COM(2000)732 - Association of the overseas countries and territories with the EC ('Overseas')

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  1. Key information
  2. Key dates
  3. Related information
  4. Resulting legislation
  5. Full version
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1.

Key information

official title

Proposal for a Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ('Overseas')
 
Legal instrument Decision
reference by COM-number225 COM(2000)732 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2000)732
procedure number227 2001/2033(COS)
CELEX number228 52000PC0732

2.

Key dates

Document 15-11-2000
Online publication 15-11-2000
Decision 27-11-2001; Besluit 2001/822
Publication in Official Journal229 30-11-2001; OJ L 314, 30.11.2001,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 11 Volume 025,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 11 Volume 050,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 11 Volume 025,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 11 Volume 038,Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 11 Volume 038

3.

Related information

  • Explanatory memorandum
  • Considerations
  • Legal provisions
  • Annexes

4.

Resulting legislation

  • Decision 2001/822 - 2001/822/EC: Council Decision of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the EC ("Overseas Association Decision")
 

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    1) When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 of the Protocol, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

     
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    of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 39 of the Protocol, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol 'CM'.

     
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    1) When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 of the Protocol, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

     
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    ) Origin of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 39 of the Protocol, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol 'CM'.

     
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    3) These indications may be omitted if the information is contained on the document itself.

     
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    4) See Article 19(5) of the Protocol. In cases where the exporter is not required to sign, the exemption of signature also implies the exemption of the name of the signatory.

     
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    and Article 19(3) used for the purpose of proving that products covered by a movement certificate EUR
     
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    and (5) of this Annex
     
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    Internal Agreement between representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of Community Aid under the Financial protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies.

     
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    idem

     
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    See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.

     
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    1) For example, import documents, movement certificates, manufacturer's declarations, etc. referring to the products used in manufacture or to the goods re-exported in the same state.

     
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    1) When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 of the Protocol, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

     
  • 207. 
    of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 39 of the Protocol, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol 'CM'.

     
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    1) When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 of the Protocol, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.

     
  • 215. 
    ) Origin of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 39 of the Protocol, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol 'CM'.

     
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    Judgment of the Court of 8.2.2000, Case C-17/98, point 38.

     
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    3) These indications may be omitted if the information is contained on the document itself.

     
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    4) See Article 19(5) of the Protocol. In cases where the exporter is not required to sign, the exemption of signature also implies the exemption of the name of the signatory.

     
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    OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p.1.

     
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    1) For example, import documents, movement certificates, manufacturer's declarations, etc. referring to the products used in manufacture or to the goods re-exported in the same state.

     
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    OJ L 246, 17.9.1980, p. 1.

     
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    OJ L 265, 5.10.1984, p. 4.

     
  • 225. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 226. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 227. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 228. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 229. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.
     
  • 230. 
    A decision is legally binding act in its entirety. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, a decision is binding for the EU as a whole. Decisions can address specific legal entities, in which case a decision is binding only to them. In its current form the decision was introduced with the Lisbon Treaty that came into force December 2009. It replaces various legal instruments introduced by earlier Treaties.