Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Chile Association Committee relating to Article 12 of Annex III to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, concerning direct transport

The Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, was signed in Brussels on 18 November 2002 and entered into force on 1 February 2003.

Annex III to the Association Agreement sets out the rules for originating products and Article 12 to Annex III the rules for the direct transport of those products between the Parties. For preferential treatment the products should be transported directly between the two Parties but may under certain conditions pass via a third country.

Chile and the European Union have agreed to introduce certain amendments to the rules of direct transport contained in Article 12 of Annex III to the Agreement. The aim is to clarify that when a consignment passes via a third country, and subject to fulfilling the conditions in Article 12, a consignment may be split for onward transport to a Party of the Agreement without affecting the preferential treatment of those products. Moreover, the splitting of consignments should not of itself give rise to doubt as to the origin of the products unless there is evidence to the contrary.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)333: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:333:FIN

ESO: Key Source: Relations between Chile and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-chile-and-the-european-union/

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