# 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, Attachment

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Decision No […] of the EPA Committee
of …2019
amending certain provisions of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation to 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
THE EPA COMMITTEE,
Having regard to 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 (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Article 13 thereto;
Having regard to Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation to the Agreement, and in particular Article 44 thereto;
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Article 13 of the Agreement, the EPA Committee may decide to amend the provisions of Protocol 1 concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (‘the Protocol’) with a view to their further simplification.
(2)
The Parties have agreed to make a corrigendum to Article 6(2) of the Protocol concerning the definition of the terms ‘their vessels’ and ‘their factory ships’.
(3)
The Parties have agreed to introduce a new Article 13 entitled ‘Accounting segregation’, in order to allow economic operators to save costs by using that method of managing stocks.
(4)
The Parties have agreed to replace the provision on ‘Direct Transport’ by a new one entitled ‘Non-alteration’, in order to allow for more flexibility for economic operators regarding the evidences that shall be supplied to customs authorities of the importing country when trans-shipment or customs warehousing of originating goods takes place in a third country.
(5)
The Parties have agreed to introduce a new Article 17 of the Protocol, in order to allow economic operators to ship sugar of different origins without keeping the sugar in separate stores.
(6)
The Parties have agreed to amend the Article on proof of origin, which is renumbered now as Article 18, in order to allow for more flexibility for economic operators to comply with the proofs of origin requirements.
(7)
Amendments were introduced as from 1 January 2012 and 1 January 2017 into the Nomenclature governed by the Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System). As those amendments were not intended to change the rules of origin, it is necessary, in order to maintain the status quo, that Annex II to the Protocol is amended accordingly.
(8)
Following the accession of Croatia to the Union, it is necessary to make changes in Annex IV to the Protocol to introduce the Croatian-language version of the statement of Annex IV.
(9)
Amendments were introduced in the list of overseas countries and territories contained in Annex IX to the Protocol. Therefore, in order to reflect those changes it is necessary to amend that Annex accordingly.
(10)
In view of the number of changes to be made to the Protocol and the Annexes thereto, clarity requires it to be replaced in its entirety,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the EPA Committee
The President
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