliable electronic communications networks, in order to ensure that citizens and businesses from OCTs can benefit from digital services, through the following measures:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">creation of a predictable regulatory environment that keeps pace with technological developments, stimulates growth and innovation and fosters competition and consumer protection;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">dialogue on the various policy aspects regarding the promotion and monitoring of the information society;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exchange of information on standards and interoperability issues;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promotion of cooperation in the field of ICT research and in the field of ICT-based research infrastructures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">development of services and applications in fields of high societal impact;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">education and training, especially for young people.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_3">
<p id="d1e1798-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 3</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_3.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-008" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Research and innovation</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_31">
<p id="d1e1808-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 31</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_31.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cooperation in research and innovation</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of research and innovation may cover science, energy, climate change, disaster resilience, natural resources including raw materials, and sustainable use of living resources.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">It may also cover technology, including ICT, with the aim of contributing to the OCTs’ sustainable development and to promoting the OCTs’ role as regional hubs and centres of excellence as well as their industrial competitiveness. In particular, cooperation may concern:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">dialogue, coordination and the creation of synergies between OCTs and Union policies and initiatives with regard to science, technology and innovation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">policy and institutional building within OCTs and concerted actions at local, national or regional level, with a view to developing science, technology and innovation activities and their application;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cooperation between legal entities from the OCTs, the Union, the Member States and third countries;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">participation of individual researchers, research bodies and legal entities from OCTs in the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation and the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium size enterprises (COSME), also linking them to already supported activities of those programmes with the aim to ensure complementarity of activities; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">training, international mobility and exchange of researchers from OCTs.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_4">
<p id="d1e1850-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 4</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_4.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-009" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Youth, education, training, protection of the rights of the child, health, employment, social security, food safety and food security</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_32">
<p id="d1e1860-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 32</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_32.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Youth</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The association aims to strengthen the ties between young people living in the OCTs and the Union, including by promoting learning mobility of OCTs youth and by fostering mutual understanding among young people.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_33">
<p id="d1e1867-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 33</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_33.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Education and training</p>
</div>
<div id="033.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of education and training may cover:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the provision of high quality, inclusive education at primary, secondary and higher education level and in the field of vocational education and training; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the support to the OCTs in defining and implementing education and vocational training policies.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="033.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Union shall ensure that educational bodies and institutes from OCTs can take part in education related cooperation initiatives of the Union on the same basis as the educational and vocational training bodies and institutes of the Member States.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_34">
<p id="d1e1896-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 34</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_34.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Protection of the rights of the child</p>
</div>
<div id="034.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, the Union shall ensure the comprehensive protection and promotion of the rights of the child in the OCTs, giving special attention to girls and boys who are disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised, to ensure that no child is left behind.</p>
</div>
<div id="034.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The association aims to take a life-cycle approach to child development to ensure that children’s rights and needs are recognised and realised in a gender- and age-appropriate way. It acknowledges that such an approach is critical for the transition into adulthood and for human development.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_35">
<p id="d1e1911-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 35</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_35.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Employment and social policy</p>
</div>
<div id="035.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Union and the OCTs shall maintain dialogue in the field of employment and social policy in order to contribute to the economic and social development of the OCTs and the promotion of decent work in the OCTs and regions where they are located. Such a dialogue shall also aim to support the efforts of the OCTs’ authorities to develop policies and legislation in this area, taking into account the dialogue established by the OCTs with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).</p>
</div>
<div id="035.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The dialogue in the field of employment and social policy shall mainly consist of exchange of information and best practices relating to policies and legislation in the area of employment and social policy that are of mutual interest to the Union and the OCTs. In that regard, areas such as skills development, social protection, social dialogue, equal opportunities, non-discrimination and accessibility for persons with disabilities, health and safety at work and other labour standards shall be taken into consideration.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_36">
<p id="d1e1926-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 36</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_36.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Public health, food safety, and food and nutrition security</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of public health and food safety shall aim, <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span>, to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and, in particular, to develop, strengthen, and maintain the OCTs’ capacity for epidemiological surveillance, monitoring, early warning, risk assessment and response to serious cross-border health threats through measures including:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">actions to strengthen preparedness and response planning for health emergencies such as outbreaks of communicable diseases including through the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), ensure interoperability between the health sector and other sectors, and continuous delivery of critical services and products, and address challenges related to geographical remoteness;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">capacity building through strengthening public health networks at regional level, facilitating exchange of information among experts and promoting adequate training, including in the field of food safety;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">development of tools and communication platforms, including rapid alert systems, as well as e-learning programs adapted to OCTs’ particular needs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">actions to prevent and reduce food related outbreaks, and address food safety and food and nutrition security issues;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">actions to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in the framework of achieving the SDGs.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_5">
<p id="d1e1969-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 5</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_5.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-010" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Culture and tourism</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_37">
<p id="d1e1979-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 37</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_37.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cultural exchanges and dialogue</p>
</div>
<div id="037.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of cultural exchanges and dialogue may cover:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the self-reliant development of the OCTs, this being a process centred on people themselves and rooted in each people’s culture;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the support to the policies and measures adopted by the competent authorities of OCTs to enhance their human resources, increase their own creative capacities and promote their cultural identities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the participation by the population in the process of development;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of a common understanding and enhanced exchange of information on cultural and audio-visual matters through dialogue.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="037.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Through their cooperation, the Union and the OCTs shall seek to stimulate cultural exchanges between each other through:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cooperation between the cultural and creative sectors of all partners;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promotion of the circulation of cultural and creative works and operators between them;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">policy cooperation in order to foster policy development, innovation, audience building and new business models.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_38">
<p id="d1e2040-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 38</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_38.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Audio-visual cooperation</p>
</div>
<div id="038.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the audio-visual field aims at promoting each other’s audio-visual productions and may cover the following actions:</p>
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<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cooperation and exchange between the respective broadcasting industries;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">encouraging exchange of audio-visual works;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exchange of information and views on audio-visual and broadcasting policy and regulatory framework between competent authorities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">encouraging visits to and participation in international events held in each other’s territory as well as in third countries.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="038.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Co-produced audio-visual works shall be entitled to benefit from any scheme for the promotion of local or regional cultural content set up in the Union, the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_39">
<p id="d1e2081-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 39</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_39.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Performing arts</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of performing arts may cover:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the facilitation of increased contacts between practitioners of performing arts in areas such as professional exchanges and training, including participation in auditions, development of networks and promotion of networking;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the encouragement of joint productions between producers of one or several Member States of the Union and one or several OCTs; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the encouragement of the development of international theatre technology standards and the use of theatre stage signs, including through appropriate standardisation bodies.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_40">
<p id="d1e2108-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 40</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_40.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Protection of cultural heritage and historic monuments</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and of historic monuments aims at allowing the promotion of exchanges of expertise and best practices through:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the facilitation of exchanges of experts;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">collaboration on professional training;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the awareness of the local public; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">counselling on the protection of the historic monuments and protected spaces and on the legislation and implementation of measures related to heritage, in particular its integration into local life.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_41">
<p id="d1e2141-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 41</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_41.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Tourism</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of tourism may cover:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">measures aiming to define, adapt and develop sustainable tourism policies;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">measures and operations to develop and support sustainable tourism;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">measures aiming to integrate sustainable tourism into the social, cultural and economic life of the citizens of the OCTs.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_II.cpt_6">
<p id="d1e2169-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 6</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_II.cpt_6.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-011" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Fight against organised crime</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_42">
<p id="d1e2179-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 42</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_42.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, terrorism and corruption</p>
</div>
<div id="042.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of organised crime may include:</p>
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<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of innovative and effective means of police and judicial cooperation, including cooperation with other stakeholders such as civil society and national human rights institutions, in the prevention of and fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, terrorism and corruption; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support in order to increase the efficiency of OCTs’ policies to prevent and fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, terrorism and corruption, as well as the production, distribution and trafficking of all kinds of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, preventing and reducing drug use and drug-related harms, taking into account work carried out in those areas by international bodies, <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span> through:</p>
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<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">training and capacity building in preventing and fighting organised crime, including trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, terrorism and corruption;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">prevention including training, education and health promotion, treatment and rehabilitation of dependent drug users, including projects for the reintegration of dependent drug users into work and social environments;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">development of effective enforcement measures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iv)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">technical, financial and administrative assistance in the development of effective policies and legislation on trafficking in human beings, in particular awareness raising campaigns, referral mechanisms and victim protection systems, involving all relevant stakeholders and civil society;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(v)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">technical, financial and administrative assistance relating to the prevention, treatment and reduction of harm related to drug use;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(vi)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">technical assistance to support the development of legislation and policy against child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and gender-based violence; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(vii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">technical assistance and training to support capacity building and encourage compliance with international anti-corruption standards notably those set out in the UN Convention against Corruption.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="042.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In the framework of the association, the OCTs shall cooperate with the Union as regards combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism in accordance with Article 72.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III">
<p id="d1e2256-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">PART III</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-012" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">TRADE AND TRADE-RELATED COOPERATION</span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_I">
<p id="d1e2265-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">TITLE I</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_I.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-013" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">GENERAL PROVISIONS</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_43">
<p id="d1e2273-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 43</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_43.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Specific objectives</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The objectives of trade and trade-related cooperation between the Union and the OCTs are to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote the economic and social development of the OCTs by establishing close economic relations between the OCTs and the Union as a whole;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">stimulate the OCTs’ effective integration in the regional and world economies and the development of trade in goods and services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support OCTs in creating a favourable investment climate to support the social and economic development of OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote the stability, integrity and transparency of the global financial system and good governance in the area of tax;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support the process of diversification of OCTs economies;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support OCTs’ capacities to formulate and implement policies necessary for the development of their trade in goods and services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support OCTs’ export and trading capacities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support OCTs’ efforts to align or converge their local legislation with Union legislation, where relevant;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">provide possibilities for targeted cooperation and dialogue with the Union on trade and trade-related areas;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">encourage OCTs in expressing their views in the context of any relevant public consultation activities or any existing relevant tool linked to the design and impact assessment of the negotiation of free trade agreements by the Union; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">where relevant, take account of the OCTs in impact analyses accompanying the launch and negotiation of free trade agreements by the Union.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_II">
<p id="d1e2349-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">TITLE II</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_II.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-014" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES AND ESTABLISHMENT</span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_II.cpt_1">
<p id="d1e2358-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 1</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_II.cpt_1.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-015" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Arrangements for trade in goods</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_44">
<p id="d1e2368-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 44</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_44.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Free access for originating goods</p>
</div>
<div id="044.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Products originating in the OCTs shall be imported into the Union free of import duty.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The definition of originating products and the methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto are laid down in Annex II.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_45">
<p id="d1e2383-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 45</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_45.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect</p>
</div>
<div id="045.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Union shall not apply to imports of products originating in the OCTs any quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.</p>
</div>
<div id="045.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit which are justified on grounds of public morality or public policy, the protection of health and life of humans, animals and plants, the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, the conservation of exhaustible natural resources or the protection of industrial or commercial property.</p>
</div>
<div id="045.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Prohibitions or restrictions referred to in paragraph 2 shall in no case constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction of trade.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_46">
<p id="d1e2403-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 46</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_46.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Measures adopted by the OCTs</p>
</div>
<div id="046.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The authorities of the OCTs may retain or introduce, in respect of imports of products originating in the Union, such customs duties or quantitative restrictions as they consider necessary in view of their respective development needs.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. For the fields covered by this Chapter, the OCTs shall grant to the Union treatment no less favourable than the most favourable treatment applicable to any major trading economy as defined in paragraph 4.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Paragraph 2 shall not preclude an OCT from granting certain other OCTs or other developing countries more favourable treatment than that accorded to the Union.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. For the purposes of this Title, a ‘major trading economy’ means any developed country, or any country accounting for a share of world merchandise exports above one per cent, or, without prejudice to paragraph 3, any group of countries acting individually, collectively or through an economic integration agreement accounting collectively for a share of world merchandise exports above 1,5 %. For that calculation, the latest available official data by the WTO on leading exporters in world merchandise trade, excluding intra-Union trade, shall be used.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The authorities of the OCTs shall communicate to the Commission the customs tariffs and lists of quantitative restrictions which they apply in accordance with this Decision. The authorities of the OCTs shall also communicate to the Commission any subsequent amendments to such measures as and when they are adopted.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_47">
<p id="d1e2437-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 47</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_47.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Non-discrimination</p>
</div>
<div id="047.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Union shall not discriminate between OCTs and the OCTs shall not discriminate between Member States.</p>
</div>
<div id="047.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In accordance with Article 66, the implementation of the specific provisions in this Decision and in particular its Article 45(2), Articles 46 and 49, 50 and 52 and Article 59(3) shall not be deemed to constitute a discrimination.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_48">
<p id="d1e2452-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 48</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_48.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Conditions for movements of waste</p>
</div>
<div id="048.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Movements of waste between the Member States and the OCTs shall be controlled in accordance with international law, in particular the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal <a id="ntc21-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0021" href="#ntr21-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0021"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">21</span>)</a> (Basel Convention), and Union law. The Union shall support the establishment and development of effective international cooperation in this area with a view to protecting the environment and public health.</p>
</div>
<div id="048.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. As regards those OCTs which, due to their constitutional status, are not Party to the Basel Convention, their relevant authorities shall expedite adoption of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement the Basel Convention in their respective territories.</p>
</div>
<div id="048.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Member States to which OCTs are linked shall promote the adoption by the OCTs of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement relevant Union law concerning waste and waste shipments.</p>
</div>
<div id="048.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. An OCT and the Member State to which it is linked may apply their own procedures to the export of waste from the OCT to that Member State. In such cases, the Member State to which the OCT is linked shall notify to the Commission the applicable legislation as well as any subsequent amendments to such legislation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_49">
<p id="d1e2483-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 49</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_49.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Temporary withdrawal of preferences</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">Where the Commission considers that there are sufficient grounds to question whether this Decision is being correctly implemented, the Commission shall enter into consultations with the OCT and the Member State with which the OCT has special relations, in order to ensure the proper implementation of this Decision. If the consultations do not lead to a mutually acceptable way of implementing this Decision, the Union may temporarily withdraw preferences from the OCT concerned in accordance with Annex III.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_50">
<p id="d1e2490-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 50</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_50.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Safeguard and surveillance measures</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In order to ensure the proper implementation of this Decision, the Union may take the safeguard and surveillance measures set out in Annex IV.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_II.cpt_2">
<p id="d1e2498-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 2</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_II.cpt_2.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-016" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Arrangements for trade in services and for establishment</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_51">
<p id="d1e2508-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 51</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_51.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Definitions</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘natural person from an OCT’ means a natural person ordinarily resident in an OCT who is a national of a Member State or who enjoys a legal status specific to an OCT. This definition is without prejudice to the rights conferred by citizenship of the Union within the meaning of Article 20 of the TFEU;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘legal person of an OCT’ means a legal person of an OCT set up in accordance with the laws applicable in that OCT, and having its registered office, its central administration, or its principal place of business in the territory in that OCT. Should the legal person have only its registered office or central administration in the OCT, it shall not be considered as a legal person of that OCT, unless it engages in an activity which has a real and continuous link with the economy of that OCT;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">the respective definitions laid down in the economic integration agreements referred to in Article 52(1) shall apply to the treatment accorded between the Union and the OCTs.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_52">
<p id="d1e2541-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 52</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_52.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Most favourable treatment</p>
</div>
<div id="052.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. With respect to any measures affecting trade in services and establishment in economic activities:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">the Union shall accord to natural and legal persons of the OCTs a treatment no less favourable than the most favourable treatment applicable to like natural and legal persons of any third country with whom the Union concludes or has concluded an economic integration agreement;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">an OCT shall accord to the natural and legal persons of the Union a treatment no less favourable than the most favourable treatment applicable to like natural and legal persons of any major trading economy with which it has concluded an economic integration agreement after 1 January 2014.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="052.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The obligations provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to treatment granted:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in the framework of an internal market or economic integration agreement requiring the parties thereto to significantly approximate their legislation with a view to removing non-discriminatory obstacles to establishment and to trade in services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">under measures providing for recognition of qualifications or licences. This is without prejudice to OCTs specific measures under this Article;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">under any international agreement or arrangement relating wholly or mainly to taxation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">under measures benefitting from the coverage of a most-favoured nation exemption listed in accordance with Article II.2 of the GATS.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="052.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Nothing in this Decision shall prevent either the Union or the OCTs from adopting or maintaining measures for prudential reasons, including for:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the protection of investors, depositors, policy-holders or persons to whom a fiduciary duty is owed by a financial service supplier; or</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">to ensure the integrity and stability of a Party’s financial system.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="052.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The authorities of an OCT may with a view to promoting or supporting local employment, adopt regulations to aid their natural persons and local activities. In this event, the OCT authorities shall notify the Commission of the regulations they adopt so that it may inform the Member States thereof.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III">
<p id="d1e2624-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">TITLE III</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-017" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">TRADE-RELATED AREAS</span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_1">
<p id="d1e2633-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 1</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_1.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-018" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Trade and sustainable development</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_53">
<p id="d1e2643-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 53</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_53.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General approach</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">Trade and trade-related cooperation under the association aims to contribute to sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions. In this context, the domestic environmental or labour laws and regulations of OCTs shall not be lowered in order to encourage trade or investment.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_54">
<p id="d1e2650-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 54</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_54.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Environmental and climate change standards in trade</p>
</div>
<div id="054.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Trade and trade-related cooperation under the association aims to enhance the mutual supportiveness between trade and environmental policies and obligations. For those purposes, trade-related cooperation under the association shall take into account the principles of international environmental governance and multilateral environmental agreements.</p>
</div>
<div id="054.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Trade-related cooperation shall aim to support the ultimate objectives of the UNFCCC and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. It may also extend to cooperation on other trade-related multilateral environmental agreements, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora <a id="ntc22-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0022" href="#ntr22-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0022"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">22</span>)</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_55">
<p id="d1e2671-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 55</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_55.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Labour standards in trade</p>
</div>
<div id="055.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The association aims to promote trade in such a way that it is conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all.</p>
</div>
<div id="055.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The internationally recognised core labour standards, as defined by the relevant ILO conventions, shall be respected and implemented. Such labour standards include, in particular, respect for freedom of association, right to collective bargaining, abolition of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, elimination of the worst forms of child labour, the minimum age for admission to employment and non-discrimination in respect to employment. The OCTs shall ensure effective labour inspection, effective measures for occupational safety and health, consistent with relevant ILO conventions and decent working conditions for all.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_56">
<p id="d1e2686-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 56</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_56.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sustainable trade in fisheries products</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The association may include cooperation to promote the sustainable management of fish stocks, as well as to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and related trade. Cooperation in this field should aim to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">facilitate cooperation between OCTs and regional fisheries management organisations, in particular with respect to the development and effective implementation of control and inspection schemes, incentives and measures for effective long term management of fisheries and marine ecosystems;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote the implementation of measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and related trade in OCTs.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_57">
<p id="d1e2707-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 57</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_57.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sustainable timber trade</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of timber trade aims to promote trade in legally harvested timber. Such cooperation may include dialogue on regulatory measures as well as exchange of information on market-based or voluntary measures such as forest certification or green procurement policies.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_58">
<p id="d1e2714-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 58</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_58.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Trade and sustainable development</p>
</div>
<div id="058.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of trade and sustainable development may be pursued by:</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">facilitating and promoting trade and investment in environmental goods and services including through the elaboration and implementation of local legislation, as well as in those goods that contribute to the improvement of social conditions in OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">facilitating the removal of obstacles to trade or investment regarding goods and services of particular relevance for mitigation of climate change, such as sustainable renewable energy and energy efficient products and services, including through the adoption of policy frameworks conducive to the deployment of best available technologies and through the promotion of standards that respond to environmental and economic needs and minimise technical obstacles to trade;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promoting trade in goods that contribute to enhanced social conditions and environmentally sound practices, including goods that are the subject of voluntary sustainability assurance schemes such as fair and ethical trade schemes, eco-labels, and certification schemes for natural resource-based products;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promoting internationally recognised principles and guidelines in the area of responsible business conduct and corporate social responsibility, encouraging companies operating in the territory of OCTs to implement them and exchanging information and best practices;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promoting the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the implementation of the related SDGs.</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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</div>
