# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1198 of 13 July 2015 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra as regards the replacement of the Appendix to the Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, Attachment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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DECISION OF THE EU-ANDORRA JOINT COMMITTEE No
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replacing the Appendix to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 11 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra (‘the Agreement’) refers to the Appendix concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (‘the Appendix’).
(2)
Article 17(8) of the Agreement stipulates that the Joint Committee may decide to amend the provisions of the Appendix.
(3)
To improve legal certainty for traders and ensure uniform application by both parties, the Appendix should be amended to take account of the changes in the rules of origin in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean region brought about by the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (‘the Convention’).
(4)
To ensure the proper functioning of the Agreement the Joint Committee should replace the whole of the Appendix by a new version incorporating all the provisions in question in a single text in order to facilitate the work of users and customs authorities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …, …
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman

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