ANNEX
Protocol 3
concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
Article 1
Applicable rules of origin
For the purpose of implementing this Agreement, Appendix I and the relevant provisions of Appendix II to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin ( 1 ) (‘the Convention’) shall apply.
All references to the ‘relevant agreement’ in Appendix I and in the relevant provisions of Appendix II to the Convention shall be construed so as to mean this Agreement.
Article 2
Dispute settlement
Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures of Article 32 of Appendix I to the Convention that cannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting the verification and the customs authorities responsible for carrying out this verification, they shall be submitted to the Stabilisation and Association Council.
In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the customs authorities of the importing country shall take place under the legislation of that country.
Article 3
Amendments to the Protocol
The Stabilisation and Association Council may decide to amend the provisions of this Protocol.
Article 4
Withdrawal from the Convention
1. Should either the European Union or Serbia give notice in writing to the depositary of the Convention of their intention to withdraw from the Convention according to Article 9 thereof, the European Union and Serbia shall immediately enter into negotiations on rules of origin for the purpose of implementing this Agreement.
2. Until the entry into force of such newly negotiated rules of origin, the rules of origin contained in Appendix I and, where appropriate, the relevant provisions of Appendix II to the Convention, applicable at the moment of withdrawal, shall continue to apply to this Agreement. However, as of the moment of withdrawal, the rules of origin contained in Appendix I and, where appropriate, the relevant provisions of Appendix II to the Convention shall be construed so as to allow bilateral cumulation between the European Union and Serbia only.
Article 5
Transitional provisions — cumulation
1. Notwithstanding Article 3 of Appendix I to the Convention, the rules on cumulation provided for in Articles 3 and 4 of Protocol 3 to this Agreement, as adopted by the European Union and Serbia on concluding the Agreement ( 2 ) , shall continue to apply between the Parties to this Agreement until the Convention has become applicable for all Contracting Parties to the Convention listed in those Articles.
2. Notwithstanding Articles 16(5) and 21(3) of Appendix I to the Convention, where cumulation involves only EFTA States, the Faroe Islands, the European Union, Turkey and the participants in the Stabilisation and Association Process, the proof of origin may be a movement certificate EUR.1 or an origin declaration.
( 1 )
OJ L 54, 26.2.2013, p. 4 .
( 2 )
OJ L 278, 18.10.2013, p. 16 .