<div id="058.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In the design and implementation of measures aiming to protect the environment or labour conditions that may affect trade or investment, the Union and the OCTs shall take account of available scientific and technical information, and relevant international standards, guidelines or recommendations, including the precautionary principle.</p>
</div>
<div id="058.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Union and the OCTs shall apply full transparency to develop, introduce and implement any measures aimed at protecting the environment and labour conditions affecting trade or investment.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_2">
<p id="d1e2767-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 2</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_2.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-019" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Other trade-related issues</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_59">
<p id="d1e2777-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 59</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_59.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Current payments and capital movements</p>
</div>
<div id="059.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. No restrictions shall be imposed on any payments in freely convertible currency on the current account of balance of payments between residents of the Union and residents of the OCTs.</p>
</div>
<div id="059.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. With regard to transactions on the capital account of balance of payments, the Member States and the OCTs authorities shall ensure free movement of capital relating to direct investments in companies formed in accordance with the laws of the host Member State, country or territory and shall ensure that the assets formed by such investment and any profit stemming therefrom can be realised and repatriated.</p>
</div>
<div id="059.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Union and the OCTs shall be entitled to take the measures referred to in Articles 64, 65, 66, 75, 143, 144 and 215 TFEU in accordance with the conditions laid down therein <span class="oj-italic">mutatis mutandis</span>.</p>
</div>
<div id="059.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The OCT authorities, the Member State concerned or the Union shall inform one another immediately of any such measures and submit a timetable for their elimination as soon as possible.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_60">
<p id="d1e2805-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 60</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_60.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Competition policies</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">With due consideration to their different levels of development and economic needs, the OCTs shall adopt, maintain or be subject to law or policies aiming to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">prevent and prohibit horizontal and vertical agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which have as their object or effect the significant prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">prevent and prohibit abuses by one or more undertakings of a dominant position;</p>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">prevent and prohibit concentrations between undertakings which would significantly impede effective competition, in particular as a result of the creation or strengthening of a dominant position; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">transparency about the OCTs’ granting of subsidies regarding goods that have a significant negative effect on trade or investment between the Union and an OCT.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_61">
<p id="d1e2838-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 61</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_61.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Protection of intellectual property rights</p>
</div>
<div id="061.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. An adequate and effective level of protection of intellectual property rights, including means for enforcing such rights, shall be ensured in line with the highest international standards, where appropriate, with a view to reducing distortions and impediments to bilateral trade.</p>
</div>
<div id="061.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. In the framework of the association, cooperation in this field may concern the preparation of laws and regulations for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, the prevention of the abuse of such rights by right holders and of the infringement of such rights by competitors and support for regional intellectual property organisations involved in enforcement and protection, including the training of personnel.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_62">
<p id="d1e2853-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 62</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_62.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Protection of Geographical Indications</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The Union and the OCTs recognise the importance of Geographical Indications (GIs) for sustainable agriculture and rural development. They shall ensure the proper protection and enforcement of GIs and shall cooperate towards the further development of more effective GI systems. They shall also exchange information on legislative and policy developments on GIs.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_63">
<p id="d1e2860-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 63</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_63.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Technical barriers to trade</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The association may include cooperation in the fields of technical regulation for goods, standardisation, conformity assessment, accreditation, market surveillance and quality assurance with a view to removing unnecessary technical barriers to trade between the Union and the OCTs and to reduce differences in those areas.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_64">
<p id="d1e2867-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 64</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_64.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Consumer policy, consumer health protection and trade</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of consumer policy, consumer health protection and trade may include the preparation of laws and regulations in the area of consumer policy and consumer health protection, with a view to avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_65">
<p id="d1e2874-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 65</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_65.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, cooperation in the field of sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures aims to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">facilitate trade between the Union and the OCTs as a whole and between OCTs and third countries, whilst safeguarding human, animal and plant health or life in accordance with the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the ‘WTO SPS Agreement’);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">address trade-related issues arising from sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensure transparency as regards sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures applicable to trade between the Union and the OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote the harmonisation of measures with international standards, in accordance with the WTO SPS Agreement;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">support the effective participation of OCTs in organisations that set international sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote consultation and exchanges between OCTs and European institutes and laboratories;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">establish and enhance OCTs’ technical capacity to implement and monitor sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote technology transfer and rapid exchange of information in the area of sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_66">
<p id="d1e2935-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 66</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_66.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Prohibition of protectionist measures</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The provisions of Chapter 1 and of this Chapter shall not be used as a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_3">
<p id="d1e2943-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 3</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_3.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-020" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Monetary and tax matters</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_67">
<p id="d1e2953-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 67</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_67.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Tax carve out</p>
</div>
<div id="067.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to Article 68, the most favoured nation treatment granted in accordance with this Decision shall not apply to tax advantages which the Member States or OCTs authorities are providing or may provide in the future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements, or to domestic tax legislation in force.</p>
</div>
<div id="067.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Nothing in this Decision may be construed so as to prevent the adoption or enforcement of any measure to prevent tax fraud or avoidance or evasion of taxes pursuant to the tax provisions of agreements to avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements, or domestic tax legislation in force.</p>
</div>
<div id="067.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Nothing in this Decision shall be construed so as to prevent the respective competent authorities from distinguishing, in the application of the relevant provisions of their tax legislation, between taxpayers who are not in the same situation, in particular with regard to their place of residence, or with regard to the place where their capital is invested.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_68">
<p id="d1e2973-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 68</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_68.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Tax and customs arrangements for Union-funded contracts</p>
</div>
<div id="068.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. An OCT shall apply to contracts funded by the Union tax and customs arrangements no less favourable than those applied by them to the Member State to which the OCT is linked or to the states to which the most-favoured nation treatment is granted, or to international development organisations with which it has relations, whichever treatment is the most favourable.</p>
</div>
<div id="068.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the following arrangements shall apply to contracts financed by the Union:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the contract shall not be subject in the beneficiary OCT to stamp or registration duties or to fiscal charges having equivalent effect, whether such charges already exist or are to be instituted in the future; however, such contracts shall be registered in accordance with the legislation in force in that OCT and a fee corresponding to the service rendered may be charged for it;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">profits and/or income arising from the performance of contracts shall be taxable according to the internal fiscal arrangements of the beneficiary OCT, provided that the natural persons or legal persons who realise such profit or such income have a permanent place of business in that OCT, or that the performance of the contract takes longer than six months;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">natural persons or legal persons that must import equipment in order to carry out works contracts shall, if they so request, benefit from the system of temporary admission as laid down by the legislation in force in the beneficiary OCT in respect of that equipment;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">professional equipment necessary for carrying out tasks defined in a service contract shall be temporarily admitted into the beneficiary OCT free of fiscal, import and customs duties and of other charges having equivalent effect where those duties and charges do not constitute remuneration for services rendered;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">imports under supply contracts shall be admitted into the beneficiary OCT without customs duties, import duties, taxes or fiscal charges having equivalent effect. The contract for supplies originating in the OCT concerned shall be concluded on the basis of the ex-works price of the supplies, to which may be added such internal fiscal charges as may be applicable to those supplies in the OCT;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">fuels, lubricants and hydrocarbon binders and all materials used in the performance of works contracts shall be deemed to have been purchased on the local market and shall be subject to fiscal rules applicable under the legislation in force in the beneficiary OCT;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">personal and household effects imported for use by natural persons, other than those recruited locally, engaged in carrying out tasks defined in a service contract and members of their families, shall be exempt from customs or import duties, taxes and other fiscal charges having equivalent effect, within the limits of the legislation in force in the beneficiary OCT.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="068.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Any contractual matter not covered by paragraphs 1 and 2 shall remain subject to the legislation in force in the OCT concerned.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_4">
<p id="d1e3038-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 4</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_4.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-021" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Trade capacity development</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_69">
<p id="d1e3048-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 69</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_69.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General approach</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">With a view to ensuring that OCTs derive the maximum benefit from this Decision and that they may participate under the best possible conditions in the Union’s internal market as well as regional, sub-regional and international markets, the association aims to contribute to the development of the OCTs’ trade capacities by:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">increasing the OCTs’ competitiveness, self-reliance and economic resilience, through diversifying the range and increasing the value and volume of OCTs trade in goods and services and by strengthening the OCTs’ ability to attract private investments in various sectors of economic activity;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">improving cooperation in trade in goods, services and establishment between the OCTs and neighbouring countries.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_70">
<p id="d1e3069-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 70</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_70.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Trade dialogue, cooperation and capacity development</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">In the framework of the association, trade dialogue, cooperation and capacity development initiatives may include:</p>
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<tr>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">strengthening the OCTs’ capacities to define and implement policies necessary for the development of trade in goods and services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">encouraging the efforts of OCTs to put in place appropriate legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks as well as the necessary administrative procedures;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promoting private sector development, in particular SMEs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">facilitating market and product development, including product quality improvement;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contributing to the development of human resources and professional skills relevant to trade in goods and services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">enhancing the capacity of business intermediaries to provide OCTs enterprises services pertinent to their exporting activities, such as market intelligence;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contributing to the creation of a business climate conducive to investment.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_5">
<p id="d1e3121-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 5</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_III.tis_III.cpt_5.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-022" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Cooperation in the area of financial services and taxation matters</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_71">
<p id="d1e3131-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 71</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_71.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cooperation on international financial services</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">With a view to promoting the stability, integrity and transparency of the global financial system, the association may include cooperation on international financial services. Such cooperation may cover:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the provision of effective and adequate protection of investors and other consumers of financial services;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the prevention and combat of money laundering and financing of terrorism;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the promotion of cooperation between different actors of the financial system, including regulators and supervisors;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the setup of independent and effective mechanisms for the supervision of financial services.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_72">
<p id="d1e3164-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 72</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_72.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">International standards in financial services</p>
</div>
<div id="072.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Union and the OCTs shall make their best endeavours to ensure that internationally agreed standards for regulation and supervision in the financial services sector and for the fight against tax evasion and avoidance are implemented and applied in their territory. Such internationally agreed standards are, inter alia, the Basel Committee’s ‘Core Principle for Effective Banking Supervision’, the ‘International Association of Insurance Supervisors’‘Insurance Core Principles’, the ‘International Organisation of Securities Commissions’‘Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation’, the OECD’s Agreement on exchange of information on tax matters, the G20 ‘Statement on Transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes’, the Financial Stability Board’s ‘Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions’.</p>
</div>
<div id="072.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The OCTs shall adopt or maintain a legal framework for the prevention of the use of their financial systems for the purpose of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, taking particular account of the instruments of international bodies active in this field, such as the Financial Action Task Force’s ‘International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation - the FATF Recommendations’.</p>
</div>
<div id="072.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Where the Commission issues Decisions authorising a Member State to conclude an agreement with an OCT for the transfer of funds between that OCT and the Member State to which it is linked, this transfer shall be treated as a transfer of funds within the Union under Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc23-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0023" href="#ntr23-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0023"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">23</span>)</a> and that OCT shall comply with the terms of that Regulation.</p>
</div>
<div id="072.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. This Article shall be without prejudice to Article 155 of the Financial Regulation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_73">
<p id="d1e3231-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 73</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_73.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cooperation in taxation matters</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The Union and the OCTs shall recognise and commit themselves to effectively implement the principles of good governance in the tax area, including the global standards on transparency and exchange of information, fair taxation and the minimum standards against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. They will promote good governance in tax matters, improve international cooperation in the tax area and facilitate the collection of tax revenues.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_IV">
<p id="d1e3239-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">PART IV</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_IV.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-023" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">FINANCIAL COOPERATION</span>
</p>
</div>
<div id="prt_IV.cpt_1">
<p id="d1e3248-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 1</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_IV.cpt_1.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-024" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Principles</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_74">
<p id="d1e3258-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 74</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_74.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Financial resources</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The Union shall contribute to the achievement of the association’s overall objectives through the provision of:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">adequate financial resources and appropriate technical assistance aimed at strengthening the OCTs’ capacities to formulate and implement strategic and regulatory frameworks;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">long term financing to promote private sector growth;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">where appropriate, other Union programmes may contribute to actions established under this Decision, provided that the contributions do not cover the same costs. This Decision may also contribute to measures established under other Union programmes, provided that the contributions do not cover the same costs. In such cases, the work programme covering those actions shall establish which set of rules shall be applicable.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_75">
<p id="d1e3285-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 75</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_75.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Budget</p>
</div>
<div id="075.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 500 000 000 in current prices.</p>
</div>
<div id="075.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be detailed as set out in Annex I.</p>
</div>
<div id="075.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 is without prejudice to the application of provisions providing for flexibility in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 <a id="ntc24-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0024" href="#ntr24-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0024"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">24</span>)</a>, Regulation (EU) 2021/947 and the Financial Regulation.</p>
</div>
<div id="075.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The cumulative net reflows stemming from the OCT Investment Facility set out in Article 3(3) of Annex IV of Decision 2013/755/EU shall constitute external assigned revenues to top-up the non-allocated fund referred to in Article 1(1)(e) of Annex I of this Decision, from the moment they become available. Without prejudice to the decisions to be taken with respect to the subsequent Multiannual Financial Frameworks, after 31 December 2027, and until their depletion, the cumulative net reflows shall constitute contributions to the next OCT financial instrument which replaces this instrument.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_76">
<p id="d1e3326-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 76</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_76.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Definitions</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘programmable aid’ means the non-repayable aid allocated to the OCTs in order to finance territorial, regional and intra-regional strategies when applicable or priorities set out in programming documents;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘programming’ means the process of organisation, decision-making and allocation of indicative financial resources intended to implement, on a multi-annual basis and in an area referred to in Part II, the action to achieve the association’s objectives for the sustainable development of the OCTs;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘programming document’ means the document which sets out the OCT’s strategy, priorities and arrangements and translates the objectives and targets of the OCT for its sustainable development in an effective and efficient way to pursue the objectives of the association;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘development plans’ means a coherent set of operations defined and financed exclusively by the OCTs in the framework of their own policies and strategies of development, and those agreed upon between an OCT and the Member State to which it is linked;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘territorial allocation’ means the amount allocated to individual OCTs for the programmable aid in order to finance territorial strategies and priorities set out in programming documents;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘regional allocation’ means the amount allocated in accordance with Article 84(1) for the programmable aid in order to finance regional cooperation strategies or priorities as set out in programming documents;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘intra-regional allocation’ means an amount, within the regional allocation, allocated in accordance with Article 84(2) for the programmable aid in order to finance intra-regional cooperation strategies and priorities as set out in programming documents.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_77">
<p id="d1e3398-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 77</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_77.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Principles of financial cooperation</p>
</div>
<div id="077.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Union financial assistance shall be based on the principles of partnership, ownership, alignment to territorial systems, complementarity and subsidiarity.</p>
</div>
<div id="077.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Operations funded within the framework of this Decision may take the form of programmable or non-programmable aid.</p>
</div>
<div id="077.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Union financial assistance shall:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">be implemented with due regard to the OCTs’ respective geographical, social and cultural characteristics, as well as their specific potential;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensure that resource flows are accorded on a predictable and regular basis;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">be flexible and tailored to the situation in each OCT; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">be conducted in full compliance with the respective institutional, legal and financial powers of each of the partners.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="077.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The authorities of the OCT concerned shall be responsible for implementing operations without prejudice to the powers of the Commission to ensure sound financial management in the use of Union funds.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_IV.cpt_2">
<p id="d1e3450-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 2</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_IV.cpt_2.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-025" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Specific provisions for the financial cooperation</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_78">
<p id="d1e3460-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 78</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_78.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Subject matter and scope</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">Within the framework of the strategy and priorities established by the OCT concerned at local or regional level, financial support may be given to the following:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(1)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">sector policies and reforms as well as projects that are in coherence with them;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<tbody>
<tr>
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<p class="oj-normal">(2)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">institutional development, capacity building and integration of environmental aspects; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(3)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">technical assistance.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_79">
<p id="d1e3487-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 79</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_79.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Capacity development</p>
</div>
<div id="079.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Financial assistance may contribute among other things, to supporting the OCTs with developing the necessary capacities to define, implement and monitor territorial and/or regional strategies and actions in view of achieving the general objectives for the areas of cooperation mentioned in Parts II and III.</p>
</div>
<div id="079.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Union shall support the efforts of the OCTs in developing reliable statistical data regarding those areas including to ensure the follow-up on the implementation of the SDGs.</p>
</div>
<div id="079.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Union may support OCTs in their efforts to improve the comparability of their macroeconomic indicators, in particular to facilitate the analysis of OCTs’ GDPs.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_80">
<p id="d1e3507-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 80</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_80.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Technical assistance</p>
</div>
<div id="080.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. On the initiative of the Commission, Union financing may cover support expenditure for the implementation of this Decision and for the achievement of its objectives, including administrative support associated with the preparation, follow-up, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities necessary for such implementation, as well as expenditure at headquarters and Union delegations for the administrative support needed for the programme, and for the management of operations financed under this Decision, including information and communication actions, and corporate information and technology systems.</p>
</div>
<div id="080.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. On the initiative of the OCTs, studies or technical assistance measures, including long-term support, may be financed in relation to the implementation of the activities scheduled in the programming documents. The Commission may decide to finance such action either from the programmable aid or from the envelope earmarked for technical cooperation measures.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_IV.cpt_3">
<p id="d1e3523-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">
<span class="oj-italic">CHAPTER 3</span>
</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_IV.cpt_3.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-026" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-italic">Implementation of the financial cooperation</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_81">
<p id="d1e3533-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 81</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_81.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">General principle</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">Unless otherwise specified in this Decision, Union financial assistance shall be implemented in accordance with this Decision, the Financial Regulation, and, as appropriate, the following chapters of Title II of Regulation (EU) 2021/947:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Chapter I with the exception of Articles 10, 11, 13, 14(3), 14(4), 15, Article 16(1) to (4), and Article 17,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Chapter III with the exception of Articles 25(1), 25(2)(a), (b) and (c) and 25(3), and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Chapter V with the exception of Articles 41(1), 41(4), 41(6), 41(7), 41(9) and 42(4).</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_82">
<p id="d1e3551-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 82</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_82.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Adoption of multiannual indicative programmes, action plans and measures</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission shall adopt, under this Decision, in the form of ‘single programming documents’, multiannual indicative programmes as referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The single programming documents may take into account the territorial development plans or other plans agreed upon between the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The single programming documents shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 90(5) of this Decision. That procedure shall also apply to reviews which have the effect of significantly modifying the content of the multiannual indicative programme.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Action plans and measures as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947 may be adopted separately from the multiannual indicative programmes and shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 90(5) of this Decision. That procedure shall not apply to cases referred to in point (d) of paragraph 2 of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_83">
<p id="d1e3568-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 83</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_83.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Eligibility for territorial financing</p>
</div>
<div id="083.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The OCTs’ public authorities shall be eligible for financial support provided for in this Decision.</p>
</div>
<div id="083.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Subject to the agreement of the authorities of the OCTs concerned, the following entities and bodies shall also be eligible for financial support provided for in this Decision:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">local, national and regional public or semi-public agencies, departments or local authorities of the OCTs and in particular their financial institutions and development banks;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">companies and businesses of the OCTs and of regional groups;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">companies and businesses of a Member State, so as to enable them, in addition to their own contribution, to undertake productive projects in the territory of an OCT;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">OCTs or Union financial intermediaries promoting and financing private investments in the OCTs; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">actors of decentralised cooperation and other non-governmental actors from OCTs and from the Union, to enable them to undertake economic, cultural, social and educational projects and programmes in the OCTs in the framework of decentralised cooperation, as referred to in Article 12.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_84">
<p id="d1e3615-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 84</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_84.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Eligibility for regional financing</p>
</div>
<div id="084.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. A regional allocation may be used for operations benefitting and involving:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">two or more OCTs regardless of their location; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the OCTs and the Union as a whole; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">two or more regional bodies of which OCTs are members; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">two or more OCTs regardless of their location and at least one of the following:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more ACP States and/or one or more non-ACP States or territories <a id="ntc25-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0025" href="#ntr25-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0025"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">25</span>)</a>;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more regional bodies or associations of which OCTs are members;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iv)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more entities, authorities or other bodies from at least one OCT, being members of an EGTC in accordance with Article 8.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purposes of points (a) and (d), the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, given their specific situation, shall be considered as two separate OCTs.</p>
</div>
<div id="084.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Within the regional allocation, an intra-regional allocation may be used for operations benefitting and involving:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more OCTs and at least one of the following:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more neighbouring ACP and/or non-ACP States or territories;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more regional bodies of which OCTs, or ACP States or one or more of the outermost regions are members; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">one or more entities, authorities or other bodies from at least one OCT, being members of an EGTC, and one or more outermost regions and/or one or more neighbouring ACP and/or non-ACP States or territories.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="084.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The funding to enable participation of the ACP States, outermost regions and other countries and territories to OCT regional cooperation programmes shall be additional to funds allocated to the OCTs under this Decision.</p>
</div>
<div id="084.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The participation of ACP States, outermost regions and other countries or territories in programmes established pursuant to this Decision shall be envisaged only to the extent that:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">equivalent provisions exist in the framework of relevant Union’s programmes or in the relevant funding programmes of third countries and territories not covered by Union programmes; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the principle of proportionality is respected, taking into account the capacities of stakeholders, in particular their financial capacities under instruments of the Union for cooperation with other countries.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_85">
<p id="d1e3753-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 85</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_85.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Eligibility for other Union programmes</p>
