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DECISION No …/2017 OF THE JOINT CARIFORUM–EU COUNCIL

established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,

of …

concerning the amendment of Annex IX to Protocol I: Overseas countries and territories

THE JOINT CARIFORUM-EU COUNCIL

Having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Article 41 of Protocol I thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Protocol I of the Agreement — Concerning the Definition of the Concept of ‘Originating Products’ and Methods of Administrative Cooperation — defines Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) to mean the Overseas Countries and Territories set out in Annex IX thereto;

(2)

Following the change of status of Mayotte^f1 and Saint-Barthélemy^f2, and the entry into force of Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union^f3, the list of overseas countries and territories in Annex IX to Protocol I of the Agreement should be updated,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at …,

For the CARIFORUM States

For the EU Party

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Council Decision 2012/419/EU of 11 July 2012 amending the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union (OJ EU L 204, 31.7.2012, p. 131).
f2: Council Decision 2010/718/EU of 29 October 2010 amending the status with regard to the European Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy (OJ EU L 325, 9.12.2010, p. 4).
f3: Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (OJ EU L 76, 15.3.2014, p. 56).