# 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 5: Cumulation with neighbouring developing countries

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

At the request of the ESA States and following the provisions of Article 41, materials originating in a neighbouring developing country, other than an ACP State, belonging to a coherent geographical entity, a listing of which is at Annex VIII, can be considered as materials originating in an ESA State when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided that:
(a) the working or processing carried out in the ESA State exceeds the operations listed in Article 8;
(b) the ESA States, the Community and the neighbouring developing countries concerned have concluded an agreement on adequate administrative cooperation procedures which will ensure correct implementation of this paragraph. The cumulation provided for in this Article shall not be applicable to the products to be listed upon a decision of the Customs Cooperation Committee.
For the purpose of determining whether the products originate in the neighbouring developing country as defined in Annex VIII, the provisions of this Protocol shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1319/annex/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1319/annex/article-5
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