</div>
<div id="085.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Natural persons from an OCT and, where applicable, the relevant public and private bodies and institutions in an OCT, shall be eligible to participate in and for funding from Union programmes, such as InvestEU, subject to the rules and objectives of the programmes and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the OCT is linked.</p>
</div>
<div id="085.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. OCTs shall also be eligible for support under programmes and instruments of the Union for cooperation with other countries, such as Regulation (EU) 2021/947 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 <a id="ntc26-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0026" href="#ntr26-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0026"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">26</span>)</a>, subject to the rules, objectives and arrangements of those programmes.</p>
</div>
<div id="085.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Where appropriate, the Commission shall encourage the access of OCTs to Union programmes, as well as programmes and instruments of the Union for cooperation with other countries.</p>
</div>
<div id="085.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The OCTs, with the support of relevant stakeholders, shall report to the Commission on their participation in the Union programmes, at mid-term and at the end of the period 2021 to 2027.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_86">
<p id="d1e3788-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 86</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_86.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Reporting</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission shall examine the progress made in implementing the financial assistance provided to the OCTs under this Decision and shall submit a report to the Council every year starting in 2022 on the implementation and results of that financial cooperation. The report shall also be sent to the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_87">
<p id="d1e3795-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 87</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_87.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Financial controls</p>
</div>
<div id="087.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. OCTs shall bear primary responsibility for the financial supervision of the Union funds. That financial supervision shall be carried out, where appropriate, in coordination with the Member State to which the OCT is linked in accordance with the applicable national legislation.</p>
</div>
<div id="087.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Commission shall be responsible for:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensuring that management and control systems exist and function properly in the OCTs concerned so as to ensure that the Union funds are used correctly and effectively; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in the event of irregularities, sending recommendations or requests for corrective measures to remedy those irregularities and rectify any management shortcomings found.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="087.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Commission, the OCTs and, where appropriate, the Member State to which they are linked, shall cooperate on the basis of administrative arrangements at annual or biannual meetings to coordinate programmes, methodologies and the implementation of controls.</p>
</div>
<div id="087.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. With regard to financial corrections:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the OCTs concerned shall be responsible in the first instance for detecting and correcting financial irregularities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">however, in the event of shortcomings by the OCT concerned, if the OCT fails to remedy the situation and attempts at conciliation are unsuccessful, the Commission shall take action to reduce or withdraw the balance of the overall allocation corresponding to the financing decision of the programming document.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="prt_V">
<p id="d1e3849-6-1" class="oj-ti-section-1">PART V</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="prt_V.tit_1">
<p id="L_2021355EN.01000601-d-027" class="oj-ti-section-2">
<span class="oj-bold">FINAL PROVISIONS</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_88">
<p id="d1e3857-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 88</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_88.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Delegation of powers to the Commission</p>
</div>
<div id="088.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 in order to amend the procedural rules of origin and related definitions in Annex II and the Appendices of Annex II for the purpose of taking into account technological development and changes in customs and trade legislation.</p>
</div>
<div id="088.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. To ensure effective assessment of progress of this Decision towards the achievement of its objectives, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 in order to amend Article 3 of Annex I to review or complement the indicators where considered necessary and to supplement Annex I with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_89">
<p id="d1e3872-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 89</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_89.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Exercise of the delegation</p>
</div>
<div id="089.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.</p>
</div>
<div id="089.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 88 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1 January 2021. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.</p>
</div>
<div id="089.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 88 may be revoked at any time by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of power specified in that Decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.</p>
</div>
<div id="089.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.</p>
</div>
<div id="089.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it to the Council.</p>
</div>
<div id="089.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 88 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by the Council within a period of two months of notification of the act to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the Council has informed the Commission that it will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the Council.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_90">
<p id="d1e3916-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 90</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_90.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Committee procedure</p>
</div>
<div id="090.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee (the ‘OCT Committee’). That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. For the purpose of Articles 10(6) and 16(8) of Annex II, the Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 285(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc27-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0027" href="#ntr27-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0027"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">27</span>)</a>. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. For the purpose of Article 2 of Annex III and Article 5 and 6 of Annex IV, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established by Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 260/2009 <a id="ntc28-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0028" href="#ntr28-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0028"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">28</span>)</a>. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, shall apply.</p>
</div>
<div id="090.007">
<p class="oj-normal">7. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by a written procedure, the procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of committee members so requests.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_91">
<p id="d1e3980-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 91</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_91.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Information, communication and publicity</p>
</div>
<div id="091.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The recipients of Union funding shall acknowledge the origin of those funds and ensure the visibility of the Union funding, in particular when promoting the actions and their results, by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public.</p>
</div>
<div id="091.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the Programme, and to actions taken pursuant to the Programme and to the results obtained.</p>
</div>
<div id="091.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Financial resources allocated to the Programme shall also contribute to the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insofar as those priorities are related to the objectives laid down in Article 3.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_92">
<p id="d1e4000-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 92</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_92.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">European External Action Service clause</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">This Decision shall apply in accordance with Decision 2010/427/EU.</p>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_93">
<p id="d1e4007-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 93</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_93.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Repeal and transitional provisions</p>
</div>
<div id="093.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Decision 2013/755/EU is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2021.</p>
</div>
<div id="093.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. This Decision shall not affect the continuation or modification of actions initiated pursuant to Decision 2013/755/EU, which shall continue to apply to those actions until their closure.</p>
</div>
<div id="093.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The financial envelope for the Programme may also cover technical and administrative assistance expenses necessary to ensure the transition between the Programme and the measures adopted pursuant to Decision 2013/755/EU.</p>
</div>
<div id="093.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. If necessary, appropriations may be entered in the Union budget beyond 2027 to cover the expenses provided for in Article 80 to enable the management of actions not completed by 31 December 2027.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="art_94">
<p id="d1e4038-6-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 94</p>
<div class="eli-title" id="art_94.tit_1">
<p class="oj-sti-art">Entry into force</p>
</div>
<p class="oj-normal">This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span>.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">It shall apply from 1 January 2021.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="eli-subdivision" id="fnp_1">
<div class="oj-final">
<p class="oj-normal">Done at Luxembourg, 5 October 2021.</p>
<div class="oj-signatory">
<p class="oj-signatory">
<span class="oj-italic">For the Council</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-signatory">
<span class="oj-italic">The President</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-signatory">A. ŠIRCELJ
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-note"/>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr1-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0001" href="#ntc1-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">1</span>)</a> Opinion of 31.1.2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Opinion of 14.9.2021 (not yet published in the Official Journal).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr2-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0002" href="#ntc2-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super">2</span>)</a> Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2013:344:TOC"
>OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr3-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0003" href="#ntc3-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super">3</span>)</a> Council Decision 2014/137/EU of 14 March 2014 on relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2014:076:TOC"
>OJ L 76, 15.3.2014, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr4-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0004" href="#ntc4-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0004"
>(<span class="oj-super">4</span>)</a>
<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1985:029:TOC"
>OJ L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 1</a>.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr5-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0005" href="#ntc5-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0005"
>(<span class="oj-super">5</span>)</a>
<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:282:TOC"
>OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4</a>.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr6-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0006" href="#ntc6-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0006"
>(<span class="oj-super">6</span>)</a> The term ‘territories’ means the 12 UK OCTs which were listed in Annex II to the TFEU at the time of the notification received by the European Council on 29 March 2017 of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and Euratom based on Article 50 TEU.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr7-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0007" href="#ntc7-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0007"
>(<span class="oj-super">7</span>)</a> Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2020:433I:TOC"
>OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr8-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0008" href="#ntc8-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0008"
>(<span class="oj-super">8</span>)</a> Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:193:TOC"
>OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr9-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0009" href="#ntc9-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0009"
>(<span class="oj-super">9</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2021:209:TOC"
>OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr10-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0010" href="#ntc10-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0010"
>(<span class="oj-super">10</span>)</a>
<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:123:TOC"
>OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1</a>.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr11-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0011" href="#ntc11-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0011"
>(<span class="oj-super">11</span>)</a> Council Decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2010:201:TOC"
>OJ L 201, 3.8.2010, p. 30</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr12-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0012" href="#ntc12-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0012"
>(<span class="oj-super">12</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2011:055:TOC"
>OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr13-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0013" href="#ntc13-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0013"
>(<span class="oj-super">13</span>)</a> Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2013:248:TOC"
>OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr14-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0014" href="#ntc14-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0014"
>(<span class="oj-super">14</span>)</a> Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1995:312:TOC"
>OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr15-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0015" href="#ntc15-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0015"
>(<span class="oj-super">15</span>)</a> Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1996:292:TOC"
>OJ L 292, 15.11.96, p. 2</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr16-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0016" href="#ntc16-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0016"
>(<span class="oj-super">16</span>)</a> Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2017:283:TOC"
>OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr17-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0017" href="#ntc17-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0017"
>(<span class="oj-super">17</span>)</a> Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2017:198:TOC"
>OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr18-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0018" href="#ntc18-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0018"
>(<span class="oj-super">18</span>)</a> Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2015:343:TOC"
>OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr19-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0019" href="#ntc19-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0019"
>(<span class="oj-super">19</span>)</a> The term ‘territories’ means the 12 UK OCTs which were listed in Annex II to the TFEU at the time of the notification received by the European Council on 29 March 2017 of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and Euratom based on Article 50 TEU.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr20-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0020" href="#ntc20-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0020"
>(<span class="oj-super">20</span>)</a> Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2006:210:TOC"
>OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr21-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0021" href="#ntc21-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0021"
>(<span class="oj-super">21</span>)</a>
<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1993:039:TOC"
>OJ L 39, 16.2.1993, p. 3</a>.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr22-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0022" href="#ntc22-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0022"
>(<span class="oj-super">22</span>)</a>
<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2015:075:TOC"
>OJ L 75, 19.3.2015, p. 4</a>.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr23-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0023" href="#ntc23-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0023"
>(<span class="oj-super">23</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2015:141:TOC"
>OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr24-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0024" href="#ntc24-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0024"
>(<span class="oj-super">24</span>)</a> Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2020:433I:TOC"
>OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr25-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0025" href="#ntc25-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0025"
>(<span class="oj-super">25</span>)</a> The term ‘territories’ means the 12 UK OCTs which were listed in Annex II to the TFEU at the time of the notification received by the European Council on 29 March 2017 of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and Euratom based on Article 50 TEU.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr26-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0026" href="#ntc26-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0026"
>(<span class="oj-super">26</span>)</a> Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1996:163:TOC"
>OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr27-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0027" href="#ntc27-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0027"
>(<span class="oj-super">27</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2013:269:TOC"
>OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr28-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0028" href="#ntc28-L_2021355EN.01000601-E0028"
>(<span class="oj-super">28</span>)</a> Council Regulation (EC) No 260/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the common rules for imports (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2009:084:TOC"
>OJ L 84, 31.3.2009, p. 1</a>).</p>
</div>
<hr class="oj-doc-sep"/>
<div id="L_2021355EN.01004701">
<div class="eli-container">
<p class="oj-ti-tbl" id="d1e34-47-1">
<span class="oj-italic">TABLE OF CONTENTS</span>
</p>
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<col width="85%"/>
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<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">ANNEX I:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >UNION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">ANNEX II:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’ AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE I:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >General provisions</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE II:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Definition of the concept of originating products</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE III:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Territorial requirements</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE IV:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Proofs of origin</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE V:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Arrangements for administrative cooperation</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE VI:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Ceuta and Melilla</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">TITLE VII:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >Final provisions</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">Appendices I to VI</p>
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<p class="oj-tbl-num">ANNEX III:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERENCES</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="5%"/>
<col width="85%"/>
<col width="10%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-tbl-num">ANNEX IV:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >SAFEGUARD AND SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES</td>
<td class="oj-normal" />
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-doc-sep"/>
<div id="L_2021355EN.01004801">
<div class="eli-container" id="anx_I">
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e32-48-1">ANNEX I</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">UNION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE</p>
<div id="001">
<p id="d1e40-48-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 1</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">
<span class="oj-italic">Allocation between the OCTs</span>
</p>
<div id="001.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. For the purposes of this Decision, for the seven-year period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027, the overall amount of the Union financial assistance of EUR 500 000 000 in current prices shall be allocated as follows:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">EUR 164 000 000 in the form of grants for bilateral programmable support for the long-term development of OCTs other than Greenland, in particular to finance the initiatives referred to in the programming document. Where appropriate, the programming document shall pay particular attention to actions aimed at strengthening governance and the institutional capacities of the beneficiary OCTs and, where relevant, the likely timetable of the envisaged actions. This amount shall be allocated on the basis of the specificities, needs, development level and performance of the OCTs in accordance with a limited set of specific and transparent criteria, taking into account the population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), poverty and inequality, the level of previous allocations, the OCTs’ absorption capacities and constraints due to the geographical isolation of OCTs as mentioned in Article 9;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">EUR 225 000 000 in the form of grants for bilateral programmable support for the long term development of Greenland, in particular to finance the initiative referred to in the programming document;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">EUR 76 000 000 shall be allocated to support OCT regional programmes of which EUR 15 000 000 could support intra-regional operations, Greenland being eligible only for the intra-regional operations. This cooperation shall be implemented in coordination with Article 7, in particular regarding the areas of mutual interest referred to in Article 5 and through consultation via the instances of the EU-OCTs partnership referred to in Article 14. Coordination shall be sought with other relevant Union financial programmes and instruments and in particular the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">EUR 22 000 000 for studies or technical assistance measures for all the OCTs including Greenland, in accordance with Article 80 <a id="ntc1-L_2021355EN.01004801-E0001" href="#ntr1-L_2021355EN.01004801-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)</a>;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">EUR 13 000 000 to a non-allocated fund for all the OCTs including Greenland to <span class="oj-italic">inter alia</span>:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ensure an appropriate response of the Union in the event of unforeseen circumstances;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">address new needs or emerging challenges, such as migratory pressure at the Union’s or its neighbours’ borders; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote new international initiatives and priorities.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">The amount of the non-allocated fund referred to in point (e) of the first subparagraph shall be increased by the cumulative net reflows stemming from the OCT Investment Facility set out in Article 3(3) of Annex IV of Decision 2013/755/EU. These reflows shall be added as annual top-ups, from the moment they become available, and shall be designated as external assigned revenues.</p>
</div>
<div id="001.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Commission, following a mid-term review of the implementation of this Decision, may decide on the allocation of any non-allocated funds mentioned in this Article, including to the territorial allocations.</p>
</div>
<div id="001.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The funds shall not be committed after 31 December 2027, unless the Council unanimously decides otherwise, on a proposal from the Commission.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="002">
<p id="d1e155-48-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 2</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">
<span class="oj-italic">Administration of resources</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">All financial resources under this Decision shall be administered by the Commission.</p>
</div>
<div id="003">
<p id="d1e163-48-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 3</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">
<span class="oj-italic">Indicators</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3(5) of this Decision shall be measured by:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">1.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">For OCTs, except Greenland, exports of goods and services as % of GDP and total Government revenue as % of GDP.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">2.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">For Greenland, exports of goods and services as % of GDP and percentage of the fisheries sector in total exports.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<hr class="oj-note"/>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr1-L_2021355EN.01004801-E0001" href="#ntc1-L_2021355EN.01004801-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">1</span>)</a> Out of this amount, EUR 9 725 000 are reserved for the Commission to cover technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of the Union programmes and/or actions, indirect research, direct research.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-doc-sep"/>
<div id="L_2021355EN.01005001">
<div class="eli-container" id="anx_II">
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e39-50-1">ANNEX II</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’ AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION</p>
<p id="d1e52-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE I</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-001-0001" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">GENERAL PROVISIONS</span>
</p>
<div id="001">
<p id="d1e60-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 1</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">
<span class="oj-italic">Definitions</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purposes of this Annex the following definitions apply:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘EPA countries’ means regions or states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and which have concluded agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), where such an EPA is either provisionally applied, or enters into force, whichever is the earlier;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘manufacture’ means any kind of working or processing including assembly;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘material’ means any ingredient, raw material, component or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘product’ means the product being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘goods’ means both materials and products;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘fungible materials’ means materials that are of the same kind and commercial quality, with the same technical and physical characteristics, and which cannot be distinguished from one another once they are incorporated into the finished product;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘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);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘value of materials’ in the list in Appendix I 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 OCT. Where the value of the originating materials used needs to be established, this point shall be applied <span class="oj-italic">mutatis mutandis</span>;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘ex-works price’ means the price paid for the product ex-works to the manufacturer in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out, provided that the price includes the value of all the materials used and all other costs related to its production, minus any internal taxes which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Where the actual price paid does not reflect all costs related to the manufacturing of the product which are actually incurred in the OCT, the ex-works price means the sum of all those costs, minus any internal taxes which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purposes of this definition, where the last working or processing has been subcontracted to a manufacturer, the term ‘manufacturer’ referred to in the first subparagraph of this point may refer to the enterprise that has employed the subcontractor;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘maximum content of non-originating materials’ means the maximum content of non-originating materials which is permitted in order to consider a manufacture to be working or processing sufficient to confer originating status on the product. It may be expressed as a percentage of the ex-works price of the product or as a percentage of the net weight of these materials used falling under a specified group of chapters, chapter, heading or subheading;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘net weight’ means the weight of the goods themselves without packing materials and packing containers of any kind;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(l)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘chapters’, ‘headings’ and ‘subheadings’ mean the chapters, the headings and subheadings (four- or six-digit codes) used in the nomenclature which makes up the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (‘Harmonized System’) with the changes pursuant to the Recommendation of 26 June 2004 of the Customs Cooperation Council;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(m)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘classified’ refers to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading or subheading;</p>
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</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(n)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘consignment’ means products which are either:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee; or</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of such document, by a single invoice;</p>
</td>
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</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(o)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘exporter’ means a person exporting the goods to the Union or to an OCT who is able to prove the origin of the goods, whether or not the person is the manufacturer and whether or not they themselves carry out the export formalities;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(p)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘registered exporter’ means an exporter who is registered with the competent authorities of the OCT concerned for the purpose of making out statements on origin for the purpose of exporting under this Decision;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(q)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘statement on origin’ means a statement made out by the exporter indicating that the products covered by it comply with the rules of origin of this Annex, for the purpose of allowing either the person declaring the goods for release for free circulation in the Union to claim the benefit of preferential tariff treatment or the economic operator in an OCT importing materials for further processing in the context of cumulation rules to prove the originating status of such goods;</p>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(r)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘GSP country’ means a GSP beneficiary country as defined in point (d) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc1-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0001" href="#ntr1-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)</a>;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(s)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">‘REX system’ means the system for registering exporters authorised to certify the origin of goods set up under Article 80(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.</p>
</td>
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</table>
</div>
<p id="d1e294-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE II</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-002-0002" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ORIGINATING PRODUCTS</span>
</p>
<div id="002">
<p id="d1e302-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 2</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">General requirements</p>
<div id="002.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The following products shall be considered as originating in an OCT:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">products wholly obtained in an OCT within the meaning of Article 3 of this Annex;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">products obtained in an OCT incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 4 of this Annex.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="002.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Originating products made up of materials wholly obtained or sufficiently worked or processed in two or more OCTs shall be considered to be products originating in the OCT where the last working or processing took place.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="003">
<p id="d1e331-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 3</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Wholly obtained products</p>
<div id="003.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The following shall be considered to have been wholly obtained in an OCT:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">mineral products extracted from its soil or from its seabed;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">plants and vegetable products grown or harvested there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">live animals born and raised there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products from live animals raised there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products from slaughtered animals born and raised there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products of aquaculture where the fish, crustaceans and molluscs are born and raised there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside any territorial sea by its vessels;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products made on board its factory ships exclusively from the products referred to in point (h);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(l)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products extracted from the seabed or below the seabed which is situated outside any territorial sea but where it has exclusive exploitation rights;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(m)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">goods produced there exclusively from products specified in points (a) to (l).</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="003.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The terms ‘its vessels’ and ‘its factory ships’ in points (h) and (i) of paragraph 1 shall apply only to vessels and factory ships which meet each of the following requirements:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">they are registered in an OCT or in a Member State;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they sail under the flag of an OCT or of a Member State;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they meet one of the following conditions:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they are at least 50 % owned by nationals of the OCTs or of Member States; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they are owned by companies:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">which have their head office and their main place of business in the OCTs or in Member States, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">which are at least 50 % owned by OCTs, public entities of that country, nationals of that country or of Member States.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="003.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The conditions of paragraph 2 may each be fulfilled in Member States or in different OCTs. In that case, the products shall be deemed to have the origin of the OCT where the vessel or factory ship is registered in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 2.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="004">
<p id="d1e482-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 4</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sufficiently worked or processed products</p>
<div id="004.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to Articles 5 and 6 of this Annex, products which are not wholly obtained in an OCT within the meaning of Article 3 of this Annex shall be considered to originate there, provided that the conditions laid down in the list in Appendix I for the goods concerned are fulfilled.</p>
</div>
<div id="004.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. If a product which has acquired originating status in an OCT in accordance with paragraph 1 is further processed in that OCT and used as a material in the manufacture of another product, no account shall be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.</p>
</div>
<div id="004.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The determination of whether the requirements of paragraph 1 are met shall be carried out for each product.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">However, where the relevant rule is based on compliance with a maximum content of non-originating materials, in order to take into account fluctuations in costs and currency rates, the value of the non-originating materials may be calculated on an average basis as set out in paragraph 4.</p>
</div>
<div id="004.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. Where the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 applies, an average ex-works price of the product and average value of non-originating materials used shall be calculated respectively on the basis of the sum of the ex-works prices charged for all sales of the product carried out during the preceding fiscal year and the sum of the value of all the non-originating materials used in the manufacture of the product over the preceding fiscal year as defined in the country of export, or, where figures for a complete fiscal year are not available, a shorter period which should not be less than three months.</p>
