# Council Decision (EU) 2019/1319 of 25 June 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee established under the Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part, as regards the amendment of certain provisions of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, Article 45: Special conditions

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

1. The term ‘Community’ used in this Protocol does not cover Ceuta and Melilla. The term ‘products originating in the Community’ does not cover products originating in Ceuta and Melilla.
2. The provisions of this Protocol shall apply mutatis mutandis in determining whether products may be deemed as originating in an ESA State when imported into Ceuta and Melilla.
3. Where products wholly obtained in Ceuta, Melilla or in the Community undergo working and processing in an ESA State, they shall be considered as having been wholly obtained in an ESA State.
4. Working or processing carried out in Ceuta, Melilla or in the Community shall be considered as having been carried out in an ESA State, when materials undergo further working or processing in an ESA State.
5. For the purpose of implementing paragraphs 3 and 4, the insufficient operations listed in Article 8 of this Protocol shall not be considered as working or processing.
6. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1319/annex/article/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1319/annex/article-45
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