Council Decision (EU) 2017/560 of 21 March 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation (certain product-specific rules of origin for chemicals)
Council Decision (EU) 2017/560 of 21 March 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation (certain product-specific rules of origin for chemicals)
Decision (EU) 2017/560 · Decision · 6 articles
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1. The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council shall be based on the draft Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
2. The representatives of the Union in the EU-Mexico Joint Committee may agree to minor changes to the draft Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee referred to in paragraph 1 without further decision of the Council.
1. Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision.
2. Appendix V to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is replaced as set out in Annex II to this Decision.
The Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to amendments to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX I
Appendix II to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is amended as follows:
1.
the following entry is inserted:
‘HS heading
Description of product
Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)
(2)
(3) or (4)
ex 2914 ( *1 )
—
Diacetone alcohol
—
Methyl isobutyl ketone
—
Mesityl oxide
Manufacture from acetone
Manufacture in which a chemical reaction is made ( *2 )
2.
the entry for HS heading 2915 is replaced by the following:
‘HS heading
Description of product
Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status
(1)
(2)
(3) or (4)
2915 ( *3 )
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for:
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of headings 2915 and 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product
—
Acetic anhydride, ethyl and n-butyl acetate, vinyl acetate, isopropyl and methylamyl acetate, mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts and esters
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product
Manufacture in which a chemical reaction is made ( *4 )
( *1 ) Applicable from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2019.
( *2 ) A ‘chemical reaction’ is a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
The following processes should not be considered for purposes of origin:
(a)
dissolving in water or other solvents;
(b)
the elimination of solvents including solvent water; or
(c)
the addition or elimination of water of crystallization.’;
( *3 ) Applicable from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2019.
( *4 ) A ‘chemical reaction’ is a process (including a biochemical process) which results in a molecule with a new structure by breaking intramolecular bonds and by forming new intramolecular bonds, or by altering the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
The following processes should not be considered for purposes of origin:
(a)
dissolving in water or other solvents;
(b)
the elimination of solvents including solvent water; or
(c)
the addition or elimination of water of crystallization.’.
ANNEX II
Appendix V to Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 is replaced by the following:
‘Appendix V
PERIOD OF TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITY OF AN EUR.1 MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 17(3) OF ANNEX III AND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF AN INVOICE DECLARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 20 (6) OF ANNEX III
1.
For imports into the European Union: The period of time is two years from the time when the products to which the EUR.1 movement certificate relates are imported. For products falling under HS heading ex 2914 and 2915 as set out in Appendix II, having entered the European Union between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015, the period of time is three years from the time when the products to which the EUR.1 movement certificate relates are imported.
2.
For imports into Mexico: The period of time is one year from the time when the products to which the EUR.1 movement certificate relates are imported.
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