</div>
<div id="004.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. Exporters having opted for calculations on an average basis shall consistently apply such a method during the year following the fiscal year of reference, or, where appropriate, during the year following the shorter period used as a reference. They may cease to apply such a method where during a given fiscal year, or a shorter representative period of no less than three months, they record that the fluctuations in costs or currency rates which justified the use of such a method have ceased.</p>
</div>
<div id="004.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. The averages referred to in paragraph 4 shall be used as the ex-works price and the value of non-originating materials respectively, for the purpose of establishing compliance with the maximum content of non-originating materials.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="005">
<p id="d1e519-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 5</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Insufficient working or processing operations</p>
<div id="005.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article, the following operations shall be considered to be insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 4 of this Annex are satisfied:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">breaking-up and assembly of packages;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">ironing or pressing of textiles and textile articles;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">simple painting and polishing operations;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">husking and partial or total milling of rice; polishing and glazing of cereals and rice;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">operations to colour or flavour sugar or form sugar lumps; partial or total milling of crystal sugar;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(l)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(m)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds; mixing of sugar with any material;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(n)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">simple addition of water or dilution or dehydration or denaturation of products;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(o)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(p)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">a combination of two or more of the operations specified in points (a) to (o);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(q)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">slaughter of animals.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="005.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, operations shall be considered simple when neither special skills nor machines, apparatus or tools especially produced or installed for those operations are required for their performance.</p>
</div>
<div id="005.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. All the operations carried out in an OCT on a given product shall be taken into account when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="006">
<p id="d1e644-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 6</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Tolerances</p>
<div id="006.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. By way of derogation from Article 4 of this Annex and subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, non-originating materials which, according to the conditions set out in the list in Appendix I are not to be used in the manufacture of a given product may nevertheless be used, provided that their total value or net weight assessed for the product does not exceed:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">15 % of the weight of the product for products falling within Chapters 2 and 4 to 24, other than processed fishery products of Chapter 16;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">15 % of the ex-works price of the product for other products, except for products falling within Chapters 50 to 63, for which the tolerances mentioned in Notes 6 and 7 of Appendix I shall apply.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="006.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not allow that any of the percentages for the maximum content of non-originating materials as specified in the rules laid down in the list in Appendix I are exceeded.</p>
</div>
<div id="006.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to products wholly obtained in an OCT within the meaning of Article 3 of this Annex. However, without prejudice to Article 5 and Article 11(2) of this Annex, the tolerance provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall nevertheless apply to the sum of all the materials which are used in the manufacture of a product and for which the rule laid down in the list in Appendix I for that product requires that such materials be wholly obtained.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="007">
<p id="d1e678-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 7</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Bilateral cumulation</p>
<div id="007.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Annex, materials originating in the Union shall be considered to be materials originating in an OCT when incorporated into a product obtained there, provided that they have undergone working or processing which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 5(1) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="007.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Annex, working or processing carried out in the Union shall be considered to have been carried out in an OCT when the materials undergo subsequent working or processing there.</p>
</div>
<div id="007.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. For the purposes of cumulation as provided for in this Article, the origin of the materials shall be established in accordance with this Annex.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="008">
<p id="d1e698-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 8</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cumulation with EPA countries</p>
<div id="008.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Annex, materials originating in the EPA countries shall be considered to be materials originating in an OCT when incorporated into a product obtained there, provided that they have undergone working or processing which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 5(1) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="008.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Annex, working or processing carried out in the EPA countries shall be considered to have been carried out in an OCT when the materials undergo subsequent working or processing there.</p>
</div>
<div id="008.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the origin of the materials originating in an EPA country shall be determined in accordance with the rules of origin applicable to the EPA concerned and relevant provisions on proofs of origin and administrative cooperation.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The cumulation provided for in this Article shall not apply to materials originating in the Republic of South Africa which cannot be imported directly in the Union duty-free-quota-free in the framework of the EPA between the Union and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).</p>
</div>
<div id="008.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The cumulation provided for in this Article may only be applied provided that:</p>
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<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the EPA country supplying the materials and the OCT manufacturing the final product have undertaken to:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">comply or ensure compliance with this Annex; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">provide the administrative cooperation necessary to ensure the correct implementation of this Annex both with regard to the Union and between themselves;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the undertakings referred to in point (a) have been notified to the Commission by the OCT involved.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="008.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. Where EPA countries have already complied with paragraph 4 before 1 January 2014, a new undertaking shall not be required.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="009">
<p id="d1e761-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 9</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Cumulation with other countries benefitting from duty-free quota-free access to the market of the Union under the Generalised System of Preferences</p>
<div id="009.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Without prejudice to Article 2 of this Annex, materials originating in countries and territories set out in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be considered to be materials originating in an OCT when incorporated into a product obtained there, provided they have undergone working or processing which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 5(1) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, materials shall originate from a country or territory:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">benefitting from the special arrangement for the least-developed countries of the Generalised System of Preferences (‘GSP’), referred to in point (c) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">benefitting from duty-free quota-free access to the market of the Union at Harmonized System 6-digit level under the general arrangement of the GSP, referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="009.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The origin of the materials of the countries or territories concerned shall be determined according to the rules of origin laid down, pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 <a id="ntc2-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0002" href="#ntr2-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">2</span>)</a>.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The cumulation provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to the following:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">materials which at importation to the Union are subject to antidumping or countervailing duties when originating from the country which is subject to these antidumping or countervailing duties;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">tuna products classified under Chapters 3 and 16 which are covered by Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, and subsequent amending and corresponding legal acts;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">materials which are covered by Articles 8 and 22 to 30 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, and subsequent amending and corresponding legal acts.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">The competent authorities of the OCTs shall notify the Commission on an annual basis of the materials, if any, to which cumulation under paragraph 1 of this Article has been applied.</p>
</div>
<div id="009.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The cumulation provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article may only be applied provided that:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the countries or territories involved in the cumulation have undertaken to comply or ensure compliance with this Annex and to provide the administrative cooperation necessary to ensure the correct implementation of this Annex, both with regard to the Union and between themselves;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the undertaking referred to in point (a) of this paragraph has been notified to the Commission by the OCT concerned.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="009.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. The Commission shall publish in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> (C series) the date on which the cumulation provided for in this Article may be applied with the countries or territories referred to in this Article which have fulfilled the necessary requirements.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="010">
<p id="d1e863-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 10</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Extended cumulation</p>
<div id="010.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission may grant, at the request of an OCT, cumulation of origin between an OCT and a country with which the Union has a free-trade agreement in accordance with Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in force, provided that the following conditions are met:</p>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the countries or territories involved in the cumulation have undertaken to:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">comply or ensure compliance with this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">provide the administrative cooperation necessary to ensure the correct implementation of this Annex, both with regard to the Union and between themselves; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(iii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">provide the OCTs with their support in matters of administrative cooperation in the same way as they would provide such support to the customs authorities of the Member States in accordance with the relevant provisions of the free trade agreement concerned;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the undertaking referred to in point (a) has been notified to the Commission by the OCT concerned.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission, taking into account the risk of trade circumvention and specific sensitivities of materials to be used in cumulation, may establish additional conditions for granting the cumulation requested.</p>
</div>
<div id="010.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The request referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall:</p>
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<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">be addressed to the Commission in writing;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">indicate the third country or countries concerned;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contain a list of the materials subject to cumulation; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">be supported by evidence that the conditions laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 are met.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="010.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The origin of the materials used and the documentary proof of origin shall be determined in accordance with the rules laid down in the relevant free-trade agreement. The origin of the products to be exported to the Union shall be determined in accordance with the rules of origin laid down in this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="010.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. In order for the obtained product to acquire originating status, it shall not be necessary that the materials originating in the third country and used in the OCT in the manufacture of the product to be exported to the Union have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that the working or processing carried out in the OCT concerned goes beyond the operations described in Article 5(1) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="010.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The Commission shall publish in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> (C series) the date on which the extended cumulation takes effect, the Union’s free trade agreement partner involved in that cumulation, the applicable conditions and the list of materials in relation to which the cumulation applies.</p>
</div>
<div id="010.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. The Commission shall adopt a measure granting the cumulation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 47(2) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="011">
<p id="d1e963-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 11</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Unit of qualification</p>
<div id="011.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The unit of qualification for the application of this Annex shall be the particular product which is considered to be the basic unit when determining classification using the Harmonized System.</p>
</div>
<div id="011.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. When a consignment consists of a number of identical products classified under the same heading, each individual item shall be taken into account when applying this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="011.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Where, under general rule 5 of the Harmonized System, packaging is included with the product for classification purposes, it shall be included for the purpose of determining origin.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="012">
<p id="d1e984-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 12</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Accessories, spare parts and tools</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle which are part of the normal equipment and included in the ex-works price thereof, shall be regarded as one with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle in question.</p>
</div>
<div id="013">
<p id="d1e991-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 13</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Sets</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Sets, as defined in General Rule 3 for the interpretation of the Harmonized System, shall be regarded as originating when all the component products are originating products.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">When a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall however be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the non-originating products does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set.</p>
</div>
<div id="014">
<p id="d1e1000-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 14</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Neutral elements</p>
<p class="oj-normal">In order to determine whether a product is an originating product, no account shall be taken of the origin of the following which might be used in its manufacture:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">energy and fuel;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">plant and equipment;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">machines and tools;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">any other goods which do not enter, and which are not intended to enter, into the final composition of the product.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="015">
<p id="d1e1033-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 15</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Accounting segregation</p>
<div id="015.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. If originating and non-originating fungible materials are used in the working or processing of a product, the customs authorities of the Member States may, at the written request of economic operators, authorise the management of materials in the Union using the accounting segregation method for the purposes of subsequent export to an OCT within the framework of bilateral cumulation, without keeping the materials on separate stocks.</p>
</div>
<div id="015.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities of the Member States may make the granting of authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 subject to any conditions they deem appropriate.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The authorisation shall be granted only if by use of the method referred to in paragraph 3 it can be ensured that, at any time, the number of products obtained which could be considered as originating in the Union is the same as the number that would have been obtained by using a method of physical segregation of the stocks.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">If authorised, the method shall be applied and the application thereof shall be recorded on the basis of the general accounting principles applicable in the Union.</p>
</div>
<div id="015.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The beneficiary of the method referred to in paragraph 2 shall make out or, until the application of the REX system, apply for proofs of origin for the quantity of products which may be considered as originating in the Union. At the request of the customs authorities of the Member States, the beneficiary shall provide a statement of how the quantities have been managed.</p>
</div>
<div id="015.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The customs authorities of the Member States shall monitor the use made of the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">They may withdraw the authorisation in the following cases:</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the beneficiary makes improper use of the authorisation in any manner whatsoever; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the beneficiary fails to fulfil any of the other conditions laid down in this Annex.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="016">
<p id="d1e1078-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 16</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Derogations</p>
<div id="016.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Upon the Commission’s initiative or in response to a request from a Member State or an OCT, an OCT may be granted a temporary derogation from this Annex in any of the following cases:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">internal or external factors temporarily deprive it of the ability to comply with the rules for the acquisition of origin provided for in Article 2 of this Annex where it could do so previously;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">it requires time to prepare itself to comply with the rules for the acquisition of origin provided for in Article 2 of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the development of existing industries or the creation of new industries justifies it.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="016.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be addressed to the Commission in writing, by means of the form set out in Appendix II. It shall state the reasons for the request and shall contain appropriate supporting documents.</p>
</div>
<div id="016.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The examination of requests shall in particular take into account:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">the level of development or the geographical situation of the OCT concerned, having particular regard to the economic and social impact of the decision to be taken especially in respect of employment;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cases where the application of the existing rules of origin would significantly affect the ability of an existing industry in the OCT concerned to continue its exports to the Union, with particular reference to cases where this could lead to cessation of its activities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">specific cases where it can be clearly demonstrated that significant investment in an industry could be deterred by the rules of origin and where a derogation favouring the realisation of the investment programme would enable those rules to be satisfied in stages.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="016.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The Commission shall respond positively to all the requests which are duly justified in conformity with this Article and which cannot cause serious injury to an established Union industry.</p>
</div>
<div id="016.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The Commission shall take the steps necessary to ensure that a decision is reached as quickly as possible and shall endeavour to adopt its position within 75 working days of its receipt of the request.</p>
</div>
<div id="016.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. The temporary derogation shall be limited to the duration of the effects of the internal or external factors giving rise to it or to the length of time needed for the OCT to achieve compliance with the rules or to fulfil the targets which have been set by the derogation, taking into account the particular situation of the OCT concerned and its difficulties.</p>
</div>
<div id="016.007">
<p class="oj-normal">7. When a derogation is granted, it is subject to compliance with any requirements laid down as to information to be provided to the Commission concerning the use of the derogation and the management of the quantities for which the derogation was granted.</p>
</div>
<div id="016.008">
<p class="oj-normal">8. The Commission shall adopt a measure granting a temporary derogation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 47(2) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e1164-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE III</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-003-0003" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS</span>
</p>
<div id="017">
<p id="d1e1172-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 17</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Principle of territoriality</p>
<div id="017.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Except as provided for in Articles 7 to 10 of this Annex, the conditions set out in this Annex for acquiring originating status shall be fulfilled without interruption in the OCT.</p>
</div>
<div id="017.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. If originating products exported from the OCT to another country are returned, they shall be considered to be non-originating unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the OCT that:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the products returned are the same as those which were exported; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they have not undergone any operations beyond those necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="018">
<p id="d1e1201-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 18</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Non-manipulation clause</p>
<div id="018.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The products declared for release for free circulation in the Union shall be the same products as exported from the OCT in which they are considered to originate. They shall not have been altered, transformed in any way or subjected to operations other than operations to preserve them in good condition, prior to being declared for release for free circulation. Storage of products or consignments and splitting of consignments may take place where carried out under the responsibility of the exporter or of a subsequent holder of the goods and the products remain under customs supervision in the country or countries of transit.</p>
</div>
<div id="018.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities shall consider the declarant to have complied with paragraph 1 unless they have reason to believe the contrary. In such cases, the customs authorities may request the declarant to provide evidence of compliance, which may be given by any means, including contractual transport documents such as bills of lading or factual or concrete evidence based on marking or numbering of packages or any evidence related to the goods themselves.</p>
</div>
<div id="018.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply <span class="oj-italic">mutatis mutandis</span> when cumulation under Articles 7 to 10 of this Annex applies.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="019">
<p id="d1e1224-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 19</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Exhibitions</p>
<div id="019.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Originating products sent from an OCT for exhibition in a country other than an OCT, an EPA country or a Member State and sold after the exhibition for importation in the Union shall benefit on importation from this Decision, provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">an exporter has consigned these products from an OCT to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in the Union;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter in the state in which they were sent for exhibition;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="019.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. A proof of origin shall be issued or made out in accordance with Title IV of this Annex and submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition shall be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.</p>
</div>
<div id="019.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organised for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products, and during which the products remain under customs control.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e1271-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE IV</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-004-0004" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">PROOFS OF ORIGIN</span>
</p>
<p id="d1e1280-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-expanded">Section 1</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-005-0005" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-expanded">General requirements</span>
</span>
</p>
<div id="020">
<p id="d1e1290-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 20</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Amounts expressed in euros</p>
<div id="020.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. For the application of Articles 29 and 30 of this Annex in cases where products are invoiced in a currency other than the euro, amounts in the national currencies of the Member States equivalent to the amounts expressed in euros shall be fixed annually by each of the countries concerned.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. A consignment shall benefit from Articles 29 and 30 of this Annex by reference to the currency in which the invoice is drawn up.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that currency of the amounts expressed in euros as at the first working day of October of each year. The amounts shall be communicated to the Commission by 15 October and shall apply from 1 January the following year. The Commission shall notify all countries concerned of the relevant amounts.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. A Member State may round up or down the amount resulting from the conversion into its national currency of an amount expressed in euros. The rounded-off amount may not differ from the amount resulting from the conversion by more than 5 per cent. A Member State may retain unchanged its national currency equivalent of an amount expressed in euros if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in paragraph 3, the conversion of that amount, prior to any rounding-off, results in an increase of less than 15 per cent in the national currency equivalent. The national currency equivalent may be retained unchanged if the conversion would result in a decrease in that equivalent value.</p>
</div>
<div id="020.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The amounts expressed in euros and their equivalents in national currencies of some Member States shall be reviewed by the Commission on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State or an OCT. When carrying out this review, the Commission shall consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in euros.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e1321-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-expanded">Section 2</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-006-0006" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-expanded">Procedures at export in the OCT</span>
</span>
</p>
<div id="021">
<p id="d1e1331-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 21</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">General requirements</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Benefits from this Decision shall apply in the following cases:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in cases of goods satisfying the requirements of this Annex exported by a registered exporter within the meaning of Article 22 of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in cases of any consignment of one or more packages containing originating products exported by any exporter, where the total value of the originating products consigned does not exceed EUR 10 000.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="022">
<p id="d1e1355-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 22</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Request for registration</p>
<div id="022.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. To be registered, exporters shall lodge an application with the competent authorities of the OCT referred to in Article 39(1) of this Annex, using the form a model of which is set out in Appendix V.</p>
</div>
<div id="022.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The application shall be accepted by the competent authorities of the OCT only if it is complete.</p>
</div>
<div id="022.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The registration shall be valid as of the date on which the competent authorities of the OCTs receive a complete application for registration, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.</p>
</div>
<div id="022.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. An exporter established in an OCT and already registered in the REX system for the purposes of the GSP scheme of Norway or Switzerland shall not be required to lodge an application with the competent authorities of the OCT to be registered for the purposes of this Decision.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="023">
<p id="d1e1380-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 23</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Registration</p>
<div id="023.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The competent authorities of the OCTs shall upon receipt of the complete application form referred to in Appendix III assign without delay the number of registered exporter to the exporter and enter into the REX system the number of registered exporter, the registration data and the date from which the registration is valid in accordance with Article 22(3) of this Annex.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The competent authorities of the OCTs shall inform the exporter of the number of registered exporter assigned to that exporter and of the date from which the registration is valid.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The competent authorities of the OCTs shall keep the data registered by them up to date. They shall modify those data immediately after having been informed by the registered exporter in accordance with Article 24(1) of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="023.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The registration shall contain the following information:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">name of the registered exporter, as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">address of the place where the registered exporter is established, as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III, including the identifier of the country or territory (ISO alpha 2 country code);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contact details as specified in boxes 1 and 2 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">indicative description of the goods which qualify for preferential treatment, including indicative list of headings or chapters, as specified in box 4 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">trader identification number (TIN) of the registered exporter as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">whether the exporter is a trader or a producer as specified in box 3 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date of registration of the registered exporter;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date from which the registration is valid;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date of the revocation of the registration where applicable.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="024">
<p id="d1e1455-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 24</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Revocation of the registration</p>
<div id="024.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Registered exporters who no longer meet the conditions for exporting any goods benefitting from this Decision, or no longer intend to export such goods, shall inform the competent authorities of the OCTs which shall immediately remove them from the record of registered exporters kept in that OCT.</p>
</div>
<div id="024.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Without prejudice to the system of penalties and sanctions applicable in the OCTs, where registered exporters intentionally or negligently draw up, or cause to be drawn up, a statement on origin or any supporting document which contains incorrect information which leads to irregularly or fraudulently obtaining the benefit of preferential tariff treatment, the competent authorities of the OCT shall revoke the exporter from the record of registered exporters kept by the OCT concerned.</p>
</div>
<div id="024.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Without prejudice to the possible impact of irregularities found on pending verifications, revocation from the record of registered exporters shall take effect for the future, i.e. in respect of statements made out after the date of revocation.</p>
</div>
<div id="024.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. Exporters who have been revoked from the record of registered exporters by the competent authorities of an OCT in accordance with paragraph 2 may only be re-introduced into the record of registered exporters once they have proved to the competent authorities of that OCT that they have remedied the situation which led to their revocation.</p>
</div>
<div id="024.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. If an exporter has been revoked from the record of registered exporters by the competent authorities of the OCT in accordance with the GSP legislation of Norway or Switzerland, the revocation shall also apply for the purposes of this Decision.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="025">
<p id="d1e1485-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 25</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Supporting documents</p>
<div id="025.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Exporters, registered or not, shall comply with the following obligations:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they shall maintain appropriate commercial accounting records for production and supply of goods qualifying for preferential treatment;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<tr>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they shall keep available all evidence relating to the material used in the manufacture;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they shall keep all customs documentation relating to the material used in the manufacture;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they shall keep for at least three years from the end of the year in which the statement on origin was made out, or more if required by national law, records of:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the statements on origin they made out; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">their originating and non-originating materials, production and stock accounts.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="025.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The records referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1 may be electronic but shall allow the materials used in the manufacture of the exported products to be traced and their originating status to be confirmed.</p>
</div>
<div id="025.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The obligations provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall also apply to suppliers who provide exporters with the supplier’s declaration referred to in Article 27 of this Annex.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="026">
<p id="d1e1545-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 26</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Statement on origin and information for cumulation purpose</p>
