Decision 2024/2969 - EU position within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the EEA, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 4 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2024/2969 of 21 November 2024 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 4 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2024/2969 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2024)13284 |
| Original proposal | COM(2024)343  |
| CELEX number i | 32024D2969 |
| Document | 21-11-2024; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Effect | 21-11-2024; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-2025; See Art. 2 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2024/2969 |
28.11.2024 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/2969
of 21 November 2024
on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with regard to a decision concerning the amendment of Protocol 4 to that Agreement as regards permeability between the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin and the Transitional rules of origin
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Agreement on the European Economic Area (the ‘EEA Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Decision 94/1/ECSC, EC of the Council and the Commission (1) and entered into force on 1 January 1994. |
(2) |
Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the Joint Committee established under Article 92 of the EEA Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’) may decide to amend Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement. |
(3) |
At its next meeting, the Joint Committee is to take a decision on an amendment of Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement. |
(4) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee as the decision of the Joint Committee will have legal effects. |
(5) |
The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the ‘Convention’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision 2013/94/EU (2) and entered into force in relation to the Union on 1 May 2012. By Decision (EU) 2019/2198 (3), the Council supported the amendment of the Convention providing for a new set of modernised and more flexible rules of origin (the ‘amendment of the Convention’). The amendment of the Convention will enter into force on 1 January 2025. |
(6) |
At the technical meeting held in Brussels on 5 February 2020, the majority of the Contracting Parties to the Convention agreed to implement an alternative set of rules of origin based on the amendment of the Convention on a transitional, bilateral basis (the ‘Transitional rules’). The Transitional rules apply in parallel with the rules of the Convention, pending the entry into force of the amendment of the Convention. |
(7) |
The application of the Transitional rules ensures the adaptation of the trade flows and customs practices pending the entry into force of the amendment of the Convention. |
(8) |
Since 1 September 2021, a number of bilateral protocols on rules of origin among several Contracting Parties to the Convention (4) have entered into force, rendering the Transitional rules applicable. As regards the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement was replaced by a new Protocol 4 by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 163/2022 (5). The Transitional rules are set out in Appendix A to that new Protocol 4. |
(9) |
The objective of the Transitional rules is to provide for less strict rules, making it easier for goods to qualify for preferential originating status. As the Transitional rules are, in general, less strict than those of the Convention, goods fulfilling the rules of origin set out in the Convention could also qualify as originating under the Transitional rules, with the exception of certain agricultural products classified under Chapters 2, 4 to 15 and 16 (except for processed fishery products) and Chapters 17 to 24 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. The Transitional rules are applicable in parallel with the rules of origin set out in the Convention, thus... |
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