Uredba o ratifikaciji sprememb Protokola B Sporazuma med državami EFTE in Republiko Slovenijo

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
    Having regard to Protocol B to the Agreement between the EFTA States and Slovenia signed 13 June 1995, hereinafter referred to as “this Agreement“ concerning the definition of the concept of “originating products“ and methods of administrative co-operation, amended on 9 October 1996 by a Protocol between the EFTA States and the Republic of Slovenia and a Joint Committee Decision No. 1 of 1998 on 21 December 1998,
    Having regard to paragraph 4 of the Record of Understanding relating to the Agreement between the EFTA States and Slovenia according to which the Parties to the Agreement committed themselves to search for further extension and improvement of the rules of origin including European cumulation, in order to expand and promote production and trade within Europe,
    Noting that to take account of changes in processing techniques and shortages of certain raw materials, some corrections should be made to the list of working and processing requirements which non-originating materials have to fulfil in order to qualify for originating status,
    Noting that to take account of the introduction of the euro, the “units of account“ shall be the equivalent to the single currency of the European Monetary Union (euro),
    Having regard to Article 32 of the Agreement, empowering the Joint Committee to amend Protocol B to this Agreement,
    DECIDES:
    1. Sub-paragraph (n) of Article 1 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:
    “(n) “units of account“ shall be the equivalent to the single currency of the European Monetary Union (euro),“
    2. Paragraph 3 of Article 30 of Protocol B shall be amended to read as follows:
    “3. The amounts to be used in any given national currency shall be the equivalent in that national currency of the amount expressed in units of accounts as at the first working day in October 1999.“
    3. In Annex II to Protocol B, the entries for HS headings 1904, 2207, ex 8401 and 9608 as well as HS chapter 57 shall be replaced by the following:
    4. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
    5. The Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association shall deposit the text of this Decision with the Depositary.

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