<div id="026.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. A statement on origin shall be made out by the exporter when the products to which it relates are exported, if the goods concerned can be considered as originating in the OCT.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. By derogation from paragraph 1, a statement on origin may exceptionally be made out after exportation (‘retrospective statement’) on condition that it is presented in the Member State of declaration for release for free circulation no longer than two years after the export.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The statement on origin shall be provided by the exporter to his customer in the Union and shall contain the particulars specified in Appendix IV. A statement on origin shall be made out in either English or French.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">It may be made out on any commercial document allowing to identify the exporter concerned and the goods involved.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. For the purposes of Article 2(2) of this Annex or of bilateral cumulation under Article 7 of this Annex:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">the evidence of originating status of the materials coming from another OCT or from the Union shall be given by means of a statement on origin made out in accordance with this Annex and provided to the exporter by the supplier in the OCT or in the Union, from which the materials came;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the evidence of working or processing carried out in another OCT or in the Union shall be given by means of a supplier’s declaration, made out in accordance with Article 27 of this Annex and provided to the exporter by the supplier in the OCT or in the Union, from which the materials came.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">In cases where the first subparagraph applies, the statement on origin made out by the exporter shall, as the case may be, contain the indication ‘EU cumulation’, ‘OCT cumulation’ or ‘cumul UE’, ‘cumul PTOM’.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. For the purposes of cumulation with an EPA country under Article 8 of this Annex:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">the evidence of originating status of the materials coming from an EPA country shall be given by means of a proof of origin issued or made out in accordance with the EPA between the Union and the EPA country concerned, and provided to the exporter by the supplier in the EPA country from which the materials came;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the evidence of working or processing carried out in the EPA country shall be given by means of a supplier’s declaration, made out in accordance with Article 27 of this Annex and provided to the exporter by the supplier in the EPA country from which the materials came.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">In cases where the first subparagraph applies, the statement on origin made out by the exporter shall contain the indication ‘cumulation with EPA country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul avec le pays APE [nom du pays]’.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. For the purposes of cumulation with other countries benefitting from duty-free quota-free access to the market of the Union under GSP under Article 9 of this Annex, the evidence of originating status shall be given by the proofs of origin provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, provided to the exporter by the supplier in the GSP country from which the materials came.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">In this case, the statement on origin made out by the exporter shall contain the indication ‘cumulation with GSP country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul avec le pays SPG [nom du pays]’.</p>
</div>
<div id="026.007">
<p class="oj-normal">7. For the purposes of extended cumulation under Article 10 of this Annex, the evidence of originating status of the materials coming from a country with which the Union has a free-trade agreement shall be given by means of a proof of origin issued or made out in accordance with that free-trade agreement, provided to the exporter by the supplier in the country from which the materials came.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">In cases where the first subparagraph applies, the statement on origin made out by the exporter shall contain the indication ‘extended cumulation with country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul étendu avec le pays [nom du pays]’.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="027">
<p id="d1e1668-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 27</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Supplier’s declaration</p>
<div id="027.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. For the purposes of point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 26(4) and point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 26(5) of this Annex, a supplier’s declaration shall be made out by the supplier for each consignment of materials on the commercial invoice related to that shipment or in an annex to that invoice, or on a delivery note or other commercial document related to that shipment which describes the materials concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified. A specimen of the supplier’s declaration is set out in Appendix V.</p>
</div>
<div id="027.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. When a supplier regularly supplies a particular customer with goods whose status in respect of the rules of preferential origin is expected to remain constant for considerable periods of time, he may provide a single declaration (‘a long-term supplier’s declaration’), provided that facts or circumstances on which it is granted remain unchanged, to cover subsequent shipments of those goods.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">A long-term supplier’s declaration may be issued for a period of up to one year from the date of issue of the declaration. A long-term supplier’s declaration may be issued with retroactive effect. In such cases, its validity may not exceed a period of one year from the date on which it came into effect. The period of validity shall be indicated in the long-term supplier’s declaration.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The customs authority may revoke a long-term supplier’s declaration, should the circumstances change, or when inaccurate or false information has been provided.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The supplier shall inform the client immediately when the long-term supplier’s declaration is no longer valid in relation to the goods supplied.</p>
</div>
<div id="027.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. A supplier’s declaration may be made out on a pre-printed form.</p>
</div>
<div id="027.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The suppliers’ declarations shall be signed in manuscript. However, where the invoice and the supplier’s declaration are established using electronic data-processing methods, the supplier’s declaration need not be signed in manuscript, provided that the responsible officer in the supplying company is identified to the satisfaction of the customs authorities in the country or territory where the suppliers’ declarations were established. Such customs authorities may lay down conditions for the implementation of this paragraph.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="028">
<p id="d1e1703-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 28</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Proof of origin</p>
<div id="028.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. A statement on origin shall be made out for each consignment.</p>
</div>
<div id="028.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. A statement on origin shall be valid for 12 months from the date of its making out by the exporter.</p>
</div>
<div id="028.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. A single statement on origin may cover several consignments if the goods meet the following conditions:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">they are dismantled or non-assembled products within the meaning of General Rule 2(a) for the interpretation of the Harmonized system;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they fall within Section XVI or XVII or heading 7308 or 9406 of the Harmonized System; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they are intended to be imported by instalments.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e1750-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-expanded">Section 3</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-007-0007" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-expanded">Procedures at release for free circulation in the Union</span>
</span>
</p>
<div id="029">
<p id="d1e1760-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 29</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Submission of proof of origin</p>
<div id="029.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The customs declaration for release for free circulation shall make reference to the statement on origin. The statement on origin shall be kept at the disposal of the customs authorities, which may request its submission for the verification of the declaration. Those authorities may also require a translation of the statement into the official language, or one of the official languages, of the Member State concerned.</p>
</div>
<div id="029.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Where the application of the benefits from this Decision is requested by the declarant, without a statement on origin being in his possession at the time of the acceptance of the customs declaration for release for free circulation, that declaration shall be considered to be a simplified declaration within the meaning of Article 166 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc3-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0003" href="#ntr3-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">3</span>)</a> and treated accordingly.</p>
</div>
<div id="029.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Before declaring goods for release for free circulation, the declarant shall take due care that the goods comply with this Annex by, in particular, checking:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">on the public website referred to in Article 40(3) and (4) of this Annex that the exporter is registered to make statements on origin, except where the total value of the originating products consigned does not exceed EUR 10 000; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">that the statement on origin is made out in accordance with Appendix IV.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="030">
<p id="d1e1807-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 30</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Exemption from proof of origin</p>
<div id="030.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The following products shall be exempted from the obligation to make out and produce a statement on origin:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products sent as small packages from private persons to private persons, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 500;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products forming part of travellers’ personal luggage, the total value of which does not exceed EUR 1 200.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="030.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall meet the following conditions:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they are not imported by way of trade;</p>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">they have been declared as meeting the conditions for benefitting from this Decision; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">there is no doubt as to the veracity of the declaration referred to in point (b).</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="030.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 2, imports shall not be considered to be imports by way of trade if all the following conditions are met:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the imports are occasional;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the imports consist solely of products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their families;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">it is evident from the nature and quantity of the products that no commercial purpose is in view.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="031">
<p id="d1e1884-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 31</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Discrepancies and formal errors</p>
<div id="031.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The discovery of slight discrepancies between the particulars included in a statement on origin and those mentioned in the documents submitted to the customs authorities for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso facto render the statement on origin invalid if it is duly established that that document does correspond to the products concerned.</p>
</div>
<div id="031.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on a statement on origin shall not cause this document to be rejected if these errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the correctness of the statements made in that document.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="032">
<p id="d1e1899-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 32</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Validity of statements on origin</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Statements on origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the period of validity mentioned in Article 28(2) of this Annex may be accepted for the purpose of applying the tariff preferences, where failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to exceptional circumstances. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the statements on origin where the products have been presented to customs before that final date.</p>
</div>
<div id="033">
<p id="d1e1906-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 33</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Procedure for importation by instalments</p>
<div id="033.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The procedure referred to in Article 28(3) of this Annex shall apply for a period determined by the customs authorities of the Member States.</p>
</div>
<div id="033.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities of the Member States of importation supervising the successive releases for free circulation shall verify that the successive consignments are part of the dismantled or non-assembled products for which the statement on origin has been made out.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="034">
<p id="d1e1921-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 34</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Verification of statements on origin</p>
<div id="034.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The customs authorities may, where they have doubts with regard to the originating status of the products, request the declarant to produce, within a reasonable time period which they shall specify, any available evidence for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the indication of origin on the statement or the compliance with the conditions set out in Article 18 of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="034.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities may suspend the application of the preferential tariff measure for the duration of the verification procedure laid down in Article 43 of this Annex where:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the information provided by the declarant is not sufficient to confirm the originating status of the products or the compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 17(2) or Article 18 of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the declarant does not reply within the time period allowed for provision of the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="034.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. While awaiting either the information requested from the declarant, referred to in paragraph 1, or the results of the verification procedure, referred to in paragraph 2, the customs authorities shall offer release of the products to the importer subject to any precautionary measures deemed necessary.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="035">
<p id="d1e1955-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 35</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Denial of preferences</p>
<div id="035.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The customs authorities of the Member State of importation shall refuse entitlement to the benefits of this Decision, without being obliged to request any additional evidence or send a request for verification to the OCT where:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the goods are not the same as those mentioned in the statement on origin;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the declarant fails to submit a statement on origin for the products concerned, where such a statement is required;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">without prejudice to point (b) of Article 21 and to Article 30(1) of this Annex, the statement on origin in possession of the declarant has not been made out by an exporter registered in the OCT;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the statement on origin is not made out in accordance with Appendix IV; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the conditions of Article 18 of this Annex are not met.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="035.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities of the Member State of importation shall refuse entitlement to the benefits of this Decision, following a request for verification within the meaning of Article 43 of this Annex addressed to the competent authorities of the OCTs, where the customs authorities of the Member State of importation:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">have received a reply according to which the exporter was not entitled to make out the statement on origin;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">have received a reply according to which the products concerned are not originating in the OCT concerned or the conditions of Article 17(2) of this Annex were not met; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">had reasonable doubt as to the validity of the statement on origin or the accuracy of the information provided by the declarant regarding the true origin of the products in question when they made the request for verification; and</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">have received no reply within the time period permitted in accordance with Article 43 of this Annex; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(ii)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">have received a reply not providing adequate answers to the questions raised in the request.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e2037-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE V</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-008-0008" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION</span>
</p>
<p id="d1e2046-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-expanded">Section 1</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-009-0009" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-expanded">General requirements</span>
</span>
</p>
<div id="036">
<p id="d1e2056-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 36</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">General principles</p>
<div id="036.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. In order to ensure the proper application of the preferences, OCTs shall:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">put in place and maintain the necessary administrative structures and systems required for the implementation and management in that OCT of the rules and procedures laid down in this Annex, including where appropriate the arrangements necessary for the application of cumulation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cooperate, through their competent authorities with the Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="036.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The cooperation referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall consist of:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">providing all necessary support in the event of a request by the Commission for the monitoring by it of the proper implementation of this Annex in the country concerned, including verification visits on the spot by the Commission or the customs authorities of the Member States;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">without prejudice to Articles 34 and 35 of this Annex, verifying the originating status of products and the compliance with the other conditions laid down in this Annex, including verification visits on the spot, where requested by the Commission or the customs authorities of the Member States in the context of origin investigations;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">where the verification procedure or any other available information appears to indicate that this Annex is being contravened, the OCT on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission or of the customs authorities of the Member States shall carry out appropriate enquiries or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out with due urgency to identify and prevent such contraventions. The Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States may participate in the enquiries.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="036.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. OCTs shall submit to the Commission a formal undertaking to comply with the requirements of paragraph 1.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="037">
<p id="d1e2110-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 37</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Publication requirements and compliance</p>
<div id="037.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall publish in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> (C Series) the list of OCTs and the date on which they are considered to have met the conditions referred to in Article 39 of this Annex. The Commission shall update that list when a new OCT fulfils the same conditions.</p>
</div>
<div id="037.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Products originating in an OCT shall benefit, on release for free circulation in the Union, from the tariff preferences only on condition that they were exported on or after the date specified in the list referred to in paragraph 1.</p>
</div>
<div id="037.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. An OCT shall be considered to comply with Articles 36 and 39 of this Annex on the date on which it has:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
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<p class="oj-normal">made the notification referred to in Article 39(1) of this Annex, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">submitted the undertaking referred to in Article 36(3) of this Annex.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="038">
<p id="d1e2147-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 38</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Penalties</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information for the purpose of obtaining a preferential treatment for products.</p>
</div>
<p id="d1e2155-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-expanded">Section 2</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-010-0010" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-expanded">Methods of administrative cooperation applicable for the REX system</span>
</span>
</p>
<div id="039">
<p id="d1e2165-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 39</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Communication of names and addresses of competent authorities of the OCTs</p>
<div id="039.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The OCTs shall notify to the Commission the names and addresses of the authorities situated in their territory which are:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">part of the governmental authorities of the country concerned and empowered to support the Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States through the administrative cooperation as provided for in this Title;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">part of the governmental authorities of the country concerned, or act under the authority of the government, and empowered to register exporters and to withdraw them from the record of registered exporters.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="039.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The OCTs shall inform the Commission immediately of any changes to the information notified under paragraphs 1 and 2.</p>
</div>
<div id="039.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Commission shall send this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="040">
<p id="d1e2199-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 40</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Access rights to and publication of data from the REX system</p>
<div id="040.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall have access to consult all the data.</p>
</div>
<div id="040.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The competent authorities of the OCTs shall have access to consult the data concerning exporters registered by them.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission shall provide secure access to the REX system to the competent authorities of the OCTs.</p>
</div>
<div id="040.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Commission shall make the following data available to the public:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the number of the registered exporter;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date of registration of the registered exporter;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date from which the registration is valid;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the date of the revocation of the registration where applicable.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="040.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The Commission shall make the following data available to the public if the exporter has consented thereto by signing box 6 of the form set out in Appendix III:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">name of the registered exporter, as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">address of the place where the registered exporter is established, as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">contact details as specified in box 1 and box 2 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
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<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">indicative description of the goods which qualify for preferential treatment, including indicative list of headings or chapters, as specified in box 4 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">trader identification number (TIN) of the registered exporter, as specified in box 1 of the form set out in Appendix III;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">whether the registered exporter is a trader or a producer, as specified in box 3 of the form set out in Appendix III.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">A refusal to sign box 6 shall not constitute a ground for refusing to register the exporter.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="041">
<p id="d1e2292-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 41</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Protection of data in the REX system</p>
<div id="041.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The data registered by the competent authorities of the OCTs in the REX system shall be processed solely for the purposes of this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Registered exporters shall be provided with the information laid down in Articles 14 to 16 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc4-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0004" href="#ntr4-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0004"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">4</span>)</a> or Articles 12 to 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council <a id="ntc5-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0005" href="#ntr5-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0005"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">5</span>)</a>, as applicable.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Registered exporters shall be provided with the information referred to in the first subparagraph via a notice attached to the application to become a registered exporter as set out in Appendix III to this Annex.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Each competent authority of an OCT that has introduced data into the REX system shall be considered to be a controller with respect to the processing of those data.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission shall be considered to be a joint controller with respect to the processing of all data to guarantee that the registered exporter will obtain his rights.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The rights of registered exporters with regard to the processing of data listed in Appendix III to this Annex which are stored in the REX system and processed in national systems shall be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. Member States who replicate in their national systems the data of the REX system to which they have access shall keep those replicated data up to date.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. The rights of registered exporters with regard to the processing of their registration data by the Commission shall be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.007">
<p class="oj-normal">7. Any request by a registered exporter to exercise the right of access, rectification, erasure or blocking of data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 shall be submitted to and processed by the controller of data.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Where a registered exporter has submitted such a request to the Commission without having tried to obtain his rights from the controller of data, the Commission shall forward that request to the controller of data of the registered exporter.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">If the registered exporter fails to obtain his rights from the controller of data, the registered exporter shall submit such request to the Commission acting as controller. The Commission shall have the right to rectify, erase or block the data.</p>
</div>
<div id="041.008">
<p class="oj-normal">8. The national supervisory data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor, each acting within the scope of its respective competence, shall, as necessary:</p>
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</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cooperate and ensure coordinated supervision of the registration data;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exchange relevant information;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">assist each other in carrying out audits and inspections;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">examine difficulties of interpretation or application of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">study problems with the exercise of independent supervision or in the exercise of the rights of data subjects;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">draw up harmonised proposals for joint solutions to any problems; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">promote awareness of data protection rights.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="042">
<p id="d1e2409-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 42</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Control of origin</p>
<div id="042.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. For the purpose of ensuring compliance with the rules concerning the originating status of products, the competent authorities of the OCT shall carry out:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">verifications of the originating status of products at the request of the customs authorities of the Member States;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
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<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">regular controls on exporters on their own initiative.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="042.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The controls referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall ensure the continued compliance of exporters with their obligations. They shall be carried out at intervals determined on the basis of appropriate risk analysis criteria. For that purpose, the competent authorities of the OCTs shall require exporters to provide copies or a list of the statements on origin they have made out.</p>
</div>
<div id="042.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The competent authorities of the OCTs shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter’s accounts and, where appropriate, those of producers supplying the exporter, including at the premises, or any other check considered appropriate.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="043">
<p id="d1e2443-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 43</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Request for verification of statements on origin</p>
<div id="043.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Subsequent verifications of statements on origin shall be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the Member States have reasonable doubts as to their authenticity, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfilment of other requirements of this Annex.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Where the customs authorities of a Member State request the cooperation of the competent authorities of an OCT to carry out a verification of the validity of statements on origin, the originating status of products, or of both, it shall, where appropriate, indicate on its request the reasons why it has reasonable doubts on the validity of the statement on origin or the originating status of the products.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">A copy of the statement on origin and any additional information or documents suggesting that the information given on that statement is incorrect may be forwarded in support of the request for verification.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The requesting Member State shall set a six-month initial deadline to communicate the results of the verification, starting from the date of the verification request.</p>
</div>
<div id="043.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within the period specified in paragraph 1 or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the real origin of the products, a second communication shall be sent to the competent authorities of the OCT concerned. This communication shall set a further deadline of not more than six months.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="044">
<p id="d1e2464-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 44</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Verification of suppliers’ declarations</p>
<div id="044.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Verification of suppliers’ declaration referred to in Article 27 of this Annex may be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of the document or the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning the true origin of the materials in question.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The customs authorities to which a supplier’s declaration is submitted may request the customs authorities of the country where the declaration was made to issue an information certificate, a specimen of which is set out in Appendix VI. Alternatively, the customs authorities to which a supplier’s declaration is submitted may request the exporter to produce an information certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country where the supplier’s declaration was made out.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">A copy of the information certificate shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The requesting customs authorities shall be informed of the results of the verification as soon as possible. The results must be such as to indicate positively whether the declaration concerning the status of the materials is correct.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. For the purposes of verification, suppliers shall keep for at least three years a copy of the document containing the declaration together with all necessary evidence showing the true status of the materials.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. The customs authorities in the country where the supplier’s declaration is made out shall have the right to call for any evidence or to carry out any check which they consider appropriate in order to verify the correctness of any supplier’s declaration.</p>
</div>
<div id="044.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. Any statement on origin made out on the basis of an incorrect supplier’s declaration shall be considered invalid.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="045">
<p id="d1e2501-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 45</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Other provisions</p>
<div id="045.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. This Section and Section 2 of Title IV shall apply <span class="oj-italic">mutatis mutandis</span> to:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exports from the Union to an OCT for the purposes of bilateral cumulation as provided for in Article 7 of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exports from one OCT to another for the purposes of OCT cumulation as provided for in Article 2(2) of this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">exports from the Union to an OCT when this OCT grants unilaterally a preferential tariff treatment to a product originating in the Union, in accordance with this Annex.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="045.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. An OCT may also provide for the REX system, referred to in Articles 22, 23, 24, 39, 40 and 41 of this Annex, to be used in order for that OCT to grant preferential tariff treatment to products originating in another OCT on the basis of statements on origin made out by exporters registered in that other OCT.</p>
</div>
<div id="045.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article, exporters shall be registered in the Union in accordance with Article 68 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e2545-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE VI</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-011-0011" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">CEUTA AND MELILLA</span>
</p>
<div id="046">
<p id="d1e2553-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 46</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Ceuta and Melilla</p>
<div id="046.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The provisions of this Annex concerning the issue, use and subsequent verification of proofs of origin shall apply <span class="oj-italic">mutatis mutandis</span> to products exported from an OCT to Ceuta and Melilla and to products exported from Ceuta and Melilla to an OCT for the purposes of bilateral cumulation.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered to be a single territory.</p>
</div>
<div id="046.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The Spanish customs authorities shall be responsible for the application of this Annex in Ceuta and Melilla.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p id="d1e2577-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">TITLE VII</p>
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<span class="oj-bold">FINAL PROVISIONS</span>
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<p id="d1e2585-50-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 47</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Committee procedure</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 285 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">3. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure and reference is made to this paragraph, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides.</p>
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<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e2607-50-1">Appendix I</p>
<p id="d1e2613-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">Introductory notes and list of working or processing operations which confer originating status</span>
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<span class="oj-bold">Introductory notes</span>
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<p id="d1e2622-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 1 – General introduction</p>
<p class="oj-normal">This Appendix lays down the conditions pursuant to Article 4 of this Annex under which products shall be considered to originate in the OCT concerned. There are four different types of rules, which vary according to the product:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">through working or processing, a maximum content of non-originating materials is not exceeded;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">through working or processing, the 4-digit heading or 6-digit subheading of the manufactured products becomes different from the 4-digit heading or 6-digit subheading respectively of the materials used;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">a specific working and processing operation is carried out;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">working or processing is carried out on certain wholly obtained materials.</p>
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<p id="d1e2654-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 2 – The structure of the list</p>
