Application of the Protocol
1. The term “Community” used in Article 2 does not cover Ceuta or Melilla.
2. Products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, when imported into Ceuta or Melilla, shall enjoy in all respects the same customs regime as that which is applied to products originating in the customs territory of the Community under Protocol 2 of the Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Communities. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall grant to imports of products covered by the Agreement and originating in Ceuta and Melilla the same customs regime as that which is granted to products imported from and originating in the Community.
3. For the purpose of the application of paragraph 2 concerning products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, this Protocol shall apply mutatis mutandis subject to the special conditions set out in Article 38.
Special conditions
1. Providing they have been transported directly in accordance with the provisions of Article 13, the following shall be considered as:
1.
products originating in Ceuta and Melilla:
(a)
products wholly obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;
(b)
products obtained in Ceuta and Melilla in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:
(i)
the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 6;
or that
(ii)
those products are originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or in the Community, provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 7;
2.
products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
(a)
products wholly obtained in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
(b)
products obtained in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:
(i)
the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 6;
or that
(ii)
those products are originating in Ceuta and Melilla or in the Community, provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the operations referred to in Article 7.
2. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.
3. The exporter or his authorised representative shall enter “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and “Ceuta and Melilla” in Box 2 of movement certificates EUR.1 or on invoice declarations. In addition, in the case of products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, this shall be indicated in Box 4 of movement certificates EUR.1 or on invoice declarations.
4. The Spanish customs authorities shall be responsible for the application of this Protocol in Ceuta and Melilla.
