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DECISION No 1/2017 OF THE EU-MEXICO JOINT COMMITTEE
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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)
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000f1 and its Annex III, and in particular Article 38 of Annex III,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex III to Decision No 2/2000 (‘Annex III’) sets out the rules of origin for the products originating in the territory of the Parties to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 8 December 1997f2 (‘the Agreement’).
(2)
The product-specific rules of origin set out in Appendix II to Annex III for products classified in Harmonized System headings 2914 and 2915 should be amended to allow the temporary application from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2019 of the product-specific rules of origin set out in Notes 2 and 3 of Appendix II(a) to Annex III and should be updated to allow a modernised product-specific rule of origin in line with recent trade agreements. It is appropriate to apply the new extension retroactively from 1 July 2014 in order to avoid disruption in existing economic conditions.
(3)
Appendix V to Annex III sets out the time limit for each Party to accept an EUR.1 movement certificate issued retrospectively as referred to in Article 17(3) of Annex III, or for the exporter to present an invoice declaration to the customs authority of the importing Party after exportation of the products as provided for in Article 20(6) of Annex III.
(4)
For products falling under Harmonized System headings 2914 and 2915 imported into the EU in the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, the period of presentation should be extended to three years to take into account the retroactive amendments to the product-specific rules of origin for those products.
(5)
The title of Appendix V to Annex III should be amended to align it with the changed time limit to accept EUR.1 movement certificates and to align it with Article 17(3) and Article 20(6) of Annex III.
(6)
Annex III should therefore be amended accordingly,
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