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<span>Columns 1 and 2 describe the product obtained. Column 1 gives the chapter number, 4-digit heading or 6-digit subheading number, as appropriate. Column 2 gives the description of goods used in the Harmonized System for that heading or chapter. For each entry in columns 1 and 2, subject to Note 2.4, one or more rules (‘qualifying operations’) are set out in column 3. These qualifying operations concern only non-originating materials. Where, in some cases, the entry in column 1 is preceded by ‘ex’, this signifies that the rule in column 3 applies only to the part of that heading as described in column 2.</span>
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<span>Where several headings or subheadings are grouped together in column 1 or a chapter number is given and the description of products in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rule in column 3 applies to all products which, under the Harmonized System, are classified in headings of the chapter or in any of the headings or subheadings grouped together in column 1.</span>
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<span>Where there are different rules in the list applying to different products within a heading, each indent contains the description of that part of the heading covered by the adjacent rule in column 3.</span>
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<span>Where two alternative rules are set out in column 3, separated by ‘or’, it is at the choice of the exporter which one to use.</span>
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<p id="d1e2691-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 3 – Examples of how to apply the rules</p>
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<span>Article 4(2) of this Annex, concerning products having acquired originating status which are used in the manufacture of other products, shall apply, regardless of whether this status has been acquired inside the factory where these products are used or in another factory in the OCT or in the Union.</span>
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<span>Pursuant to Article 5 of this Annex, the working or processing carried out must go beyond the list of operations referred to in that Article. If it does not, the goods shall not qualify for the granting of the benefit of preferential tariff treatment, even if the conditions set out in the list below are met.</span>
<p class="oj-normal">Subject to Article 5 of this Annex, the rules in the list represent the minimum amount of working or processing required, and the carrying-out of more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying-out of less working or processing cannot confer originating status. Thus, if a rule provides that non-originating material, at a certain level of manufacture, may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed, and the use of such material at a later stage is not.</p>
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<span>Without prejudice to Note 3.2, where a rule uses the expression ‘Manufacture from materials of any heading’, then materials of any heading(s) (even materials of the same description and heading as the product) may be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule.</span>
<p class="oj-normal">However, the expression ‘Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading …’ or ‘Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of the same heading as the product’ means that materials of any heading(s) may be used, except those of the same description as the product as given in column 2 of the list.</p>
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<span>When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used.</span>
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<span>Where a rule in the list specifies that a product must be manufactured from a particular material, the rule does not prevent the use also of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy this condition.</span>
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<p id="d1e2737-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 4 – General provisions concerning certain agricultural goods</p>
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<span>Agricultural goods falling within Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and heading 2401 which are grown or harvested in the territory of an OCT shall be treated as originating in the territory of that OCT, even if grown from seeds, bulbs, rootstock, cuttings, grafts, shoots, buds, or other live parts of plants imported from another country.</span>
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<span>In cases where the content of non-originating sugar in a given product is subject to limitations, the weight of sugars of headings 1701 (sucrose) and 1702 (e.g. fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, isoglucose or invert sugar) used in the manufacture of the final product and used in the manufacture of the non-originating products incorporated in the final product is taken into account for the calculation of such limitations.</span>
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<p id="d1e2761-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 5 – Terminology used in respect of certain textile products</p>
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<span>The term ‘natural fibres’ is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres. It is restricted to the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, includes fibres which have been carded, combed or otherwise processed, but not spun.</span>
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<span>The term ‘natural fibres’ includes horsehair of heading 0503, 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.</span>
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<span>The terms ‘textile pulp’, ‘chemical materials’ and ‘paper-making materials’ are used in the list to describe the materials, not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper fibres or yarns.</span>
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<span>The term ‘man-made staple fibres’ is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or waste, of headings 5501 to 5507.</span>
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<p id="d1e2842-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 6 – Tolerances applicable to products made of a mixture of textile materials</p>
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<span>Where, for a given product in the list, reference is made to this Note, the conditions set out in column 3 shall not be applied to any basic textile materials used in the manufacture of this product and which, taken together, represent 10 % or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used. (See also Notes 6.3 and 6.4)</span>
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<span>However, the tolerance mentioned in Note 6.1 may be applied only to mixed products which have been made from two or more basic textile materials.</span>
<p class="oj-normal">The following are the basic textile materials:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">paper-making materials and paper;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">flax;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">jute and other textile bast fibres;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made filaments;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">artificial man-made filaments;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">current-conducting filaments;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polypropylene;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyester;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyamide;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyacrylonitrile;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyimide;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of polytetrafluoroethylene;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of poly(phenylene sulphide);</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">synthetic man-made staple fibres of poly(vinyl chloride);</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">other synthetic man-made staple fibres;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">artificial man-made staple fibres of viscose;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">other artificial man-made staple fibres;</p>
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether, whether or not gimped;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyester, whether or not gimped;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">products of heading 5605 (metallised yarn) incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">other products of heading 5605;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">glass fibres;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">metal fibres.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">Example:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">A yarn, of heading 5205, made from cotton fibres of heading 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading 5506, is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres which do not satisfy the origin rules may be used, provided that their total weight does not exceed 10 % of the weight of the yarn.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Example:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">A woollen fabric, of heading 5112, made from woollen yarn of heading 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading 5509, is a mixed fabric. Therefore, synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin rules, or woollen yarn which does not satisfy the origin rules, or a combination of the two, may be used, provided that their total weight does not exceed 10 % of the weight of the fabric.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Example:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Tufted textile fabric, of heading 5802, made from cotton yarn of heading 5205 and cotton fabric of heading 5210, is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric made from yarns classified in two separate headings, or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Example:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile fabric is, accordingly, a mixed product.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">6.3.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>In the case of products incorporating ‘yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether, whether or not gimped’, the tolerance is 20 % in respect of this yarn.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">6.4.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>In the case of products incorporating ‘strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film’, the tolerance is 30 % in respect of this strip.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p id="d1e3033-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 7 – Other tolerances applicable to certain textile products</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">7.1.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Where, in the list, reference is made to this Note, textile materials which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made-up product concerned, may be used, provided that they are classified in a heading other than that of the product and that their value does not exceed 8 % of the ex-works price of the product.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">7.2.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Without prejudice to Note 7.3, materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 may be used freely in the manufacture of textile products, whether or not they contain textiles.</span>
<p class="oj-normal">Example:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">If a rule in the list provides that, for a particular textile item (such as trousers), yarn must be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63. For the same reason, it does not prevent the use of slide-fasteners, even though slide-fasteners normally contain textiles.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">7.3.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Where a percentage rule applies, the value of materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 must be taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p id="d1e3057-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">Note 8 – Definition of specific processes and simple operations carried out in respect of certain products of Chapter 27</p>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">8.1.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>For the purposes of headings ex 2707 and 2713, the ‘specific processes’ are the following:</span>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">vacuum-distillation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process(<span class="oj-super">1</span>);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cracking;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">reforming;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">extraction by means of selective solvents;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the process comprising all of the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polymerisation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">alkylation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">isomerisation.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">8.2.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>For the purposes of headings 2710, 2711 and 2712, the ‘specific processes’ are the following:</span>
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<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">vacuum-distillation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process <a id="ntc6-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0001" href="#ntr6-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">6</span>)</a>;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">cracking;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">reforming;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">extraction by means of selective solvents;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the process comprising all of the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(g)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polymerisation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(h)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">alkylation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(i)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">isomerisation;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(j)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of heavy oils of heading ex 2710 only, desulphurisation with hydrogen, resulting in a reduction of at least 85 % of the sulphur-content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method);</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(k)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of products of heading 2710 only, deparaffining by a process other than filtering;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(l)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of heavy oils of heading ex 2710 only, treatment with hydrogen, at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250 °C, with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment, with hydrogen, of lubricating oils of heading ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolourisation), in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(m)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of fuel oils of heading ex 2710 only, atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 °C, by the ASTM D 86 method;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(n)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils of heading ex 2710 only, treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharge;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(o)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in respect of crude products (other than petroleum jelly, ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax, paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil) of heading ex 2712 only, de-oiling by fractional crystallisation.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" />
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">8.3.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>For the purposes of headings ex 2707 and 2713, simple operations, such as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water-separation, filtering, colouring, marking, obtaining a sulphur-content as a result of mixing products with different sulphur-contents, or any combination of these operations or like operations, do not confer origin.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p id="d1e3283-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">List of products and working or processing operations which confer originating status</span>
</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="oj-table">
<col width="34%"/>
<col width="29%"/>
<col width="37%"/>
<tbody>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">Harmonized System heading</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">Description of product</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">Qualifying operation (Working or processing, carried out on non-originating materials, which confers originating status)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">(1)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">(2)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-hdr">(3)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 1</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Live animals</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">All the animals of Chapter 1 are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 2</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Meat and edible meat offal</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the meat and edible meat offal in the products of this Chapter is wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 3</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">All fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">0304 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled of frozen</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">0305 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 0306 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 0307 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Molluscs, whether in shell or not, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 4</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included;</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">all the materials of Chapter 4 used are wholly obtained; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the weight of sugar<a id="ntc7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 5</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 0511 91 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Inedible fish eggs and roes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">All the eggs and roes are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 6</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 6 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 7</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 7 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 8</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">all the fruit, nuts and peels of citrus fruits or melons of Chapter 8 used are wholly obtained, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 9</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Coffee, tea, maté and spices;</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 10</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cereals</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 10 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 11</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapters 10 and 11, headings 0701 and 2303 , and subheading 0710 10 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 1106 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Flour, meal and powder of the dried, shelled leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Drying and milling of leguminous vegetables of heading 0708 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 12</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 13</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, in which the weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 14</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 15</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any subheading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1501 to 1504 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fats from pig, poultry, bovine, sheep or goat, fish, etc.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1505 , 1506 and 1520 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin). Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1509 and 1510 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Olive oil and its fractions</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the vegetable materials used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1516 and 1517 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 16</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">from materials of any heading, except meat and edible meat offal of Chapter 2 and materials of Chapter 16 obtained from meat and edible meat offal of Chapter 2, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in which all the materials of Chapter 3 and materials of Chapter 16 obtained from fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates of Chapter 3 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 17</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sugars and sugar confectionery; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1702 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose and glucose, in solid form; sugar syrups; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the weight of the materials of headings 1101 to 1108 , 1701 and 1703 used does not exceed 30 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">1704 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 18</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cocoa and cocoa preparations</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 19</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the weight of the materials of Chapters 2, 3 and 16 used does not exceed 20 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the weight of the materials of headings 1006 and 1101 to 1108 used does not exceed 20 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 20</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2002 and 2003 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tomatoes, mushrooms and truffles prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar of acetic acid</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapters 7 used are wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 21</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Miscellaneous edible preparations; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 22</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Beverages, spirits and vinegar</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and headings 2207 and 2208 , in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">all the materials of subheadings 0806 10 , 2009 61 , 2009 69 used are wholly obtained, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 23</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex 2302 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex 2303 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Residues of starch manufacture</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the weight of the materials of Chapter 10 used does not exceed 20 % of the weight of the final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2309 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">all the materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used are wholly obtained, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the weight of materials of Chapter 10 and 11 and headings 2302 and 2303 used does not exceed 20 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the individual weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and of the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 40 % of the weight of the final product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">the total combined weight of sugar<a href="#ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">7</span>)</a> and the materials of Chapter 4 used does not exceed 60 % of the weight of final product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 24</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading in which the weight of materials of Chapter 24 used does not exceed 30 % of the total weight of materials of Chapter 24 used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2401 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">All unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Chapter 24 is wholly obtained</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2402 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 2403 , and in which the weight of materials of heading 2401 used does not exceed 50 % of the total weight of materials of heading 2401 used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 25</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 2519 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Crushed natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), in hermetically-sealed containers, and magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, other than fused magnesia or dead-burned (sintered) magnesia</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 26</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Ores, slag and ash</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 27</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 2707 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Oils in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents, being oils similar to mineral oils obtained by distillation of high temperature coal tar, of which more than 65 % by volume distils at a temperature of up to 250 °C (including mixtures of petroleum spirit and benzole), for use as power or heating fuels</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)<a id="ntc8-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0003" href="#ntr8-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0003"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">8</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2710 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous materials, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)<a id="ntc9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004" href="#ntr9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">9</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2711 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)<a href="#ntr9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">9</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2712 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)<a href="#ntr9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">9</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">2713 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)<a href="#ntr8-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0003" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">8</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 28</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 29</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Organic chemicals; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 2905 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Metal alcoholates of alcohols of this heading and of ethanol; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading 2905 . However, metal alcoholates of this heading may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">2905 43 ;</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">2905 44 ;</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">2905 45 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Mannitol; D-glucitol (sorbitol); Glycerol</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any subheading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same subheading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 30</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Pharmaceutical products</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 31</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fertilisers</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 32</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 33</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 34</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 3404 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Artificial waxes and prepared waxes:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">With a basis of paraffin, petroleum waxes, waxes obtained from bituminous minerals, slack wax or scale wax</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 35</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 36</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 37</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Photographic or cinematographic goods</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 38</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Miscellaneous chemical products; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">3824 60 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any subheading, except that of the product and except materials of subheading 2905 44 . However, materials of the same subheading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 39</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Plastics and articles thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 3907 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Copolymer, made from polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS)</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of the same heading as the product may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product<a id="ntc10-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0005" href="#ntr10-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0005"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">10</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Polyester</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from polycarbonate of tetrabromo-(bisphenol A)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 40</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Rubber and articles thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4012 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Retreaded pneumatic, solid or cushion tyres, of rubber</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Retreading of used tyres</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of headings 4011 and 4012 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 41</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4101 to 4103 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split; raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by note 1(c) to Chapter 41; other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by note 1(b) or 1(c) to Chapter 41</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4104 to 4106 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tanned or crust hides and skins, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Re-tanning of tanned or pre-tanned hides and skins of subheadings 4104 11 , 4104 19 , 4105 10 , 4106 21 , 4106 31 or 4106 91 ,</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4107 , 4112 , 4113 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, materials of subheadings 4104 41 , 4104 49 , 4105 30 , 4106 22 , 4106 32 and 4106 92 may be used only if a re-tanning operation of the tanned or crust hides and skins in the dry state takes place</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 42</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk worm gut)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 43</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4301 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furrier’s use), other than raw hides and skins of heading 4101 , 4102 or 4103 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4302 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tanned or dressed furskins, assembled:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Plates, crosses and similar forms</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Bleaching or dyeing, in addition to cutting and assembly of non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from non-assembled, tanned or dressed furskins</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">4303 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins of heading 4302 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 44</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4407 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm, planed, sanded or end-jointed</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Planing, sanding or end-jointing</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4408 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood) and for plywood, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, spliced, and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, planed, sanded or end-jointed</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Splicing, planing, sanding or endjointing</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4410 to ex 4413 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Beadings and mouldings, including moulded skirting and other moulded boards</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Beading or moulding</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4415 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from boards not cut to size</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4418 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, cellular wood panels, shingles and shakes may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Beadings and mouldings</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Beading or moulding</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 4421 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Match splints; wooden pegs or pins for footwear</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from wood of any heading, except drawn wood of heading 4409 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 45</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cork and articles of cork</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 46</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 47</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 48</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 49</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 50</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Silk; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 5003 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock), carded or combed</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Carding or combing of silk waste</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5004 to ex 5006 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or twisting<a id="ntc11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5007 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn or twisting, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 51</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5106 to 5110 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5111 to 5113 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 52</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cotton; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5204 to 5207 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn and thread of cotton</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5208 to 5212 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of cotton:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 53</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5306 to 5308 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5309 to 5311 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5401 to 5406 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn, monofilament and thread of man-made filaments</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or spinning of natural fibres<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5407 and 5408 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of man-made filament yarn:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Twisting or texturing accompanied by weaving provided that the value of the non-twisted/non-textured yarns used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5501 to 5507 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Man-made staple fibres</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5508 to 5511 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn and sewing thread of man-made staple fibres</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5512 to 5516 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Woven fabrics of man-made staple fibres:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 56</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or spinning of natural fibres</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or printing<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5602 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Needleloom felt</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by fabric formation,</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">However:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene filament of heading 5402 ,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene fibres of heading 5503 or 5506 , or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene filament tow of heading 5501 ,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">of which the denomination in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex,</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fabric formation alone in the case of felt made from natural fibres<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by fabric formation,</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fabric formation alone in the case of other felt made from natural fibres<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5603 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres, or use of natural fibres, accompanied by nonwoven techniques including needle punching</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5604 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405 , impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Rubber thread and cord, textile covered</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from rubber thread or cord, not textile covered</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or spinning of natural fibres<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5605 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405 , combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5606 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405 , gimped (other than those of heading 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning accompanied with flocking</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 57</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Carpets and other textile floor coverings:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from coir yarn or sisal yarn or jute yarn</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or by printing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tufting accompanied by dyeing or by printing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by non-woven techniques including needle punching<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">However:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene filament of heading 5402 ,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene fibres of heading 5503 or 5506 , or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">polypropylene filament tow of heading 5501 ,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">of which the denomination in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex, may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Jute fabric may be used as a backing</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 58</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or flocking or coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or by printing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Yarn dyeing accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5805 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Hand-woven tapestries of the types Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like, and needle-worked tapestries (for example, petit point, cross stitch), whether or not made up</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5810 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5901 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by flocking or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or printing</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5902 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Containing not more than 90 % by weight of textile materials</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by weaving</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5903 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, other than those of heading 5902 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5904 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5905 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Textile wall coverings:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, plastics or other materials</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="4" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5906 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Rubberised textile fabrics, other than those of heading 5902 :</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Knitted or crocheted fabrics</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by knitting</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Knitting accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by knitting<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other fabrics made of synthetic filament yarn, containing more than 90 % by weight of textile materials</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by weaving</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by weaving</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5907 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated, coated or covered; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or by flocking or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or by printing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5908 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Incandescent gas mantles, impregnated</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="4" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">5909 to 5911 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Polishing discs or rings other than of felt of heading 5911 </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Woven fabrics, of a kind commonly used in papermaking or other technical uses, felted or not, whether or not impregnated or coated, tubular or endless with single or multiple warp and/or weft, or flat woven with multiple warp and/or weft of heading 5911 </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres or Spinning of natural and/or of man-made staple fibres, in each case accompanied by weaving</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Only the following fibres may be used:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">coir yarn</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn of polytetrafluoroethylene<a id="ntc12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007" href="#ntr12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">12</span>)</a>,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn, multiple, of polyamide, coated impregnated or covered with a phenolic resin,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn of synthetic textile fibres of aromatic polyamides, obtained by polycondensation of <span class="oj-italic">m</span>-phenylenediamine and isophthalic acid,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">monofil of polytetrafluoroethylene<a href="#ntr12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">12</span>)</a>,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">yarn of synthetic textile fibres of poly(<span class="oj-italic">p</span>-phenylene terephthalamide),</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">glass fibre yarn, coated with phenol resin and gimped with acrylic yarn<a href="#ntr12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">12</span>)</a>,</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">- -</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">copolyester monofilaments of a polyester and a resin of terephthalic acid and 1,4-cyclohexanediethanol and isophthalic acid</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made filament yarn or spinning of natural or man-made staple fibres, accompanied by weaving<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by dyeing or coating</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 60</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Knitted or crocheted fabrics</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by knitting</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Knitting accompanied by dyeing or by flocking or by coating</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flocking accompanied by dyeing or by printing</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by knitting</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Twisting or texturing accompanied by knitting provided that the value of the non-twisted/non-textured yarns used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 61</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Obtained by sewing together or otherwise assembling, two or more pieces of knitted or crocheted fabric which have been either cut to form or obtained directly to form</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Knitting and making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a id="ntc13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by knitting (knitted to shape products)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by knitting (knitted to shape products)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 62</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Making-up preceded by printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6202 , ex 6204 , ex 6206 , ex 6209 and ex 6211 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Women’s, girls’ and babies’ clothing and clothing accessories for babies, embroidered</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from unembroidered fabric, provided that the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6210 and ex 6216 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fire-resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminised polyester</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Coating provided that the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product accompanied by making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6212 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof, knitted or crocheted</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="2" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">- Obtained by sewing together or otherwise assembling, two or more pieces of knitted or crocheted fabric which have been either cut to form or obtained directly to form</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Knitting and making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">- Other</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres or extrusion of man-made filament yarn, in each case accompanied by knitting (knitted to shape products)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Dyeing of yarn of natural fibres accompanied by knitting (knitted to shape products)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6213 and 6214 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Handkerchiefs, shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Embroidered</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from unembroidered fabric, provided that the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Making-up preceded by printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Making-up followed by printing accompanied by at least two preparatory finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling), provided that the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="5" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6217 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Other made up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading 6212 :</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Embroidered</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from unembroidered fabric, provided that the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Fire-resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminised polyester</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Coating provided that the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product accompanied by making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Interlinings for collars and cuffs, cut out</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 63</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="5" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6301 to 6304 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Blankets, travelling rugs, bed linen etc.; curtains etc.; other furnishing articles:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Of felt, of nonwovens</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres or use of natural fibres in each case accompanied by non-woven process including needle punching and making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other:</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Embroidered</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving or knitting accompanied by making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from unembroidered fabric, provided that the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving or knitting accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6305 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres or spinning of natural and/or man-made staple fibres accompanied by weaving or knitting and making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6306 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents; sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft; camping goods:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Of nonwovens</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Extrusion of man-made fibres or natural fibres in each case accompanied by any non-woven techniques including needle punching</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Weaving accompanied by making-up (including cutting)<a href="#ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">11</span>)</a>
<a href="#ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">13</span>)</a>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Coating provided that the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product accompanied by making-up (including cutting)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6307 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other made-up articles, including dress patterns</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6308 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sets consisting of woven fabric and yarn, whether or not with accessories, for making up into rugs, tapestries, embroidered table cloths or serviettes, or similar textile articles, put up in packings for retail sale</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Each item in the set must satisfy the rule which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated, provided that their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 64</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except from assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading 6406 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">6406 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to soles other than outer soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 65</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Headgear and parts thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 66</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops, and parts thereof:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 67</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 68</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6803 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of slate or of agglomerated slate</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from worked slate</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6812 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of asbestos; articles of mixtures with a basis of asbestos or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 6814 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from worked mica (including agglomerated or reconstituted mica)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 69</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Ceramic products</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 70</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Glass and glassware, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7006 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Glass of heading 7003 , 7004 or 7005 , bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled,</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Glass-plate substrates, coated with a dielectric thin film, and of a semiconductor grade in accordance with SEMII-standards<a id="ntc14-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0009" href="#ntr14-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0009"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">14</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from non-coated glass-plate substrate of heading 7006 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7001 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7010 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cutting of glassware, provided that the total value of the uncut glassware used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7013 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading 7010 or 7018 )</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cutting of glassware, provided that the total value of the uncut glassware used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Hand-decoration (except silk-screen printing) of hand-blown glassware, provided that the total value of the hand-blown glassware used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 71</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7106 , 7108 and 7110 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Precious metals:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Unwrought</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of headings 7106 , 7108 and 7110 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Electrolytic, thermal or chemical separation of precious metals of heading 7106 , 7108 or 7110 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fusion and/or alloying of precious metals of heading 7106 , 7108 or 7110 with each other or with base metals</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Semi-manufactured or in powder form</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from unwrought precious metals</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 7107 , ex 7109 and ex 7111 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Metals clad with precious metals, semi-manufactured</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from metals clad with precious metals, unwrought</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7115 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7117 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Imitation jewellery</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from base metal parts, not plated or covered with precious metals, provided that the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 72</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Iron and steel; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7207 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7201 , 7202 , 7203 , 7204 , 7205 or 7206 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7208 to 7216 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flat-rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms or semi-finished materials of heading 7206 or 7207 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7217 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wire of iron or non-alloy steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading 7207 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7218 91 and 7218 99 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Semi-finished products</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7201 , 7202 , 7203 , 7204 , 7205 or subheading 7218 10 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7219 to 7222 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flat-rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms or semi-finished materials of heading 7218 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7223 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wire of stainless steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading 7218 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7224 90 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Semi-finished products</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7201 , 7202 , 7203 , 7204 , 7205 or subheading 7224 10 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7225 to 7228 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Flat-rolled products, hot-rolled bars and rods, in irregularly wound coils; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms or semi-finished materials of heading 7206 , 7207 , 7218 or 7224 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7229 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Wire of other alloy steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading 7224 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 73</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Articles of iron or steel; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 7301 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sheet piling</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7207 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7302 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole pates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for jointing or fixing rails</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7206 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7304 , 7305 and 7306 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of heading 7206 , 7207 , 7208 , 7209 , 7210 , 7211 , 7212 , 7218 , 7219 , 7220 or 7224 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 7307 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Turning, drilling, reaming, threading, deburring and sandblasting of forged blanks, provided that the total value of the forged blanks used does not exceed 35 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7308 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406 ) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, welded angles, shapes and sections of heading 7301 may not be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 7315 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Skid chain</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading 7315 used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 74</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Copper and articles thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7403 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 75</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Nickel and articles thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 76</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Aluminium and articles thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7601 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Unwrought aluminium</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7607 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,2 mm</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and heading 7606 </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 77</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 78</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Lead and articles thereof, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" rowspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">7801 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Unwrought lead:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Refined lead</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Other</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading 7802 may not be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 79</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Zinc and articles thereof:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 80</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tin and articles thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 81</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 82</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8206 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Tools of two or more of the headings 8202 to 8205 , put up in sets for retail sale</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of headings 8202 to 8205 . However, tools of headings 8202 to 8205 may be incorporated into the set, provided that their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8211 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208 , and blades therefor</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, knife blades and handles of base metal may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8214 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other articles of cutlery (for example; hair clippers, butchers’ or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8215 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 83</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Miscellaneous articles of base metal; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 8302 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for buildings, and automatic door closers</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, other materials of heading 8302 may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 8306 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, other materials of heading 8306 may be used, provided that their total value does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 84</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8401 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8407 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8408 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8427 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8482 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Ball or roller bearings</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 85</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8501 , 8502 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Electric motors and generators; Electric generating sets and rotary converters</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8503 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8513 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of heading 8512 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8519 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Sound recording and sound reproducing apparatus</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8522 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8521 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8522 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8523 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than products of Chapter 37</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8525 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and other video camera recorders</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8529 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8526 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8529 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8527 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8529 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8528 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8529 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8535 to 8537 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables; boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, for electric control or the distribution of electricity</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and of heading 8538 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8540 11 and 8540 12 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8542 31 to 8542 33 and 8542 39 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Monolithic integrated circuits</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">The operation of diffusion, in which integrated circuits are formed on a semi-conductor substrate by the selective introduction of an appropriate dopant, whether or not assembled and/or tested in a non-party</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8544 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8545 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8546 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Electrical insulators of any material</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8547 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating materials apart from any minor components of metal (for example, threaded sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, other than insulators of heading 8546 ; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore, of base metal lined with insulating material</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8548 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 86</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 87</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof; except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">8711 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 88</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 8804 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Rotochutes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading 8804 </p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 89</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Ships, boats and floating structures</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 90</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9002 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9033 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 91</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Clocks and watches and parts thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 92</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 93</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 94</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 95</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">ex 9506 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Golf clubs and parts thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, roughly-shaped blocks for making golf-club heads may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">ex Chapter 96</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Miscellaneous manufactured articles, except for:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">or</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9601 and 9602 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Worked ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding.</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatine (except gelatine of heading 3503 ) and articles of unhardened gelatine</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9603 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers, squeegees (other than roller squeegees)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9605 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Each item in the set must satisfy the rule which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated, provided that their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9606 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9608 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Ball-point pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencilholders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product. However, nibs or nib-points of the same heading as the product may be used</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9612 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">from materials of any heading, except that of the product, and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 70 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9613 20 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">Manufacture in which the total value of the materials of heading 9613 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-cod">9614 </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Chapter 97</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e7061-50-1">Appendix II</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">Application for a derogation</p>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7070-50-1">1. COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7081-50-1">1.1 Customs classification (H.S. code)</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7092-50-1">2. COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7103-50-1">2.1 Customs classification (H. S. code)</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7114-50-1">3. ANTICIPATED ANNUAL QUANTITY OF EXPORTS TO THE UNION (EXPRESSED IN WEIGHT, No OF ARTICLES, METRES OR OTHER UNIT)</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7125-50-1">4. VALUE OF FINISHED PRODUCTS</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7136-50-1">5. VALUE OF THE NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7147-50-1">6. ORIGIN OF NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7158-50-1">7. REASONS WHY THE RULE OF ORIGIN FOR THE FINISHED PRODUCT CANNOT BE FULFILLED</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7169-50-1">8. DURATION REQUESTED FOR DEROGATION</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">From dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7180-50-1">9. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS TO OVERCOME THE NEED FOR A DEROGATION</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-ti-grseq-1" id="d1e7191-50-1">10. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY</p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" class="borderOj">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td >
<p class="oj-normal">Capital structure of the firm concerned / Amount of investments made or foreseen / Staff employed or expected to be employed</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e7203-50-1">Appendix III</p>
<p id="d1e7209-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">
<span class="oj-bold">Application to become a registered exporter</span>
</p>
<p id="L_2021355EN.01005001-g-001-0047" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">for the purpose of registering exporters in the OCTs in the framework of the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="oj-table">
<col width="100%"/>
<tbody>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">1.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Exporter’s name, full address and country, contact details, TIN</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">2.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Additional contact details including telephone and fax number as well as e-mail address where available (optional)</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">3.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Specify whether your main activity is producing or trading.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">4.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Indicative description of goods which qualify for preferential treatment, including indicative list of Harmonized System headings (or chapters where goods traded fall within more than twenty Harmonized System headings).</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">5.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Undertaking by exporter</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The undersigned hereby:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">declares that the above details are correct;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">certifies that no previous registration has been revoked; conversely, certifies that the situation which led to any such revocation has been remedied;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to make out statements on origin only for goods which qualify for preferential treatment and comply with the origin rules specified for those goods in this Annex;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to maintain appropriate commercial accounting records for production/supply of goods qualifying for preferential treatment and to keep them for at least three years from the end of the calendar year in which the statement on origin was made out;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to immediately notify the competent authority of changes as they arise to his registration data since acquiring the number of registered exporter;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to cooperate with the competent authority;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to accept any checks on the accuracy of his statements on origin, including verification of accounting records and visits to his premises by the European Commission or Member States’ authorities;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to request the revocation of his registration in the system should he no longer meet the conditions for exporting any goods under this Decision;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">—</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">undertakes to request the revocation of his registration in the system, should he no longer intend to export such goods under this Decision.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">____________________________________________________</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Place, date, signature of authorised signatory, name and job title<a id="ntc15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001" href="#ntr15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">15</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">6.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Prior specific and informed consent of exporter to the publication of his data on the public website</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The undersigned is hereby informed that the information supplied in this declaration may be disclosed to the public via the public website. The undersigned accepts the publication of this information via the public website. The undersigned may withdraw his consent to the publication of this information via the public website by sending a request to the competent authorities responsible for the registration.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">____________________________________________________</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Place, date, signature of authorised signatory, name and job title<a href="#ntr15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">15</span>)</a>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">7.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Box for official use by competent authority</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The applicant is registered under the following number:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Registration number: ______________________________</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Date of registration _______________________________</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Date from which the registration is valid _____________________________</p>
<p class="oj-normal">Signature and stamp<a href="#ntr15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001" > (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">15</span>)</a> _______________________________</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Information notice concerning the protection and processing of personal data incorporated in the system</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">1.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Where the European Commission processes personal data contained in this application to become a registered exporter, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council<a id="ntc16-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0002" href="#ntr16-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0002"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">16</span>)</a> applies. Where the competent authorities of an OCT implement Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council<a id="ntc17-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0003" href="#ntr17-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0003"
> (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">17</span>)</a>, that Regulation shall apply with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data process personal data contained in this application to become a registered exporter.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">2.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Personal data in respect of the application to become a registered exporter are processed for the purposes of this Decision. The Regulations referred to in point 1 constitute the legal basis for processing personal data in respect of the application to become a registered exporter.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">3.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">The competent authority of an OCT where the application has been submitted is the controller with respect to processing of the data in the REX system.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The list of competent authorities of the OCTs is published on the website of the Commission.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">4.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Access to all data of this application is granted through a user ID/password to users in the Commission, the competent authorities of the OCTs and the customs authorities in the Member States.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">5.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">The data of a revoked registration shall be kept by the competent authorities of an OCT in the REX system for ten calendar years. This period shall run from the end of the year in which the revocation of a registration has taken place.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">6.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">The data subject has a right of access to the data relating to him that will be processed through the REX system and, where appropriate, the right to rectify, erase or block data in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2018/1725 or (EU) 2016/679, as applicable. Any requests for right of access, rectification, erasure or blocking shall be submitted to and processed by the competent authorities of the OCT responsible for the registration, as appropriate. Where the registered exporter has submitted a request for the exercise of that right to the Commission, the Commission shall forward such requests to the competent authorities of the OCT concerned. If the registered exporter failed to obtain his rights from the controller of data, the registered exporter shall submit such request to the Commission acting as controller. The Commission shall have the right to rectify, erase or block the data.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">7.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Complaints can be addressed to the relevant national data protection authority. Where the complaint concerns processing of data by the Commission, it should be addressed to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/).</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e7392-50-1">Appendix IV</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">Statement on origin</p>
<p class="oj-normal">To be made out on any commercial documents showing the name and full address of the exporter and consignee as well as a description of the goods and the date of issue</p>
<p id="d1e7403-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">French version</p>
<p class="oj-normal">L’exportateur (Numéro d’exportateur enregistré – excepté lorsque la valeur des produits originaires contenus dans l’envoi est inférieure à EUR 10 000
<a id="ntc18-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0001" href="#ntr18-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">18</span>)</a>) des produits couverts par le présent document déclare que, sauf indication claire du contraire, ces produits ont l’origine préférentielle … <a id="ntc19-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0002" href="#ntr19-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">19</span>)</a> au sens des règles d’origine de la Décision d’association des pays et territoires d’outre-mer et que le critère d’origine satisfait est … … <a id="ntc20-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0003" href="#ntr20-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">20</span>)</a>
</p>
<p id="d1e7514-50-1" class="oj-ti-grseq-1">English version</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The exporter (number of registered exporter – unless the value of the consigned originating products does not exceed EUR 10 000
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>) of the products covered by this document declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of … preferential origin <span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(2)</span>
</span> according to rules of origin of the Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories and that the origin criterion met is … … <span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(3)</span>
</span>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e7535-50-1">Appendix V</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">Supplier’s declaration for products not having preferential original status</p>
<p class="oj-normal">I, the undersigned, declare that the goods listed on this invoice…<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">were produced in…<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(2)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">and incorporate the following components or materials which do not have EPA, OCT or European Union originating status for preferential trade:</p>
<p class="oj-normal">… <span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(3)</span>
</span> … <span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(4)</span>
</span> … <span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(5)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">…</p>
<p class="oj-normal">…</p>
<p class="oj-normal">…<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(6)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">I undertake to make available to the customs authorities, if required, evidence in support of this declaration.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">…<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(7)</span>
</span> …<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(8)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-normal">…<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(9)</span>
</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-ti-annotation" id="d1e7594-50-1">Note</p>
<p class="oj-normal">The above mentioned text, suitably completed in conformity with the footnotes below, constitutes a supplier’s declaration. The footnotes do not have to be reproduced.</p>
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">–</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>If only some of the goods listed on the invoice are concerned they should be clearly indicated or marked and this marking entered on the declaration as follows: ‘… listed on this invoice and marked … were produced …’</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">–</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>If a document other than an invoice or an annex to the invoice is used (see Article 27(1) of this Annex), the name of the document concerned shall be mentioned instead of the word ‘invoice’.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(2)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>The European Union, Member State, EPA country or OCT.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(3)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Description is to be given in all cases. The description must be adequate and should be sufficiently detailed to allow the tariff classification of the goods concerned to be determined.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(4)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Customs values to be given only if required.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(5)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Country of origin to be given only if required. The origin to be given must be a preferential origin, all other origins to be given as ‘third country’.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(6)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>‘and have undergone the following processing in [the European Union] [Member State] [EPA country] [OCT] …’, to be added with a description of the processing carried out if this information is required.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(7)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Place and date. For a long-term supplier’s declaration as referred to in Article 27(2) of this Annex, the following sentence shall be added: ‘This declaration is valid for all shipments of these goods dispatched from … to …’.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(8)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Name and function in company.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(9)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Signature.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e7703-50-1">Appendix VI</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">Information certificate</p>
<div class="oj-enumeration-spacing">
<p style="display: inline;">1. </p>
<p style="display: inline;">
<span>The information certificate set out in this Appendix shall be used and be printed in one or more of the official languages in which this Decision is drawn up and in accordance with domestic law of the exporting country or territory. Information certificates shall be completed in one of those languages; if they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink in capital letters. They shall bear a serial number, whether or not printed, by which they can be identified.</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="oj-enumeration-spacing">
<p style="display: inline;">2. </p>
<p style="display: inline;">
<span>The information certificate shall measure 210 × 297 mm, a tolerance of up to plus 8 mm or minus 5 mm in the length may be allowed. The paper must be white, sized for writing, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m<span class="oj-super">2</span>.</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="oj-enumeration-spacing">
<p style="display: inline;">3. </p>
<span>The national administrators may reserve the right to print the forms themselves or may have them printed by printers approved by them. In the latter case, each form must include a reference to such approval. The forms shall bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified.</span>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="oj-table">
<col width="10%"/>
<col width="21%"/>
<col width="21%"/>
<col width="16%"/>
<col width="16%"/>
<col width="16%"/>
<tbody>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">1.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Supplier <span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" rowspan="2">
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">INFORMATION CERTIFICATE</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">to be used for preferential trade between the</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">EUROPEAN UNION</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">and</span>
</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">the OCTs</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">2.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Consignee <span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">3.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Processor <span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">4. State in which the working or processing has been carried out</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">6.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Customs office of importation <span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" rowspan="2">
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">5. For official use</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">7.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Import document <span class="oj-super">(2)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Form …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">No …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Series …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Date …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="6" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">GOODS</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">8.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Marks, numbers, quantity and kind of package</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">9.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System heading/subheading number (HS code)</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">10.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Quantity <span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">11.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Value <span class="oj-super">(4)</span>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="6" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">IMPORTED MATERIALS USED</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">12.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System heading/subheading number (HS code)</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">13.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Country of origin</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">14.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Quantity <span class="oj-super">(3)</span>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">15.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">Value <span class="oj-super">(2)(5)</span>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">16.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="5" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Nature of the working or processing carried out</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">17.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">Remarks</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="4" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">18.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">CUSTOMS ENDORSEMENT</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">19.</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span class="oj-bold">DECLARATION BY THE SUPPLIER</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Declaration certified:</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">I, the undersigned, declare that the information</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">on this information certificate is accurate.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Document …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Form …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">No …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Customs office …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Date …</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Place)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="2" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Date)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Official stamp</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Signature)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" colspan="3" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Signature)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-tblnote">
<td colspan="6" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">See footnotes overleaf.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="oj-table">
<col width="48%"/>
<col width="52%"/>
<tbody>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">
<span class="oj-bold">RESULT OF VERIFICATION</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">The undersigned customs official requests verification of the authenticity and accuracy of this information certificate.</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Verification carried out shows that this information certificate:</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">was issued by the customs office indicated and that the information contained therein is accurate <span class="oj-super">(*)</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">does not meet the requirements as to authenticity and accuracy (see notes appended) <span class="oj-super">(*)</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Place and date)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Place and date)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Official Stamp</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">Official Stamp</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">…</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Official’s signature)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-tbl-txt">(Official’s signature)</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="oj-table">
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<p class="oj-normal"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="top" class="oj-table" >
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">
<span class="oj-super">(*)</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">Delete where not applicable</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="oj-ti-annotation" id="d1e8150-50-1">CROSS REFERENCES</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(1)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Name of individual or business and full address.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(2)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Optional information.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(3)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Kg, hl, m<span class="oj-super">3</span> or other measure.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(4)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>Packaging shall be considered to form a whole with the goods contained therein. However, this provision shall not apply to packaging which is not of the normal type for the article packed, and which has a lasting utility value of its own, apart from its function as packaging.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="8%"/>
<col width="92%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="normal">
<span class="oj-bold">
<span class="oj-super">(5)</span>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<span>The value must be indicated in accordance with the provisions on rules of origin.</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-note"/>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr1-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0001" href="#ntc1-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">1</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2012:303:TOC"
>OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr2-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0002" href="#ntc2-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super">2</span>)</a> Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2015:343:TOC"
>OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr3-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0003" href="#ntc3-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super">3</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2013:269:TOC"
>OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr4-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0004" href="#ntc4-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0004"
>(<span class="oj-super">4</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:295:TOC"
>OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr5-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0005" href="#ntc5-L_2021355EN.01005001-E0005"
>(<span class="oj-super">5</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:119:TOC"
>OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr6-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0001" href="#ntc6-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">6</span>)</a> See additional explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002" href="#ntc7-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super">7</span>)</a> See Introductory Note 4.2.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr8-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0003" href="#ntc8-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super">8</span>)</a> For the special conditions relating to ‘specific processes’, see Introductory Notes 8.1 and 8.3.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004" href="#ntc9-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0004"
>(<span class="oj-super">9</span>)</a> For the special conditions relating to ‘specific processes’, see Introductory Note 8.2.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr10-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0005" href="#ntc10-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0005"
>(<span class="oj-super">10</span>)</a> In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both headings 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within headings 3907 to 3911, on the other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006" href="#ntc11-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0006"
>(<span class="oj-super">11</span>)</a> For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 6.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007" href="#ntc12-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0007"
>(<span class="oj-super">12</span>)</a> The use of this material is restricted to the manufacture of woven fabrics of a kind used in paper-making machinery.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008" href="#ntc13-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0008"
>(<span class="oj-super">13</span>)</a> See Introductory Note 7.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr14-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0009" href="#ntc14-L_2021355EN.01007301-E0009"
>(<span class="oj-super">14</span>)</a> SEMII – Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute Incorporated.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001" href="#ntc15-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">15</span>)</a> When applications to become a registered exporter or other exchanges of information between registered exporters and competent authorities of the OCTs are made using electronic data-processing techniques, the signature and stamp referred to in boxes 5, 6 and 7 shall be replaced by an electronic authentication.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr16-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0002" href="#ntc16-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super">16</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:295:TOC"
>OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr17-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0003" href="#ntc17-L_2021355EN.01012201-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super">17</span>)</a> Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (<a href="./../../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:119:TOC"
>OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1</a>).</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr18-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0001" href="#ntc18-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0001"
>(<span class="oj-super">18</span>)</a> Where the statement on origin replaces another statement, the subsequent holder of the goods establishing such a statement shall indicate his name and full address followed by the mention ‘acting on the basis of the statement on origin made out by [name and full address of the exporter in the OCT], registered under the following number [Number of Registered Exporter of the exporter in the OCT]’.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr19-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0002" href="#ntc19-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0002"
>(<span class="oj-super">19</span>)</a> Country of origin of products to be indicated. When the statement on origin relates, in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 46 of this Annex, the exporter must clearly indicate those products in the document on which the statement is made out by means of the symbol ‘CM’.</p>
<p class="oj-note">
<a id="ntr20-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0003" href="#ntc20-L_2021355EN.01012401-E0003"
>(<span class="oj-super">20</span>)</a> Products wholly obtained: enter the letter ‘P’; Products sufficiently worked or processed: enter the letter ‘W’ followed by the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (‘Harmonized System’) heading at the four-digit level of the exported product (example ‘W’ 9618); where appropriate, the above mention shall be replaced with one of the following indications:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">for cumulation under Article 2(2) of this Annex or bilateral cumulation under Article 7 of this Annex: ‘EU cumulation’ or ‘cumul UE’; ‘OCT cumulation’ or ‘cumul PTOM’;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">for cumulation with an EPA country under Article 8 of this Annex: ‘cumulation with EPA country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul avec le pays APE [nom du pays]’;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">for cumulation with a GSP country under Article 9 of this Annex: ‘cumulation with GSP country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul avec le pays SPG [nom du pays]’;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">for cumulation with a country with which the Union has a free-trade agreement under Article 10 of this Annex: ‘extended cumulation with country [name of the country]’ or ‘cumul étendu avec le pays [nom du pays]’.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-doc-sep"/>
<div id="L_2021355EN.01012901">
<div class="eli-container" id="anx_III">
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e32-129-1">ANNEX III</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERENCES</p>
<div id="001">
<p id="d1e40-129-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 1</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Principles concerning the withdrawal of preferences</p>
<div id="001.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The preferential arrangements provided for under Article 44 of this Decision may be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in an OCT, in the case of:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">fraud;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">irregularities or systematic failure to comply with or to ensure compliance with the rules concerning the origin of the products and with the procedures related thereto; or</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">failure to provide the administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and Title V of Annex II as required for the implementation and policing of the arrangements referred to in Articles 44 to 50 of this Decision.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="001.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 requires, inter alia, that an OCT:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the policing thereof;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">assist the Union by carrying out, at the request of the customs authorities of the Member States, subsequent verification of the origin of the goods, and communicate its results in time;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">carriy out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(d)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">assist the Union by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct Union inquiries on its territory, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 44 of this Decision;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(e)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">comply with or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of cumulation, within the meaning of Articles 7 to 10 of Annex II;</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(f)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">assist the Union in the verification of conduct where there is the presumption of origin-related fraud; the existence of fraud may be presumed where imports of products under the preferential arrangements provided for in this Decision massively exceed the usual levels of the beneficiary OCT exports.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="002">
<p id="d1e113-129-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 2</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Withdrawal of preferential arrangements</p>
<div id="002.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission may temporarily withdraw the preferential arrangements provided for in this Decision, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a beneficiary country, where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that a temporary withdrawal would be justified for the reasons referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 1 of this Annex, provided that it has first:</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">consulted the Committee referred to in Article 90 of this Decision in accordance with the procedure referred to in its paragraph 4.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">called on the Member States to take such precautionary measures as are necessary, in order to safeguard the Union’s financial interests and/or secure compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations; and</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<col width="4%"/>
<col width="96%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
</td>
<td valign="top" >
<p class="oj-normal">published a notice in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubt about the application of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations, which may call into question its right to continue to enjoy the benefits granted by this Decision.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="oj-normal">The Commission shall inform the OCT concerned of any decision taken in accordance with this paragraph, before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Committee referred to in Article 88 of this Decision.</p>
</div>
<div id="002.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The period of temporary withdrawal shall not exceed six months. On the expiry of that period, the Commission shall decide either to terminate the temporary withdrawal after informing the Committee referred to in Article 88 of this Decision or to extend the period of temporary withdrawal in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.</p>
</div>
<div id="002.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information that may justify the withdrawal of preferences, its extension or its termination.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr class="oj-doc-sep"/>
<div id="L_2021355EN.01013101">
<div class="eli-container" id="anx_IV">
<p class="oj-doc-ti" id="d1e32-131-1">ANNEX IV</p>
<p class="oj-doc-ti">SAFEGUARD AND SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES</p>
<div id="001">
<p id="d1e40-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 1</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Definitions relating to surveillance and safeguard measures</p>
<p class="oj-normal">For the purpose of the Articles 2 to 10 of this Annex relating to surveillance and safeguard measures:</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(a)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘like product’ means a product which is identical, namely alike in all respects, to the product under consideration, or, in the absence of such a product, another product which, although not alike in all respects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the product under consideration;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(b)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘interested parties’ means those parties involved in the production, distribution and/or sale of the imports mentioned in Article 2(1) of this Annex and of like or directly competing products;</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">(c)</p>
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<p class="oj-normal">‘serious difficulties’ shall be deemed to exist where Union producers suffer deterioration in their economic and/or financial situation.</p>
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<p id="d1e76-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 2</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Principles of safeguard measures</p>
<div id="002.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Where a product originating in an OCT referred to in Article 44 of this Decision is imported in volumes and/or at prices which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to Union producers of like or directly competing products, the necessary safeguard measures may be taken in accordance with the provisions below.</p>
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<div id="002.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. For the purpose of implementing paragraph 1, priority shall be given to such measures as would least disturb the functioning of the Association. Those measures shall not exceed the limits of what is strictly necessary to remedy the difficulties that have arisen. They shall not exceed the withdrawal of the preferential treatment granted by this Decision.</p>
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<div id="002.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. When safeguard measures are taken or modified, particular attention shall be paid to the interests of the OCT involved.</p>
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<div id="003">
<p id="d1e96-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 3</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Initiation of proceedings</p>
<div id="003.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The Commission shall investigate whether safeguard measures should be taken if there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions of Article 2 of this Annex are met.</p>
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<div id="003.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. An investigation shall be initiated upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of Union producers, or on the Commission’s own initiative if it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 2 of this Annex, to justify the initiation of an investigation. The request to initiate an investigation shall contain evidence that the conditions for imposing the safeguard measure set out in Article 2 of this Annex are met. The request shall be submitted to the Commission. The Commission shall, as far as possible, examine the accuracy and adequacy of the evidence provided in the request to determine whether there is sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the initiation of an investigation.</p>
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<div id="003.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Where it is apparent that there is sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the initiation of a proceeding, the Commission shall publish a notice in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span>. Initiation of the investigation shall take place within one month of the request received pursuant to paragraph 2. If an investigation is initiated, the notice shall provide all necessary details about the procedure and deadlines, including the possibility of recourse to the Hearing Officer of the Directorate-General for Trade of the Commission.</p>
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<div id="003.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The rules and procedures concerning the conduct of the investigation are laid down in Article 4 of this Annex.</p>
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<div id="003.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. If the OCT’s authorities so require and without prejudice to the deadlines referred to in this Article, a trilateral consultation referred to in Article 14 of this Decision shall be organised. The outcome of the trilateral consultation shall be transmitted to the OCT committee.</p>
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<div id="004">
<p id="d1e129-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 4</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Investigations</p>
<div id="004.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Following the initiation of the proceeding, the Commission shall commence an investigation. The period as set out in paragraph 3 shall start on the day the decision to initiate the investigation is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.</p>
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<div id="004.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The Commission may request Member States to supply information and Member States shall take whatever steps are necessary in order to give effect to any such request. If that information is of general interest and is not confidential within the meaning of Article 9 of this Annex, it shall be added to the non-confidential files as provided for in paragraph 6 of this Article.</p>
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<div id="004.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. The investigation shall be concluded within 12 months of its initiation.</p>
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<div id="004.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary to make a determination with regard to the conditions set out in Article 2 of this Annex, and, where it considers it appropriate, shall endeavour to verify that information.</p>
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<div id="004.005">
<p class="oj-normal">5. In the investigation the Commission shall evaluate all relevant factors of an objective and quantifiable nature having a bearing on the situation of the Union industry, in particular, the market share, changes in the level of sales, production, productivity, capacity utilisation, profits and losses, and employment. This list is not exhaustive and other relevant factors may also be taken into consideration by the Commission.</p>
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<div id="004.006">
<p class="oj-normal">6. Interested parties who have come forward within the period laid down in the notice published in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span> and representatives of the OCT concerned may, upon written request, inspect all information made available to the Commission in connection with the investigation other than internal documents prepared by the Union authorities or those of the Member States, provided that that information is relevant to the presentation of their case and not confidential within the meaning of Article 9 of this Annex and that it is used by the Commission in the investigation. Interested parties who have come forward may communicate their views on the information to the Commission. Those views shall be taken into consideration where they are backed by sufficient <span class="oj-italic">prima</span>
<span class="oj-italic">facie</span> evidence.</p>
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<div id="004.007">
<p class="oj-normal">7. The Commission shall ensure that all data and statistics which are used for the investigation are available, comprehensible, transparent and verifiable.</p>
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<div id="004.008">
<p class="oj-normal">8. The Commission shall hear the interested parties, in particular where they have made a written application within the period laid down in the notice published in the <span class="oj-italic">Official Journal of the European Union</span>, showing that they are actually likely to be affected by the outcome of the investigation and that there are special reasons for them to be heard orally. The Commission shall hear such parties on further occasions if there are special reasons for them to be heard again.</p>
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<div id="004.009">
<p class="oj-normal">9. If information is not supplied within the time limits set by the Commission, or the investigation is significantly impeded, findings may be made on the basis of the facts available. Where the Commission finds that any interested party or third party has supplied it with false or misleading information, it shall disregard that information and may make use of the facts available.</p>
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<div id="004.010">
<p class="oj-normal">10. The Commission shall notify the OCT concerned in writing of the initiation of an investigation.</p>
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<div id="005">
<p id="d1e196-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 5</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Prior surveillance measures</p>
<div id="005.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. The products originating in the OCT referred to in Article 44 of this Decision may be subject to special surveillance.</p>
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<div id="005.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Prior surveillance measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 90(4) of this Decision.</p>
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<div id="005.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Prior surveillance measures shall have a limited period of validity. Unless otherwise provided, they shall cease to be valid at the end of the second six-month period following the first six months after the measures were introduced.</p>
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<div id="005.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The Commission and the competent OCT’s authorities shall ensure the effectiveness of the surveillance measures by introducing the methods of administrative cooperation set out in Annexes II and III.</p>
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<div id="006">
<p id="d1e221-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 6</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Imposition of provisional safeguard measures</p>
<div id="006.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. On duly justified grounds of urgency relating to deterioration of the economic and/or financial situation of Union producers which would be difficult to remedy, provisional measures may be imposed. Provisional measures shall not apply for more than 200 days. Provisional measures shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 90(4) of this Decision. In cases of imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable provisional safeguard measures in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 90(6) of this Decision.</p>
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<div id="006.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Should the provisional safeguard measures be repealed because the investigation shows that the conditions set out in Article 2 of this Annex are not met, any customs duty collected as a result of those provisional measures shall be refunded automatically.</p>
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<div id="007">
<p id="d1e236-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 7</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Imposition of definitive measures</p>
<div id="007.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 2 are not met, the Commission shall adopt a decision terminating the investigation and proceeding in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 4. The Commission shall make public, with due regard to the protection of confidential information within the meaning of Article 9, a report setting forth its findings and reasoned conclusions reached on all pertinent issues of fact and law.</p>
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<div id="007.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 2 of this Annex are met, the Commission shall adopt a decision imposing definitive safeguard measures in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 4 of this Annex. The Commission shall make public, with due regard to the protection of confidential information within the meaning of Article 9 of this Annex, a report containing a summary of the material facts and considerations relevant to the determination. The Commission shall immediately notify the OCT’s authorities of the decision to take the necessary safeguard measures.</p>
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<div id="008">
<p id="d1e251-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 8</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Duration and review of safeguard measures</p>
<div id="008.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. A safeguard measure shall remain in force only for such period of time as may be necessary to prevent or remedy the serious injury and to facilitate adjustment. That period shall not exceed three years, unless it is extended under paragraph 2.</p>
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<div id="008.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. The initial period of duration of a safeguard measure may exceptionally be extended by up to two years provided it is determined that the safeguard measure continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious difficulties.</p>
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<div id="008.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Any extension pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be preceded by an investigation upon a request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on the Commission’s own initiative if there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the safeguard measure continues to be necessary.</p>
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<div id="008.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. The initiation of an investigation shall be published in accordance with Article 4 and the safeguard measure shall remain in force pending the outcome of the investigation. The investigation and any decision regarding an extension pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article shall be done in accordance with Articles 6 and 7.</p>
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<div id="009">
<p id="d1e276-131-1" class="oj-ti-art">Article 9</p>
<p class="oj-sti-art">Confidentiality</p>
<div id="009.001">
<p class="oj-normal">1. Information received pursuant to this Decision shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested. Neither information of a confidential nature nor any information provided on a confidential basis received pursuant to this Decision shall be disclosed without specific permission from the supplier of such information.</p>
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<div id="009.002">
<p class="oj-normal">2. Each request for confidentiality shall state the reasons why the information is confidential. However, if the supplier of the information wishes neither to make it public nor to authorise its disclosure in general terms or in the form of a summary, and if it appears that the request for confidentiality is unjustified, the information concerned may be disregarded.</p>
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<div id="009.003">
<p class="oj-normal">3. Information shall, in any case, be considered to be confidential if its disclosure is likely to have a significantly adverse effect upon the supplier or the source of such information.</p>
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<div id="009.004">
<p class="oj-normal">4. Paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not preclude reference by the Union authorities to general information and in particular to reasons on which decisions taken pursuant to this Decision are based. Those authorities shall, however, take into account the legitimate interest of natural and legal persons concerned that their business secrets should not be divulged.</p>
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